[PATCH v3 00/20] drm/atomic: Rework initial state allocation

Maxime Ripard
2026-04-24T10:19:04Z

Hi,

This series started from my work on the hardware state readout[1], and
more specifically a discussion with Thomas[2].

This series expands the work that has been merged recently to make
drm_private_obj and drm_private_state allocation a bit more consistent
and ended up creating a new atomic_create_state callback to allocate a
new state with no side effect.

The first patches document the existing behaviour and fix a few
cleanups and typos.

Then, __drm_*_state_reset() helpers are renamed to
__drm_*_state_init() to clarify that they initialize rather than
reset state, and we add the new atomic_create_state callback to
every other DRM object (planes, CRTCs, connectors, colorops).

Next, we leverage those new callbacks to create a new helper,
drm_mode_config_create_initial_state(), to create the initial state
for all the objects of a driver, and update the driver skeleton to
recommend it.

Finally, we convert the tidss driver and the bridge_connector to the
new pattern.

This was tested on a TI SK-AM62, with the tidss driver.

Let me know what you think,
Maxime

1: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20250902-drm-state-readout-v1-0-14ad5315da3f@kernel.org/
2: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/5920ffe5-b6b1-484b-b320-332b9eb9db82@suse.de/

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
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Changes in v3:
- Reintroduce state documentation that was dropped by accident
- Change name to drm_mode_config_create_initial_state()
- Don't call drm_mode_config_create_initial_state() in drm_dev_register
anymore
- Drop __drm_atomic_helper_*_create_state
- Improve documentation and commit messages where necessary
- Collected tags
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260320-drm-mode-config-init-v2-0-c63f1134e76c@kernel.org

Changes in v2:
- Change the _state_reset function names to _state_init
- Change the colorop too
- Various doc improvements
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260310-drm-mode-config-init-v1-0-de7397c8e1cf@kernel.org

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Maxime Ripard (20):
drm/atomic: Document atomic state lifetime
drm/colorop: Fix typos in the doc
drm/atomic: Drop drm_private_obj.state assignment from create_state
drm/atomic: Expand atomic_create_state expectations for drm_private_obj
drm/mode-config: Document drm_private_obj exclusion from drm_mode_config_reset()
drm/colorop: Rename __drm_colorop_state_reset()
drm/colorop: Create drm_atomic_helper_colorop_create_state()
drm/atomic-state-helper: Fix __drm_atomic_helper_plane_reset() doc typo
drm/atomic-state-helper: Rename __drm_atomic_helper_plane_state_reset()
drm/plane: Add new atomic_create_state callback
drm/atomic-state-helper: Rename __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_state_reset()
drm/crtc: Add new atomic_create_state callback
drm/atomic-state-helper: Rename __drm_atomic_helper_connector_state_reset()
drm/hdmi: Rename __drm_atomic_helper_connector_hdmi_reset()
drm/connector: Add new atomic_create_state callback
drm/mode-config: Create drm_mode_config_create_initial_state()
drm/drv: Switch skeleton to drm_mode_config_create_initial_state()
drm/tidss: Switch to drm_mode_config_create_initial_state()
drm/tidss: Convert to atomic_create_state
drm/bridge_connector: Convert to atomic_create_state

Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst | 6 +
drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c | 17 ++-
drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_hdmi_state_helper.c | 13 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c | 63 +++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.c | 136 +++++++++++++++---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_colorop.c | 41 ++++--
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c | 4 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c | 154 ++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_crtc.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_plane.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_hdmi_enc.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/tests/drm_hdmi_state_helper_test.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_crtc.c | 17 +--
drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_drv.c | 6 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_plane.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_hdmi.c | 2 +-
include/drm/display/drm_hdmi_state_helper.h | 4 +-
include/drm/drm_atomic.h | 5 +-
include/drm/drm_atomic_state_helper.h | 14 +-
include/drm/drm_colorop.h | 2 +
include/drm/drm_connector.h | 16 +++
include/drm/drm_crtc.h | 16 +++
include/drm/drm_mode_config.h | 1 +
include/drm/drm_plane.h | 16 +++
24 files changed, 476 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
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base-commit: ea61048876a7137897da26dac49ee234fb38a35a
change-id: 20260310-drm-mode-config-init-1e1f52b745d0

Best regards,
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Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>