From: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
To: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>,
Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@intel.com>,
Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
Robert Foss <rfoss@kernel.org>,
Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Jonas Karlman <jonas@kwiboo.se>,
Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>,
Inki Dae <inki.dae@samsung.com>,
Jagan Teki <jagan@amarulasolutions.com>,
Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>,
Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>, Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch>,
Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>,
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
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Cc: Hui Pu <Hui.Pu@gehealthcare.com>,
Ian Ray <ian.ray@gehealthcare.com>,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
imx@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: return int from drm_bridge_connector_add_connector()
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 12:37:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260519-drm-bridge-hotplug-v1-11-45e2bdb3dfb4@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260519-drm-bridge-hotplug-v1-0-45e2bdb3dfb4@bootlin.com>
This function returns a struct drm_bridge_connector * because this was the
case in the origin of its code. In current code it does not make sense: it
can only return either the same pointer it received as input or a negative
ERR_PTR.
This forces users to an unnecessarily complex error management code.
Clean up error management by just returning an int (0 or negative error).
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c
index 6066ca0c5624..982bc64d8361 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c
@@ -991,11 +991,9 @@ static int drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec(struct drm_bridge_connector
* @bridge_connector->drm and @bridge_connector->encoder fields are
* assigned at least)
*
- * Returns a pointer to @bridge_connector on success, or a negative error
- * pointer otherwise.
+ * Returns 0 on success or a negative error otherwise.
*/
-static struct drm_bridge_connector *
-drm_bridge_connector_add_connector(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector)
+static int drm_bridge_connector_add_connector(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector)
{
struct drm_connector *connector;
struct i2c_adapter *ddc = NULL;
@@ -1012,7 +1010,7 @@ drm_bridge_connector_add_connector(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector
&supported_formats, &max_bpc, &ddc,
&panel_bridge, &support_hdcp);
if (ret)
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ return ret;
if (bridge_connector->bridge_hdmi) {
if (!connector->ycbcr_420_allowed)
@@ -1041,18 +1039,18 @@ drm_bridge_connector_add_connector(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector
supported_formats,
max_bpc);
if (ret)
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ return ret;
} else {
ret = drmm_connector_init(bridge_connector->drm, connector,
&drm_bridge_connector_funcs,
connector_type, ddc);
if (ret)
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ return ret;
}
ret = drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec(bridge_connector);
if (ret)
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ return ret;
drm_connector_helper_add(connector, &drm_bridge_connector_helper_funcs);
@@ -1071,9 +1069,9 @@ drm_bridge_connector_add_connector(struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector
ret = drm_connector_attach_encoder(connector, bridge_connector->encoder);
if (ret)
- return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ return ret;
- return bridge_connector;
+ return 0;
}
/**
@@ -1110,9 +1108,9 @@ struct drm_connector *drm_bridge_connector_init(struct drm_device *drm,
bridge_connector->drm = drm;
bridge_connector->encoder = encoder;
- bridge_connector = drm_bridge_connector_add_connector(bridge_connector);
- if (IS_ERR(bridge_connector))
- return ERR_CAST(bridge_connector);
+ ret = drm_bridge_connector_add_connector(bridge_connector);
+ if (ret)
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
return &bridge_connector->base;
}
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-19 10:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-19 10:37 [PATCH 00/37] drm bridge hotplug Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 01/37] drm/connector: split drmm_connector_hdmi_init() in 3 parts Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 11:37 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 02/37] drm/connector: add drm_connector_hdmi_dynamic_init() Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 03/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: rename variable for consistency Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 04/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: store the drm_device pointer Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 11:34 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 05/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: split code creating the connector to a subfunction Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 11:40 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 06/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: use a drm_bridge_connector internally, not a drm_connector Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 11:41 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 07/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: extract drm_bridge_connector_get_bridges() Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 08/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: return int from drm_bridge_connector_get_bridges() Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 09/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: extract drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec() Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 10/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: return int from drm_bridge_connector_init_hdmi_audio_cec() Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` Luca Ceresoli [this message]
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 12/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: hoist error management to common code Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 13/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: move drm_bridge_connector_put_bridges() definition eariler Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 14/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: add non-drmm variant of drm_bridge_connector_put_bridges() Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 15/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: allocate the connector dynamically Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 11:46 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 16/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: move per-connector fields to the dynamic connector Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 17/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: protect dynconn creation and destruction with a mutex Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 11:49 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 18/37] drm/bridge: samsung-dsim: remove the panel_bridge on host_detach Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 11:53 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 19/37] drm/bridge: samsung-dsim: move drm_bridge_add() call to probe Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 11:58 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 20/37] drm/bridge: samsung-dsim: attach: return -EPROBE_DEFER is next bridge not yet available Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 21/37] drm/bridge: initialize chain_node list head on allocation Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 22/37] drm/bridge: initialize chain_node list head on detach and attach errors Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 23/37] drm/encoder: add drm_encoder_cleanup_from() Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 12:10 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 24/37] drm/atomic: move drm_atomic_helper_disable_all() and drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() from drm_atomic_helper to drm_atomic Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 25/37] drm/bridge: shutdown and cleanup on bridge unplug Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 12:07 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 26/37] drm: event-notifier: add mechanism to notify about hotplug events Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 12:13 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 27/37] drm/bridge: notify about detached bridges Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 28/37] drm/mipi-dsi: turn DRM_MIPI_DSI into a tristate Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 29/37] drm/mipi-dsi: notify about DSI attach Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 30/37] drm/bridge: add drm_bridge_is_tail() to know whether a bridge completes the pipeline Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-08 12:34 ` Maxime Ripard
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 31/37] drm/bridge: panel: implement .is_tail Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 15:12 ` Neil Armstrong
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 32/37] drm/bridge: display-connector: " Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 33/37] drm/bridge: samsung-dsim: " Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 34/37] drm/bridge: ti-sn65dsi83: " Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 35/37] drm/bridge: drm_bridge_attach(): don't fail on -EPROBE_DEFER Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 36/37] drm/display: bridge-connector: handle bridge hotplug Luca Ceresoli
2026-05-19 10:37 ` [PATCH 37/37] drm/mxsfb/lcdif: enable " Luca Ceresoli
2026-06-01 15:44 ` [PATCH 00/37] drm " Luca Ceresoli
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