[PATCH v6] drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pxl2dpi: avoid ERR_PTR with device_node cleanup

[PATCH v6] drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pxl2dpi: avoid ERR_PTR with device_node cleanup

[Guangshuo Li]

imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port() returns ERR_PTR()
on errors. imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_find_next_bridge() stores its return
value in a __free(device_node) variable before checking IS_ERR().
When the function returns on the error path, the cleanup action calls
of_node_put() on the ERR_PTR() value.

Do not let a device_node cleanup variable hold error pointers. Change
imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port() to return an int and pass
the endpoint node through an output argument. Initialize the output
argument to NULL so callers using cleanup variables hold either NULL or
a valid device_node pointer on error paths.

Keep explicit of_node_put() usage in the helper and in
imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_set_pixel_link_sel() so the fix avoids adding more
cleanup action usage there.

Fixes: ceea3f7806a10 ("drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pxl2dpi: simplify put of device_node pointers")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
---
v6:
  - Change imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port() to return int
    and pass the endpoint through an output argument.
  - Keep using __free(device_node) in imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_find_next_bridge().
  - Keep ep initialized to NULL in imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_find_next_bridge()
    to satisfy the __free pointer initialization requirement.
  - Do not add cleanup action usage in
    imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port() or
    imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_set_pixel_link_sel().

v5:
  - Make the fix minimal for stable by avoiding __free(device_node)
    for the endpoint node in imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_find_next_bridge().
  - Keep imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port() unchanged.
  - Do not change imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_set_pixel_link_sel().
  - Drop Frank's Reviewed-by tag due to the implementation change.

v4:
  - Drop the sentence mentioning the custom static analysis tool.
  - Add Frank's Reviewed-by tag.
  - No functional code changes.

v3:
  - Do not change DEFINE_FREE(device_node, ...).
  - Fix the driver pattern by making
    imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port() return an int and
    pass the endpoint via an output argument.
  - Update both callers so __free(device_node) never holds ERR_PTR().

v2:
  - Fix DEFINE_FREE(device_node, ...) directly.

 drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c | 40 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c
index 441fd32dc91c..d64e328bf542 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-pxl2dpi.c
@@ -222,52 +222,58 @@ static const struct drm_bridge_funcs imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_bridge_funcs = {
 			imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_bridge_atomic_get_output_bus_fmts,
 };
 
-static struct device_node *
+static int
 imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port(struct imx8qxp_pxl2dpi *p2d,
-					   u32 port_id)
+					   u32 port_id,
+					   struct device_node **ep)
 {
-	struct device_node *port, *ep;
+	struct device_node *port;
+	int ret = 0;
 	int ep_cnt;
 
+	*ep = NULL;
+
 	port = of_graph_get_port_by_id(p2d->dev->of_node, port_id);
 	if (!port) {
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(p2d->dev, "failed to get port@%u\n", port_id);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	ep_cnt = of_get_available_child_count(port);
 	if (ep_cnt == 0) {
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(p2d->dev, "no available endpoints of port@%u\n",
 			      port_id);
-		ep = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto out;
 	} else if (ep_cnt > 1) {
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(p2d->dev,
 			      "invalid available endpoints of port@%u\n",
 			      port_id);
-		ep = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ep = of_get_next_available_child(port, NULL);
-	if (!ep) {
+	*ep = of_get_next_available_child(port, NULL);
+	if (!*ep) {
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(p2d->dev,
 			      "failed to get available endpoint of port@%u\n",
 			      port_id);
-		ep = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+		ret = -ENODEV;
 		goto out;
 	}
 out:
 	of_node_put(port);
-	return ep;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_find_next_bridge(struct imx8qxp_pxl2dpi *p2d)
 {
-	struct device_node *ep __free(device_node) =
-		imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port(p2d, 1);
-	if (IS_ERR(ep))
-		return PTR_ERR(ep);
+	struct device_node *ep __free(device_node) = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port(p2d, 1, &ep);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	struct device_node *remote __free(device_node) = of_graph_get_remote_port_parent(ep);
 	if (!remote || !of_device_is_available(remote)) {
@@ -291,9 +297,9 @@ static int imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_set_pixel_link_sel(struct imx8qxp_pxl2dpi *p2d)
 	struct of_endpoint endpoint;
 	int ret;
 
-	ep = imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port(p2d, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(ep))
-		return PTR_ERR(ep);
+	ret = imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_get_available_ep_from_port(p2d, 0, &ep);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = of_graph_parse_endpoint(ep, &endpoint);
 	if (ret) {
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH v6] drm/bridge: imx8qxp-pxl2dpi: avoid ERR_PTR with device_node cleanup

[Liu Ying]

On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 10:24:34PM +0800, Guangshuo Li wrote:

[...]

> Initialize the output
> argument to NULL so callers using cleanup variables hold either NULL or
> a valid device_node pointer on error paths.

I'd rephrase:
Initialize the output argument to NULL so callers hold either NULL on
error paths or a valid device_node pointer on successful path.

> 
> Keep explicit of_node_put() usage in the helper and in
> imx8qxp_pxl2dpi_set_pixel_link_sel() so the fix avoids adding more
> cleanup action usage there.

This sentence is not necessary, so I prefer to dropping it.

With these fixed:
Reviewed-by: Liu Ying <victor.liu@nxp.com>
Thanks!

-- 
Regards,
Liu Ying