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Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:47:28 +0000
From: "Maxime Ripard" <mripard@kernel.org>
To: "Albert Esteve" <aesteve@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] drm/panel: have drm_panel_add/remove manage a list
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:03:23 +0200, Albert Esteve wrote:
> The global panel_list holds raw pointers to drm_panel objects.
> Nothing prevents a panel from being freed while it is still linked
> in the list: if a driver's probe calls drm_panel_add() and then
> fails at a later step, panel->list remains in panel_list. Any
> subsequent call to of_drm_find_panel() that iterates the list will
> 
> [ ... ]

Reviewed-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>

Thanks!
Maxime