Re: [PATCH] drm/rcar-du: Convert to of_drm_find_and_get_bridge()

From: Laurent Pinchart

Date: Fri Mar 27 2026 - 04:38:34 EST


Hi Luca,

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 08:57:45AM +0100, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> On Thu Mar 26, 2026 at 9:10 PM CET, Amin GATTOUT wrote:
> > of_drm_find_bridge() is deprecated.
> > Replace it with of_drm_find_and_get_bridge() which increments
> > the bridge refcount as required.
>
> Thanks for taking care of the conversion to the new API!

I suspect you may be talking to a machine (possibly through a human
proxy).

> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c
> > @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int rcar_du_encoder_init(struct rcar_du_device *rcdu,
> > if (IS_ERR(bridge))
> > return PTR_ERR(bridge);
> > } else {
> > - bridge = of_drm_find_bridge(enc_node);
> > + bridge = of_drm_find_and_get_bridge(enc_node);
>
> This change alone is not correct I'm afraid. The difference between
> of_drm_find_bridge() and of_drm_find_and_get_bridge() is the latter get a
> reference to the bridge, so you have to put that reference when the bridge
> pointer is no more accessible.
>
> Have a look at previous commits doing the same API replacement, you can
> find examples similar to this one, where:
>
> * the bridge pointer is stored in a local variable (not saved in a struct)
> * the bridge pointer could be set wither by of_drm_find_bridge() or
> a function adding a panel bridge
>
> Luca

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart