linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v16 03/12] drm: imx: imx-hdmi: convert imx-hdmi to drm

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Date:	Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:40:10 +0100
From:	Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v16 03/12] drm: imx: imx-hdmi: convert imx-hdmi to
 drm_bridge mode

Hi Russell,

Am Mittwoch, den 03.12.2014, 16:30 +0000 schrieb Russell King - ARM
Linux:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 05:20:15PM +0100, Philipp Zabel wrote:
> > Hi Andy,
> > 
> > It would be better if the bind function would not have to care about
> > platform resources, that should be handled in the probe function. I had
> > a patch to move them:
> > 
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2014-May/059630.html
> > 
> > Maybe you could incorporate something like this?
> 
> Personally, I hate this idea.  Having a two-layered setup means that
> the when the bind() method is called, the state of struct imx_hdmi is
> indeterminant.
> 
> If it's called immediately from probe, most of the structure will be
> zeroed, and only those members initialised by the probe function will
> be set to non-zero values.
> 
> However, if the HDMI interface has been previously bound, and is
> subsequently re-bound, then the structure will most definitely no
> longer be in a known state on the second bind() call.
> 
> This is fragile.
> 
> Now, people have tried to tell me that this isn't fragile, but, I now
> have proof that it is as fragile as I fear.  The component helper
> doesn't yet have that many users, and already we have one user (okay,
> it's not part of the mainline kernel - it's etnaviv) which contained
> exactly this kind of bug: it expected its private structures to be
> zeroed on the bind() call.
>
> So, I /really/ hate this idea.  If you really want to do this, then
> please ensure that the bind() call explicitly zeros the bits of the
> struct which aren't initialised by the probe() call, so we know that
> the driver will always start off with a known initial state.

You are right, no I don't want this. When I initially wrote this patch I
was under the impression that the memory allocated by devm_kzalloc in
bind() wouldn't be freed on unbind(). I remember I stopped pursuing this
patch when I got aware of the devres_open/close/remove_group dance in
the component framework code, but somehow forgot to drop it altogether
locally.

regards
Philipp

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