linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] drm/bridge/synopsys: dw-hdmi: Add deinit callback

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Message-ID: <CAGb2v677HxKD2d+Jqsu7U5OuOCtFGf0u-1r=ewMrD3pu8B8YFQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:12:16 +0800
From:   Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>
To:     Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net>
Cc:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Archit Taneja <architt@...eaurora.org>, a.hajda@...sung.com,
        Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mike Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>, Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com,
        Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        devicetree <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-sunxi <linux-sunxi@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] drm/bridge/synopsys: dw-hdmi: Add deinit callback

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 3:25 AM, Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net> wrote:
> Some SoCs, like Allwinner A83T, have to do additional cleanup when
> HDMI driver unloads. When using DW HDMI through DRM bridge API, there is
> no place to store driver's private data so it can be accessed in unbind
> function. Because of that, add deinit function which is called at the
> very end, so drivers can do a proper cleanup.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...l.net>

8242ecbd597d ("drm/bridge/synopsys: stop clobbering drvdata"), which is
already in drm-misc-next, is a much saner solution. :)

ChenYu