linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] drm/bridge/analogix/anx78xx: Drop ID table

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Message-ID: <CAD=FV=XSmtc=jaHghXYmdPi2VKtfi+AAZEmkbk_AbWRfHxawRA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Sep 2023 08:41:53 -0700
From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:     Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>
Cc:     Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>,
        Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
        Robert Foss <rfoss@...nel.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Jonas Karlman <jonas@...boo.se>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, Zhu Wang <wangzhu9@...wei.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@...asonboard.com>,
        Helen Koike <helen.koike@...labora.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] drm/bridge/analogix/anx78xx: Drop ID table

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 1:09 AM Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com> wrote:
>
> The driver has an ID table, but it uses the wrong API for retrieving match
> data and that will lead to a crash, if it is instantiated by user space or
> using ID. From this, there is no user for the ID table and let's drop it
> from the driver as it saves some memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>
> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@...asonboard.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Helen Koike <helen.koike@...labora.com>
> ---
> v5->v6:
>  * No change.
> v4->v5:
>  * Added Rb tag from Andy and Helen.
> v3->v4:
>  * Added Rb tag from Laurent and Douglas Anderson.
> v2->v3:
>  * Updated commit header.
> v1->v2:
>  * Dropped ID table support.
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/analogix/analogix-anx78xx.c | 7 -------
>  1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

I think this has had enough time to marinate, so landed to drm-misc-next:

39e0b96d61b6 drm/bridge/analogix/anx78xx: Drop ID table