linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 15/20] drm/tilcdc: Remove the use of drm_device private

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Message-Id: <DF0K7V50IFHF.2AD4ETTQ19CE0@bootlin.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:26:05 +0100
From: "Luca Ceresoli" <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 15/20] drm/tilcdc: Remove the use of drm_device
 private_data

On Thu Dec 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM CET, Kory Maincent (TI.com) wrote:
> The DRM core documentation recommends against using dev_private:
> "Instead of using this pointer it is recommended that drivers use
> embed the struct &drm_device in their larger per-device structure."
>
> This patch refactors the tilcdc driver to follow this recommendation
> by embedding struct drm_device within struct tilcdc_drm_private and
> replacing all dev->dev_private accesses with the ddev_to_tilcdc_priv()
> helper macro that uses container_of().
>
> This change aligns the driver with modern DRM best practices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent (TI.com) <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>

Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>

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