Re: [RFT PATCH v2 01/12] drm/imx/dcss: Call drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() at shutdown time

From: Laurentiu Palcu
Date: Mon Sep 25 2023 - 01:47:23 EST


Hi Doug,

On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 08:44:16AM -0700, Doug Anderson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 12:56 AM Laurentiu Palcu
> <laurentiu.palcu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 12:26:44PM -0700, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> > > Based on grepping through the source code this driver appears to be
> > > missing a call to drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() at system shutdown
> > > time. Among other things, this means that if a panel is in use that it
> > > won't be cleanly powered off at system shutdown time.
> > >
> > > The fact that we should call drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() in the case
> > > of OS shutdown/restart comes straight out of the kernel doc "driver
> > > instance overview" in drm_drv.c.
> > >
> > > Suggested-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > No issues found on i.MX8MQ.
> >
> > Tested-by: Laurentiu Palcu <laurentiu.palcu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Laurentiu Palcu <laurentiu.palcu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks! Would you expect this patch to land through drm-misc? If so,
> I'm happy to commit it there with your tags.

Yes, please do. The i.MX8MQ DCSS patches go through drm-misc.

> If patches to this driver normally flow through drm-misc, I'm also
> happy to post a patch to MAINTAINERS (or review a patch you post)
> adding this to the entry for "NXP i.MX 8MQ DCSS DRIVER":
>
> T: git git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc
>
> ...which would make it obvious in the future that things should land
> through drm-misc.

Thanks, that sounds good.

Laurentiu