Archit Taneja <architt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 06/16/2017 02:11 AM, Eric Anholt wrote: >> If the panel-bridge is being set up after the drm_mode_config_reset(), >> then the connector's state would never get initialized, and we'd >> dereference the NULL in the hotplug path. We also need to register >> the connector, so that userspace can get at it. >> > > Shouldn't the KMS driver make sure the panel-bridge is set up before > drm_mode_config_reset? Is it the case when we're inserting the > panel-bridge driver as a module? > > > All the connectors that have been added are registered automatically > when drm_dev_register() is called by the KMS driver. Registering a > connector in the middle of setting up our driver is prone to race > conditions if the userspace decides to use them immediately. Yeah, this is fixing initializing panel_bridge at DSI host_attach time, which in the case of a panel module that creates the DSI device (adv7533-style, like you said I should use as a reference) will be after drm_mode_config_reset() and drm_dev_register().
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