Hi Thomas, On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 09:04:07PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Signal failed hotplugging with a flag in struct drm_client_dev. If set, > the client helpers will not further try to set up the fbdev display. > > This used to be signalled with a combination of cleared pointers in > struct drm_fb_helper, I failed to find where we clear the pointers. What do I miss? (I had assumed we would stop clearing the pointers after this change). Sam which prevents us from initializing these pointers > early after allocation. > > The change also harmonizes behavior among DRM clients. Additional DRM > clients will now handle failed hotplugging like fbdev does. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c | 5 +++++ > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c | 4 ---- > include/drm/drm_client.h | 8 ++++++++ > 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c > index 09ac191c202d..009e7b10455c 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c > @@ -208,8 +208,13 @@ void drm_client_dev_hotplug(struct drm_device *dev) > if (!client->funcs || !client->funcs->hotplug) > continue; > > + if (client->hotplug_failed) > + continue; > + > ret = client->funcs->hotplug(client); > drm_dbg_kms(dev, "%s: ret=%d\n", client->name, ret); > + if (ret) > + client->hotplug_failed = true; > } > mutex_unlock(&dev->clientlist_mutex); > } > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c > index 3d455a2e3fb5..135d58b8007b 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c > @@ -382,10 +382,6 @@ static int drm_fbdev_client_hotplug(struct drm_client_dev *client) > struct drm_device *dev = client->dev; > int ret; > > - /* Setup is not retried if it has failed */ > - if (!fb_helper->dev && fb_helper->funcs) > - return 0; > - > if (dev->fb_helper) > return drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event(dev->fb_helper); > > diff --git a/include/drm/drm_client.h b/include/drm/drm_client.h > index 4fc8018eddda..39482527a775 100644 > --- a/include/drm/drm_client.h > +++ b/include/drm/drm_client.h > @@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ struct drm_client_dev { > * @modesets: CRTC configurations > */ > struct drm_mode_set *modesets; > + > + /** > + * @hotplug failed: > + * > + * Set by client hotplug helpers if the hotplugging failed > + * before. It is usually not tried again. > + */ > + bool hotplug_failed; > }; > > int drm_client_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_client_dev *client, > -- > 2.39.0