Hi Xinliang, On 11 April 2016 at 09:55, Xinliang Liu <xinliang.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +static int kirin_drm_connectors_register(struct drm_device *dev) > +{ > + struct drm_connector *connector; > + struct drm_connector *failed_connector; > + int ret; > + > + mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex); > + drm_for_each_connector(connector, dev) { > + ret = drm_connector_register(connector); > + if (ret) { > + failed_connector = connector; > + goto err; > + } > + } > + mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex); > + > + return 0; > + > +err: > + drm_for_each_connector(connector, dev) { > + if (failed_connector == connector) > + break; > + drm_connector_unregister(connector); > + } > + mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex); > + > + return ret; > +} > + Iirc we have new drm_connector_{un,}register_all() helpers.You might want to use it once they are in (i.e. not sure what your base is and if they have landed yet). > +static struct device_node *kirin_get_remote_node(struct device_node *np) > +{ > + struct device_node *endpoint, *remote; > + > + /* get the first endpoint, in our case only one remote node > + * is connected to display controller. > + */ > + endpoint = of_graph_get_next_endpoint(np, NULL); > + if (!endpoint) { > + DRM_ERROR("no valid endpoint node\n"); > + return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); > + } > + of_node_put(endpoint); > + > + remote = of_graph_get_remote_port_parent(endpoint); > + if (!remote) { > + DRM_ERROR("no valid remote node\n"); > + return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); > + } > + of_node_put(remote); > + > + if (!of_device_is_available(remote)) { > + DRM_ERROR("not available for remote node\n"); > + return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); > + } > + This seems like a common pattern in many platform DRM drivers. Yet some tend to differ in subtle ways - I'm leaning that they might be bugs, but one cannot be too sure. A friendly request: Can you please follow up by adding a helper and removing the duplication thoughout ? Thanks Emil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html