Re: [PATCH] drm/tidss: encoder: convert to devm_drm_bridge_alloc()

[Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi,

On 17/07/2025 16:56, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Hello Jyri, Tomi, Michael,
> 
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:49:44 +0200
> "Michael Walle" <mwalle@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> thanks for taking a look!
>>
>>> However allocating an encoder using a bridge alloc function (while we
>>> used to call an encoder allocation function) looks counter-intuitive.
>>>
>>> We had discussed on IRC a different idea, adding a wrapper structure
>>> around the bridge. Quoting your proposal:
>>>
>>>   struct tidss_encoder_bridge {
>>>     struct drm_bridge bridge;
>>>     struct tidss_encoder *encoder
>>>   }
>>>
>>> and then in the bridge funcs go from drm_bridge to tidss_encoder_brigde
>>> and use the pointer to get the original private struct.  
>>
>> I was doing that until I've realized that meson/meson_encoder_* is
>> doing it the way this patch does it.
> 
> Which was done by, er, myself. O:-)
> 
> To my excuse, meson was using *_encoder_alloc() but rather
> devm_kzalloc() + drm_simple_encoder_init(), and the change was
> semi-automated via a coccinelle script, so I didn't fully realize that.
> 
>>> That would be cleaner and more intuitive, but use a bit more memory and
>>> have an additional pointer deref, thus I think we can live with the
>>> patch you just sent, at least for now.  
>>
>> I'm fine with changing it to the wrapper struct. It's your/the
>> maintainers call :)
> 
> I think the driver maintainers opinion is more relevant, but in lack of
> one I think we can take the patch as is, given it's already written.
> 
> Jyri, Tomi?

I think this is fine, even though I do agree the tidss_encoder.c is very
confusing.

I'll pick this up. I think drm-misc-next-fixes is the correct branch here.

 Tomi