Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] drm/msm: add a kernel param to select between MDP5 and DPU drivers

[Carl Vanderlip <quic_carlv@quicinc.com>]

On 1/5/2024 4:38 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jan 2024 at 02:04, Carl Vanderlip <quic_carlv@quicinc.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1/5/2024 3:34 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
>>> index 50b65ffc24b1..ef57586fbeca 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
>>> @@ -969,6 +969,37 @@ static int add_components_mdp(struct device *master_dev,
>>>        return 0;
>>>    }
>>>
>>> +#if !IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_DRM_MSM_MDP5) || !IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_DRM_MSM_DPU)
>>> +bool msm_disp_drv_should_bind(struct device *dev, bool mdp5_driver)
>>> +{
>>> +     /* If just a single driver is enabled, use it no matter what */
>>> +     return true;
>>> +}
>>
>> This will cause both MDP/DPU probes to return -ENODEV, rather than
>> select the enabled one.
> 
> No. The code (e.g. for DPU) is:
> 
>         if (!msm_disp_drv_should_bind(&pdev->dev, true))
>                  return -ENODEV;
> 
> So the driver returns -ENODEV if msm_disp_drv_should_bind() returns
> false. Which is logical from the function name point of view.
> 

but msm_disp_drv_should_bind() is returning true in the #if !REACHABLE() 
case?

at minimum the comment is incorrect since returning true causes the
driver to NOT be used.

-Carl V.