On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 12:11:06AM -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-04-22 at 18:33 -0400, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > OK - talked with Ville a bit on this and did some of my own research, I
> > actually think that moving i2c to drm_dp_aux_init() is the right decision
> > for
> > the time being. The reasoning behind this being that as shown by my previous
> > work of fixing drivers that call drm_dp_aux_register() too early - it seems
> > like there's already been drivers that have been working just fine with
> > setting up the i2c device before DRM registration. 
> > 
> > In the future, it'd probably be better if we can split up i2c_add_adapter()
> > into an init and register function - but we'll have to talk with the i2c
> > maintainers to see if this is acceptable w/ them
> 
> Actually - I think adding the ability to refcount dp aux adapters might be a
> better solution so I'm going to try that!

I'm curious: how is a DP AUX adapter reference count going to solve the
issue of potentially registering devices too early (i.e. before the DRM
is registered)?

Is it because registering too early could cause a reference count
problem if somebody get a hold of the DP AUX adapter before the parent
DRM device is around?

Thierry