Hi

Am 28.07.20 um 11:17 schrieb daniel@ffwll.ch:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 09:44:23AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>> The ast driver loads firmware for the DP501 display encoder. The
>> patch replaces the removal code with a managed release function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> 
> Hm a devm_request_firmware which does exactly this would be nice I think.
> Maybe as a follow-up refactor?

There are so many ideas for follow-up patches wrt. devres and drmres, we
should add a todo item to collect them. Especially, devres is much more
over head in terms of reviews and kernel building/testing tha tit makes
sense to collect ideas and address them in larger chunks.

Best regards
Thomas

> -Daniel
> 
>> ---
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h   |  1 -
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_main.c  |  3 ---
>>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c
>> index 4b85a504825a..88121c0e0d05 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c
>> @@ -8,11 +8,24 @@
>>  
>>  MODULE_FIRMWARE("ast_dp501_fw.bin");
>>  
>> +static void ast_release_firmware(void *data)
>> +{
>> +	struct ast_private *ast = data;
>> +
>> +	release_firmware(ast->dp501_fw);
>> +	ast->dp501_fw = NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static int ast_load_dp501_microcode(struct drm_device *dev)
>>  {
>>  	struct ast_private *ast = to_ast_private(dev);
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	ret = request_firmware(&ast->dp501_fw, "ast_dp501_fw.bin", dev->dev);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ret;
>>  
>> -	return request_firmware(&ast->dp501_fw, "ast_dp501_fw.bin", dev->dev);
>> +	return devm_add_action_or_reset(dev->dev, ast_release_firmware, ast);
>>  }
>>  
>>  static void send_ack(struct ast_private *ast)
>> @@ -435,11 +448,3 @@ void ast_init_3rdtx(struct drm_device *dev)
>>  		}
>>  	}
>>  }
>> -
>> -void ast_release_firmware(struct drm_device *dev)
>> -{
>> -	struct ast_private *ast = to_ast_private(dev);
>> -
>> -	release_firmware(ast->dp501_fw);
>> -	ast->dp501_fw = NULL;
>> -}
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h
>> index 86c9a7ac712b..02908d005b99 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_drv.h
>> @@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ bool ast_backup_fw(struct drm_device *dev, u8 *addr, u32 size);
>>  bool ast_dp501_read_edid(struct drm_device *dev, u8 *ediddata);
>>  u8 ast_get_dp501_max_clk(struct drm_device *dev);
>>  void ast_init_3rdtx(struct drm_device *dev);
>> -void ast_release_firmware(struct drm_device *dev);
>>  
>>  /* ast_cursor.c */
>>  int ast_cursor_init(struct ast_private *ast);
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_main.c
>> index 792fb7f616ec..e3b7748335a3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_main.c
>> @@ -442,11 +442,8 @@ struct ast_private *ast_device_create(struct drm_driver *drv,
>>  
>>  void ast_device_destroy(struct ast_private *ast)
>>  {
>> -	struct drm_device *dev = &ast->base;
>> -
>>  	/* enable standard VGA decode */
>>  	ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xa1, 0x04);
>>  
>> -	ast_release_firmware(dev);
>>  	kfree(ast->dp501_fw_addr);
>>  }
>> -- 
>> 2.27.0
>>
> 

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
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