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authorMaxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>2021-06-16 17:15:29 +0300
committerMaxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>2021-06-23 15:32:27 +0300
commitbacbab58f09dcf7c9a52b9f11388b3e25b9daa5f (patch)
tree6358fbcfee0ccb6f03f078ec984967025f3cf0e8
parentc48935ab6b1280a80b38405369e88470f49809f4 (diff)
downloadlinux-bacbab58f09dcf7c9a52b9f11388b3e25b9daa5f.tar.xz
drm: Mention the power state requirement on side-channel operations
The drm_connector detect, drm_dp_aux transfer and mipi_dsi_host operations typically require to access their underlying device to perform what is expected of them. However, there's no guarantee on the fact that the device has been enabled through atomic_enable or similar that will usually power the device. The access to an unpowered device is then an undefined behaviour ranging from the access being ignored to a hard CPU hang. Let's document that expectation to avoid as much as possible those consequences. Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20210616141529.630719-3-maxime@cerno.tech
-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_connector.h5
-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h5
-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h5
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_connector.h b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
index 714d1a01c065..0a1d9a0fcbb2 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_connector.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
@@ -848,6 +848,11 @@ struct drm_connector_funcs {
* locks to avoid races with concurrent modeset changes need to use
* &drm_connector_helper_funcs.detect_ctx instead.
*
+ * Also note that this callback can be called no matter the
+ * state the connector is in. Drivers that need the underlying
+ * device to be powered to perform the detection will first need
+ * to make sure it's been properly enabled.
+ *
* RETURNS:
*
* drm_connector_status indicating the connector's status.
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
index 9336bfbdb389..729d5d82475e 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h
@@ -1950,6 +1950,11 @@ struct drm_dp_aux {
* The @transfer() function must only modify the reply field of
* the &drm_dp_aux_msg structure. The retry logic and i2c
* helpers assume this is the case.
+ *
+ * Also note that this callback can be called no matter the
+ * state @dev is in. Drivers that need that device to be powered
+ * to perform this operation will first need to make sure it's
+ * been properly enabled.
*/
ssize_t (*transfer)(struct drm_dp_aux *aux,
struct drm_dp_aux_msg *msg);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h b/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
index 360e6377e84b..849d3029e303 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ int mipi_dsi_create_packet(struct mipi_dsi_packet *packet,
* Note that typically DSI packet transmission is atomic, so the .transfer()
* function will seldomly return anything other than the number of bytes
* contained in the transmit buffer on success.
+ *
+ * Also note that those callbacks can be called no matter the state the
+ * host is in. Drivers that need the underlying device to be powered to
+ * perform these operations will first need to make sure it's been
+ * properly enabled.
*/
struct mipi_dsi_host_ops {
int (*attach)(struct mipi_dsi_host *host,