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authorDaniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>2017-03-08 17:12:34 +0300
committerDaniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>2017-03-09 18:18:02 +0300
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drm/doc: Add todo about connector_list_iter
At least radeon, amdgpu and nouveau should be converted. We have patches for i915 already. v2: Spelling (Sean). Reviewed-by: Sean Paul <seanpaul@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com> Link: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20170308141257.12119-2-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch
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@@ -153,6 +153,19 @@ following drivers still use ``struct_mutex``: ``msm``, ``omapdrm`` and
Contact: Daniel Vetter
+Switch to drm_connector_list_iter for any connector_list walking
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Connectors can be hotplugged, and we now have a special list of helpers to walk
+the connector_list in a race-free fashion, without incurring deadlocks on
+mutexes and other fun stuff.
+
+Unfortunately most drivers are not converted yet. At least all those supporting
+DP MST hotplug should be converted, since for those drivers the difference
+matters. See drm_for_each_connector_iter() vs. drm_for_each_connector().
+
+Contact: Daniel Vetter
+
Core refactorings
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