[PATCH REGRESSION] drm/panel: simple: restore connector_type fallback - Linux-stable-mirror

21 Nov 2025

The switch from devm_kzalloc() + drm_panel_init() to
devm_drm_panel_alloc() introduced a regression.
Several panel descriptors do not set connector_type. For those panels,
panel_simple_probe() used to compute a connector type (currently DPI as a
fallback) and pass that value to drm_panel_init(). After the conversion
to devm_drm_panel_alloc(), the call unconditionally used
desc->connector_type instead, ignoring the computed fallback and
potentially passing DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Unknown, which
drm_panel_bridge_add() does not allow.
Move the connector_type validation / fallback logic before the
devm_drm_panel_alloc() call and pass the computed connector_type to
devm_drm_panel_alloc(), so panels without an explicit connector_type
once again get the DPI default.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Desroches ludovic.desroches@microchip.com
Fixes: de04bb0089a9 ("drm/panel/panel-simple: Use the new allocation in place of devm_kzalloc()")
---
Hi,
I am not sure whether this regression has already been reported or
addressed. If it has, please feel free to drop this patch.
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c | 86 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
index da6b71b70a463400fcc45006788f87e97b0c148c..dc41789f6a53c78b928ff39291ab7219a2d835dd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
@@ -623,49 +623,6 @@ static struct panel_simple *panel_simple_probe(struct device *dev)
    if (IS_ERR(desc))
    	return ERR_CAST(desc);
-	panel = devm_drm_panel_alloc(dev, struct panel_simple, base,
-				     &panel_simple_funcs, desc->connector_type);
-	if (IS_ERR(panel))
-		return ERR_CAST(panel);
-
-	panel->desc = desc;
-
-	panel->supply = devm_regulator_get(dev, "power");
-	if (IS_ERR(panel->supply))
-		return ERR_CAST(panel->supply);
-
-	panel->enable_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "enable",
-						     GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
-	if (IS_ERR(panel->enable_gpio))
-		return dev_err_cast_probe(dev, panel->enable_gpio,
-					  "failed to request GPIO\n");
-
-	err = of_drm_get_panel_orientation(dev->of_node, &panel->orientation);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "%pOF: failed to get orientation %d\n", dev->of_node, err);
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
-
-	ddc = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "ddc-i2c-bus", 0);
-	if (ddc) {
-		panel->ddc = of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node(ddc);
-		of_node_put(ddc);
-
-		if (!panel->ddc)
-			return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
-	}
-
-	if (!of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "panel-dpi") &&
-	    !of_get_display_timing(dev->of_node, "panel-timing", &dt))
-		panel_simple_parse_panel_timing_node(dev, panel, &dt);
-
-	if (desc->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS) {
-		/* Optional data-mapping property for overriding bus format */
-		err = panel_simple_override_nondefault_lvds_datamapping(dev, panel);
-		if (err)
-			goto free_ddc;
-	}
-
    connector_type = desc->connector_type;
    /* Catch common mistakes for panels. */
    switch (connector_type) {
@@ -720,6 +677,49 @@ static struct panel_simple *panel_simple_probe(struct device *dev)
    	break;
    }
+	panel = devm_drm_panel_alloc(dev, struct panel_simple, base,
+				     &panel_simple_funcs, connector_type);
+	if (IS_ERR(panel))
+		return ERR_CAST(panel);
+
+	panel->desc = desc;
+
+	panel->supply = devm_regulator_get(dev, "power");
+	if (IS_ERR(panel->supply))
+		return ERR_CAST(panel->supply);
+
+	panel->enable_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "enable",
+						     GPIOD_OUT_LOW);
+	if (IS_ERR(panel->enable_gpio))
+		return dev_err_cast_probe(dev, panel->enable_gpio,
+					  "failed to request GPIO\n");
+
+	err = of_drm_get_panel_orientation(dev->of_node, &panel->orientation);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(dev, "%pOF: failed to get orientation %d\n", dev->of_node, err);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+
+	ddc = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "ddc-i2c-bus", 0);
+	if (ddc) {
+		panel->ddc = of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node(ddc);
+		of_node_put(ddc);
+
+		if (!panel->ddc)
+			return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+	}
+
+	if (!of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "panel-dpi") &&
+	    !of_get_display_timing(dev->of_node, "panel-timing", &dt))
+		panel_simple_parse_panel_timing_node(dev, panel, &dt);
+
+	if (desc->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS) {
+		/* Optional data-mapping property for overriding bus format */
+		err = panel_simple_override_nondefault_lvds_datamapping(dev, panel);
+		if (err)
+			goto free_ddc;
+	}
+
    dev_set_drvdata(dev, panel);
/*
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base-commit: 88cbd8ac379cf5ce68b7efcfd4d1484a6871ee0b
change-id: 20251121-lcd_panel_connector_type_fix-f00fe3766a42
Best regards,
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Ludovic Desroches ludovic.desroches@microchip.com



    