devm_drm_dev_alloc() can't allocate structures that embed a structure
which then again embeds drm_device. Workaround this by adding a
driver_private pointer to struct mipi_dbi_dev which the driver can use for
its additional state.
v3:
- Add documentation
Acked-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20220227124713.39766-5-noralf@tronnes.org
* @dbi: MIPI DBI interface
*/
struct mipi_dbi dbi;
+
+ /**
+ * @driver_private: Driver private data.
+ * Necessary for drivers with private data since devm_drm_dev_alloc()
+ * can't allocate structures that embed a structure which then again
+ * embeds drm_device.
+ */
+ void *driver_private;
};
static inline struct mipi_dbi_dev *drm_to_mipi_dbi_dev(struct drm_device *drm)