From c5a635f58e4b9cc5d471c67955d02de306b6b27d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anusha Srivatsa <asrivats@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:15:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2857/5403] drm/panel: deprecate old-style panel allocation

Start moving to the new refcounted allocations using
the new API devm_drm_panel_alloc(). Deprecate any other
allocation.

Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Anusha Srivatsa <asrivats@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250331-b4-panel-refcounting-v4-3-dad50c60c6c9@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c
index 7b17531d85a4..870bf8d471ee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel.c
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_panel_init);
  * drm_panel_add - add a panel to the global registry
  * @panel: panel to add
  *
- * Add a panel to the global registry so that it can be looked up by display
- * drivers.
+ * Add a panel to the global registry so that it can be looked
+ * up by display drivers. The panel to be added must have been
+ * allocated by devm_drm_panel_alloc().
  */
 void drm_panel_add(struct drm_panel *panel)
 {
-- 
2.54.0

