Merge tag 'drm-misc-next-2017-10-05' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/drm-misc into drm-next

More drm-misc for 4.15:

Cross-subsystem Changes:
- bunch more simple outreachy patches (Meghana Madhyastha, Aishwarya
  Pant, Haneen Mohammed)
- Quite a pile of static checker/cocci/spelling fixups all over.
- Final driver patches+core cleanup of Noralf's new drm_gem_fb_create
  helper.

Core Changes:
- legacy DPMS docs improved
- add dri-devel m-l to fbdev to catch people who try to fix
  fbcon-on-kms bugs in the wrong place

Driver Changes:
- vc4: prep for dsi panels (Eric)

* tag 'drm-misc-next-2017-10-05' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/drm-misc: (34 commits)
  drm: fix typo in drm_gem_get_pages() comment
  MAINTAINERS: Add dri-devel as a mailing list for anything fbdev
  drm/virtio: Replace instances of reference/unreference with get/put
  drm/fb-cma-helper: Remove unused functions
  drm/tve200: Use drm_gem_fb_create() and drm_gem_fb_prepare_fb()
  drm/sun4i: Use drm_gem_fb_create()
  drm/shmobile: Use drm_gem_fb_create()
  drm/rcar-du: Use drm_gem_fb_create()
  drm/mxsfb: Use drm_gem_fb_create() and drm_gem_fb_prepare_fb()
  drm/meson: Use drm_gem_fb_create()
  drm/hisilicon/kirin: Use drm_gem_fb_create()
  drm/fsl-dcu: Use drm_gem_fb_create()
  drm/tinydrm: Use drm_gem_framebuffer_helper
  drm: of: always initialize panel in drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge()
  drm/tve200: Check for IS_ERR instead of NULL in probe
  drm/tve200: make two functions static
  drm/armada: Remove unused #include <drmP.h>
  drm/rockchip: Rely on the default best_encoder() behavior
  drm/vc4: Set up the DSI host at pdev probe time, not component bind.
  drm/vc4: Avoid using vrefresh==0 mode in DSI htotal math.
  ...

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
index de9512afd611..92ee2f982572 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@ Contact: Sean Paul, Maintainer of the driver you plan to convert
 Core refactorings
 =================
 
-Use new IDR deletion interface to clean up drm_gem_handle_delete()
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-See the "This is gross" comment -- apparently the IDR system now can return an
-error code instead of oopsing.
-
 Clean up the DRM header mess
 ----------------------------
 
@@ -357,7 +351,16 @@ those drivers as simple as possible, so lots of room for refactoring:
 - backlight helpers, probably best to put them into a new drm_backlight.c.
   This is because drivers/video is de-facto unmaintained. We could also
   move drivers/video/backlight to drivers/gpu/backlight and take it all
-  over within drm-misc, but that's more work.
+  over within drm-misc, but that's more work. Backlight helpers require a fair
+  bit of reworking and refactoring. A simple example is the enabling of a backlight.
+  Tinydrm has helpers for this. It would be good if other drivers can also use the
+  helper. However, there are various cases we need to consider i.e different
+  drivers seem to have different ways of enabling/disabling a backlight.
+  We also need to consider the backlight drivers (like gpio_backlight). The situation
+  is further complicated by the fact that the backlight is tied to fbdev
+  via fb_notifier_callback() which has complicated logic. For further details, refer
+  to the following discussion thread:
+  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/outreachy-kernel/8rBe30lwtdA
 
 - spi helpers, probably best put into spi core/helper code. Thierry said
   the spi maintainer is fast&reactive, so shouldn't be a big issue.