firmware: sysfb: Add sysfb_disable() helper function

This can be used by subsystems to unregister a platform device registered
by sysfb and also to disable future platform device registration in sysfb.

Suggested-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20220607182338.344270-3-javierm@redhat.com

Documentation/driver-api/firmware/other_interfaces.rst

@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ EDD Interfaces
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/firmware/edd.c
    :internal:
 
+Generic System Framebuffers Interface
+-------------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/firmware/sysfb.c
+   :export:
+
 Intel Stratix10 SoC Service Layer
 ---------------------------------
 Some features of the Intel Stratix10 SoC require a level of privilege

drivers/firmware/sysfb.c

@@ -34,21 +34,59 @@
 #include <linux/screen_info.h>
 #include <linux/sysfb.h>
 
+static struct platform_device *pd;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(disable_lock);
+static bool disabled;
+
+static bool sysfb_unregister(void)
+{
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(pd))
+		return false;
+
+	platform_device_unregister(pd);
+	pd = NULL;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * sysfb_disable() - disable the Generic System Framebuffers support
+ *
+ * This disables the registration of system framebuffer devices that match the
+ * generic drivers that make use of the system framebuffer set up by firmware.
+ *
+ * It also unregisters a device if this was already registered by sysfb_init().
+ *
+ * Context: The function can sleep. A @disable_lock mutex is acquired to serialize
+ *          against sysfb_init(), that registers a system framebuffer device.
+ */
+void sysfb_disable(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&disable_lock);
+	sysfb_unregister();
+	disabled = true;
+	mutex_unlock(&disable_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfb_disable);
+
 static __init int sysfb_init(void)
 {
 	struct screen_info *si = &screen_info;
 	struct simplefb_platform_data mode;
-	struct platform_device *pd;
 	const char *name;
 	bool compatible;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&disable_lock);
+	if (disabled)
+		goto unlock_mutex;
 
 	/* try to create a simple-framebuffer device */
 	compatible = sysfb_parse_mode(si, &mode);
 	if (compatible) {
 		pd = sysfb_create_simplefb(si, &mode);
 		if (!IS_ERR(pd))
-			return 0;
+			goto unlock_mutex;
 	}
 
 	/* if the FB is incompatible, create a legacy framebuffer device */
@@ -60,8 +98,10 @@ static __init int sysfb_init(void)
 		name = "platform-framebuffer";
 
 	pd = platform_device_alloc(name, 0);
-	if (!pd)
+	if (!pd) {
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unlock_mutex;
+	}
 
 	sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(pd);
 
@@ -73,9 +113,11 @@ static __init int sysfb_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	return 0;
+	goto unlock_mutex;
 err:
 	platform_device_put(pd);
+unlock_mutex:
+	mutex_unlock(&disable_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 

include/linux/sysfb.h

@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ struct efifb_dmi_info {
 	int flags;
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFB
+
+void sysfb_disable(void);
+
+#else /* CONFIG_SYSFB */
+
+static inline void sysfb_disable(void)
+{
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFB */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI
 
 extern struct efifb_dmi_info efifb_dmi_list[];