Introduce crtc->mode_valid() callback

index 1b0c14a..0741f36 100644
@@ -80,6 +80,52 @@
 	return MODE_OK;
 }
 
+static enum drm_mode_status
+drm_mode_validate_connector(struct drm_connector *connector,
+			    struct drm_display_mode *mode)
+{
+	const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs *connector_funcs =
+		connector->helper_private;
+	struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
+	uint32_t *ids = connector->encoder_ids;
+	enum drm_mode_status ret = MODE_OK;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	/* Step 1: Validate against connector */
+	if (connector_funcs->mode_valid)
+		ret = connector_funcs->mode_valid(connector, mode);
+
+	if (ret != MODE_OK)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Step 2: Validate against crtc's */
+	for (i = 0; i < DRM_CONNECTOR_MAX_ENCODER; i++) {
+		struct drm_encoder *encoder = drm_encoder_find(dev, ids[i]);
+		struct drm_crtc *crtc;
+
+		if (!encoder)
+			continue;
+
+		drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, dev) {
+			const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs *crtc_funcs;
+
+			if (!drm_encoder_crtc_ok(encoder, crtc))
+				continue;
+
+			crtc_funcs = crtc->helper_private;
+			if (!crtc_funcs || !crtc_funcs->mode_valid)
+				return MODE_OK; /* crtc accepts everything */
+
+			ret = crtc_funcs->mode_valid(crtc, mode);
+			if (ret == MODE_OK)
+				return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* NOTE: If no crtc or encoder is found then we return MODE_OK */
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int drm_helper_probe_add_cmdline_mode(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
 	struct drm_cmdline_mode *cmdline_mode;

@@ -428,8 +474,8 @@ int drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes(struct drm_connector *connector,
 		if (mode->status == MODE_OK)
 			mode->status = drm_mode_validate_flag(mode, mode_flags);
 
-		if (mode->status == MODE_OK && connector_funcs->mode_valid)
-			mode->status = connector_funcs->mode_valid(connector,
+		if (mode->status == MODE_OK)
+			mode->status = drm_mode_validate_connector(connector,
 								   mode);
 	}
 

index c01c328..ecb055c 100644
@@ -106,6 +106,32 @@ struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs {
 	void (*commit)(struct drm_crtc *crtc);
 
 	/**
+	 * @mode_valid:
+	 *
+	 * This callback should be implemented if the crtc has some sort of
+	 * restriction in the modes it can display. For example, a given crtc
+	 * may be responsible to set a clock value. If the clock can not
+	 * produce all the values for the available modes then this callback
+	 * can be used to restrict the number of probbed modes to only the ones
+	 * that can be displayed.
+	 *
+	 * This is directly called at the same stage of connector->mode_valid
+	 * callback.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE:
+	 *
+	 * For a given set of crtc's in a drm_device, if at least one does not
+	 * have the mode_valid callback, or, at least one returns MODE_OK then
+	 * the mode will be probbed.
+	 *
+	 * RETURNS:
+	 *
+	 * drm_mode_status Enum
+	 */
+	enum drm_mode_status (*mode_valid)(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+					   const struct drm_display_mode *mode);
+
+	/**
 	 * @mode_fixup:
 	 *
 	 * This callback is used to validate a mode. The parameter mode is the

index ad9a959..631d86d 100644
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@
 	{ "r8g8b8", 24, {16, 8}, {8, 8}, {0, 8}, {0, 0}, DRM_FORMAT_RGB888 },
 };
 
+static bool arc_pgu_is_mode_valid(struct arcpgu_drm_private *arcpgu,
+				  const struct drm_display_mode *mode)
+{
+	long rate, clk_rate = mode->clock * 1000;
+
+	rate = clk_round_rate(arcpgu->clk, clk_rate);
+	if (rate != clk_rate)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static void arc_pgu_set_pxl_fmt(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct arcpgu_drm_private *arcpgu = crtc_to_arcpgu_priv(crtc);

@@ -64,6 +76,17 @@ static void arc_pgu_set_pxl_fmt(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	.atomic_destroy_state = drm_atomic_helper_crtc_destroy_state,
 };
 
+enum drm_mode_status arc_pgu_crtc_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+					     const struct drm_display_mode *mode)
+{
+	struct arcpgu_drm_private *arcpgu = crtc_to_arcpgu_priv(crtc);
+
+	if (!arc_pgu_is_mode_valid(arcpgu, mode))
+		return MODE_NOCLOCK;
+
+	return MODE_OK;
+}
+
 static void arc_pgu_crtc_mode_set_nofb(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
 	struct arcpgu_drm_private *arcpgu = crtc_to_arcpgu_priv(crtc);

@@ -134,10 +157,8 @@ static int arc_pgu_crtc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 {
 	struct arcpgu_drm_private *arcpgu = crtc_to_arcpgu_priv(crtc);
 	struct drm_display_mode *mode = &state->adjusted_mode;
-	long rate, clk_rate = mode->clock * 1000;
 
-	rate = clk_round_rate(arcpgu->clk, clk_rate);
-	if (rate != clk_rate)
+	if (!arc_pgu_is_mode_valid(arcpgu, mode))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;

@@ -158,6 +179,7 @@ static void arc_pgu_crtc_atomic_begin(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 }
 
 static const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs arc_pgu_crtc_helper_funcs = {
+	.mode_valid	= arc_pgu_crtc_mode_valid,
 	.mode_set	= drm_helper_crtc_mode_set,
 	.mode_set_base	= drm_helper_crtc_mode_set_base,
 	.mode_set_nofb	= arc_pgu_crtc_mode_set_nofb,