From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: alexander.deucher@amd.com, amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
javierm@redhat.com, nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org,
sashal@kernel.org, tzimmermann@suse.de
Cc: <stable-commits@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Patch "drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup" has been added to the 6.12-stable tree
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:19:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025120310-trump-rancidity-eedb@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251202202312.2505097-1-sashal@kernel.org>
This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup
to the 6.12-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
drm-fbcon-vga_switcheroo-avoid-race-condition-in-fbcon-setup.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.
From stable+bounces-198144-greg=kroah.com@vger.kernel.org Tue Dec 2 21:23:22 2025
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 15:23:12 -0500
Subject: drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>, Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>, Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org, amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Message-ID: <20251202202312.2505097-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
[ Upstream commit eb76d0f5553575599561010f24c277cc5b31d003 ]
Protect vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set() with console lock. Avoids OOB
access in fbcon_remap_all(). Without holding the console lock the call
races with switching outputs.
VGA switcheroo calls fbcon_remap_all() when switching clients. The fbcon
function uses struct fb_info.node, which is set by register_framebuffer().
As the fb-helper code currently sets up VGA switcheroo before registering
the framebuffer, the value of node is -1 and therefore not a legal value.
For example, fbcon uses the value within set_con2fb_map() [1] as an index
into an array.
Moving vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set() after register_framebuffer() can
result in VGA switching that does not switch fbcon correctly.
Therefore move vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set() under fbcon_fb_registered(),
which already holds the console lock. Fbdev calls fbcon_fb_registered()
from within register_framebuffer(). Serializes the helper with VGA
switcheroo's call to fbcon_remap_all().
Although vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set() takes an instance of struct fb_info
as parameter, it really only needs the contained fbcon state. Moving the
call to fbcon initialization is therefore cleaner than before. Only amdgpu,
i915, nouveau and radeon support vga_switcheroo. For all other drivers,
this change does nothing.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Link: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.17/source/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c#L2942 # [1]
Fixes: 6a9ee8af344e ("vga_switcheroo: initial implementation (v15)")
Acked-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v2.6.34+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251105161549.98836-1-tzimmermann@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 6 ------
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbdev.c | 6 ------
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fbdev.c | 5 -----
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 9 +++++++++
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
#include <linux/console.h>
-#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/sysrq.h>
-#include <linux/vga_switcheroo.h>
#include <drm/drm_atomic.h>
#include <drm/drm_drv.h>
@@ -1637,10 +1635,6 @@ static int drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe
strcpy(fb_helper->fb->comm, "[fbcon]");
- /* Set the fb info for vgaswitcheroo clients. Does nothing otherwise. */
- if (dev_is_pci(dev->dev))
- vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(to_pci_dev(dev->dev), fb_helper->info);
-
return 0;
}
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbdev.c
@@ -589,11 +589,8 @@ static int intel_fbdev_restore_mode(stru
static void intel_fbdev_client_unregister(struct drm_client_dev *client)
{
struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = drm_fb_helper_from_client(client);
- struct drm_device *dev = fb_helper->dev;
- struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev->dev);
if (fb_helper->info) {
- vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(pdev, NULL);
drm_fb_helper_unregister_info(fb_helper);
} else {
drm_fb_helper_unprepare(fb_helper);
@@ -620,7 +617,6 @@ static int intel_fbdev_client_hotplug(st
{
struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = drm_fb_helper_from_client(client);
struct drm_device *dev = client->dev;
- struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev->dev);
int ret;
if (dev->fb_helper)
@@ -634,8 +630,6 @@ static int intel_fbdev_client_hotplug(st
if (ret)
goto err_drm_fb_helper_fini;
- vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(pdev, fb_helper->info);
-
return 0;
err_drm_fb_helper_fini:
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fbdev.c
@@ -300,10 +300,8 @@ static void radeon_fbdev_client_unregist
{
struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = drm_fb_helper_from_client(client);
struct drm_device *dev = fb_helper->dev;
- struct radeon_device *rdev = dev->dev_private;
if (fb_helper->info) {
- vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(rdev->pdev, NULL);
drm_helper_force_disable_all(dev);
drm_fb_helper_unregister_info(fb_helper);
} else {
@@ -325,7 +323,6 @@ static int radeon_fbdev_client_hotplug(s
{
struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = drm_fb_helper_from_client(client);
struct drm_device *dev = client->dev;
- struct radeon_device *rdev = dev->dev_private;
int ret;
if (dev->fb_helper)
@@ -342,8 +339,6 @@ static int radeon_fbdev_client_hotplug(s
if (ret)
goto err_drm_fb_helper_fini;
- vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(rdev->pdev, fb_helper->info);
-
return 0;
err_drm_fb_helper_fini:
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/kd.h>
#include <linux/panic.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/fb.h>
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/crc32.h> /* For counting font checksums */
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/vga_switcheroo.h>
#include <asm/irq.h>
#include "fbcon.h"
@@ -2894,6 +2896,9 @@ void fbcon_fb_unregistered(struct fb_inf
console_lock();
+ if (info->device && dev_is_pci(info->device))
+ vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(to_pci_dev(info->device), NULL);
+
fbcon_registered_fb[info->node] = NULL;
fbcon_num_registered_fb--;
@@ -3027,6 +3032,10 @@ static int do_fb_registered(struct fb_in
}
}
+ /* Set the fb info for vga_switcheroo clients. Does nothing otherwise. */
+ if (info->device && dev_is_pci(info->device))
+ vga_switcheroo_client_fb_set(to_pci_dev(info->device), info);
+
return ret;
}
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-03 14:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-01 16:01 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
2025-12-01 22:10 ` [PATCH 6.12.y] drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup Sasha Levin
2025-12-02 7:40 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2025-12-02 15:52 ` Greg KH
2025-12-02 20:23 ` Sasha Levin
2025-12-03 13:19 ` gregkh [this message]
2025-12-03 16:50 ` Thomas Zimmermann
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