From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: jfalempe@redhat.com, javierm@redhat.com, rrameshbabu@nvidia.com,
maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com, mripard@kernel.org,
francesco@valla.it, airlied@gmail.com
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/7] drm/client: Deprecate struct drm_client_buffer.gem
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:09:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251027121042.143588-5-tzimmermann@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251027121042.143588-1-tzimmermann@suse.de>
The client buffer's framebuffer holds a reference and pointer on
each of its GEM buffer objects. Thus the field gem in the client-
buffer struct is not necessary. Deprecated the field and convert
the client-buffer helpers to use the framebuffer's objects.
In drm_client_buffer_delete(), do a possible vunmap before releasing
the framebuffer. Otherwise we'd eventually release the framebuffer
before unmaping its buffer objects.
v2:
- avoid dependency on CONFIG_DRM_KMS_HELPER
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@redhat.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
include/drm/drm_client.h | 9 +++------
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c
index c4db4fc7ba69..0aa56c4b912b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <drm/drm_fourcc.h>
#include <drm/drm_framebuffer.h>
#include <drm/drm_gem.h>
+#include <drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.h>
#include <drm/drm_mode.h>
#include <drm/drm_print.h>
@@ -178,17 +179,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_client_release);
static void drm_client_buffer_delete(struct drm_client_buffer *buffer)
{
+ struct drm_gem_object *gem = buffer->fb->obj[0];
int ret;
+ drm_gem_vunmap(gem, &buffer->map);
+
ret = drm_mode_rmfb(buffer->client->dev, buffer->fb->base.id, buffer->client->file);
if (ret)
drm_err(buffer->client->dev,
"Error removing FB:%u (%d)\n", buffer->fb->base.id, ret);
- if (buffer->gem) {
- drm_gem_vunmap(buffer->gem, &buffer->map);
- drm_gem_object_put(buffer->gem);
- }
+ drm_gem_object_put(buffer->gem);
kfree(buffer);
}
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ drm_client_buffer_create(struct drm_client_dev *client, u32 width, u32 height,
int drm_client_buffer_vmap_local(struct drm_client_buffer *buffer,
struct iosys_map *map_copy)
{
- struct drm_gem_object *gem = buffer->gem;
+ struct drm_gem_object *gem = buffer->fb->obj[0];
struct iosys_map *map = &buffer->map;
int ret;
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_client_buffer_vmap_local);
*/
void drm_client_buffer_vunmap_local(struct drm_client_buffer *buffer)
{
- struct drm_gem_object *gem = buffer->gem;
+ struct drm_gem_object *gem = buffer->fb->obj[0];
struct iosys_map *map = &buffer->map;
drm_gem_vunmap_locked(gem, map);
@@ -338,9 +339,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_client_buffer_vunmap_local);
int drm_client_buffer_vmap(struct drm_client_buffer *buffer,
struct iosys_map *map_copy)
{
+ struct drm_gem_object *gem = buffer->fb->obj[0];
int ret;
- ret = drm_gem_vmap(buffer->gem, &buffer->map);
+ ret = drm_gem_vmap(gem, &buffer->map);
if (ret)
return ret;
*map_copy = buffer->map;
@@ -359,7 +361,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_client_buffer_vmap);
*/
void drm_client_buffer_vunmap(struct drm_client_buffer *buffer)
{
- drm_gem_vunmap(buffer->gem, &buffer->map);
+ struct drm_gem_object *gem = buffer->fb->obj[0];
+
+ drm_gem_vunmap(gem, &buffer->map);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_client_buffer_vunmap);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_client.h b/include/drm/drm_client.h
index c674464f7e74..b01fc2a21f09 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_client.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_client.h
@@ -176,12 +176,9 @@ struct drm_client_buffer {
/**
* @gem: GEM object backing this buffer
*
- * FIXME: The dependency on GEM here isn't required, we could
- * convert the driver handle to a dma-buf instead and use the
- * backend-agnostic dma-buf vmap support instead. This would
- * require that the handle2fd prime ioctl is reworked to pull the
- * fd_install step out of the driver backend hooks, to make that
- * final step optional for internal users.
+ * FIXME: The DRM framebuffer holds a reference on its GEM
+ * buffer objects. Do not use this field in new code and
+ * update existing users.
*/
struct drm_gem_object *gem;
--
2.51.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-27 12:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-27 12:09 [PATCH v2 0/7] drm/client: Simply client-buffer interface and implementation Thomas Zimmermann
2025-10-27 12:09 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] drm/client: Remove pitch from struct drm_client_buffer Thomas Zimmermann
2025-10-27 12:09 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] drm/client: Move dumb-buffer handling to drm_client_framebuffer_create() Thomas Zimmermann
2025-10-27 12:09 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] drm/client: Inline drm_client_buffer_addfb() and _rmfb() Thomas Zimmermann
2025-10-27 12:09 ` Thomas Zimmermann [this message]
2025-10-31 15:49 ` [REGRESSION][ASAN] drm/client: Deprecate struct drm_client_buffer.gem Ian Forbes
2025-11-03 12:15 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2025-11-04 10:52 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2025-10-27 12:09 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] drm/client: Remove drm_client_framebuffer_delete() Thomas Zimmermann
2025-10-27 12:09 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] drm/client: Create client buffers with drm_client_buffer_create_dumb() Thomas Zimmermann
2025-10-27 12:09 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] drm/client: Flush client buffers with drm_client_buffer_sync() Thomas Zimmermann
2025-10-27 14:24 ` Jocelyn Falempe
2025-10-28 17:22 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] drm/client: Simply client-buffer interface and implementation Francesco Valla
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