Re: [PATCH] drm/atomic-helper: Grab connection_mutex while duplicating state

[Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>]

Op 01-12-15 om 00:22 schreef Matt Roper:
> Callers of drm_atomic_helper_duplicate_state() may not have grabbed
> locks before calling this function.  We're not supposed to iterate over
> connectors without holding connection_mutex (since MST allows new
> connectors to be spawned at hotplug), so make sure we grab that
> ourselves before invoking drm_for_each_connector().  Failure to grab
> this lock would cause us to stumble over the assertion added in commit:
>
>         commit 7a3f3d6667f5f9ffd1517f6b21d64bbf5312042c
>         Author: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
>         Date:   Thu Jul 9 23:44:28 2015 +0200
>
>             drm: Check locking in drm_for_each_connector
>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> index 3731a26..e5d0b21 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> @@ -2478,6 +2478,10 @@ drm_atomic_helper_duplicate_state(struct drm_device *dev,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	err = drm_modeset_lock(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex, ctx);
> +	if (err)
> +		goto free;
> +
>  	drm_for_each_connector(conn, dev) {
>  		struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
>  
Thanks, that's a lot better than just a random hunk without explanation.

Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>
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