Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 19/21] fbcon: Maintain a private array of fb_info

Daniel Vetter
2022-02-08T14:03:39Z

On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 09:15:40PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:05:50PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > Accessing the one in fbmem.c without taking the right locks is a bad
> > idea. Instead maintain our own private copy, which is fully protected
> > by console_lock() (like everything else in fbcon.c). That copy is
> > serialized through fbcon_fb_registered/unregistered() calls.
>
> I fail to see why we can make a private copy of registered_fb
> just like that - are they not somehow shared between fbcon and fbmem.
> So when fbmem updates it, then fbcon will use the entry or such?
>
> I guess I am just ignorant of how registered_fb is used - but please
> explain.

The private copy is protected under console_lock, and hence safe to access
from fbcon.c code.

The main registered_fb array is protected by a different mutex, so we
could indeed end up with hilarious corruption because the value is
inconsistent while we try to access it (e.g. we check for !NULL, but later
on gcc decides to reload the value and now it's suddenly become NULL and
we blow up).

The two are synchronized by fbmem.c calling fbcon_register/unregister, so
aside from the different locks if there's no race going on, they will
always be identical.

Other option would be to roll out get_fb_info() to fbcon.c, but since
fbcon.c is fully protected by console_lock that would add complexity in
the code flow that we don't really need. And we'd have to wire fb_info
through all call chains, since the right way to use get_fb_info is to look
it up once and then only drop it when your callback has finished.

Since the current code just assume it's all protected by console_lock and
we never drop that during a callback this would mean major surgery and
essentially refactoring all of fbcon.c to only access the fbcon stuff
through fb_info, i.e. to get rid of _all_ the global arrays we have more
or less. I'm not volunteering for that (despite that really this would be
the right thing to do if we'd have infinite engineering time).

Ack with that explainer added to the commit message?
-Daniel

>
> Sam
>
> >
> > Also this means we do not need to hold a full fb_info reference, which
> > is nice because doing so would mean a refcount loop between the
> > console and the fb_info. But it's also not nice since it means
> > console_lock() must be held absolutely everywhere. Well strictly
> > speaking we could still try to do some refcounting games again by
> > calling get_fb_info before we drop the console_lock. But things will
> > get tricky.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
> > Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
> > Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> > Cc: Claudio Suarez <cssk@net-c.es>
> > Cc: Du Cheng <ducheng2@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > ---
> > drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 82 +++++++++++++++++---------------
> > 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
> > index 22581952b4fd..a0ca34b29615 100644
> > --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
> > +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
> > @@ -86,10 +86,6 @@
> > * - fbcon state itself is protected by the console_lock, and the code does a
> > * pretty good job at making sure that lock is held everywhere it's needed.
> > *
> > - * - access to the registered_fb array is entirely unprotected. This should use
> > - * proper object lifetime handling, i.e. get/put_fb_info. This also means
> > - * switching from indices to proper pointers for fb_info everywhere.
> > - *
> > * - fbcon doesn't bother with fb_lock/unlock at all. This is buggy, since it
> > * means concurrent access to the same fbdev from both fbcon and userspace
> > * will blow up. To fix this all fbcon calls from fbmem.c need to be moved out
> > @@ -107,6 +103,13 @@ enum {
> >
> > static struct fbcon_display fb_display[MAX_NR_CONSOLES];
> >
> > +struct fb_info *fbcon_registered_fb[FB_MAX];
> > +int fbcon_num_registered_fb;
> > +
> > +#define fbcon_for_each_registered_fb(i) \
> > + for (i = 0; WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED(), i < FB_MAX; i++) \
> > + if (!fbcon_registered_fb[i]) {} else
> > +
> > static signed char con2fb_map[MAX_NR_CONSOLES];
> > static signed char con2fb_map_boot[MAX_NR_CONSOLES];
> >
> > @@ -114,12 +117,7 @@ static struct fb_info *fbcon_info_from_console(int console)
> > {
> > WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED();
> >
> > - /*
> > - * Note that only con2fb_map is protected by the console lock,
> > - * registered_fb is protected by a separate mutex. This lookup can
> > - * therefore race.
> > - */
> > - return registered_fb[con2fb_map[console]];
> > + return fbcon_registered_fb[con2fb_map[console]];
> > }
> >
> > static int logo_lines;
> > @@ -516,7 +514,7 @@ static int do_fbcon_takeover(int show_logo)
> > {
> > int err, i;
> >
> > - if (!num_registered_fb)
> > + if (!fbcon_num_registered_fb)
> > return -ENODEV;
> >
> > if (!show_logo)
> > @@ -822,7 +820,7 @@ static int set_con2fb_map(int unit, int newidx, int user)
> > {
> > struct vc_data *vc = vc_cons[unit].d;
> > int oldidx = con2fb_map[unit];
> > - struct fb_info *info = registered_fb[newidx];
> > + struct fb_info *info = fbcon_registered_fb[newidx];
> > struct fb_info *oldinfo = NULL;
> > int found, err = 0, show_logo;
> >
> > @@ -840,7 +838,7 @@ static int set_con2fb_map(int unit, int newidx, int user)
> > }
> >
> > if (oldidx != -1)
> > - oldinfo = registered_fb[oldidx];
> > + oldinfo = fbcon_registered_fb[oldidx];
> >
> > found = search_fb_in_map(newidx);
> >
> > @@ -932,13 +930,13 @@ static const char *fbcon_startup(void)
> > * If num_registered_fb is zero, this is a call for the dummy part.
> > * The frame buffer devices weren't initialized yet.
> > */
> > - if (!num_registered_fb || info_idx == -1)
> > + if (!fbcon_num_registered_fb || info_idx == -1)
> > return display_desc;
> > /*
> > * Instead of blindly using registered_fb[0], we use info_idx, set by
> > * fbcon_fb_registered();
> > */
> > - info = registered_fb[info_idx];
> > + info = fbcon_registered_fb[info_idx];
> > if (!info)
> > return NULL;
> >
> > @@ -1153,9 +1151,9 @@ static void fbcon_release_all(void)
> > struct fb_info *info;
> > int i, j, mapped;
> >
> > - for_each_registered_fb(i) {
> > + fbcon_for_each_registered_fb(i) {
> > mapped = 0;
> > - info = registered_fb[i];
> > + info = fbcon_registered_fb[i];
> >
> > for (j = first_fb_vc; j <= last_fb_vc; j++) {
> > if (con2fb_map[j] == i) {
> > @@ -1182,7 +1180,7 @@ static void fbcon_deinit(struct vc_data *vc)
> > if (idx == -1)
> > goto finished;
> >
> > - info = registered_fb[idx];
> > + info = fbcon_registered_fb[idx];
> >
> > if (!info)
> > goto finished;
> > @@ -2118,9 +2116,9 @@ static int fbcon_switch(struct vc_data *vc)
> > *
> > * info->currcon = vc->vc_num;
> > */
> > - for_each_registered_fb(i) {
> > - if (registered_fb[i]->fbcon_par) {
> > - struct fbcon_ops *o = registered_fb[i]->fbcon_par;
> > + fbcon_for_each_registered_fb(i) {
> > + if (fbcon_registered_fb[i]->fbcon_par) {
> > + struct fbcon_ops *o = fbcon_registered_fb[i]->fbcon_par;
> >
> > o->currcon = vc->vc_num;
> > }
> > @@ -2765,7 +2763,7 @@ int fbcon_mode_deleted(struct fb_info *info,
> > j = con2fb_map[i];
> > if (j == -1)
> > continue;
> > - fb_info = registered_fb[j];
> > + fb_info = fbcon_registered_fb[j];
> > if (fb_info != info)
> > continue;
> > p = &fb_display[i];
> > @@ -2821,7 +2819,7 @@ void fbcon_fb_unbind(struct fb_info *info)
> > set_con2fb_map(i, new_idx, 0);
> > }
> > } else {
> > - struct fb_info *info = registered_fb[idx];
> > + struct fb_info *info = fbcon_registered_fb[idx];
> >
> > /* This is sort of like set_con2fb_map, except it maps
> > * the consoles to no device and then releases the
> > @@ -2851,6 +2849,9 @@ void fbcon_fb_unregistered(struct fb_info *info)
> >
> > console_lock();
> >
> > + fbcon_registered_fb[info->node] = NULL;
> > + fbcon_num_registered_fb--;
> > +
> > if (deferred_takeover) {
> > console_unlock();
> > return;
> > @@ -2865,7 +2866,7 @@ void fbcon_fb_unregistered(struct fb_info *info)
> > if (idx == info_idx) {
> > info_idx = -1;
> >
> > - for_each_registered_fb(i) {
> > + fbcon_for_each_registered_fb(i) {
> > info_idx = i;
> > break;
> > }
> > @@ -2881,7 +2882,7 @@ void fbcon_fb_unregistered(struct fb_info *info)
> > if (primary_device == idx)
> > primary_device = -1;
> >
> > - if (!num_registered_fb)
> > + if (!fbcon_num_registered_fb)
> > do_unregister_con_driver(&fb_con);
> > console_unlock();
> > }
> > @@ -2956,6 +2957,9 @@ int fbcon_fb_registered(struct fb_info *info)
> > else
> > atomic_inc(&ignore_console_lock_warning);
> >
> > + fbcon_registered_fb[info->node] = info;
> > + fbcon_num_registered_fb++;
> > +
> > idx = info->node;
> > fbcon_select_primary(info);
> >
> > @@ -3075,9 +3079,9 @@ int fbcon_set_con2fb_map_ioctl(void __user *argp)
> > return -EINVAL;
> > if (con2fb.framebuffer >= FB_MAX)
> > return -EINVAL;
> > - if (!registered_fb[con2fb.framebuffer])
> > + if (!fbcon_registered_fb[con2fb.framebuffer])
> > request_module("fb%d", con2fb.framebuffer);
> > - if (!registered_fb[con2fb.framebuffer]) {
> > + if (!fbcon_registered_fb[con2fb.framebuffer]) {
> > return -EINVAL;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -3144,10 +3148,10 @@ static ssize_t store_rotate(struct device *device,
> > console_lock();
> > idx = con2fb_map[fg_console];
> >
> > - if (idx == -1 || registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > + if (idx == -1 || fbcon_registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > goto err;
> >
> > - info = registered_fb[idx];
> > + info = fbcon_registered_fb[idx];
> > rotate = simple_strtoul(buf, last, 0);
> > fbcon_rotate(info, rotate);
> > err:
> > @@ -3166,10 +3170,10 @@ static ssize_t store_rotate_all(struct device *device,
> > console_lock();
> > idx = con2fb_map[fg_console];
> >
> > - if (idx == -1 || registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > + if (idx == -1 || fbcon_registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > goto err;
> >
> > - info = registered_fb[idx];
> > + info = fbcon_registered_fb[idx];
> > rotate = simple_strtoul(buf, last, 0);
> > fbcon_rotate_all(info, rotate);
> > err:
> > @@ -3186,10 +3190,10 @@ static ssize_t show_rotate(struct device *device,
> > console_lock();
> > idx = con2fb_map[fg_console];
> >
> > - if (idx == -1 || registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > + if (idx == -1 || fbcon_registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > goto err;
> >
> > - info = registered_fb[idx];
> > + info = fbcon_registered_fb[idx];
> > rotate = fbcon_get_rotate(info);
> > err:
> > console_unlock();
> > @@ -3206,10 +3210,10 @@ static ssize_t show_cursor_blink(struct device *device,
> > console_lock();
> > idx = con2fb_map[fg_console];
> >
> > - if (idx == -1 || registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > + if (idx == -1 || fbcon_registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > goto err;
> >
> > - info = registered_fb[idx];
> > + info = fbcon_registered_fb[idx];
> > ops = info->fbcon_par;
> >
> > if (!ops)
> > @@ -3232,10 +3236,10 @@ static ssize_t store_cursor_blink(struct device *device,
> > console_lock();
> > idx = con2fb_map[fg_console];
> >
> > - if (idx == -1 || registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > + if (idx == -1 || fbcon_registered_fb[idx] == NULL)
> > goto err;
> >
> > - info = registered_fb[idx];
> > + info = fbcon_registered_fb[idx];
> >
> > if (!info->fbcon_par)
> > goto err;
> > @@ -3295,8 +3299,8 @@ static void fbcon_register_existing_fbs(struct work_struct *work)
> > deferred_takeover = false;
> > logo_shown = FBCON_LOGO_DONTSHOW;
> >
> > - for_each_registered_fb(i)
> > - fbcon_fb_registered(registered_fb[i]);
> > + fbcon_for_each_registered_fb(i)
> > + fbcon_fb_registered(fbcon_registered_fb[i]);
> >
> > console_unlock();
> > }
> > --
> > 2.33.0

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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation