Re: [Bug #12491] i915 lockdep warning

Roland Dreier
2009-02-07T01:48:09Z

[intel-gfx CC added]

> I tested this on my 965 based system that showed the issue and it seemed resolved, at least no warnings in dmesg. Lockdep was confirmed to still be enabled.

> I can mark the bug fixed in korg bugzilla too.

Probably we just want to add a comment saying the patch works -- the bug
should stay open until we get the fix upstream I guess.

> Thank you Roland for looking into this, good work!

Thanks for testing! Patch with updated changelog (including your
tested-by) below. Jesse [Barnes] and/or Eric please review and apply:

---

i915: Fix potential AB-BA deadlock in i915_gem_execbuffer()

Lockdep warns that i915_gem_execbuffer() can trigger a page fault (which
takes mmap_sem) while holding dev->struct_mutex, while drm_vm_open()
(which is called with mmap_sem already held) takes dev->struct_mutex.
So this is a potential AB-BA deadlock.

The way that i915_gem_execbuffer() triggers a page fault is by doing
copy_to_user() when returning new buffer offsets back to userspace;
however there is no reason to hold the struct_mutex when doing this
copy, since what is being copied is the contents of an array private to
i915_gem_execbuffer() anyway. So we can fix the potential deadlock (and
get rid of the lockdep warning) by simply moving the copy_to_user()
outside of where struct_mutex is held.

This fixes <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12491>.

Reported-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Tested-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c | 21 ++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index debad5c..23aad8c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -2610,15 +2610,6 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,

i915_verify_inactive(dev, __FILE__, __LINE__);

- /* Copy the new buffer offsets back to the user's exec list. */
- ret = copy_to_user((struct drm_i915_relocation_entry __user *)
- (uintptr_t) args->buffers_ptr,
- exec_list,
- sizeof(*exec_list) * args->buffer_count);
- if (ret)
- DRM_ERROR("failed to copy %d exec entries "
- "back to user (%d)\n",
- args->buffer_count, ret);
err:
for (i = 0; i < pinned; i++)
i915_gem_object_unpin(object_list[i]);
@@ -2628,6 +2619,18 @@ err:

mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);

+ if (!ret) {
+ /* Copy the new buffer offsets back to the user's exec list. */
+ ret = copy_to_user((struct drm_i915_relocation_entry __user *)
+ (uintptr_t) args->buffers_ptr,
+ exec_list,
+ sizeof(*exec_list) * args->buffer_count);
+ if (ret)
+ DRM_ERROR("failed to copy %d exec entries "
+ "back to user (%d)\n",
+ args->buffer_count, ret);
+ }
+
pre_mutex_err:
drm_free(object_list, sizeof(*object_list) * args->buffer_count,
DRM_MEM_DRIVER);