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* [PATCH v2 00/38] fbdev: Make userspace interfaces optional
@ 2023-06-12 14:07 Thomas Zimmermann
  2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 01/38] backlight/bd6107: Compare against struct fb_info.device Thomas Zimmermann
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  0 siblings, 39 replies; 56+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Zimmermann @ 2023-06-12 14:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: daniel, javierm, sam, deller, geert+renesas, lee, daniel.thompson,
	jingoohan1, dan.carpenter, michael.j.ruhl
  Cc: linux-fbdev, dri-devel, linux-sh, linux-omap, linux-staging,
	linux-kernel, Thomas Zimmermann

Add the new config option FB_DEVICE. If enabled, fbdev provides
traditional userspace interfaces in devfs, sysfs and procfs, such
as /dev/fb0 or /proc/fb.

Modern Linux distrobutions have adopted DRM drivers for graphics
output and use fbdev only for the kernel's framebuffer console.
Userspace has also moved on, with no new fbdev code being written
and existing support being removed.

OTOH, fbdev provides userspace a way of accessing kernel or I/O
memory, which might compromise the system's security. See the recent
commit c8687694bb1f ("drm/fbdev-generic: prohibit potential
out-of-bounds access") for an example. Disabling fbdev userspace
interfaces is therefore a useful feature to limit unnecessary
exposure of fbdev code to processes of low privilegues.

Patches 1 to 31 fix various bugs and issues in fbdev-related code.
In most cases the code uses the fbdev device where it should use
the Linux hardware device or something else. Most of these patches
fix existing problems and should therefore be considered in any case.

Patches 32 to 37 refactor the fbdev core code. The patches move
support for backlights, sysfs, procfs and devfs into separate files
and hide it behind simple interfaces. These changes will allow to
easily build the userspace support conditionally.

Patch 38 introduces the config option FB_DEVICE and adapts the fbdev
core to support it. The field struct fb_info.dev is now optional,
hence the name of the config option.

Tested on simpledrm and i915, including the device handover.

Future directions: With the support for disabling fbdev userspace
interfaces in place, it will be possible to make most fbdev drivers'
file-I/O code in struct fb_ops optional as well. 

v2:
	* fix fsl-diu-fb and sh7760fb
	* split backlight patches
	* set 'default y' for FB_CONFIG
	* minor fixes and corrections

Thomas Zimmermann (38):
  backlight/bd6107: Compare against struct fb_info.device
  backlight/bd6107: Rename struct bd6107_platform_data.fbdev to 'dev'
  backlight/gpio_backlight: Compare against struct fb_info.device
  backlight/gpio_backlight: Rename field 'fbdev' to 'dev'
  backlight/lv5207lp: Compare against struct fb_info.device
  backlight/lv5207lp: Rename struct lv5207lp_platform_data.fbdev to
    'dev'
  fbdev/atyfb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer init/cleanup
  fbdev/atyfb: Use hardware device as backlight parent
  fbdev/aty128fb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer init/cleanup
  fbdev/aty128fb: Use hardware device as backlight parent
  fbdev/broadsheetfb: Call device_remove_file() with hardware device
  fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Alloc DMA memory from hardware device
  fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Output messages with fb_info() and fb_err()
  fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Do not assign to struct fb_info.dev
  fbdev/fsl-diu-fb: Output messages with fb_*() helpers
  fbdev/mb862xxfb: Output messages with fb_dbg()
  fbdev/metronomefb: Use hardware device for dev_err()
  fbdev/nvidiafb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer init/cleanup
  fbdev/nvidiafb: Use hardware device as backlight parent
  fbdev/pxa168fb: Do not assign to struct fb_info.dev
  fbdev/radeonfb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer cleanup
  fbdev/radeonfb: Use hardware device as backlight parent
  fbdev/rivafb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer init/cleanup
  fbdev/rivafb: Use hardware device as backlight parent
  fbdev/sh7760fb: Use fb_dbg() in sh7760fb_get_color_info()
  fbdev/sh7760fb: Output messages with fb_dbg()
  fbdev/sh7760fb: Alloc DMA memory from hardware device
  fbdev/sh7760fb: Use hardware device with dev_() output during probe
  fbdev/sm501fb: Output message with fb_err()
  fbdev/smscufx: Detect registered fb_info from refcount
  fbdev/tdfxfb: Set i2c adapter parent to hardware device
  fbdev/core: Pass Linux device to pm_vt_switch_*() functions
  fbdev/core: Move framebuffer and backlight helpers into separate files
  fbdev/core: Add fb_device_{create,destroy}()
  fbdev/core: Move procfs code to separate file
  fbdev/core: Move file-I/O code into separate file
  fbdev/core: Rework fb init code
  fbdev: Make support for userspace interfaces configurable

 Documentation/gpu/todo.rst                   |  13 +
 arch/sh/boards/mach-ecovec24/setup.c         |   2 +-
 arch/sh/boards/mach-kfr2r09/setup.c          |   2 +-
 drivers/staging/fbtft/Kconfig                |   1 +
 drivers/video/backlight/bd6107.c             |   2 +-
 drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c     |   6 +-
 drivers/video/backlight/lv5207lp.c           |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig                  |  13 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/aty/aty128fb.c           |  12 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c         |  18 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_backlight.c   |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c        |   3 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/broadsheetfb.c           |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile            |   7 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_backlight.c      |  33 ++
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c           |  78 +++
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_internal.h       |  67 +++
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_procfs.c         |  62 ++
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c             |   1 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c             | 592 +------------------
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c           | 134 +----
 drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c              |  21 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/fsl-diu-fb.c             |  26 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/mb862xx/mb862xxfbdrv.c   |   9 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/metronomefb.c            |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nv_backlight.c    |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c          |   8 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/Kconfig     |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/pxa168fb.c               |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c             |  10 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/sh7760fb.c               |  50 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c                |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c                |   4 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/tdfxfb.c                 |   4 +-
 include/linux/fb.h                           |   6 +-
 include/linux/platform_data/bd6107.h         |   2 +-
 include/linux/platform_data/gpio_backlight.h |   2 +-
 include/linux/platform_data/lv5207lp.h       |   2 +-
 38 files changed, 437 insertions(+), 769 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_backlight.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_info.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_internal.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_procfs.c


base-commit: 63a468ec7c7652afa80e3fa6ad203f9e64d04e83
prerequisite-patch-id: 0aa359f6144c4015c140c8a6750be19099c676fb
prerequisite-patch-id: c67e5d886a47b7d0266d81100837557fda34cb24
prerequisite-patch-id: cbc453ee02fae02af22fbfdce56ab732c7a88c36
prerequisite-patch-id: 7c401614cf55c033f742bced317575b9f5b77bb1
prerequisite-patch-id: d3145eae4b35a1290199af6ff6cd5abfebc82033
prerequisite-patch-id: 242b6bc45675f1f1a62572542d75c89d4864f15a
-- 
2.41.0


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2023-06-12 14:07 [PATCH v2 00/38] fbdev: Make userspace interfaces optional Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 01/38] backlight/bd6107: Compare against struct fb_info.device Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 15:00   ` Dan Carpenter
2023-06-12 15:17   ` Ruhl, Michael J
2023-06-13  7:31     ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-13 10:37   ` Daniel Thompson
2023-06-13 10:47     ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 02/38] backlight/bd6107: Rename struct bd6107_platform_data.fbdev to 'dev' Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-13 10:38   ` Daniel Thompson
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 03/38] backlight/gpio_backlight: Compare against struct fb_info.device Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-13 10:38   ` Daniel Thompson
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 04/38] backlight/gpio_backlight: Rename field 'fbdev' to 'dev' Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-13 10:39   ` Daniel Thompson
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 05/38] backlight/lv5207lp: Compare against struct fb_info.device Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-13 10:39   ` Daniel Thompson
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 06/38] backlight/lv5207lp: Rename struct lv5207lp_platform_data.fbdev to 'dev' Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-13 10:40   ` Daniel Thompson
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 07/38] fbdev/atyfb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer init/cleanup Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 08/38] fbdev/atyfb: Use hardware device as backlight parent Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 09/38] fbdev/aty128fb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer init/cleanup Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 10/38] fbdev/aty128fb: Use hardware device as backlight parent Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 11/38] fbdev/broadsheetfb: Call device_remove_file() with hardware device Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 12/38] fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Alloc DMA memory from " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 13/38] fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Output messages with fb_info() and fb_err() Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 14/38] fbdev/ep93xx-fb: Do not assign to struct fb_info.dev Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 15/38] fbdev/fsl-diu-fb: Output messages with fb_*() helpers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 16/38] fbdev/mb862xxfb: Output messages with fb_dbg() Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 17/38] fbdev/metronomefb: Use hardware device for dev_err() Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 18/38] fbdev/nvidiafb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer init/cleanup Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 19/38] fbdev/nvidiafb: Use hardware device as backlight parent Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 20/38] fbdev/pxa168fb: Do not assign to struct fb_info.dev Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:07 ` [PATCH v2 21/38] fbdev/radeonfb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer cleanup Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 15:51   ` Sam Ravnborg
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 22/38] fbdev/radeonfb: Use hardware device as backlight parent Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 23/38] fbdev/rivafb: Reorder backlight and framebuffer init/cleanup Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 24/38] fbdev/rivafb: Use hardware device as backlight parent Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 25/38] fbdev/sh7760fb: Use fb_dbg() in sh7760fb_get_color_info() Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 26/38] fbdev/sh7760fb: Output messages with fb_dbg() Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 27/38] fbdev/sh7760fb: Alloc DMA memory from hardware device Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 28/38] fbdev/sh7760fb: Use hardware device with dev_() output during probe Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 29/38] fbdev/sm501fb: Output message with fb_err() Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 30/38] fbdev/smscufx: Detect registered fb_info from refcount Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 31/38] fbdev/tdfxfb: Set i2c adapter parent to hardware device Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 32/38] fbdev/core: Pass Linux device to pm_vt_switch_*() functions Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 33/38] fbdev/core: Move framebuffer and backlight helpers into separate files Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 34/38] fbdev/core: Add fb_device_{create,destroy}() Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 15:43   ` Sam Ravnborg
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 35/38] fbdev/core: Move procfs code to separate file Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 36/38] fbdev/core: Move file-I/O code into " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-13  9:17   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 37/38] fbdev/core: Rework fb init code Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-12 14:08 ` [PATCH v2 38/38] fbdev: Make support for userspace interfaces configurable Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-13 10:43   ` Daniel Thompson
2023-06-12 15:56 ` [PATCH v2 00/38] fbdev: Make userspace interfaces optional Sam Ravnborg
2023-06-12 16:04   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-06-13 10:41     ` Thomas Zimmermann

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