[PATCH v3 7/9] dma-buf: Document dynamic locking convention

Dmitry Osipenko
2022-08-24T10:24:44Z

Add documentation for the dynamic locking convention. The documentation
tells dma-buf API users when they should take the reservation lock and
when not.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com>
---
Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst | 6 +++
drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 69 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
index 36a76cbe9095..622b8156d212 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ DMA Buffer ioctls

.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/dma-buf.h

+DMA-BUF locking convention
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+ :doc: locking convention
+
Kernel Functions and Structures Reference
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index f2a5a122da4a..696d132b02f4 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -794,6 +794,69 @@ static struct sg_table * __map_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
return sg_table;
}

+/**
+ * DOC: locking convention
+ *
+ * In order to avoid deadlock situations between dma-buf exports and importers,
+ * all dma-buf API users must follow the common dma-buf locking convention.
+ *
+ * Convention for importers
+ *
+ * 1. Importers must hold the dma-buf reservation lock when calling these
+ * functions:
+ *
+ * - dma_buf_pin()
+ * - dma_buf_unpin()
+ * - dma_buf_map_attachment()
+ * - dma_buf_unmap_attachment()
+ * - dma_buf_vmap()
+ * - dma_buf_vunmap()
+ *
+ * 2. Importers must not hold the dma-buf reservation lock when calling these
+ * functions:
+ *
+ * - dma_buf_attach_unlocked()
+ * - dma_buf_dynamic_attach_unlocked()
+ * - dma_buf_detach_unlocked()
+ * - dma_buf_export(
+ * - dma_buf_fd()
+ * - dma_buf_get()
+ * - dma_buf_put()
+ * - dma_buf_begin_cpu_access()
+ * - dma_buf_end_cpu_access()
+ * - dma_buf_map_attachment_unlocked()
+ * - dma_buf_unmap_attachment_unlocked()
+ * - dma_buf_vmap_unlocked()
+ * - dma_buf_vunmap_unlocked()
+ *
+ * Convention for exporters
+ *
+ * 1. These &dma_buf_ops callbacks are invoked with unlocked dma-buf
+ * reservation and exporter can take the lock:
+ *
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.attach()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.detach()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.release()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.begin_cpu_access()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.end_cpu_access()
+ *
+ * 2. These &dma_buf_ops callbacks are invoked with locked dma-buf
+ * reservation and exporter can't take the lock:
+ *
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.pin()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.unpin()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.map_dma_buf()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.unmap_dma_buf()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.mmap()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.vmap()
+ * - &dma_buf_ops.vunmap()
+ *
+ * 3. Exporters must hold the dma-buf reservation lock when calling these
+ * functions:
+ *
+ * - dma_buf_move_notify()
+ */
+
/**
* dma_buf_dynamic_attach_unlocked - Add the device to dma_buf's attachments list
* @dmabuf: [in] buffer to attach device to.
--
2.37.2