linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/tegra: fix locking of SET_TILING ioctl

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:02:42 +0100
From:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:	Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
Cc:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
	Terje Bergstrom <tbergstrom@...dia.com>,
	linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, gnurou@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/tegra: fix locking of SET_TILING ioctl

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 04:09:56PM +0900, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> drm_gem_object_unreference() now expects obj->dev->struct_mutex to be
> held. Use the newly-introduced drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked()
> which handles locking for us.

This rule has been really old, I simply made the checking more anal in

commit ef4c6270bf2867e2f8032e9614d1a8cfc6c71663
Author: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Date:   Thu Oct 15 09:36:25 2015 +0200

    drm/gem: Check locking in drm_gem_object_unreference

With the above added this is:

Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>

> 
> If we don't do this drm_gem_object_unreference() will get noisy about
> struct_mutex not being held every time we call the SET_TILING ioctl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
> index cc48334ef164..c0ae89865958 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/drm.c
> @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static int tegra_gem_set_tiling(struct drm_device *drm, void *data,
>  	bo->tiling.mode = mode;
>  	bo->tiling.value = value;
>  
> -	drm_gem_object_unreference(gem);
> +	drm_gem_object_unreference_unlocked(gem);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.6.2
> 
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