linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging/vboxvideo: Another FIXME item

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Date:   Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:59:51 +0100
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
To:     DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging/vboxvideo: Another FIXME item

Found while grepping around.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@....com>
---
 drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_irq.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_irq.c b/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_irq.c
index 195484713365..89944134ea86 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_irq.c
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ static void vbox_update_mode_hints(struct vbox_private *vbox)
 
 	validate_or_set_position_hints(vbox);
 	drm_modeset_lock_all(dev);
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: this needs to use drm_connector_list_iter and some real
+	 * locking for the actual data it changes, not the deprecated
+	 * drm_modeset_lock_all() shotgun approach.
+	 */
 	list_for_each_entry(connector, &dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
 		vbox_conn = to_vbox_connector(connector);
 
-- 
2.20.1