linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 11/57] drm/atomic_helper: Stop modesets on unregistered connectors harder

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Date:   Tue, 1 Dec 2020 16:43:32 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Ville Syrjälä 
        <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Christoph Niedermaier <cniedermaier@...electronics.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 11/57] drm/atomic_helper: Stop modesets on
 unregistered connectors harder

Hi!

> From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
> 
> commit de9f8eea5a44b0b756d3d6345af7f8e630a3c8c0 upstream.

So this says protected by mutex:

>  	/**
> -	 * @registered: Is this connector exposed (registered) with userspace?
> +	 * @registration_state: Is this connector initializing, exposed
> +	 * (registered) with userspace, or unregistered?
> +	 *
>  	 * Protected by @mutex.
>  	 */
> -	bool registered;
> +	enum drm_connector_registration_state registration_state;
>  
>  	/**
>  	 * @modes:
> @@ -1165,6 +1214,24 @@ static inline void drm_connector_unrefer
>  	drm_connector_put(connector);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * drm_connector_is_unregistered - has the connector been unregistered from
> + * userspace?
> + * @connector: DRM connector
> + *
> + * Checks whether or not @connector has been unregistered from userspace.
> + *
> + * Returns:
> + * True if the connector was unregistered, false if the connector is
> + * registered or has not yet been registered with userspace.
> + */
> +static inline bool
> +drm_connector_is_unregistered(struct drm_connector *connector)
> +{
> +	return READ_ONCE(connector->registration_state) ==
> +		DRM_CONNECTOR_UNREGISTERED;
> +}


But this uses READ_ONCE() for protection, and corresponding
WRITE_ONCE() is nowhere to be seen. Should this take the mutex, too?

Best regards,
								Pavel
-- 
http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek

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