linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/21] fbcon: Introduce wrapper for console->fb

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Message-ID: <YfxIYAKE1RIVUT+9@ravnborg.org>
Date:   Thu, 3 Feb 2022 22:25:52 +0100
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc:     DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Du Cheng <ducheng2@...il.com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Claudio Suarez <cssk@...-c.es>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/21] fbcon: Introduce wrapper for console->fb_info
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On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:05:36PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> Half of it is protected by console_lock, but the other half is a lot
> more awkward: Registration/deregistration of fbdev are serialized, but
> we don't really clear out anything in con2fb_map and so there's
> potential for use-after free mixups.
> 
> First step is to encapsulate the lookup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Cc: Du Cheng <ducheng2@...il.com>
> Cc: Claudio Suarez <cssk@...-c.es>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>