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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:56:59 +0100
From: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@...tlin.com>
To: Maíra Canal <mcanal@...lia.com>
Cc: Rodrigo Siqueira <rodrigosiqueiramelo@...il.com>,
	Melissa Wen <melissa.srw@...il.com>,
	Haneen Mohammed <hamohammed.sa@...il.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
	Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, arthurgrillo@...eup.net,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, pekka.paalanen@...oniitty.fi,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jeremie.dautheribes@...tlin.com, miquel.raynal@...tlin.com,
	thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, seanpaul@...gle.com,
	marcheu@...gle.com, nicolejadeyee@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/16] drm/vkms: Add dummy pixel_read/pixel_write
 callbacks to avoid NULL pointers

Le 25/03/24 - 10:59, Maíra Canal a écrit :
> On 3/13/24 14:44, Louis Chauvet wrote:
> > Introduce two callbacks which does nothing. They are used in replacement
> > of NULL and it avoid kernel OOPS if this NULL is called.
> > 
> > If those callback are used, it means that there is a mismatch between
> > what formats are announced by atomic_check and what is realy supported by
> > atomic_update.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@...tlin.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >   1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c
> > index 55a4365d21a4..b57d85b8b935 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_formats.c
> > @@ -136,6 +136,21 @@ static void RGB565_to_argb_u16(u8 *in_pixel, struct pixel_argb_u16 *out_pixel)
> >   	out_pixel->b = drm_fixp2int_round(drm_fixp_mul(fp_b, fp_rb_ratio));
> >   }
> >   
> > +/**
> > + * black_to_argb_u16() - pixel_read callback which always read black
> > + *
> > + * This callback is used when an invalid format is requested for plane reading.
> > + * It is used to avoid null pointer to be used as a function. In theory, this function should
> > + * never be called, except if you found a bug in the driver/DRM core.
> > + */
> > +static void black_to_argb_u16(u8 *in_pixel, struct pixel_argb_u16 *out_pixel)
> > +{
> > +	out_pixel->a = (u16)0xFFFF;
> > +	out_pixel->r = 0;
> > +	out_pixel->g = 0;
> > +	out_pixel->b = 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >   /**
> >    * vkms_compose_row - compose a single row of a plane
> >    * @stage_buffer: output line with the composed pixels
> > @@ -238,6 +253,16 @@ static void argb_u16_to_RGB565(u8 *out_pixel, struct pixel_argb_u16 *in_pixel)
> >   	*pixel = cpu_to_le16(r << 11 | g << 5 | b);
> >   }
> >   
> > +/**
> > + * argb_u16_to_nothing() - pixel_write callback with no effect
> > + *
> > + * This callback is used when an invalid format is requested for writeback.
> > + * It is used to avoid null pointer to be used as a function. In theory, this should never
> > + * happen, except if there is a bug in the driver
> > + */
> > +static void argb_u16_to_nothing(u8 *out_pixel, struct pixel_argb_u16 *in_pixel)
> > +{}
> > +
> >   /**
> >    * Generic loop for all supported writeback format. It is executed just after the blending to
> >    * write a line in the writeback buffer.
> > @@ -261,8 +286,8 @@ void vkms_writeback_row(struct vkms_writeback_job *wb,
> >   
> >   /**
> >    * Retrieve the correct read_pixel function for a specific format.
> > - * The returned pointer is NULL for unsupported pixel formats. The caller must ensure that the
> > - * pointer is valid before using it in a vkms_plane_state.
> > + * If the format is not supported by VKMS a warn is emitted and a dummy "always read black"
> 
> "If the format is not supported by VKMS, a warning is emitted and a 
> dummy "always read black"..."

Fixed in v6.
 
> > + * function is returned.
> >    *
> >    * @format: DRM_FORMAT_* value for which to obtain a conversion function (see [drm_fourcc.h])
> >    */
> > @@ -285,18 +310,21 @@ pixel_read_t get_pixel_read_function(u32 format)
> >   		 * format must:
> >   		 * - Be listed in vkms_formats in vkms_plane.c
> >   		 * - Have a pixel_read callback defined here
> > +		 *
> > +		 * To avoid kernel crash, a dummy "always read black" function is used. It means
> > +		 * that during the composition, this plane will always be black.
> >   		 */
> >   		WARN(true,
> >   		     "Pixel format %p4cc is not supported by VKMS planes. This is a kernel bug, atomic check must forbid this configuration.\n",
> >   		     &format);
> > -		return (pixel_read_t)NULL;
> > +		return &black_to_argb_u16;
> >   	}
> >   }
> >   
> >   /**
> >    * Retrieve the correct write_pixel function for a specific format.
> > - * The returned pointer is NULL for unsupported pixel formats. The caller must ensure that the
> > - * pointer is valid before using it in a vkms_writeback_job.
> > + * If the format is not supported by VKMS a warn is emitted and a dummy "don't do anything"
> 
> "If the format is not supported by VKMS, a warning is emitted and a 
> dummy "don't do anything"..."

Fixed in v6.

Thanks,
Louis Chauvet

> Best Regards,
> - Maíra
> 
> > + * function is returned.
> >    *
> >    * @format: DRM_FORMAT_* value for which to obtain a conversion function (see [drm_fourcc.h])
> >    */
> > @@ -319,10 +347,13 @@ pixel_write_t get_pixel_write_function(u32 format)
> >   		 * format must:
> >   		 * - Be listed in vkms_wb_formats in vkms_writeback.c
> >   		 * - Have a pixel_write callback defined here
> > +		 *
> > +		 * To avoid kernel crash, a dummy "don't do anything" function is used. It means
> > +		 * that the resulting writeback buffer is not composed and can contains any values.
> >   		 */
> >   		WARN(true,
> >   		     "Pixel format %p4cc is not supported by VKMS writeback. This is a kernel bug, atomic check must forbid this configuration.\n",
> >   		     &format);
> > -		return (pixel_write_t)NULL;
> > +		return &argb_u16_to_nothing;
> >   	}
> >   }
> > 

-- 
Louis Chauvet, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

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