linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/7] drm/encoder: add mutex to protect the bridge chain

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Message-Id: <20250926-drm-bridge-alloc-encoder-chain-mutex-v1-1-23b62c47356a@bootlin.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:59:42 +0200
From: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
To: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>, 
 Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, 
 David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>, 
 Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>, 
 Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>, Robert Foss <rfoss@...nel.org>, 
 Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>, 
 Jonas Karlman <jonas@...boo.se>, Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>
Cc: Hui Pu <Hui.Pu@...ealthcare.com>, 
 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, 
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] drm/encoder: add mutex to protect the bridge chain

The per-encoder bridge chain is currently assumed to be static once it is
fully initialized. Work is in progress to add hot-pluggable bridges,
breaking that assumption.

With bridge removal, the encoder chain can change without notice, removing
tail bridges. This can be problematic while iterating over the chain.

Add a mutex to be taken whenever looping or changing the encoder chain.

Also add two APIs to lock/unlock the mutex without the need to manipulate
internal struct drm_encoder fields.

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@...tlin.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c |  2 ++
 include/drm/drm_encoder.h     | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
index 8f2bc6a28482229fd0b030a1958f87753ad7885f..3261f142baea30c516499d23dbf8d0acf5952cd6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ static int __drm_encoder_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&encoder->bridge_chain);
+	mutex_init(&encoder->bridge_chain_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&encoder->head, &dev->mode_config.encoder_list);
 	encoder->index = dev->mode_config.num_encoder++;
 
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ void drm_encoder_cleanup(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 	kfree(encoder->name);
 	list_del(&encoder->head);
 	dev->mode_config.num_encoder--;
+	mutex_destroy(&encoder->bridge_chain_mutex);
 
 	memset(encoder, 0, sizeof(*encoder));
 }
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_encoder.h b/include/drm/drm_encoder.h
index 977a9381c8ba943b4d3e021635ea14856df8a17d..6c962de640a345bfbb18308c83076628547c9ab9 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_encoder.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_encoder.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <drm/drm_crtc.h>
 #include <drm/drm_mode.h>
 #include <drm/drm_mode_object.h>
@@ -189,6 +190,9 @@ struct drm_encoder {
 	 */
 	struct list_head bridge_chain;
 
+	/** @bridge_chain_mutex: protect bridge_chain from changes while iterating */
+	struct mutex bridge_chain_mutex;
+
 	const struct drm_encoder_funcs *funcs;
 	const struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs *helper_private;
 
@@ -319,6 +323,20 @@ static inline struct drm_encoder *drm_encoder_find(struct drm_device *dev,
 	return mo ? obj_to_encoder(mo) : NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct drm_encoder *drm_encoder_chain_lock(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
+{
+	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!encoder))
+		mutex_lock(&encoder->bridge_chain_mutex);
+
+	return encoder;
+}
+
+static inline void drm_encoder_chain_unlock(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
+{
+	if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!encoder))
+		mutex_unlock(&encoder->bridge_chain_mutex);
+}
+
 void drm_encoder_cleanup(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
 
 /**

-- 
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