[PATCH v3 1/4] drm: bridge/panel: Cleanup connector on bridge detach

[Laurent Pinchart]

Hi Paul,

Thank you for the patch.

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 08:55:49AM +0000, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> If we don't call drm_connector_cleanup() manually in
> panel_bridge_detach(), the connector will be cleaned up with the other
> DRM objects in the call to drm_mode_config_cleanup(). However, since our
> drm_connector is devm-allocated, by the time drm_mode_config_cleanup()
> will be called, our connector will be long gone. Therefore, the
> connector must be cleaned up when the bridge is detached to avoid
> use-after-free conditions.
> 
> v2: Cleanup connector only if it was created
> 
> v3: Add FIXME
> 
> Fixes: 13dfc0540a57 ("drm/bridge: Refactor out the panel wrapper from the lvds-encoder bridge.")
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org> # 4.12+
> Cc: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda at samsung.com>
> Cc: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong at baylibre.com>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>
> Cc: Jonas Karlman <jonas at kwiboo.se>
> Cc: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec at siol.net>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul at crapouillou.net>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
> index 0ddc37551194..5959e8183cd0 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/panel.c
> @@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ static int panel_bridge_attach(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
>  
>  static void panel_bridge_detach(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
>  {
> +	struct panel_bridge *panel_bridge = drm_bridge_to_panel_bridge(bridge);
> +	struct drm_connector *connector = &panel_bridge->connector;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Cleanup the connector if we know it was initialized.
> +	 *
> +	 * FIXME: This wouldn't be needed if the panel_bridge structure was
> +	 * allocated with drmm_kzalloc(). This might be tricky since the
> +	 * drm_device pointer can only be retrieved when the bridge is attached.
> +	 */
> +	if (!!panel_bridge->connector.dev)

How about simply

	if (connector->dev)

? With this change,

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>

> +		drm_connector_cleanup(connector);
>  }
>  
>  static void panel_bridge_pre_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge)

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart