[PATCH 3/3] drm/v3d: Add a note about locking of v3d_fence_create().

[Lucas Stach]

Am Dienstag, den 05.06.2018, 12:03 -0700 schrieb Eric Anholt:
> This isn't the first time I've had to argue to myself why the '++' was
> safe.

And now you need to do the same thing with me...

> Signed-off-by: Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_fence.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_fence.c
> index bfe31a89668b..6265e9ab4a13 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_fence.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_fence.c
> @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
>  
>  #include "v3d_drv.h"
>  
> +/* Note that V3D fences are created during v3d_job_run(), so we're
> + * already implictly locked.
> + */
I don't see where you would be locked in the job_run path. I think what
you mean is that this path needs no locks, as it is driven by a single
scheduler thread, right?

Regards,
Lucas