[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.15 1/8] drm/radeon: Do not hold console lock while suspending clients

[Sasha Levin]

From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>

[ Upstream commit 5dd0b96118e09a3725e3f83543e133b1fd02c18c ]

The radeon driver holds the console lock while suspending in-kernel
DRM clients. This creates a circular dependency with the client-list
mutex, which is supposed to be acquired first. Reported when combining
radeon with another DRM driver.

Therefore, do not take the console lock in radeon, but let the fbdev
DRM client acquire the lock when needed. This is what all other DRM
drivers so.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
Reported-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson at oss.qualcomm.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/0a087cfd-bd4c-48f1-aa2f-4a3b12593935@oss.qualcomm.com/
Suggested-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
(cherry picked from commit 612ec7c69d04cb58beb1332c2806da9f2f47a3ae)
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal at kernel.org>
---

LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

Based on my analysis of the commit and the code changes, here is my
assessment:

**Answer: YES**

This commit should be backported to stable kernel trees. Here's my
extensive explanation:

## 1. **The commit fixes a real circular locking dependency bug**

The commit message clearly states this fixes a "circular dependency with
the client-list mutex" that was "Reported when combining radeon with
another DRM driver." This is a real bug that can lead to deadlocks in
production systems.

## 2. **The fix is minimal and focused**

The code changes are very small and targeted:
- In `radeon_suspend_kms()`: Changed from calling
  `drm_client_dev_suspend(dev, true)` with console_lock held to
  `drm_client_dev_suspend(dev, false)` without holding the lock
- In `radeon_resume_kms()`: Removed the console_lock/unlock calls around
  `drm_client_dev_resume()`

The second parameter to `drm_client_dev_suspend()` indicates whether the
caller holds the console lock. By changing it from `true` to `false`,
radeon now follows the same pattern as other DRM drivers.

## 3. **This aligns radeon with other DRM drivers**

The commit message explicitly states: "This is what all other DRM
drivers so." Looking at the similar commits provided:
- Similar Commit #1 shows radeon being updated to use the new client
  suspend/resume infrastructure
- Similar Commit #4 shows amdgpu (the successor to radeon) already using
  `drm_client_dev_suspend(dev, false)` without holding the console lock

## 4. **The bug has real-world impact**

The issue was reported by a real user (Jeff Johnson) and occurs "when
combining radeon with another DRM driver." Multi-GPU systems are
increasingly common, especially with integrated + discrete GPU
configurations.

## 5. **Low regression risk**

The change removes lock acquisition rather than adding it, which
generally has lower risk. The fbdev DRM client will acquire the console
lock when needed (as mentioned in the commit message), so the necessary
locking still occurs - just at the correct layer to avoid the circular
dependency.

## 6. **Similar to historical fixes**

Looking at Similar Commit #5 (amdgpu console lock restructuring), we can
see there's a history of console lock ordering issues in AMD GPU drivers
that have been fixed in the past. This suggests these types of fixes are
considered important enough for the maintainers.

## 7. **The fix is already cherry-picked**

The commit message shows "(cherry picked from commit
612ec7c69d04cb58beb1332c2806da9f2f47a3ae)" indicating this was already
selected for backporting by maintainers.

The only potential concern would be ensuring that the DRM client
infrastructure this depends on is present in the stable kernels being
targeted, but given that this is fixing a bug in existing code paths,
the infrastructure must already be there.

 drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
index bbd39348a7aba..6f50cfdfe5a2e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_device.c
@@ -1635,11 +1635,9 @@ int radeon_suspend_kms(struct drm_device *dev, bool suspend,
 		pci_set_power_state(pdev, PCI_D3hot);
 	}
 
-	if (notify_clients) {
-		console_lock();
-		drm_client_dev_suspend(dev, true);
-		console_unlock();
-	}
+	if (notify_clients)
+		drm_client_dev_suspend(dev, false);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
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