[PATCH] drm/fb: avoid sleeping in unblank_screen() if oops in progress

[Daniel Vetter]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Konstantin Khlebnikov
<khlebnikov at openvz.org> wrote:
> unblank_screen() can be called from interrupt context during oops.
> thus all ->fb_blank handlers should avoid sleeping in this situation.
>
> callstack:
> panic()
> bust_spinlocks(1)
> unblank_screen()
> vc->vc_sw->con_blank()
> fbcon_blank()
> fb_blank()
> info->fbops->fb_blank()
> drm_fb_helper_blank()
> drm_fb_helper_dpms()
> mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex)
>
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov at openvz.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: David Airlie <airlied at linux.ie>
> Cc: dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org

Since the fb helper already has its own panic notifier it's imo better
to just bail out if there's an oops in progress. The panic notifier
itself completely lacks locking though. I'm working on some fb helper
cleanups, so I'll take care of this mess.
-Daniel

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c |   25 +++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> index 954d175..2c9f49f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_drm_fb_helper_restore_op = {
>  static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_drm_fb_helper_restore_op = { };
>  #endif
>
> -static void drm_fb_helper_dpms(struct fb_info *info, int dpms_mode)
> +static int drm_fb_helper_dpms(struct fb_info *info, int dpms_mode)
>  {
>         struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = info->par;
>         struct drm_device *dev = fb_helper->dev;
> @@ -334,10 +334,15 @@ static void drm_fb_helper_dpms(struct fb_info *info, int dpms_mode)
>         struct drm_connector *connector;
>         int i, j;
>
> +       if (oops_in_progress) {
> +               if (!mutex_trylock(&dev->mode_config.mutex))
> +                       return -EBUSY;
> +       } else
> +               mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
> +
>         /*
>          * For each CRTC in this fb, turn the connectors on/off.
>          */
> -       mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
>         for (i = 0; i < fb_helper->crtc_count; i++) {
>                 crtc = fb_helper->crtc_info[i].mode_set.crtc;
>
> @@ -353,6 +358,7 @@ static void drm_fb_helper_dpms(struct fb_info *info, int dpms_mode)
>                 }
>         }
>         mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
> +       return 0;
>  }
>
>  int drm_fb_helper_blank(int blank, struct fb_info *info)
> @@ -360,24 +366,19 @@ int drm_fb_helper_blank(int blank, struct fb_info *info)
>         switch (blank) {
>         /* Display: On; HSync: On, VSync: On */
>         case FB_BLANK_UNBLANK:
> -               drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_ON);
> -               break;
> +               return drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_ON);
>         /* Display: Off; HSync: On, VSync: On */
>         case FB_BLANK_NORMAL:
> -               drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_STANDBY);
> -               break;
> +               return drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_STANDBY);
>         /* Display: Off; HSync: Off, VSync: On */
>         case FB_BLANK_HSYNC_SUSPEND:
> -               drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_STANDBY);
> -               break;
> +               return drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_STANDBY);
>         /* Display: Off; HSync: On, VSync: Off */
>         case FB_BLANK_VSYNC_SUSPEND:
> -               drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_SUSPEND);
> -               break;
> +               return drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_SUSPEND);
>         /* Display: Off; HSync: Off, VSync: Off */
>         case FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN:
> -               drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF);
> -               break;
> +               return drm_fb_helper_dpms(info, DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF);
>         }
>         return 0;
>  }
>
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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