[PATCH 09/11] drm/vmwgfx: Stop checking for DRM_UNLOCKED

Daniel Vetter daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch
Tue Sep 8 04:56:29 PDT 2015


drm core enforces now for DRIVER_MODESET that all ioctls are unlocked.
And all the old nasty ones from drm core aren't allowed for modern
drivers any more. Hence this is no longer needed.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
index e13b20bd9908..2320ba8c5eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
@@ -1068,14 +1068,6 @@ static struct vmw_master *vmw_master_check(struct drm_device *dev,
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->master_mutex);
 
 	/*
-	 * Taking the drm_global_mutex after the TTM lock might deadlock
-	 */
-	if (!(flags & DRM_UNLOCKED)) {
-		DRM_ERROR("Refusing locked ioctl access.\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(-EDEADLK);
-	}
-
-	/*
 	 * Take the TTM lock. Possibly sleep waiting for the authenticating
 	 * master to become master again, or for a SIGTERM if the
 	 * authenticating master exits.
-- 
2.5.1



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