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

David Herrmann dh.herrmann at gmail.com
Mon Sep 28 08:22:41 PDT 2015


Hi

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> 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);
> -       }

Yeah, just drop that right away, regardless of the core changes. We
have lockdep or WARN_ON() for such checks.

Reviewed-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann at gmail.com>

Thanks
David

> -
> -       /*
>          * 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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