[PATCH 6/6] drm/rockchip: fix race with kms hotplug and fbdev

[Emil Velikov]

On 31 July 2017 at 10:50, Mark Yao <mark.yao at rock-chips.com> wrote:
> Since fb_helper is not a pointer on rockchip_drm_private, it's no
> need to check pointer.
>
> Kms hotplug event may race into fbdev helper initial, and fb_helper->dev
> may be NULL pointer, that would cause the bug:
>
> [    0.735411] [00000200] *pgd=00000000f6ffe003, *pud=00000000f6ffe003, *pmd=0000000000000000
> [    0.736156] Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
> [    0.736648] Modules linked in:
> [    0.736930] CPU: 2 PID: 20 Comm: kworker/2:0 Not tainted 4.4.41 #20
> [    0.737480] Hardware name: Rockchip RK3399 Board rev2 (BOX) (DT)
> [    0.738020] Workqueue: events cdn_dp_pd_event_work
> [    0.738447] task: ffffffc0f21f3100 ti: ffffffc0f2218000 task.ti: ffffffc0f2218000
> [    0.739109] PC is at mutex_lock+0x14/0x44
> [    0.739469] LR is at drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event+0x30/0x114
> [    0.756253] [<ffffff8008a344f4>] mutex_lock+0x14/0x44
> [    0.756260] [<ffffff8008445708>] drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event+0x30/0x114
> [    0.756271] [<ffffff8008473c84>] rockchip_drm_output_poll_changed+0x18/0x20
> [    0.756280] [<ffffff8008439fcc>] drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event+0x28/0x34
> [    0.756286] [<ffffff800846c444>] cdn_dp_pd_event_work+0x394/0x3c4
> [    0.756295] [<ffffff80080b2b38>] process_one_work+0x218/0x3e0
> [    0.756302] [<ffffff80080b3538>] worker_thread+0x2e8/0x404
> [    0.756308] [<ffffff80080b7e70>] kthread+0xe8/0xf0
> [    0.756316] [<ffffff8008082690>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x40
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Yao <mark.yao at rock-chips.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c
> index 81f9548..e6bd0f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c
> @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static void rockchip_drm_output_poll_changed(struct drm_device *dev)
>         struct rockchip_drm_private *private = dev->dev_private;
>         struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = &private->fbdev_helper;
>
> -       if (fb_helper)
> +       if (fb_helper->dev)
>                 drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event(fb_helper);
Food for thought:

Quick grep shows that no other drivers have such a ->dev check. Does
this mean that either the issue is rockchip specific?
If not, one could look into resolving the problem directly in drm core.

Or at least update the other users, so they don't stumble upon the problem?

HTH
Emil