[PATCH v3 05/10] drm/fb-helper: Add top-level lock

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Tue Mar 21 10:00:23 UTC 2017


On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 09:13:53AM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> From: Thierry Reding <treding at nvidia.com>
> 
> Introduce a new top-level lock for the FB helper code. This will allow
> better locking granularity and avoid the need to abuse modeset locking
> for this purpose instead.
> 
> Tested-by: John Stultz <john.stultz at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding at nvidia.com>

Some suggestions below, since I think this state of locking implemented
here is a bit a too awkwared intermediate thing.

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h     |  7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> index 6af80afc4f40..9060adcf7cf8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static int __drm_fb_helper_add_one_connector(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
>  	if (!drm_fbdev_emulation)
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&fb_helper->lock));
>  	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&fb_helper->dev->mode_config.mutex));

mode_config.mutex isn't needed anymore here (with the recommendations at
the bottom), please remove.
>  
>  	count = fb_helper->connector_count + 1;
> @@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ static int __drm_fb_helper_add_one_connector(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
>  	drm_connector_get(connector);
>  	conn->connector = connector;
>  	fb_helper->connector_info[fb_helper->connector_count++] = conn;
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -149,11 +151,13 @@ int drm_fb_helper_add_one_connector(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
>  {
>  	int err;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  	mutex_lock(&fb_helper->dev->mode_config.mutex);

Same.

>  
>  	err = __drm_fb_helper_add_one_connector(fb_helper, connector);
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&fb_helper->dev->mode_config.mutex);
> +	mutex_unlock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  
>  	return err;
>  }
> @@ -183,6 +187,7 @@ int drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
>  	if (!drm_fbdev_emulation)
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  	mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);

Same.

>  	drm_connector_list_iter_begin(dev, &conn_iter);
>  	drm_for_each_connector_iter(connector, &conn_iter) {
> @@ -206,6 +211,7 @@ int drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
>  out:
>  	drm_connector_list_iter_end(&conn_iter);
>  	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
> +	mutex_unlock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> @@ -220,6 +226,7 @@ static int __drm_fb_helper_remove_one_connector(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
>  	if (!drm_fbdev_emulation)
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&fb_helper->lock));
>  	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&fb_helper->dev->mode_config.mutex));

Same.

>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < fb_helper->connector_count; i++) {
> @@ -246,11 +253,13 @@ int drm_fb_helper_remove_one_connector(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
>  {
>  	int err;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  	mutex_lock(&fb_helper->dev->mode_config.mutex);
>  
>  	err = __drm_fb_helper_remove_one_connector(fb_helper, connector);
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&fb_helper->dev->mode_config.mutex);
> +	mutex_unlock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  
>  	return err;
>  }
> @@ -502,16 +511,21 @@ int drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
>  	if (!drm_fbdev_emulation)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  	drm_modeset_lock_all(dev);
> +
>  	ret = restore_fbdev_mode(fb_helper);
>  
>  	do_delayed = fb_helper->delayed_hotplug;
>  	if (do_delayed)
>  		fb_helper->delayed_hotplug = false;
> +
>  	drm_modeset_unlock_all(dev);
> +	mutex_unlock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  
>  	if (do_delayed)
>  		drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event(fb_helper);
> +
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_restore_fbdev_mode_unlocked);
> @@ -747,6 +761,7 @@ void drm_fb_helper_prepare(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
>  	INIT_WORK(&helper->resume_work, drm_fb_helper_resume_worker);
>  	INIT_WORK(&helper->dirty_work, drm_fb_helper_dirty_work);
>  	helper->dirty_clip.x1 = helper->dirty_clip.y1 = ~0;
> +	mutex_init(&helper->lock);
>  	helper->funcs = funcs;
>  	helper->dev = dev;
>  }
> @@ -912,6 +927,7 @@ void drm_fb_helper_fini(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
>  	}
>  	mutex_unlock(&kernel_fb_helper_lock);
>  
> +	mutex_destroy(&fb_helper->lock);
>  	drm_fb_helper_crtc_free(fb_helper);
>  
>  }
> @@ -2421,25 +2437,34 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_initial_config);
>  int drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper)
>  {
>  	struct drm_device *dev = fb_helper->dev;
> +	int err = 0;
>  
>  	if (!drm_fbdev_emulation)
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  	mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
> +
>  	if (!fb_helper->fb || !drm_fb_helper_is_bound(fb_helper)) {
>  		fb_helper->delayed_hotplug = true;
>  		mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
> -		return 0;
> +		goto unlock;
>  	}
> +
>  	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("\n");
>  
>  	drm_setup_crtcs(fb_helper, fb_helper->fb->width, fb_helper->fb->height);
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
> +	mutex_unlock(&fb_helper->lock);
>  
>  	drm_fb_helper_set_par(fb_helper->fbdev);
>  
>  	return 0;
> +
> +unlock:
> +	mutex_unlock(&fb_helper->lock);
> +	return err;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event);
>  
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h
> index 119e5e4609c7..33771d0c44e3 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h
> @@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ struct drm_fb_helper {
>  	struct work_struct resume_work;
>  
>  	/**
> +	 * @lock:
> +	 *
> +	 * Top-level FB helper lock.

Bit more detail would be good here.

"This protects all the internal data structures and lists, like
@connector_info or @crtc_info."

> +	 */
> +	struct mutex lock;
> +
> +	/**
>  	 * @kernel_fb_list:
>  	 *
>  	 * Entry on the global kernel_fb_helper_list, used for kgdb entry/exit.

So I think you're missing to protect almost all the fbdev paths.
Essentially anything looking at crtc_info or connector_info must hold the
new lock, which means all the places that currently call
drm_modeset_lock_all() need to grab this new lock too.

Best way to make sure you catch them all is to also update the lockdep
assert in drm_fb_helper_for_each_connector().

There's still a massive mess going with locking here, especially around
the probe code and drm_fb_helper_is_bound, but that's a different thing
and better left for cleanup later on.
-Daniel
-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch


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