[PATCH 1/3] drm/ttm: Reset num_zones on ttm_mem_global cleanup

[Koenig, Christian]

Am 15.04.19 um 01:37 schrieb Brian Yip:
> num_zones in the ttm_mem_global structure was never reset after calling
> ttm_mem_global_release(). Consequently, when multiple GPU drivers
> are loaded, and the first one fails to load its firmware, the second
> driver will attempt to load its own firmware. Initializing the
> second driver invokes ttm_mem_global_init where ttm_mem_global.num_zones
> is eventually incremented beyond TTM_MEM_MAX_ZONES.
> ttm_mem_global.num_zones is then used to dereference a ttm_mem_zone beyond
> the amount of ttm_mem_zones allocated, resulting in a crash.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Yip <itsbriany at gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c
> index 699fed9e08ee..55ccb9800893 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_memory.c
> @@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ void ttm_mem_global_release(struct ttm_mem_global *glob)
>   			}
>   	kobject_del(&glob->kobj);
>   	kobject_put(&glob->kobj);
> +
> +	if (!kref_read(&glob->kobj.kref))
> +		glob->num_zones = 0;

NAK. It's nice to see that somebody tries to take care of this problem, 
but this is certainly not the right fix.

Instead of all of this the problem is simply that the glob structure is 
not zero initialized in ttm_mem_global_init(), a simple memset should do 
the trick.

Regards,
Christian.

>   }
>   
>   static void ttm_check_swapping(struct ttm_mem_global *glob)