[PATCH] drm: Prevent modeset helpers to access an uninitialized drm_mode_config

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi Javier

Am 24.07.22 um 14:37 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
> DRM drivers initialize the mode configuration with drmm_mode_config_init()
> and that function (among other things) initializes mutexes that are later
> used by modeset helpers.
> 
> But the helpers should only attempt to grab those locks if the mode config
> was properly initialized. Otherwise it can lead to kernel oops. An example
> is when a DRM driver using the component framework does not initialize the
> drm_mode_config, because its .bind callback was not being executed due one
> of its expected sub-devices' driver failing to probe.
> 
> Some drivers check the struct drm_driver.registered field as an indication
> on whether their .shutdown callback should call helpers to tearn down the
> mode configuration or not, but most drivers just assume that it is always
> safe to call helpers such as drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() during shutdown.
> 
> Let make the DRM core more robust and prevent this to happen, by marking a
> struct drm_mode_config as initialized during drmm_mode_config_init(). that
> way helpers can check for it and not attempt to grab uninitialized mutexes.

I disagree. This patch looks like cargo-cult programming and entirely 
arbitrary.  The solution here is to fix drivers.  The actual test to 
perform is to instrument the mutex implementation to detect 
uninitialized mutexes.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com>
> ---
> 
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c  | 4 ++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c | 6 ++++++
>   include/drm/drm_mode_config.h      | 8 ++++++++
>   3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
> index 59b34f07cfce..db649f97120b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c
> @@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ int drmm_mode_config_init(struct drm_device *dev)
>   		dma_resv_fini(&resv);
>   	}
>   
> +	dev->mode_config.initialized = true;
> +
>   	return drmm_add_action_or_reset(dev, drm_mode_config_init_release,
>   					NULL);
>   }
> @@ -549,6 +551,8 @@ void drm_mode_config_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
>   	idr_destroy(&dev->mode_config.tile_idr);
>   	idr_destroy(&dev->mode_config.object_idr);
>   	drm_modeset_lock_fini(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex);
> +
> +	dev->mode_config.initialized = false;
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_mode_config_cleanup);
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
> index 918065982db4..d6a81cb88123 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c
> @@ -444,6 +444,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_modeset_unlock);
>    *
>    * See also: DRM_MODESET_LOCK_ALL_BEGIN() and DRM_MODESET_LOCK_ALL_END()
>    *
> + * This function must only be called after drmm_mode_config_init(), since it
> + * takes locks that are initialized as part of the initial mode configuration.
> + *
>    * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error-code on failure.
>    */
>   int drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx(struct drm_device *dev,
> @@ -454,6 +457,9 @@ int drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx(struct drm_device *dev,
>   	struct drm_plane *plane;
>   	int ret;
>   
> +	if (WARN_ON(!dev->mode_config.initialized))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>   	ret = drm_modeset_lock(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex, ctx);
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ret;
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h b/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
> index 6b5e01295348..d2e1a6d7dcc2 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_mode_config.h
> @@ -954,6 +954,14 @@ struct drm_mode_config {
>   	struct drm_atomic_state *suspend_state;
>   
>   	const struct drm_mode_config_helper_funcs *helper_private;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @initialized:
> +	 *
> +	 * Internally used by modeset helpers such as drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx()
> +	 * to determine if the mode configuration has been properly initialized.
> +	 */
> +	bool initialized;
>   };
>   
>   int __must_check drmm_mode_config_init(struct drm_device *dev);

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev
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