[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] drm/i915: Fix userptr deadlock with MAP_FIXED

[Chris Wilson]

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 04:31:15PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> That suggests MAP_FIXED is special in invalidating the range unlike a
> normal mmap().  This is arguing that we must always make any access after
> invalidate_range be EFAULT. The danger here is that I am not sure if there
> are any circumstances where invalidate_range is called and the vma
> survives. Looking again at mm/, I can't see any place where we can
> legally be expecting to reuse the same address for a userptr after the
> invalidate.

Sigh, changing page protections (e.g. after a fork) if I am not mistaken
also generates an invalidate_range. Back to the drawing board here I am
afraid, as I think I need a worker to do cancel_userptr with all the
complications of coordinating between the multiple workers.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre