[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/4] drm: setclientcap doesn't need the drm BKL

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Mon Dec 12 09:41:42 UTC 2016


On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:52:53PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> It only updates per-file feature flags. And all the ioctl which change
> behaviour depending upon these flags (they're all kms features) do
> _not_ hold the BKL. Therefor this is pure cargo-cult and can be
> removed.
> 
> Note that there's a risk that the ioctl will behave inconsistently,

+ if userspace is racing with itself,

> but that's ok. The only thing it's not allowed to do is oops the
> kernel, and from an audit all places are safe.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre


More information about the Intel-gfx mailing list