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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] drm: mm always protect change to unused_nodes with unused_lock spinlock
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On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> wrote:
> unused_nodes modification needs to be protected by unused_lock spinlock.
> Here is an example of an usage where there is no such protection without
> this patch.
>
>  Process 1: 1-drm_mm_pre_get(this function modify unused_nodes list)
>             2-spin_lock(spinlock protecting mm struct)
>             3-drm_mm_put_block(this function might modify unused_nodes
>               list but doesn't protect modification with unused_lock)
>             4-spin_unlock(spinlock protecting mm struct)
>  Process2:  1-drm_mm_pre_get(this function modify unused_nodes list)
> At this point Process1 & Process2 might both be doing modification to
> unused_nodes list. This patch add unused_lock protection into
> drm_mm_put_block to avoid such issue.

Have we got a bug number or reproducer for this?

I've cc'ed Thomas and Chris who were last ppl to touch drm_mm.c for some
sort of acks.

Dave.

>
> Signed-off-by: Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c |    9 +++++++++
>  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
> index c861d80..97dc5a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
> @@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ static struct drm_mm_node *drm_mm_kmalloc(struct drm_mm *mm, int atomic)
>        return child;
>  }
>
> +/* drm_mm_pre_get() - pre allocate drm_mm_node structure
> + * drm_mm:     memory manager struct we are pre-allocating for
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success or -ENOMEM if allocation fails.
> + */
>  int drm_mm_pre_get(struct drm_mm *mm)
>  {
>        struct drm_mm_node *node;
> @@ -253,12 +258,14 @@ void drm_mm_put_block(struct drm_mm_node *cur)
>                                prev_node->size += next_node->size;
>                                list_del(&next_node->ml_entry);
>                                list_del(&next_node->fl_entry);
> +                               spin_lock(&mm->unused_lock);
>                                if (mm->num_unused < MM_UNUSED_TARGET) {
>                                        list_add(&next_node->fl_entry,
>                                                 &mm->unused_nodes);
>                                        ++mm->num_unused;
>                                } else
>                                        kfree(next_node);
> +                               spin_unlock(&mm->unused_lock);
>                        } else {
>                                next_node->size += cur->size;
>                                next_node->start = cur->start;
> @@ -271,11 +278,13 @@ void drm_mm_put_block(struct drm_mm_node *cur)
>                list_add(&cur->fl_entry, &mm->fl_entry);
>        } else {
>                list_del(&cur->ml_entry);
> +               spin_lock(&mm->unused_lock);
>                if (mm->num_unused < MM_UNUSED_TARGET) {
>                        list_add(&cur->fl_entry, &mm->unused_nodes);
>                        ++mm->num_unused;
>                } else
>                        kfree(cur);
> +               spin_unlock(&mm->unused_lock);
>        }
>  }
>
> --
> 1.6.5.2
>
>
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