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Date:   Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:58:12 +0200
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/7] drm: lock drm_global_mutex earlier in the ioctl
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 10:01:18AM +0800, Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi wrote:
> In a future patch, a read lock on drm_device.master_rwsem is
> held in the ioctl handler before the check for ioctl
> permissions. However, this inverts the lock hierarchy of
> drm_global_mutex --> master_rwsem.
> 
> To avoid this, we do some prep work to grab the drm_global_mutex
> before checking for ioctl permissions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi <desmondcheongzx@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c | 18 +++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> index d25713b09b80..158629d88319 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
> @@ -772,19 +772,19 @@ long drm_ioctl_kernel(struct file *file, drm_ioctl_t *func, void *kdata,
>  	if (drm_dev_is_unplugged(dev))
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
> +	/* Enforce sane locking for modern driver ioctls. */
> +	if (unlikely(drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY)) && !(flags & DRM_UNLOCKED))

Maybe have a local bool locked_ioctl for this so it's extremely clear it's
the same condition in both?

Either way: Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>

> +		mutex_lock(&drm_global_mutex);
> +
>  	retcode = drm_ioctl_permit(flags, file_priv);
>  	if (unlikely(retcode))
> -		return retcode;
> +		goto out;
>  
> -	/* Enforce sane locking for modern driver ioctls. */
> -	if (likely(!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY)) ||
> -	    (flags & DRM_UNLOCKED))
> -		retcode = func(dev, kdata, file_priv);
> -	else {
> -		mutex_lock(&drm_global_mutex);
> -		retcode = func(dev, kdata, file_priv);
> +	retcode = func(dev, kdata, file_priv);
> +
> +out:
> +	if (unlikely(drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_LEGACY)) && !(flags & DRM_UNLOCKED))
>  		mutex_unlock(&drm_global_mutex);
> -	}
>  	return retcode;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_ioctl_kernel);
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch