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[07/21] fbdev/sysfs: Fix locking

Message ID 20220131210552.482606-8-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series some fbcon patches, mostly locking | expand

Commit Message

Daniel Vetter Jan. 31, 2022, 9:05 p.m. UTC
fb_set_var requires we hold the fb_info lock. Or at least this now
matches what the ioctl does ...

Note that ps3fb and sh_mobile_lcdcfb are busted in different ways here,
but I will not fix them up.

Also in practice this isn't a big deal, because really variable fbdev
state is actually protected by console_lock (because fbcon just
doesn't bother with lock_fb_info() at all), and lock_fb_info
protecting anything is really just a neat lie. But that's a much
bigger fish to fry.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
Cc: Qing Wang <wangqing@vivo.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Sam Ravnborg Feb. 3, 2022, 9:27 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:05:38PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> fb_set_var requires we hold the fb_info lock. Or at least this now
> matches what the ioctl does ...
> 
> Note that ps3fb and sh_mobile_lcdcfb are busted in different ways here,
> but I will not fix them up.
> 
> Also in practice this isn't a big deal, because really variable fbdev
> state is actually protected by console_lock (because fbcon just
> doesn't bother with lock_fb_info() at all), and lock_fb_info
> protecting anything is really just a neat lie. But that's a much
> bigger fish to fry.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Qing Wang <wangqing@vivo.com>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c
index 26892940c213..8c1ee9ecec3d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbsysfs.c
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@  static int activate(struct fb_info *fb_info, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var)
 
 	var->activate |= FB_ACTIVATE_FORCE;
 	console_lock();
+	lock_fb_info(fb_info);
 	err = fb_set_var(fb_info, var);
 	if (!err)
 		fbcon_update_vcs(fb_info, var->activate & FB_ACTIVATE_ALL);
+	unlock_fb_info(fb_info);
 	console_unlock();
 	if (err)
 		return err;