Re: [PATCH 6/6] drm/rockchip: fix race with kms hotplug and fbdev

From: Mark yao
Date: Mon Jul 31 2017 - 22:01:01 EST


On 2017å07æ31æ 20:28, Daniel Vetter wrote:
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 31 July 2017 at 10:50, Mark Yao <mark.yao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Since fb_helper is not a pointer on rockchip_drm_private, it's no
need to check pointer.

Kms hotplug event may race into fbdev helper initial, and fb_helper->dev
may be NULL pointer, that would cause the bug:

[ 0.735411] [00000200] *pgd=00000000f6ffe003, *pud=00000000f6ffe003, *pmd=0000000000000000
[ 0.736156] Internal error: Oops: 96000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 0.736648] Modules linked in:
[ 0.736930] CPU: 2 PID: 20 Comm: kworker/2:0 Not tainted 4.4.41 #20
[ 0.737480] Hardware name: Rockchip RK3399 Board rev2 (BOX) (DT)
[ 0.738020] Workqueue: events cdn_dp_pd_event_work
[ 0.738447] task: ffffffc0f21f3100 ti: ffffffc0f2218000 task.ti: ffffffc0f2218000
[ 0.739109] PC is at mutex_lock+0x14/0x44
[ 0.739469] LR is at drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event+0x30/0x114
[ 0.756253] [<ffffff8008a344f4>] mutex_lock+0x14/0x44
[ 0.756260] [<ffffff8008445708>] drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event+0x30/0x114
[ 0.756271] [<ffffff8008473c84>] rockchip_drm_output_poll_changed+0x18/0x20
[ 0.756280] [<ffffff8008439fcc>] drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event+0x28/0x34
[ 0.756286] [<ffffff800846c444>] cdn_dp_pd_event_work+0x394/0x3c4
[ 0.756295] [<ffffff80080b2b38>] process_one_work+0x218/0x3e0
[ 0.756302] [<ffffff80080b3538>] worker_thread+0x2e8/0x404
[ 0.756308] [<ffffff80080b7e70>] kthread+0xe8/0xf0
[ 0.756316] [<ffffff8008082690>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x40

Signed-off-by: Mark Yao <mark.yao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c
index 81f9548..e6bd0f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static void rockchip_drm_output_poll_changed(struct drm_device *dev)
struct rockchip_drm_private *private = dev->dev_private;
struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = &private->fbdev_helper;

- if (fb_helper)
+ if (fb_helper->dev)
drm_fb_helper_hotplug_event(fb_helper);
Food for thought:

Quick grep shows that no other drivers have such a ->dev check. Does
this mean that either the issue is rockchip specific?
If not, one could look into resolving the problem directly in drm core.

Or at least update the other users, so they don't stumble upon the problem?
The fbdev helpers support already handling hotplug events before you
have finalized the fbdev setup. Please read the kerneldoc for the
various fbdev functions, they explain what you should be doing. This
hack here should indeed not be needed.
-Daniel

Hi Daniel

Right, the doc[0] already detail this:
It is possible, though perhaps somewhat tricky, to implement race-free hotplug detection using
the fbdev helpers. The drm_fb_helper_prepare() helper must be called first to initialize the
minimum required to make hotplug detection work.Drivers also need to make sure to properly
set up the drm_mode_config.funcs member. After calling drm_kms_helper_poll_init() it is safe to
enable interrupts and start processing hotplug events.

The problem is drm/rockchip do the wrong initial, call drm_kms_helper_poll_init before fbdev setup.

will fix it at next version.

[0]: https://01.org/linuxgraphics/gfx-docs/drm/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.html#fbdev-helper-functions-reference

Best regards.

--
ïark Yao