Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drm: Add a locked version of drm_is_current_master

[Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi]

On 18/6/21 1:03 am, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 10:36:44AM +0800, Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi wrote:
> > While checking the master status of the DRM file in
> > drm_is_current_master(), the device's master mutex should be
> > held. Without the mutex, the pointer fpriv->master may be freed
> > concurrently by another process calling drm_setmaster_ioctl(). This
> > could lead to use-after-free errors when the pointer is subsequently
> > dereferenced in drm_lease_owner().
> >
> > The callers of drm_is_current_master() from drm_auth.c hold the
> > device's master mutex, but external callers do not. Hence, we implement
> > drm_is_current_master_locked() to be used within drm_auth.c, and
> > modify drm_is_current_master() to grab the device's master mutex
> > before checking the master status.
> >
> > Reported-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi <desmondcheongzx@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
> >   1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
> > index 232abbba3686..c6bf52c310a9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_auth.c
> > @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
> >    * trusted clients.
> >    */
> >   
> > +static bool drm_is_current_master_locked(struct drm_file *fpriv);
>
> A bit a bikeshed, but we try to avoid forward declarations when they're
> not needed. If you don't want to tear apart drm_is_current_master and the
> _locked version then just move them together.
>
> Can you pls do that and respin?
>
> Otherwise looks all great.
> -Daniel

Yeah, I was trying to keep the logic in _locked close to 
drm_is_current_master. But got it, will do.