[PATCH 6/6] drm/msm/gem: Drop use of drm_prime_sg_to_page_array()

From: Rob Clark

Date: Sat Sep 26 2026 - 14:35:21 EST


Now that we've removed any use of the page array outside of paths that
are restricted to native (non-imported) objs, we can remove use of the
deprecated function and allow msm_obj->pages to be NULL for imported
dma-bufs.

Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robin.clark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c | 27 ++-------------------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
index 3111d7389572..130ae27ee00b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c
@@ -1116,11 +1116,6 @@ static void msm_gem_free_object(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
if (drm_gem_is_imported(obj)) {
GEM_WARN_ON(msm_obj->vaddr);

- /* Don't drop the pages for imported dmabuf, as they are not
- * ours, just free the array we allocated:
- */
- kvfree(msm_obj->pages);
-
/* In msm_gem_import() error path, sgt won't be set yet: */
if (msm_obj->sgt)
drm_prime_gem_destroy(obj, msm_obj->sgt);
@@ -1350,14 +1345,10 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_import(struct drm_device *dev,
struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
struct sg_table *sgt)
{
- struct msm_gem_object *msm_obj;
struct drm_gem_object *obj;
struct dma_buf *dmabuf = attach->dmabuf;
- size_t size, npages;
int ret;

- size = PAGE_ALIGN(dmabuf->size);
-
ret = msm_gem_new_impl(dev, MSM_BO_WC, &obj);
if (ret)
return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -1368,28 +1359,14 @@ struct drm_gem_object *msm_gem_import(struct drm_device *dev,
*/
obj->import_attach = attach;
obj->resv = dmabuf->resv;
- drm_gem_private_object_init(dev, obj, size);
-
- npages = size / PAGE_SIZE;
-
- msm_obj = to_msm_bo(obj);
- msm_obj->pages = kvmalloc_objs(struct page *, npages);
- if (!msm_obj->pages) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto fail;
- }
-
- ret = drm_prime_sg_to_page_array(sgt, msm_obj->pages, npages);
- if (ret) {
- goto fail;
- }
+ drm_gem_private_object_init(dev, obj, PAGE_ALIGN(dmabuf->size));

ret = msm_gem_init_bookkeeping(obj);
if (ret)
goto fail;

/* Now that we are past potential failure points, set sgt: */
- msm_obj->sgt = sgt;
+ to_msm_bo(obj)->sgt = sgt;

return obj;

--
2.55.0