Re: [PATCH] drm/exynos/fbdev: set smem_len for fbdev

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Commit [0] stopped setting fix.smem_start and fix.smem_len when creating
>>> the fbdev.
>>>
>>> [0] 2f1eab8d8ab59e799f7d51d62410b398607a7bc3
>>>   drm/exynos/fbdev: don't set fix.smem/mmio_{start,len}
>>>
>>> However, smem_len is used by some userland applications to calculate the
>>> size for mmap.  In particular, it is used by xf86-video-fbdev:
>>>
>>> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.c?id=xorg-server-1.15.99.903#n571
>>>
>>> So, let's restore setting the smem_len to unbreak things for these users.
>>>
>>> Note: we are still leaving smem_start set to 0.
>>
>> Doesn't this cause a system crash when userspace (e.g. fbtest) writes into
>> the mmap()ed /dev/fb*, as the wrong MMIO region is mapped?
>
> Do you see a crash during testing, or is your question hypothetical?

It was hypothetical.

> I don't think there will be one.  exynos's fbev defines its own
> fb_ops.fb_mmap, which uses dma_mmap_attrs() to mmap the fb's gem
> buffer, which was allocated by dma_alloc_attrs().  This bypasses the
> code in drivers/video/fbmem.c:fb_mmap() that references
> fix.smem_start.
>
> But, perhaps I am missing something?

Thanks, having your own mapping function explains the lack of crashes.

Still, some weird software may map /dev/mem instead of /dev/fb0, and
use fb_fix.smem_start. But that's also unsafe in the context of LPAE.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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