Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: Fix MSM_INFO_GET_IOVA with carveout

[Rob Clark]

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 9:20 AM Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 12:26 PM Iskren Chernev <iskren.chernev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The msm_gem_get_iova should be guarded with gpu != NULL and not aspace
> > != NULL, because aspace is NULL when using vram carveout.
> >
> > Fixes: 933415e24bd0d ("drm/msm: Add support for private address space instances")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Iskren Chernev <iskren.chernev@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
> > index c5e61cb3356df..c1953fb079133 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
> > @@ -775,9 +775,10 @@ static int msm_ioctl_gem_info_iova(struct drm_device *dev,
> >                 struct drm_file *file, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
> >                 uint64_t *iova)
> >  {
> > +       struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
> >         struct msm_file_private *ctx = file->driver_priv;
> >
> > -       if (!ctx->aspace)
> > +       if (!priv->gpu)
> >                 return -EINVAL;
>
> Does this actually work?  It seems like you would hit a null ptr deref
> in msm_gem_init_vma().. and in general I think a lot of code paths
> would be surprised by a null address space, so this seems like a risky
> idea.

oh, actually, I suppose it is ok, since in the vram carveout case we
create the vma up front when the gem obj is created..

(still, it does seem a bit fragile.. and easy for folks testing on
devices not using vram carvout to break.. hmm..)

BR,
-R

> Maybe instead we should be creating an address space for the vram carveout?
>
> BR,
> -R
>
>
> >         /*
> > --
> > 2.29.2
> >