Re: [PATCH v2] fbdev: Use helper to get fb_info in all file operations
From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Wed May 04 2022 - 04:26:45 EST
Hello Thomas,
On 5/4/22 10:15, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
>
> Am 03.05.22 um 22:19 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
>> A reference to the framebuffer device struct fb_info is stored in the file
>> private data, but this reference could no longer be valid and must not be
>> accessed directly. Instead, the file_fb_info() accessor function must be
>> used since it does sanity checking to make sure that the fb_info is valid.
>>
>> This can happen for example if the registered framebuffer device is for a
>> driver that just uses a framebuffer provided by the system firmware. In
>> that case, the fbdev core would unregister the framebuffer device when a
>> real video driver is probed and ask to remove conflicting framebuffers.
>>
>> Most fbdev file operations already use the helper to get the fb_info but
>> get_fb_unmapped_area() and fb_deferred_io_fsync() don't. Fix those two.
>>
>> Since fb_deferred_io_fsync() is not in fbmem.o, the helper has to be
>> exported. Rename it and add a fb_ prefix to denote that is public now.
>>
>> Reported-by: Junxiao Chang <junxiao.chang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
>
Thanks.
> Please see my comment below.
[snip]
>>
>> + if (!info)
>> + return -ENODEV;
>> +
>
> This is consistent with other functions, but it's probably not the
> correct errno code. It means that a device is not available for opening.
>
> But the situation here is rather as with close() on a
> disconnected-network file. The call to close() returns EIO in this case.
> Maybe we should consider changing this in a separate patch.
>
Indeed. Agree that -EIO makes more sense here.
> Best regards
> Thomas
>
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Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat