Re: [PATCH v2] drm/virtio: Fix handling CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU_KMS option

From: Dmitry Osipenko
Date: Mon Mar 06 2023 - 10:55:33 EST


On 3/6/23 18:02, Emil Velikov wrote:
> On 2023/03/06, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
>> VirtIO-GPU got a new config option for disabling KMS. There were two
>> problems left unnoticed during review when the new option was added:
>>
>> 1. The IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU_KMS) check in the code was
>> inverted, hence KMS was disabled when it should be enabled and vice versa.
>>
>> 2. The disabled KMS crashed kernel with a NULL dereference in
>> drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event(), which shall not be invoked with a
>> disabled KMS.
>>
>> Fix the inverted config option check in the code and skip handling the
>> VIRTIO_GPU_EVENT_DISPLAY sent by host when KMS is disabled in guest to fix
>> the crash.
>>
>> Fixes: 72122c69d717 ("drm/virtio: Add option to disable KMS support")
>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Changelog:
>>
>> v2: - Moved the "has_edid" under the "num_scanouts" condition, like was
>> suggested by Gerd Hoffmann.
>>
>
> Hi Dmitry, I think there's more than one piece like that in the driver.
>
>> drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c | 14 ++++++++------
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
>> index 874ad6c2621a..15f2519988e7 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_kms.c
>> @@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ static void virtio_gpu_config_changed_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
>> virtio_cread_le(vgdev->vdev, struct virtio_gpu_config,
>> events_read, &events_read);
>> if (events_read & VIRTIO_GPU_EVENT_DISPLAY) {
>> - if (vgdev->has_edid)
>> - virtio_gpu_cmd_get_edids(vgdev);
>> - virtio_gpu_cmd_get_display_info(vgdev);
>> - virtio_gpu_notify(vgdev);
>> - drm_helper_hpd_irq_event(vgdev->ddev);
>> + if (vgdev->num_scanouts) {
>> + if (vgdev->has_edid)
>> + virtio_gpu_cmd_get_edids(vgdev);
>
> Worth doing the same thing in virtio_gpu_init()? Aka move the has_edid
> && get_edids within the num_scanouts if block.

Good catch, that could be done for consistency.

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Best regards,
Dmitry