Re: [PATCH 2/7] drm/encoder: drm_encoder_cleanup: take chain mutex while tearing down

[Maxime Ripard]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 05:59:43PM +0200, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> drm_encoder_cleanup() modifies the encoder chain by removing bridges via
> drm_bridge_detach(). Protect this whole operation by taking the mutex, so
> any users iterating over the chain will not access it during the change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
> index 3261f142baea30c516499d23dbf8d0acf5952cd6..3a04bedf9b759acd6826864b7f2cc9b861a8f170 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c
> @@ -195,9 +195,11 @@ void drm_encoder_cleanup(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
>  	 * the indices on the drm_encoder after us in the encoder_list.
>  	 */
>  
> +	mutex_lock(&encoder->bridge_chain_mutex);
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(bridge, next, &encoder->bridge_chain,
>  				 chain_node)
>  		drm_bridge_detach(bridge);
> +	mutex_unlock(&encoder->bridge_chain_mutex);

You were claiming that the mutex was to prevent issues with concurrent
iteration and removal of the list members. list_for_each_entry_safe() is
explicitly made to protect against that. Why do we need both?

Maxime

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