[PATCH 2/2] dma-buf/dma-fence: Unify return codes for signalled fences

From: Philipp Stanner
Date: Tue Nov 25 2025 - 05:46:05 EST


Almost all users of dma_fence_signal() ignore the return code which
would indicate that the fence was already signaled. The same return code
by dma_fence_add_callback() cannot be ignored, however, because it's
needed to detect races.

For an already signaled fence, dma_fence_signal() returns -EINVAL,
whereas dma_fence_add_callback() returns -ENOENT.

Unify the error codes by having dma_fence_signal() return -ENOENT, too.

Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <phasta@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
index 3a48896ded62..09d97624e647 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ int dma_fence_signal_timestamp_locked(struct dma_fence *fence,
lockdep_assert_held(fence->lock);

if (unlikely(__dma_fence_is_signaled(fence)))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -ENOENT;

/* Stash the cb_list before replacing it with the timestamp */
list_replace(&fence->cb_list, &cb_list);
--
2.49.0