[PATCH v2] drm/panthor: fix for dma-fence safe access rules

From: Chia-I Wu

Date: Thu Dec 04 2025 - 12:45:49 EST


Commit 506aa8b02a8d6 ("dma-fence: Add safe access helpers and document
the rules") details the dma-fence safe access rules. The most common
culprit is that drm_sched_fence_get_timeline_name may race with
group_free_queue.

Signed-off-by: Chia-I Wu <olvaffe@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>

---
v2: collect R-bs and drop misleading Fixes: tag
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
index 33b9ef537e359..a8b1347e4da71 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>

#include "panthor_devfreq.h"
#include "panthor_device.h"
@@ -923,6 +924,9 @@ static void group_release_work(struct work_struct *work)
release_work);
u32 i;

+ /* dma-fences may still be accessing group->queues under rcu lock. */
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
for (i = 0; i < group->queue_count; i++)
group_free_queue(group, group->queues[i]);

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