Re: [PATCH] dma-fence: use correct callback in dma_fence_timeline_name()

From: Christian König

Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 08:47:02 EST


On 6/18/26 14:00, André Draszik wrote:
> dma_fence_timeline_name() is a wrapper around
> dma_fence_ops::get_timeline_name(). Since the blamed commit below, it
> calls an incorrect callback.
>
> Update it to restore functionality by calling the intended callback.
>
> Fixes: 62918542b7bf ("dma-fence: Fix sparse warnings due __rcu annotations")
> Signed-off-by: André Draszik <andre.draszik@xxxxxxxxxx>

I'm like 99% sure we had that already fixed weeks ago, but somehow it looks like that was never merged to drm-misc-fixes.

Anyway Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> 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 b3bfa6943a8e..5292d714419b 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> @@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ const char __rcu *dma_fence_timeline_name(struct dma_fence *fence)
> /* RCU protection is required for safe access to returned string */
> ops = rcu_dereference(fence->ops);
> if (!dma_fence_test_signaled_flag(fence))
> - return (const char __rcu *)ops->get_driver_name(fence);
> + return (const char __rcu *)ops->get_timeline_name(fence);
> else
> return (const char __rcu *)"signaled-timeline";
> }
>
> ---
> base-commit: e2cae00c05d196491c318196792297f2dfbaa02c
> change-id: 20260618-linux-drm_crtc_fix-267655a1c89f
>
> Best regards,
> --
> André Draszik <andre.draszik@xxxxxxxxxx>
>