[PATCH v2 1/3] drm/msm: Fix barriers accessing ctx vm

From: Rob Clark

Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 15:16:05 EST


Don't rely on store ordering to protect us from caller seeing a
partially initialized vm.

Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: feb8ef4636a4 ("drm/msm: Add opt-in for VM_BIND")
Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robin.clark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 32d5ebea2596..ec88155e0ed7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -224,18 +224,19 @@ struct drm_gpuvm *msm_context_vm(struct drm_device *dev, struct msm_context *ctx
{
static DEFINE_MUTEX(init_lock);
struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
+ struct drm_gpuvm *vm = smp_load_acquire(&ctx->vm);

/* Once ctx->vm is created it is valid for the lifetime of the context: */
- if (ctx->vm)
- return ctx->vm;
+ if (vm)
+ return vm;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&init_lock);

- mutex_lock(&init_lock);
if (!ctx->vm) {
- ctx->vm = msm_gpu_create_private_vm(
+ vm = msm_gpu_create_private_vm(
priv->gpu, current, !ctx->userspace_managed_vm);
-
+ smp_store_release(&ctx->vm, vm);
}
- mutex_unlock(&init_lock);

return ctx->vm;
}
--
2.54.0