[PATCH] drm/amd/display: use proper context for logging

From: Jiri Slaby (SUSE)

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 02:37:30 EST


The same as the rest of the code, get_ss_info_from_atombios() uses
calc_pll_cs->ctx->logger for logging. But calc_pll_cs->ctx is
initialized only later in calc_pll_max_vco_construct(). Therefore, any
output using DC_LOG_SYNC() leads to a NULL pointer deference in
get_ss_info_from_atombios().

To avoid accessing the NULL context, use clk_src->base.ctx->logger
in get_ss_info_from_atombios(). That context is initialized earlier in
dce110_clk_src_construct() -- before get_ss_info_from_atombios() is
actually called. This is done by temporarily redefining DC_LOGGER to
CTX->logger.

Before:
dce110_clk_src_construct() did:
-> sets clk_src->base.ctx = ctx;
-> ss_info_from_atombios_create()
-> get_ss_info_from_atombios() <- uses calc_pll_cs->ctx # BOOM
-> calc_pll_max_vco_construct() <- sets calc_pll_cs->ctx

After:
dce110_clk_src_construct() does:
-> sets clk_src->base.ctx = ctx;
-> ss_info_from_atombios_create()
-> get_ss_info_from_atombios() <- uses clk_src->base.ctx

Closes: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271175
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a9ee54e6-2413-4156-9bde-d528ae3c63a3@xxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: 1296423bf23c ("drm/amd/display: define DC_LOGGER for logger")
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lakha, Bhawanpreet <Bhawanpreet.Lakha@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Leo Li <sunpeng.li@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Rodrigo Siqueira <siqueira@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Christian König" <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: amd-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dce/dce_clock_source.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dce/dce_clock_source.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dce/dce_clock_source.c
index ecb8493ec523..d3f7aa853e3a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dce/dce_clock_source.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dce/dce_clock_source.c
@@ -1513,6 +1513,10 @@ static const struct clock_source_funcs dce110_clk_src_funcs = {
.get_dp_dto_frequency_100hz = get_dp_dto_frequency_100hz
};

+/* calc_pll_cs->ctx is set only after get_ss_info_from_atombios(), unlike clk_src->base */
+#pragma push_macro("DC_LOGGER")
+#undef DC_LOGGER
+#define DC_LOGGER CTX->logger

static void get_ss_info_from_atombios(
struct dce110_clk_src *clk_src,
@@ -1526,7 +1530,7 @@ static void get_ss_info_from_atombios(
struct spread_spectrum_info *ss_info_cur;
struct spread_spectrum_data *ss_data_cur;
uint32_t i;
- DC_LOGGER_INIT();
+
if (ss_entries_num == NULL) {
DC_LOG_SYNC(
"Invalid entry !!!\n");
@@ -1631,6 +1635,8 @@ static void get_ss_info_from_atombios(
kfree(ss_info);
}

+#pragma pop_macro("DC_LOGGER")
+
static void ss_info_from_atombios_create(
struct dce110_clk_src *clk_src)
{
--
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