The private objects have a gotcha that could result in a use-after-free,
make sure it's properly documented.
Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/drm/drm_atomic.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
index 413fd0ca56a8..24b52b3a459f 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
@@ -248,6 +248,24 @@ struct drm_private_state_funcs {
* drm_dev_register()
* 2/ all calls to drm_atomic_private_obj_fini() must be done after calling
* drm_dev_unregister()
+ *
+ * If that private object is used to store a state shared my multiple
+ * CRTCs, proper care must be taken to ensure that non-blocking commits are
+ * properly ordered to avoid a use-after-free issue.
+ *
+ * Indeed, assuming a sequence of two non-blocking commits on two different
+ * CRTCs using different planes and connectors, so with no resources shared,
+ * there's no guarantee on which commit is going to happen first. However, the
+ * second commit will consider the first private state its old state, and will
+ * be in charge of freeing it whenever the second commit is done.
+ *
+ * If the first commit happens after it, it will consider its private state the
+ * new state and will be likely to access it, resulting in an access to a freed
+ * memory region. A way to circumvent this is to store (and get a reference to)
+ * the crtc commit in our private state in
+ * &drm_mode_config_helper_funcs.atomic_commit_setup, and then wait for that
+ * commit to complete as part of
+ * &drm_mode_config_helper_funcs.atomic_commit_tail.
*/
struct drm_private_obj {
/**
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