Quoting Shreeya Patel (2018-02-09 12:10:56)
> dev->struct_mutex is the Big DRM Lock and the only bit where
> it’s mandatory is serializing GEM buffer object destruction.
> Which unfortunately means drivers have to keep track of that
> lock and either call unreference or unreference_locked
> depending upon context. Core GEM doesn’t have a need for
> struct_mutex any more since kernel 4.8.
>
> For drivers that need struct_mutex it should be replaced by a driver
> private lock.
In that regard, dev->struct_mutex is already a driver private lock. The
impetus is to reduce a big lock into lots of little locks where
contention deems prudent.
> Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c
> index 2867ed1..120d2d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c
> @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static struct sg_table *udl_map_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
> struct udl_drm_dmabuf_attachment *udl_attach = attach->priv;
> struct udl_gem_object *obj = to_udl_bo(attach->dmabuf->priv);
> struct drm_device *dev = obj->base.dev;
> + struct udl_device *udl = dev->dev_private;
> struct scatterlist *rd, *wr;
> struct sg_table *sgt = NULL;
> unsigned int i;
> @@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ static struct sg_table *udl_map_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> }
>
> - mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
> + mutex_lock(&udl->urbs.plock);
>
> rd = obj->sg->sgl;
> wr = sgt->sgl;
> @@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ static struct sg_table *udl_map_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
> attach->priv = udl_attach;
>
> err_unlock:
> - mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
> + mutex_unlock(&udl->urbs.plock);
> return sgt;
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h
> index 2a75ab8..24cca17 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct urb_node {
>
> struct urb_list {
> struct list_head list;
> + struct mutex plock;
> spinlock_t lock;
> struct semaphore limit_sem;
> int available;
This hasn't seen much testing as it lacks a mutex_init, and one would
wish for a description of what it is guarding.
-Chris
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