Quoting Ezequiel Garcia (2018-05-10 13:51:56)
> On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 19:42 -0300, Gustavo Padovan wrote:
> > Hi Ezequiel,
> >
> > On Wed, 2018-05-09 at 17:14 -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > > Change how dma_fence_add_callback() behaves, when the fence
> > > has error-signaled by the time it is being add. After this commit,
> > > dma_fence_add_callback() returns the fence error, if it
> > > has error-signaled before dma_fence_add_callback() is called.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c | 10 ++++++----
> > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-
> > > fence.c
> > > index 4edb9fd3cf47..298b440c5b68 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> > > @@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling);
> > > *
> > > * Note that the callback can be called from an atomic context. If
> > > * fence is already signaled, this function will return -ENOENT (and
> > > - * *not* call the callback)
> > > + * *not* call the callback). If the fence is error-signaled, this
> > > + * function returns the fence error.
> > > *
> > > * Add a software callback to the fence. Same restrictions apply to
> > > * refcount as it does to dma_fence_wait, however the caller doesn't
> > > need to
> > > @@ -235,8 +236,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling);
> > > * after it signals with dma_fence_signal. The callback itself can
> > > be called
> > > * from irq context.
> > > *
> > > - * Returns 0 in case of success, -ENOENT if the fence is already
> > > signaled
> > > - * and -EINVAL in case of error.
> > > + * Returns 0 in case of success, -ENOENT (or the error value) if the
> > > fence is
> > > + * already signaled and -EINVAL in case of error.
> > > */
> > > int dma_fence_add_callback(struct dma_fence *fence, struct
> > > dma_fence_cb *cb,
> > > dma_fence_func_t func)
> > > @@ -250,7 +251,8 @@ int dma_fence_add_callback(struct dma_fence
> > > *fence, struct dma_fence_cb *cb,
> > >
> > > if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags)) {
> > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cb->node);
> > > - return -ENOENT;
> > > + ret = (fence->error < 0) ? fence->error : -ENOENT;
> > > + return ret;
> > > }
> >
> > It looks good to me, but I'd first go check all place we call it in the
> > kernel because I have some memory of callers relying on the -ENOENT
> > return code for some decision. I might be wrong though.
> >
> >
>
> I checked all users before submitting this patch.
>
> git grep " = dma_fence_add_callback"
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sw_fence.c: ret = dma_fence_add_callback(dma, &cb->base, func);
>
> And from what I could see, all of them handle the error
> properly.
Err, no. That error then is propagated back to userspace, and that is
not part of our ABI...
-Chris
