Re: [PATCH 1/3] dma-buf: don't hold the mutex around map/unmap calls

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On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The mutex protects the attachment list and hence needs to be held
> around the callbakc to the exporters (optional) attach/detach
> functions.
>
> Holding the mutex around the map/unmap calls doesn't protect any
> dma_buf state. Exporters need to properly protect any of their own
> state anyway (to protect against calls from their own interfaces).
> So this only makes the locking messier (and lockdep easier to anger).
>
> Therefore let's just drop this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Rob Clark <rob.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/base/dma-buf.c  |    4 ----
>  include/linux/dma-buf.h |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-buf.c b/drivers/base/dma-buf.c
> index e38ad24..1b11192 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/dma-buf.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/dma-buf.c
> @@ -258,10 +258,8 @@ struct sg_table *dma_buf_map_attachment(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
>        if (WARN_ON(!attach || !attach->dmabuf || !attach->dmabuf->ops))
>                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>
> -       mutex_lock(&attach->dmabuf->lock);
>        if (attach->dmabuf->ops->map_dma_buf)
>                sg_table = attach->dmabuf->ops->map_dma_buf(attach, direction);
> -       mutex_unlock(&attach->dmabuf->lock);
>
>        return sg_table;
>  }
> @@ -282,10 +280,8 @@ void dma_buf_unmap_attachment(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
>                            || !attach->dmabuf->ops))
>                return;
>
> -       mutex_lock(&attach->dmabuf->lock);
>        if (attach->dmabuf->ops->unmap_dma_buf)
>                attach->dmabuf->ops->unmap_dma_buf(attach, sg_table);
> -       mutex_unlock(&attach->dmabuf->lock);
>
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_buf_unmap_attachment);
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
> index f8ac076..f7ad2ca 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ struct dma_buf {
>        struct file *file;
>        struct list_head attachments;
>        const struct dma_buf_ops *ops;
> -       /* mutex to serialize list manipulation and other ops */
> +       /* mutex to serialize list manipulation and attach/detach */
>        struct mutex lock;
>        void *priv;
>  };
> --
> 1.7.7.5
>
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