SGT isn't refcounted. Once SGT pointer has been obtained, it remains the same for both locked and unlocked get_pages_sgt(). Return cached SGT directly without taking a potentially expensive lock. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c index 8fd7851c088b..e6e6e693ab95 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c @@ -962,6 +962,18 @@ struct sg_table *drm_gem_shmem_get_pages_sgt(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem) drm_WARN_ON(obj->dev, drm_gem_shmem_is_purgeable(shmem))) return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY); + /* + * Drivers that use shrinker should take into account that shrinker + * may relocate BO, thus invalidating the returned SGT pointer. + * Such drivers should pin GEM while they use SGT. + * + * Drivers that don't use shrinker should take into account that + * SGT is released together with the GEM pages. Pages should be kept + * alive while SGT is used. + */ + if (shmem->sgt) + return shmem->sgt; + ret = dma_resv_lock_interruptible(shmem->base.resv, NULL); if (ret) return ERR_PTR(ret); -- 2.43.0
