This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
drm/i915: taint kernel when force probing unsupported devices
to the 6.3-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
drm-i915-taint-kernel-when-force-probing-unsupported.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.3 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit fa63fd2399d89594b0979c1901719b0d84ea0390
Author: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu May 4 13:35:08 2023 +0300
drm/i915: taint kernel when force probing unsupported devices
[ Upstream commit 79c901c93562bdf1c84ce6c1b744fbbe4389a6eb ]
For development and testing purposes, the i915.force_probe module
parameter and DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE kconfig option allow probing of
devices that aren't supported by the driver.
The i915.force_probe module parameter is "unsafe" and setting it taints
the kernel. However, using the kconfig option does not.
Always taint the kernel when force probing a device that is not
supported.
v2: Drop "depends on EXPERT" to avoid build breakage (kernel test robot)
Fixes: 7ef5ef5cdead ("drm/i915: add force_probe module parameter to replace alpha_support")
Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20230504103508.1818540-1-jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx
(cherry picked from commit 3312bb4ad09ca6423bd4a5b15a94588a8962fb8e)
Signed-off-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
index 98f4e44976e09..9c9bb0a0dcfca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ config DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE
This is the default value for the i915.force_probe module
parameter. Using the module parameter overrides this option.
- Force probe the i915 for Intel graphics devices that are
- recognized but not properly supported by this kernel version. It is
- recommended to upgrade to a kernel version with proper support as soon
- as it is available.
+ Force probe the i915 driver for Intel graphics devices that are
+ recognized but not properly supported by this kernel version. Force
+ probing an unsupported device taints the kernel. It is recommended to
+ upgrade to a kernel version with proper support as soon as it is
+ available.
It can also be used to block the probe of recognized and fully
supported devices.
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ config DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE
Use "<pci-id>[,<pci-id>,...]" to force probe the i915 for listed
devices. For example, "4500" or "4500,4571".
- Use "*" to force probe the driver for all known devices.
+ Use "*" to force probe the driver for all known devices. Not
+ recommended.
Use "!" right before the ID to block the probe of the device. For
example, "4500,!4571" forces the probe of 4500 and blocks the probe of
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
index 125f7ef1252c3..2b5aaea422208 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
@@ -1346,6 +1346,12 @@ static int i915_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
return -ENODEV;
}
+ if (intel_info->require_force_probe) {
+ dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Force probing unsupported Device ID %04x, tainting kernel\n",
+ pdev->device);
+ add_taint(TAINT_USER, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
+ }
+
/* Only bind to function 0 of the device. Early generations
* used function 1 as a placeholder for multi-head. This causes
* us confusion instead, especially on the systems where both
