From 17331d0f339fc6ec00a118e72ca28cb39d18e960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Christian=20K=C3=B6nig?= <ckoenig.leichtzumerken@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:41:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] dma-buf/sw-sync: always taint the kernel when sw-sync is used
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The SW-sync functionality should only be used for testing and debugging
since it is inherently unsave.

Signed-off-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
Acked-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251120150018.27385-3-christian.koenig@amd.com
---
 drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
index 3c20f1d31cf54..6f09d13be6b67 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/sw_sync.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/panic.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/sync_file.h>
 
@@ -349,6 +350,9 @@ static long sw_sync_ioctl_create_fence(struct sync_timeline *obj,
 	struct sync_file *sync_file;
 	struct sw_sync_create_fence_data data;
 
+	/* SW sync fence are inherently unsafe and can deadlock the kernel */
+	add_taint(TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK);
+
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return fd;
 
-- 
2.47.3