From: Luca Ceresoli Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:58:09 +0000 (+0100) Subject: drm/encoder: drm_encoder_cleanup: lock the encoder chain mutex during removal X-Git-Tag: v7.2-rc1~141^2~26^2~78 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/index.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f6d20e06f42ad42e926f94661aebcde78f67ba4d;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git drm/encoder: drm_encoder_cleanup: lock the encoder chain mutex during removal drm_encoder_cleanup() modifies the encoder chain by removing bridges via drm_bridge_detach(). Protect this whole operation by taking the mutex, so that: * any users iterating over the chain will not access it during the change * other code willing to modify the list (drm_bridge_attach()) will wait until drm_encoder_cleanup() is done Note that the _safe macro in use here is providing a different and orthogonal kind of protection than the mutex: 1. list_for_each_entry_safe() allows removing the current entry from the list it is iterating on, synchronously; the non-safe version would be unable to find the next entry after the current entry has been removed 2. the mutex being added allows to ensure that the list is not used asynchronously by other code while it is being modified; this prevents such other concurrent code to derail because it is iterating over an element while it is removed The _safe macro, which works by taking the "next" pointer in addition to the "current" one, does not even try to provide the protection at item 2 above. This is visible e.g. when the "next" element is removed by other concurrent code. This is what would happen without the added mutex: 1. start loop: list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, ...) sets: pos = list_first_entry() = (bridge 1) n = list_next_entry(pos) = (bridge 2) 2. enter the loop 1st time, do something with *pos (bridge 1) 3. in the meanwhile bridge 2 is hot-unplugged -> another thread removes bridge 2 -> drm_bridge_detach() -> list_del() sets (bridge 2)->next = LIST_POISON1 4. loop iteration 1 finishes, list_for_each_entry_safe() sets: pos = n (previously set to bridge 2) n = (bridge 2)->next = LIST_POISON1 5. enter the loop 2nd time, do something with *pos (bridge 2) 6. loop iteration 2 finishes, list_for_each_entry_safe() sets: pos = n = LIST_POISON1 ==> bug! However, simply adding mutex_[un]lock(&encoder->bridge_chain_mutex) before/after the list_for_each_entry_safe() seems a simple and good solution, but it is introducing a possible ABBA deadlock (found by PROVE_LOCKING). The two code paths involved are: * drm_encoder_cleanup(): - takes the bridge_chain_mutex (A) - calls drm_bridge_detach -> drm_atomic_private_obj_fini -> DRM_MODESET_LOCK_ALL_BEGIN() which takes all locks in the acquisition context (B) * drm_mode_getconnector() (and other code paths): - calls drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes() which: - takes a drm_modeset_lock in the acquisition context (B) - calls __drm_helper_update_and_validate -> drm_bridge_chain_mode_valid -> drm_for_each_bridge_in_chain_from() which takes the bridge_chain_mutex (A) To avoid this potential ABBA deadlock, move all list items to a temporary list while holding the bridge_chain_mutex, then detach all elements from the temporary list without the mutex. Reviewed-by: Louis Chauvet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260324-drm-bridge-alloc-encoder-chain-mutex-v5-2-8bf786c5c7e6@bootlin.com Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli --- diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c index 3261f142baea3..0d5dbed06db44 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder.c @@ -189,14 +189,26 @@ void drm_encoder_cleanup(struct drm_encoder *encoder) { struct drm_device *dev = encoder->dev; struct drm_bridge *bridge, *next; + LIST_HEAD(tmplist); /* Note that the encoder_list is considered to be static; should we * remove the drm_encoder at runtime we would have to decrement all * the indices on the drm_encoder after us in the encoder_list. */ - list_for_each_entry_safe(bridge, next, &encoder->bridge_chain, - chain_node) + /* + * We need the bridge_chain_mutex to modify the chain, but + * drm_bridge_detach() will call DRM_MODESET_LOCK_ALL_BEGIN() (in + * drm_modeset_lock_fini()), resulting in a possible ABBA circular + * deadlock. Avoid it by first moving all the bridges to a + * temporary list holding the lock, and then calling + * drm_bridge_detach() without the lock. + */ + mutex_lock(&encoder->bridge_chain_mutex); + list_cut_before(&tmplist, &encoder->bridge_chain, &encoder->bridge_chain); + mutex_unlock(&encoder->bridge_chain_mutex); + + list_for_each_entry_safe(bridge, next, &tmplist, chain_node) drm_bridge_detach(bridge); drm_mode_object_unregister(dev, &encoder->base);