Hi,
2017-08-11 Jason Ekstrand <ja...@jlekstrand.net>:
> From: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk>
>
> This is an illegal scenario, to free the fence whilst there are pending
> callbacks. Currently, we emit a WARN and then cast aside the callbacks
> leaving them dangling. Alternatively, we could set an error on the fence
> and then signal fence so that any dependency chains from the fence can
> be tidied up, and if they care they can check for the error.
>
> The question is whether or not the cure is worse than the disease
> (premature fence signaling is never pretty).
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk>
> ---
> drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> index 0cac367..4062708 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> @@ -172,7 +172,19 @@ void dma_fence_release(struct kref *kref)
>
> trace_dma_fence_destroy(fence);
>
> - WARN_ON(!list_empty(&fence->cb_list));
> + if (WARN_ON(!list_empty(&fence->cb_list))) {
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + /*
> + * This should never happen, but if it does make sure that we
> + * don't leave chains dangling. We set the error flag first
> + * so that the callbacks know this signal is due to an error.
> + */
> + spin_lock_irqsave(fence->lock, flags);
> + fence->error = -EDEADLK;
> + dma_fence_signal_locked(fence);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(fence->lock, flags);
> + }
Thanks for the patch!
Reviewed-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.pado...@collabora.com>
>
> if (fence->ops->release)
> fence->ops->release(fence);
> --
> 2.5.0.400.gff86faf
>
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