On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 07:18:22PM +0800, Desmond Cheong Zhi Xi wrote:
> Inside drm_is_current_master, using the outer drm_device.master_mutex
> to protect reads of drm_file.master makes the function prone to creating
> lock hierarchy inversions. Instead, we can use the
> drm_file.master_lookup_loc
Inside drm_is_current_master, using the outer drm_device.master_mutex
to protect reads of drm_file.master makes the function prone to creating
lock hierarchy inversions. Instead, we can use the
drm_file.master_lookup_lock that sits at the bottom of the lock
hierarchy.
Reported-by: Daniel Vetter
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