From: "Christian König" <ckoenig.leichtzumerken@gmail.com>
To: phasta@mailbox.org, malhyuk97@gmail.com, tursulin@ursulin.net,
matthew.brost@intel.com, dakr@kernel.org
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
mdaenzer@redhat.com, alessio.belle@imgtec.com,
luigi.santivetti@imgtec.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] drm/sched: document the RCU dependency
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 15:14:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260909131808.2201-3-christian.koenig@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260909131808.2201-1-christian.koenig@amd.com>
Tvrkos patches added RCU protection to the returned strings from
get_timeline_name()/get_driver_name() callbacks of the dma_fence
backends.
This fixed use after free problems for a couple of drivers, but we never
documented the consequences for the drm_sched_fence.
Add a few words on the function documentation to note that we need an
RCU grace period between signaling the last scheduler fence and
scheduler teardown.
Signed-off-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index 6cb6f9546493..22103cb07782 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -1203,6 +1203,10 @@ static void drm_sched_cancel_remaining_jobs(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
* is implemented, all jobs will be canceled through it and afterwards cleaned
* up through &struct drm_sched_backend_ops.free_job. If cancel_job is not
* implemented, memory could leak.
+ *
+ * The scheduler fences timeline name is returned protected by the signaled
+ * status and RCU, so an RCU grace period is necessary between signaling the
+ * last scheduler fence and tearing down the scheduler who originated it.
*/
void drm_sched_fini(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
{
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-09 13:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-09 13:14 Fix dma_fence use after free regression Christian König
2026-09-09 13:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] dma-buf/dma-fence: fix checking signaling bit for timeline and driver name Christian König
2026-09-09 13:58 ` Philipp Stanner
2026-09-09 13:14 ` Christian König [this message]
2026-09-09 13:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] drm/sched: document the RCU dependency Philipp Stanner
2026-09-09 13:57 ` Christian König
2026-09-14 18:27 [PATCH 1/2] dma-buf/dma-fence: fix checking signaling bit for timeline and driver name v2 Christian König
2026-09-14 18:27 ` [PATCH 2/2] drm/sched: document the RCU dependency Christian König
2026-09-15 7:20 ` Philipp Stanner
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