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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index b7021069b078..e79c8d3700d8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -3400,7 +3400,16 @@ void drm_fb_release(struct drm_file *priv)
struct drm_device *dev = priv->minor->dev;
struct drm_framebuffer *fb, *tfb;
- mutex_lock(&priv->fbs_lock);
+ /*
+ * When the file gets released that means no one else can access the fb
+ * list any more, so no need to grab fpriv->fbs_lock. And we need to to
+ * avoid upsetting lockdep since the universal cursor code adds a
+ * framebuffer while holding mutex locks.
+ *
+ * Note that a real deadlock between fpriv->fbs_lock and the modeset
+ * locks is impossible here since no one else but this function can get
+ * at it any more.
+ */
list_for_each_entry_safe(fb, tfb, &priv->fbs, filp_head) {
mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.fb_lock);
@@ -3413,7 +3422,6 @@ void drm_fb_release(struct drm_file *priv)
/* This will also drop the fpriv->fbs reference. */
drm_framebuffer_remove(fb);
}
- mutex_unlock(&priv->fbs_lock);
}
/**
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