From 1f5e31d7e55ac7fbd4ec5e5b20c8868b0e4564c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrea Righi Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 15:12:03 -0800 Subject: fbmem: don't call copy_from/to_user() with mutex held Avoid calling copy_from/to_user() with fb_info->lock mutex held in fbmem ioctl(). fb_mmap() is called under mm->mmap_sem (A) held, that also acquires fb_info->lock (B); fb_ioctl() takes fb_info->lock (B) and does copy_from/to_user() that might acquire mm->mmap_sem (A), causing a deadlock. NOTE: it doesn't push down the fb_info->lock in each own driver's fb_ioctl(), so there are still potential deadlocks elsewhere. Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi Cc: Dave Jones Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Cc: Johannes Weiner Cc: Krzysztof Helt Cc: Harvey Harrison Cc: Stefan Richter Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- include/linux/fb.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h index 818fe21257e8..31527e17076b 100644 --- a/include/linux/fb.h +++ b/include/linux/fb.h @@ -960,6 +960,21 @@ extern struct fb_info *registered_fb[FB_MAX]; extern int num_registered_fb; extern struct class *fb_class; +static inline int lock_fb_info(struct fb_info *info) +{ + mutex_lock(&info->lock); + if (!info->fbops) { + mutex_unlock(&info->lock); + return 0; + } + return 1; +} + +static inline void unlock_fb_info(struct fb_info *info) +{ + mutex_unlock(&info->lock); +} + static inline void __fb_pad_aligned_buffer(u8 *dst, u32 d_pitch, u8 *src, u32 s_pitch, u32 height) { -- cgit v1.2.3