Doesn't protect anything at all, and probably just here because a long time ago dev->struct_mutex was required to allocate gem objects.
With this patch exynos is completely struct_mutex free!
Cc: Inki Dae inki.dae@samsung.com Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter daniel.vetter@intel.com --- drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fbdev.c | 22 ++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fbdev.c index 4ae860c44f1d..4656cd6e7083 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fbdev.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fbdev.c @@ -138,8 +138,6 @@ static int exynos_drm_fbdev_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper, mode_cmd.pixel_format = drm_mode_legacy_fb_format(sizes->surface_bpp, sizes->surface_depth);
- mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex); - size = mode_cmd.pitches[0] * mode_cmd.height;
exynos_gem = exynos_drm_gem_create(dev, EXYNOS_BO_CONTIG, size); @@ -154,10 +152,8 @@ static int exynos_drm_fbdev_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper, size); }
- if (IS_ERR(exynos_gem)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(exynos_gem); - goto out; - } + if (IS_ERR(exynos_gem)) + return PTR_ERR(exynos_gem);
exynos_fbdev->exynos_gem = exynos_gem;
@@ -173,7 +169,6 @@ static int exynos_drm_fbdev_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper, if (ret < 0) goto err_destroy_framebuffer;
- mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex); return ret;
err_destroy_framebuffer: @@ -181,13 +176,12 @@ err_destroy_framebuffer: err_destroy_gem: exynos_drm_gem_destroy(exynos_gem);
-/* - * if failed, all resources allocated above would be released by - * drm_mode_config_cleanup() when drm_load() had been called prior - * to any specific driver such as fimd or hdmi driver. - */ -out: - mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex); + /* + * if failed, all resources allocated above would be released by + * drm_mode_config_cleanup() when drm_load() had been called prior + * to any specific driver such as fimd or hdmi driver. + */ + return ret; }