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authorLyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>2019-01-11 03:53:32 +0300
committerLyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>2019-01-11 04:12:23 +0300
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downloadlinux-cfe9f90358d97a83253443b0182bff1222d3a7ac.tar.xz
drm/dp_mst: Fix payload deallocation on hotplugs using malloc refs
Up until now, freeing payloads on remote MST hubs that just had ports removed has almost never worked because we've been relying on port validation in order to stop us from accessing ports that have already been freed from memory, but ports which need their payloads released due to being removed will never be a valid part of the topology after they've been removed. Since we've introduced malloc refs, we can replace all of the validation logic in payload helpers which are used for deallocation with some well-placed malloc krefs. This ensures that regardless of whether or not the ports are still valid and in the topology, any port which has an allocated payload will remain allocated in memory until it's payloads have been removed - finally allowing us to actually release said payloads correctly. Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Reviewed-by: Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@amd.com> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> Cc: Jerry Zuo <Jerry.Zuo@amd.com> Cc: Juston Li <juston.li@intel.com> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20190111005343.17443-10-lyude@redhat.com
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