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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
index 784c05ac5cca..973eceabbcca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
@@ -969,9 +969,16 @@ i915_request_await_start(struct i915_request *rq, struct i915_request *signal)
if (i915_request_started(signal))
return 0;
+ /*
+ * The caller holds a reference on @signal, but we do not serialise
+ * against it being retired and removed from the lists.
+ *
+ * We do not hold a reference to the request before @signal, and
+ * so must be very careful to ensure that it is not _recycled_ as
+ * we follow the link backwards.
+ */
fence = NULL;
rcu_read_lock();
- spin_lock_irq(&signal->lock);
do {
struct list_head *pos = READ_ONCE(signal->link.prev);
struct i915_request *prev;
@@ -1002,7 +1009,6 @@ i915_request_await_start(struct i915_request *rq, struct i915_request *signal)
fence = &prev->fence;
} while (0);
- spin_unlock_irq(&signal->lock);
rcu_read_unlock();
if (!fence)
return 0;