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-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_auth.h1
-rw-r--r--include/drm/drm_file.h18
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_auth.h b/include/drm/drm_auth.h
index 6bf8b2b78991..f99d3417f304 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_auth.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_auth.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct drm_master {
};
struct drm_master *drm_master_get(struct drm_master *master);
+struct drm_master *drm_file_get_master(struct drm_file *file_priv);
void drm_master_put(struct drm_master **master);
bool drm_is_current_master(struct drm_file *fpriv);
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_file.h b/include/drm/drm_file.h
index 716990bace10..42d04607d091 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_file.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_file.h
@@ -226,15 +226,27 @@ struct drm_file {
/**
* @master:
*
- * Master this node is currently associated with. Only relevant if
- * drm_is_primary_client() returns true. Note that this only
- * matches &drm_device.master if the master is the currently active one.
+ * Master this node is currently associated with. Protected by struct
+ * &drm_device.master_mutex, and serialized by @master_lookup_lock.
+ *
+ * Only relevant if drm_is_primary_client() returns true. Note that
+ * this only matches &drm_device.master if the master is the currently
+ * active one.
+ *
+ * When dereferencing this pointer, either hold struct
+ * &drm_device.master_mutex for the duration of the pointer's use, or
+ * use drm_file_get_master() if struct &drm_device.master_mutex is not
+ * currently held and there is no other need to hold it. This prevents
+ * @master from being freed during use.
*
* See also @authentication and @is_master and the :ref:`section on
* primary nodes and authentication <drm_primary_node>`.
*/
struct drm_master *master;
+ /** @master_lock: Serializes @master. */
+ spinlock_t master_lookup_lock;
+
/** @pid: Process that opened this file. */
struct pid *pid;