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authorThomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>2015-08-27 20:06:24 +0300
committerThomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>2015-09-01 12:06:02 +0300
commitaa3469ce7afd86a670d22375a64f1b5a06707725 (patch)
treef36aae88ccb3d764e8ecd4e1e168fcd00ff0e43b /drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
parent36d4e87b497d9cb3bf8e1bb2f803c7aa41dfb463 (diff)
downloadlinux-aa3469ce7afd86a670d22375a64f1b5a06707725.tar.xz
drm/vmwgfx: Allow dropped masters render-node like access on legacy nodes v2
Applications like gnome-shell may try to render after dropping master privileges. Since the driver should now be safe against this scenario, allow those applications to use their legacy node like a render node. v2: Add missing return statement. Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com> Reviewed-by: Sinclair Yeh <syeh@vmware.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
index 03854d606d58..e13b20bd9908 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
@@ -1052,10 +1052,15 @@ static struct vmw_master *vmw_master_check(struct drm_device *dev,
}
/*
- * Check if we were previously master, but now dropped.
+ * Check if we were previously master, but now dropped. In that
+ * case, allow at least render node functionality.
*/
if (vmw_fp->locked_master) {
mutex_unlock(&dev->master_mutex);
+
+ if (flags & DRM_RENDER_ALLOW)
+ return NULL;
+
DRM_ERROR("Dropped master trying to access ioctl that "
"requires authentication.\n");
return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);