From: Krzysztof Niemiec <krzysztof.niemiec@intel.com>
To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>,
Janusz Krzysztofik <janusz.krzysztofik@linux.intel.com>,
Krzysztof Karas <krzysztof.karas@intel.com>,
Sebastian Brzezinka <sebastian.brzezinka@intel.com>,
Krzysztof Niemiec <krzysztof.niemiec@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915: Remove drm_dev_unregister() from the error path during i915_driver_register()
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 17:43:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260522154356.47588-2-krzysztof.niemiec@intel.com> (raw)
During driver probe, in i915_driver_register(), if drm_dev_register()
fails, the code enters into an error path. In it, a call to
drm_dev_unregister() is made as part of cleanup in case drm_dev_register()
returns an error. However, this is unnecessary, as in case of an error
drm_dev_register() undoes its own setup in its own error path.
Calling drm_dev_unregister() after a failed drm_dev_register() also
generates a superfluous WARN_ON() from drm_client_sysrq_unregister().
drm_client_sysrq_register() is only called in drm_dev_register() if
there was no error in the latter. drm_dev_unregister() calls
drm_client_sysrq_unregister() as it expects to be called after a successful
drm_dev_register(), in which case the _sysrq_register() counterpart is
called. However, if the call to drm_dev_register() failed,
_sysrq_register() is never called; calling drm_dev_unregister() will
cause _sysrq_unregister() to be called (unconditionally) with no
corresponding _sysrq_register() call before it, which is caught in the
aforementioned WARN_ON().
Remove the redundant call to drm_dev_unregister() in case
drm_dev_register() returns an error.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Niemiec <krzysztof.niemiec@intel.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_driver.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_driver.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_driver.c
index c10cab38935a..10e16002050a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_driver.c
@@ -638,7 +638,6 @@ static int i915_driver_register(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
if (ret) {
i915_probe_error(dev_priv,
"Failed to register driver for userspace access!\n");
- drm_dev_unregister(&dev_priv->drm);
i915_pmu_unregister(dev_priv);
i915_gem_driver_unregister(dev_priv);
return ret;
--
2.45.2
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-22 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-22 15:43 Krzysztof Niemiec [this message]
2026-05-25 7:38 ` [PATCH] drm/i915: Remove drm_dev_unregister() from the error path during i915_driver_register() Sebastian Brzezinka
2026-05-25 8:11 ` Janusz Krzysztofik
2026-05-25 8:26 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-25 8:26 ` Claude Code Review Bot
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