Hi Icenowy, Thomas,

Thanks for the review.

I agree that using drmm_kms_helper_poll_init() is the better fix here. It keeps the polling cleanup tied to the DRM device lifetime and avoids adding manual unwind and remove-path cleanup.

I sent a v2 that switches lsdc_pci_probe() to drmm_kms_helper_poll_init().

Thanks,
Myeonghun


2026년 5월 12일 (화) 오후 3:26, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>님이 작성:
Hi

Am 11.05.26 um 19:22 schrieb Icenowy Zheng:
> 在 2026-05-12二的 02:01 +0900,Myeonghun Pak写道:
>> lsdc_pci_probe() initializes KMS polling before setting up vblank
>> support,
>> requesting the IRQ and registering the DRM device. If any of those
>> later
>> steps fails, probe returns without finalizing polling. The remove
>> path has
>> the same lifetime gap when tearing down a successfully registered
>> device.
>>
>> Route those probe failures through a poll cleanup label. Also
>> finalize
>> polling from remove before unregistering the DRM device.
> Interesting, but it looks like a `drmm_kms_helper_poll_init` function
> exists (while rarely used).
>
> Maybe it's better to switch to this? Or maybe there's some reason not
> to use this?

Agreed. DRM drivers are advised to use managed cleanup for their data
structures. So rather switch to drmm_kms_helper_poll_init(). That also
resolves the problem that loongson never calls poll_fini on regular
removals.

Best regards
Thomas

>
> Thanks,
> Icenowy
>
>> This issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research
>> while
>> reviewing kernel code.
>>
>> Fixes: f39db26c5428 ("drm: Add kms driver for loongson display
>> controller")
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim <ae878000@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_drv.c | 11 ++++++++---
>>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_drv.c
>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_drv.c
>> index abf5bf68ee..3db1f8690a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_drv.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_drv.c
>> @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int lsdc_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>> const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>>      if (loongson_vblank) {
>>              ret = drm_vblank_init(ddev, descp->num_of_crtc);
>>              if (ret)
>> -                    return ret;
>> +                    goto err_poll_fini;
>>   
>>              ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, pdev->irq,
>>                                     descp->funcs->irq_handler,
>> @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static int lsdc_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>> const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>>                                     dev_name(&pdev->dev), ddev);
>>              if (ret) {
>>                      drm_err(ddev, "Failed to register interrupt:
>> %d\n", ret);
>> -                    return ret;
>> +                    goto err_poll_fini;
>>              }
>>   
>>              drm_info(ddev, "registered irq: %u\n", pdev->irq);
>> @@ -313,17 +313,22 @@ static int lsdc_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>> const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>>   
>>      ret = drm_dev_register(ddev, 0);
>>      if (ret)
>> -            return ret;
>> +            goto err_poll_fini;
>>   
>>      drm_client_setup(ddev, NULL);
>>   
>>      return 0;
>> +
>> +err_poll_fini:
>> +    drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(ddev);
>> +    return ret;
>>   }
>>   
>>   static void lsdc_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>>   {
>>      struct drm_device *ddev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
>>   
>> +    drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(ddev);
>>      drm_dev_unregister(ddev);
>>      drm_atomic_helper_shutdown(ddev);
>>   }

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