From: Claude Code Review Bot <claude-review@example.com>
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Subject: Claude review: drm/vmwgfx: Reserve ttm object before resv usage
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 19:32:33 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <review-patch3-20260521223756.627311-4-maaz.mombasawala@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260521223756.627311-4-maaz.mombasawala@broadcom.com>
Patch Review
**Purpose:** Fix `dma_resv_assert_held` warnings by reserving the TTM buffer object before operations that require the reservation to be held.
**Issues:**
1. **`ttm_bo_reserve` in `vmw_bo_free` — potential deadlock concern:** In `vmw_bo_free`, the buffer object is being freed (refcount is 0, per the `WARN_ON` at line 45). Calling `ttm_bo_reserve(bo, false, false, NULL)` on a BO whose refcount is already 0 is unusual. The reservation is typically held by something with a live reference. Since this is a teardown path and no other thread should hold a reference, the reservation should succeed immediately, but this pattern is fragile. If anything else tries to acquire the reservation concurrently (which shouldn't happen given refcount==0), it could deadlock with `interruptible=false, no_wait=false`.
```c
ttm_bo_reserve(bo, false, false, NULL);
vmw_resource_mob_detach(res);
ttm_bo_unreserve(bo);
```
Consider whether `dma_resv_lock` directly (without going through `ttm_bo_reserve`) would be more appropriate here, or whether the callers already guarantee the reservation is held and the real fix should be elsewhere.
2. **Missing Fixes tag:** No `Fixes:` tag on this patch, despite addressing concrete warnings.
3. **VKMS CRC worker — `goto done` skips `compute_crc` but still unreferences:** The error handling in `crc_generate_worker` looks correct — on reserve failure, it jumps to `done:` which calls `vmw_surface_unreference`, which is the right cleanup. However, the blank line after `done:` is unnecessary:
```c
done:
vmw_surface_unreference(&surf);
```
4. **VKMS reserve — is `guest_memory_bo` guaranteed non-NULL?** The code does:
```c
ret = ttm_bo_reserve(&surf->res.guest_memory_bo->tbo, false, false, NULL);
```
If `surf->res.guest_memory_bo` could be NULL, this would oops. Looking at the flow, `vmw_surface_sync` succeeded so the surface should have a valid backing BO, but a NULL check or assertion might be prudent.
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-21 22:37 [PATCH v4 0/4] Fix some issues from igt runs Maaz Mombasawala
2026-05-21 22:37 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] drm/vmwgfx: Add some checks to vmw_cursor_plane_atomic_update Maaz Mombasawala
2026-05-25 9:32 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-21 22:37 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] drm/vmwgfx: Check vrefresh in drm_mode_setcrtc Maaz Mombasawala
2026-05-25 9:32 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-21 22:37 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] drm/vmwgfx: Reserve ttm object before resv usage Maaz Mombasawala
2026-05-25 9:32 ` Claude Code Review Bot [this message]
2026-05-21 22:37 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] drm/vmwgfx: Change ttm refs for dumb buffers Maaz Mombasawala
2026-05-25 9:32 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-25 9:32 ` Claude review: Fix some issues from igt runs Claude Code Review Bot
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2026-05-14 22:48 [PATCH v3 0/5] " Maaz Mombasawala
2026-05-14 22:48 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] drm/vmwgfx: Reserve ttm object before resv usage Maaz Mombasawala
2026-05-16 0:17 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-12 0:27 [PATCH v2 0/5] Fix some issues from igt runs Maaz Mombasawala
2026-05-12 0:27 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] drm/vmwgfx: Reserve ttm object before resv usage Maaz Mombasawala
2026-05-16 4:26 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
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