From: Claude Code Review Bot <claude-review@example.com>
To: dri-devel-reviews@example.com
Subject: Claude review: drm/atomic: Return user readable error in atomic_ioctl
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:55:28 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <review-patch5-20260331-atomic-v11-5-6a1df7ec5af8@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260331-atomic-v11-5-6a1df7ec5af8@intel.com>
Patch Review
**`error_code_ptr` used uninitialized:**
```c
if (!arg->reserved)
drm_dbg_atomic(dev, "memory not allocated...\n");
else
error_code_ptr = (struct drm_mode_atomic_err_code __user *)
(unsigned long)arg->reserved;
```
When `arg->reserved == 0`, `error_code_ptr` is uninitialized. Later:
```c
if (ret < 0 && arg->reserved) {
if (copy_to_user(error_code_ptr, ...))
```
The `arg->reserved` check guards the usage, so technically safe, but `error_code_ptr` is still declared without initialization. Set it to `NULL` at declaration.
**Debug message is backwards:** When `!arg->reserved` (i.e., userspace didn't provide a pointer), the code prints a debug message saying "memory not allocated for drm_atomic error reporting". This will fire on **every single atomic ioctl call** from any userspace that doesn't use this feature, which is essentially all current userspace. This is extremely noisy and should be removed.
**`memset` uses wrong sizeof:**
```c
memset(&state->error_code, 0, sizeof(*error_code_ptr));
```
This should be `sizeof(state->error_code)`. Using `sizeof(*error_code_ptr)` happens to be the same size but is semantically wrong and will break if `error_code_ptr`'s type ever diverges.
**`copy_to_user` on `-EDEADLK`:** The error reporting happens before the deadlock retry logic:
```c
out:
if (ret < 0 && arg->reserved) {
if (copy_to_user(error_code_ptr, &state->error_code, ...))
ret = -EFAULT;
}
...
if (ret == -EDEADLK) {
drm_atomic_state_clear(state);
ret = drm_modeset_backoff(&ctx);
if (!ret) goto retry;
}
```
On `-EDEADLK`, this will copy a stale/meaningless error report to userspace, then retry. If the retry succeeds, userspace gets `ret=0` but has stale error data written to their buffer. Move the `copy_to_user` after the deadlock retry handling.
**Overwriting `-EFAULT` with `-EDEADLK` handling:** If `copy_to_user` fails and sets `ret = -EFAULT`, the deadlock check `if (ret == -EDEADLK)` won't match, so at least it won't loop, but the original error is lost.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-31 21:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-31 9:03 [PATCH v11 0/7] User readable error codes on atomic_ioctl failure Arun R Murthy
2026-03-31 9:03 ` [PATCH v11 1/7] drm: Define user readable error codes for atomic ioctl Arun R Murthy
2026-03-31 21:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-31 9:03 ` [PATCH v11 2/7] drm/atomic: Add error_code element in atomic_state Arun R Murthy
2026-03-31 21:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-31 9:03 ` [PATCH v11 3/7] drm/atomic: Call complete_signaling only if prepare_signaling is done Arun R Murthy
2026-03-31 21:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-31 9:03 ` [PATCH v11 4/7] drm/atomic: Allocate atomic_state at the beginning of atomic_ioctl Arun R Murthy
2026-03-31 21:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-31 9:03 ` [PATCH v11 5/7] drm/atomic: Return user readable error in atomic_ioctl Arun R Murthy
2026-03-31 21:55 ` Claude Code Review Bot [this message]
2026-03-31 9:03 ` [PATCH v11 6/7] drm/i915/display: Error codes for async flip failures Arun R Murthy
2026-03-31 21:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-31 9:03 ` [PATCH v11 7/7] drm: Introduce DRM_CAP_ATOMIC_ERROR_REPORTING Arun R Murthy
2026-03-31 21:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-03-31 21:55 ` Claude review: User readable error codes on atomic_ioctl failure Claude Code Review Bot
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2026-02-23 9:15 [PATCH v10 0/7] " Arun R Murthy
2026-02-23 9:16 ` [PATCH v10 5/7] drm/atomic: Return user readable error in atomic_ioctl Arun R Murthy
2026-02-24 0:27 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-02-10 9:03 [PATCH v9 0/7] User readable error codes on atomic_ioctl failure Arun R Murthy
2026-02-10 9:03 ` [PATCH v9 5/7] drm/atomic: Return user readable error in atomic_ioctl Arun R Murthy
2026-02-11 6:31 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
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