Re: [PATCH 1/2] simplefb: fix unmapping fb during destruction

On 10/02/2013 08:58 AM, David Herrmann wrote:

Unfortunately, fbdev does not create its own "struct device" for
framebuffers. Instead, it attaches to the device of the parent layer. This
has the side-effect that devm_* managed resources are not cleaned up on
framebuffer-destruction but rather during destruction of the
parent-device. In case of fbdev this might be too late, though.
remove_conflicting_framebuffer() may remove fbdev devices but keep the
parent device as it is.

Therefore, we now use plain ioremap() and unmap the framebuffer in the
fb_destroy() callback. Note that we must not free the device here as this
might race with the parent-device removal. Instead, we rely on
unregister_framebuffer() as barrier and we're safe.

So, once the .fb_destroy callback has been executed, there's no other
callback to resurrect it? The framebuffer itself is still registered
until the device's remove, yet after .fb_destroy, the memory is
unmapped, which would be dangerous if the FB can be re-started.

If that's not an issue, this patch seems fine, so
Acked-by: Stephen Warren <redacted>

I know that simplefb was supposed to stay "as simple as possible" but I really
think this series is the last set of fixes I have. Unfortunately framebuffer DRM
handover is mandatory so we cannot ignore it in simplefb.

I don't think this patch adds any significant complexity, so I'm not
worried at least.