[PATCH 2/2] drm/loongson: Handle buffer mapping failures when clearing a BO

From: Evanshenf

Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 05:35:27 EST


lsdc_bo_clear() ignores the return value from lsdc_bo_kmap() and writes
to lbo->kptr unconditionally. When the first mapping of a newly allocated
buffer fails, kptr is still NULL and the subsequent memset accesses it.

Return the mapping error without touching the buffer and propagate it
from lsdc_gem_object_create(). Install the GEM object functions before
clearing so that drm_gem_object_put() can release the buffer correctly
on failure. Do not add the failed object to the tracking list or return
an uncleared buffer to the caller.

Imported buffers still skip clearing, and successfully mapped buffers
are cleared and unmapped as before.

Tested on LS7A2000 with a one-shot range error in ttm_bo_kmap(). Its
-EINVAL return reached userspace, the object was destroyed once, and
no GEM handle was published. Normal create/map/zero/write/read/close
cycles passed, with the tracked BO count and VRAM usage unchanged.

AI assistance was used for the lifetime analysis, fix, fault-injection
tools, build and test execution.

Fixes: f39db26c5428 ("drm: Add kms driver for loongson display controller")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Evanshenf <archwse@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_gem.c | 12 ++++++++----
drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.c | 10 ++++++++--
drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_gem.c
index 2fb0348..9eba4e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_gem.c
@@ -157,14 +157,18 @@ struct drm_gem_object *lsdc_gem_object_create(struct drm_device *ddev,
return ERR_PTR(ret);
}

+ gobj = &lbo->tbo.base;
+ gobj->funcs = &lsdc_gem_object_funcs;
+
if (!sg) {
/* VRAM is filled with random data */
- lsdc_bo_clear(lbo);
+ ret = lsdc_bo_clear(lbo);
+ if (ret) {
+ drm_gem_object_put(gobj);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ }
}

- gobj = &lbo->tbo.base;
- gobj->funcs = &lsdc_gem_object_funcs;
-
/* tracking the BOs we created */
mutex_lock(&ldev->gem.mutex);
list_add_tail(&lbo->list, &ldev->gem.objects);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.c
index 88536e2..7b30dea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.c
@@ -388,9 +388,13 @@ void lsdc_bo_kunmap(struct lsdc_bo *lbo)
ttm_bo_kunmap(&lbo->kmap);
}

-void lsdc_bo_clear(struct lsdc_bo *lbo)
+int lsdc_bo_clear(struct lsdc_bo *lbo)
{
- lsdc_bo_kmap(lbo);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = lsdc_bo_kmap(lbo);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;

if (lbo->is_iomem)
memset_io((void __iomem *)lbo->kptr, 0, lbo->size);
@@ -398,6 +402,8 @@ void lsdc_bo_clear(struct lsdc_bo *lbo)
memset(lbo->kptr, 0, lbo->size);

lsdc_bo_kunmap(lbo);
+
+ return 0;
}

int lsdc_bo_evict_vram(struct drm_device *ddev)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.h
index 843e147..df47d9b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/loongson/lsdc_ttm.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ size_t lsdc_bo_size(struct lsdc_bo *lbo);

int lsdc_bo_kmap(struct lsdc_bo *lbo);
void lsdc_bo_kunmap(struct lsdc_bo *lbo);
-void lsdc_bo_clear(struct lsdc_bo *lbo);
+int lsdc_bo_clear(struct lsdc_bo *lbo);

int lsdc_bo_evict_vram(struct drm_device *ddev);

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2.43.0