[PATCH v2 3/3] drm/vc4: dsi: Serialize host transfers
From: Henry Zhang
Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 14:48:27 EST
vc4_dsi_host_transfer() fills the command FIFOs and the TXPKT registers
and waits on a single completion without any locking. Two callers
sending at the same time, for example a panel driver and a backlight
update, can overwrite each other's packets, and the timeout recovery
added in the previous patch could reset the block under a transfer
that is still in flight.
Hold a mutex for the whole host transfer, including the recovery.
Signed-off-by: Henry Zhang <henryzhang62@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Notes:
New in v2 (Sashiko review).
drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c
index 2d985bc..627adf0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/of_address.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -595,6 +596,8 @@ struct vc4_dsi {
*/
struct clk *pixel_clock;
+ /* Serializes host transfers, including the recovery after a timeout. */
+ struct mutex transfer_lock;
struct completion xfer_completion;
int xfer_result;
int irq;
@@ -1434,6 +1437,8 @@ static ssize_t vc4_dsi_host_transfer(struct mipi_dsi_host *host,
u32 disp0_ctrl;
ssize_t ret;
+ guard(mutex)(&dsi->transfer_lock);
+
ret = vc4_dsi_transfer(dsi, msg);
if (ret != -ETIMEDOUT)
return ret;
@@ -1911,6 +1916,7 @@ static int vc4_dsi_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
struct vc4_dsi *dsi;
+ int ret;
dsi = devm_drm_bridge_alloc(&pdev->dev, struct vc4_dsi, bridge, &vc4_dsi_bridge_funcs);
if (IS_ERR(dsi))
@@ -1918,6 +1924,9 @@ static int vc4_dsi_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
dev_set_drvdata(dev, dsi);
dsi->pdev = pdev;
+ ret = devm_mutex_init(dev, &dsi->transfer_lock);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
#ifdef CONFIG_OF
dsi->bridge.of_node = dev->of_node;
#endif
--
2.47.3