[PATCH 11/13] drm/amd/display: Refuse DP AUX while GMUX keeps the GPU off
From: Atharva Tiwari
Date: Sun Oct 25 2026 - 00:05:15 EST
From: Andre Eikmeyer <dev@deq.rocks>
fwupd reads /dev/drm_dp_aux* while the GPU is runtime suspended. The AUX
device holds no runtime PM reference, so the transfer touched registers of
the powered off GPU and caused a CPU CATTER.
Signed-off-by: Andre Eikmeyer <dev@deq.rocks>
---
.../display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c
index 7261317d4..b099bf520 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_mst_types.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
*
*/
+#include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <drm/display/drm_dp_helper.h>
#include <drm/display/drm_dp_mst_helper.h>
@@ -111,6 +112,20 @@ STATIC_IFN_KUNIT ssize_t dm_dp_aux_transfer(struct drm_dp_aux *aux,
if (WARN_ON(msg->size > 16))
return -E2BIG;
+ ddc = TO_DM_AUX(aux)->ddc_service;
+ adev = ddc->ctx->driver_context;
+
+ /*
+ * User space reaches this through the drm_dp_aux_dev character device
+ * without a runtime PM reference. Refuse the transfer while GMUX keeps
+ * the GPU powered off, a register access then hangs the PEG link.
+ */
+ pm_runtime_get_noresume(adev->dev);
+ if (READ_ONCE(adev->gmux_off)) {
+ pm_runtime_put_noidle(adev->dev);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
payload.address = msg->address;
payload.data = msg->buffer;
payload.length = msg->size;
@@ -126,13 +141,13 @@ STATIC_IFN_KUNIT ssize_t dm_dp_aux_transfer(struct drm_dp_aux *aux,
result = dc_link_aux_transfer_raw(TO_DM_AUX(aux)->ddc_service, &payload,
&operation_result);
+ pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(adev->dev);
+
/*
* w/a on certain intel platform where hpd is unexpected to pull low during
* 1st sideband message transaction by return AUX_RET_ERROR_HPD_DISCON
* aux transaction is succuess in such case, therefore bypass the error
*/
- ddc = TO_DM_AUX(aux)->ddc_service;
- adev = ddc->ctx->driver_context;
if (adev->dm.aux_hpd_discon_quirk) {
if (msg->address == DP_SIDEBAND_MSG_DOWN_REQ_BASE &&
operation_result == AUX_RET_ERROR_HPD_DISCON) {
--
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