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| author | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2026-09-02 09:55:01 -0400 |
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| committer | Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> | 2026-09-02 11:08:21 -0400 |
| commit | 4617721c502b2ddaa4e324e86da4997edf738fa5 (patch) | |
| tree | 350aa83b47da0b574a814795392b20b0bed83cbc /Documentation/driver-api/frame-buffer.rst | |
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ftrace: Synchronize the initialization of ftrace_opsgrafted
There's some internal state that ftrace_ops needs to have set, but since
it can be declared outside of the ftrace.c code, it calls
ftrace_ops_init() on the ops in every global function. The issue is that
if two tasks call it on the same ops at the same time it is possible to
have the initialization of one corrupt the initialization of the other
call.
Create a ops_mutex to use to synchronize every initialization of the
ftrace_ops. The mutex is taken within checking the ftrace_ops flag that
states it was initializied but the flag is checked again after the mutex
has been taken. Checking first outside the mutex allows it to shortcut
having to take the mutex. But then the check needs to be done again after
the mute is taken in case of races.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260902095501.6b59af20@gandalf.local.home
Fixes: f04f24fb7e48d ("ftrace, kprobes: Fix a deadlock on ftrace_regex_lock")
Reported-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Close: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260829025528.49A831F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/frame-buffer.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/frame-buffer.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9dd3060f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/frame-buffer.rst @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +Frame Buffer Library +==================== + +The frame buffer drivers depend heavily on four data structures. These +structures are declared in include/linux/fb.h. They are fb_info, +fb_var_screeninfo, fb_fix_screeninfo and fb_monospecs. The last +three can be made available to and from userland. + +fb_info defines the current state of a particular video card. Inside +fb_info, there exists a fb_ops structure which is a collection of +needed functions to make fbdev and fbcon work. fb_info is only visible +to the kernel. + +fb_var_screeninfo is used to describe the features of a video card +that are user defined. With fb_var_screeninfo, things such as depth +and the resolution may be defined. + +The next structure is fb_fix_screeninfo. This defines the properties +of a card that are created when a mode is set and can't be changed +otherwise. A good example of this is the start of the frame buffer +memory. This "locks" the address of the frame buffer memory, so that it +cannot be changed or moved. + +The last structure is fb_monospecs. In the old API, there was little +importance for fb_monospecs. This allowed for forbidden things such as +setting a mode of 800x600 on a fix frequency monitor. With the new API, +fb_monospecs prevents such things, and if used correctly, can prevent a +monitor from being cooked. fb_monospecs will not be useful until +kernels 2.5.x. + +Frame Buffer Memory +------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c + :export: + +Frame Buffer Colormap +--------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.c + :export: + +Frame Buffer Video Mode Database +-------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/video/fbdev/core/modedb.c + :export: + +Frame Buffer Macintosh Video Mode Database +------------------------------------------ + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/video/fbdev/macmodes.c + :export: + +Frame Buffer Fonts +------------------ + +Refer to the file lib/fonts/fonts.c for more information. + |
