On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 11:49:57PM +0530, Biren Pandya wrote:
> Several GEM core functions manually managed mutex_lock() and
> mutex_unlock() over single scopes or error paths. This adds boilerplate
> and carries the risk of lock leaks if error paths are refactored.
> 
> Modernize these locks by deploying the <linux/cleanup.h> scoped_guard()
> macro. This ensures that the locks are reliably dropped when the block
> exits, cleanly removing goto out_unlock paths and tightening the
> lifecycle.

What's the reason for doing so in in drm_gem and not other areas in DRM
?

> Signed-off-by: Biren Pandya <[email protected]>
> 
> Compiled locally, but requires IGT validation by the DRM CI.
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> index 891c3bff5ae0..d3a061d42ba7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> @@ -346,13 +346,13 @@ void drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked(struct 
> drm_gem_object *obj)
>        * we checked for a name.
>        */
>  
> -     mutex_lock(&dev->object_name_lock);
> -     if (--obj->handle_count == 0) {
> -             drm_gem_object_handle_free(obj);
> -             drm_gem_object_exported_dma_buf_free(obj);
> -             final = true;
> +     scoped_guard(mutex, &dev->object_name_lock) {
> +             if (--obj->handle_count == 0) {
> +                     drm_gem_object_handle_free(obj);
> +                     drm_gem_object_exported_dma_buf_free(obj);
> +                     final = true;
> +             }
>       }
> -     mutex_unlock(&dev->object_name_lock);
>  
>       if (final)
>               drm_gem_object_put(obj);
> @@ -374,11 +374,8 @@ drm_gem_object_release_handle(int id, void *ptr, void 
> *data)
>       if (obj->funcs->close)
>               obj->funcs->close(obj, file_priv);
>  
> -     mutex_lock(&file_priv->prime.lock);
> -
> -     drm_prime_remove_buf_handle(&file_priv->prime, id);
> -
> -     mutex_unlock(&file_priv->prime.lock);
> +     scoped_guard(mutex, &file_priv->prime.lock)
> +             drm_prime_remove_buf_handle(&file_priv->prime, id);
>  
>       drm_vma_node_revoke(&obj->vma_node, file_priv);
>  
> @@ -1021,37 +1018,34 @@ int drm_gem_change_handle_ioctl(struct drm_device 
> *dev, void *data,
>               goto out;
>       }
>  
> -     mutex_lock(&file_priv->prime.lock);
> +     scoped_guard(mutex, &file_priv->prime.lock) {
> +             spin_lock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> +             ret = idr_alloc(&file_priv->object_idr, obj, handle, handle + 1,
> +                             GFP_NOWAIT);
> +             spin_unlock(&file_priv->table_lock);

And why don't you use guards for the spinlock as well ?

>  
> -     spin_lock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> -     ret = idr_alloc(&file_priv->object_idr, obj, handle, handle + 1,
> -                     GFP_NOWAIT);
> -     spin_unlock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> +             if (ret < 0)
> +                     break;
>  
> -     if (ret < 0)
> -             goto out_unlock;
> +             if (obj->dma_buf) {
> +                     ret = drm_prime_add_buf_handle(&file_priv->prime, 
> obj->dma_buf,
> +                                                    handle);
> +                     if (ret < 0) {
> +                             spin_lock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> +                             idr_remove(&file_priv->object_idr, handle);
> +                             spin_unlock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> +                             break;
> +                     }
>  
> -     if (obj->dma_buf) {
> -             ret = drm_prime_add_buf_handle(&file_priv->prime, obj->dma_buf,
> -                                            handle);
> -             if (ret < 0) {
> -                     spin_lock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> -                     idr_remove(&file_priv->object_idr, handle);
> -                     spin_unlock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> -                     goto out_unlock;
> +                     drm_prime_remove_buf_handle(&file_priv->prime, 
> args->handle);
>               }
>  
> -             drm_prime_remove_buf_handle(&file_priv->prime, args->handle);
> -     }
> -
> -     ret = 0;
> -
> -     spin_lock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> -     idr_remove(&file_priv->object_idr, args->handle);
> -     spin_unlock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> +             ret = 0;
>  
> -out_unlock:
> -     mutex_unlock(&file_priv->prime.lock);
> +             spin_lock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> +             idr_remove(&file_priv->object_idr, args->handle);
> +             spin_unlock(&file_priv->table_lock);
> +     }
>  out:
>       drm_gem_object_put(obj);
>  
> 
> base-commit: 72c25183cac9bc584c9de21797a5883af44bcc7a

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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