1 files changed, 10 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index 1a4b44923aec..70b26487de79 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ drm_atomic_state_init(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 	if (!state->planes)
 		goto fail;
 
+	/*
+	 * Because drm_atomic_state can be committed asynchronously we need our
+	 * own reference and cannot rely on the on implied by drm_file in the
+	 * ioctl call.
+	 */
+	drm_dev_get(dev);
 	state->dev = dev;
 
 	DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Allocated atomic state %p\n", state);
@@ -250,7 +256,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_state_clear);
 void __drm_atomic_state_free(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct drm_atomic_state *state = container_of(ref, typeof(*state), ref);
-	struct drm_mode_config *config = &state->dev->mode_config;
+	struct drm_device *dev = state->dev;
+	struct drm_mode_config *config = &dev->mode_config;
 
 	drm_atomic_state_clear(state);
 
@@ -262,6 +269,8 @@ void __drm_atomic_state_free(struct kref *ref)
 		drm_atomic_state_default_release(state);
 		kfree(state);
 	}
+
+	drm_dev_put(dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__drm_atomic_state_free);
 
@@ -1702,27 +1711,6 @@ drm_atomic_set_crtc_for_connector(struct drm_connector_state *conn_state,
 	struct drm_connector *connector = conn_state->connector;
 	struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
 
-	/*
-	 * For compatibility with legacy users, we want to make sure that
-	 * we allow DPMS On<->Off modesets on unregistered connectors, since
-	 * legacy modesetting users will not be expecting these to fail. We do
-	 * not however, want to allow legacy users to assign a connector
-	 * that's been unregistered from sysfs to another CRTC, since doing
-	 * this with a now non-existent connector could potentially leave us
-	 * in an invalid state.
-	 *
-	 * Since the connector can be unregistered at any point during an
-	 * atomic check or commit, this is racy. But that's OK: all we care
-	 * about is ensuring that userspace can't use this connector for new
-	 * configurations after it's been notified that the connector is no
-	 * longer present.
-	 */
-	if (!READ_ONCE(connector->registered) && crtc) {
-		DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] is not registered\n",
-				 connector->base.id, connector->name);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (conn_state->crtc == crtc)
 		return 0;