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There are cases (in mesa and applications) where one would open the
primary node without properly authenticating the client.
Sometimes we don't check if the authentication succeeds, but there's
also cases we simply forget to do it.
The former was a case for Mesa where it did not not check the return
value of drmGetMagic() [1]. That was fixed recently although, there's
the question of older drivers or other apps that exbibit this behaviour.
While omitting the call results in issues as seen in [2] and [3].
In the libva case, libva itself doesn't authenticate the DRM client and
the vaGetDisplayDRM documentation doesn't mention if the app should
either.
As of today, the official vainfo utility doesn't authenticate.
To workaround issues like these, some users resort to running their apps
under sudo. Which admittedly isn't always a good idea.
Since any DRIVER_RENDER driver has sufficient isolation between clients,
we can use that, for unauthenticated [primary node] ioctls that require
DRM_AUTH. But only if the respective ioctl is tagged as DRM_RENDER_ALLOW.
v2:
- Rework/simplify if check (Daniel V)
- Add examples to commit messages, elaborate. (Daniel V)
v3:
- Use single unlikely (Daniel V)
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.