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The dma fence tag on WindowsForum.com covers kernel-level graphics driver fixes, particularly a Radeon DRM patch tracked as CVE-2025-68223. This patch modifies the dma-fence is_signaled path to remove radeon_fence_process, preventing self-deadlocks that could hang the graphics stack. The change eliminates unsafe lock re-entry in fence/wait-queue code, ensuring that returning false from signaled is acceptable and avoids lock inversions. Discussions focus on Linux kernel internals, DRM driver stability, and deadlock prevention in DMA fencing.
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    Radeon DRM patch CVE-2025-68223: Safer signaled checks to prevent deadlocks

    A subtle but important kernel fix landed in mid‑December: a guarded change to the Radeon DRM driver removes an attempt to progress the wait queue from the dma‑fence “is_signaled” path, eliminating a class of self‑deadlocks that could hang the graphics stack. The patch — tracked as CVE‑2025‑68223...
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