if (!state)
                return NULL;
 
+       state->num_connector = ACCESS_ONCE(dev->mode_config.num_connector);
+
        state->crtcs = kcalloc(dev->mode_config.num_crtc,
                               sizeof(*state->crtcs), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!state->crtcs)
                                      sizeof(*state->plane_states), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!state->plane_states)
                goto fail;
-       state->connectors = kcalloc(dev->mode_config.num_connector,
+       state->connectors = kcalloc(state->num_connector,
                                    sizeof(*state->connectors),
                                    GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!state->connectors)
                goto fail;
-       state->connector_states = kcalloc(dev->mode_config.num_connector,
+       state->connector_states = kcalloc(state->num_connector,
                                          sizeof(*state->connector_states),
                                          GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!state->connector_states)
 
        DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Clearing atomic state %p\n", state);
 
-       for (i = 0; i < config->num_connector; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < state->num_connector; i++) {
                struct drm_connector *connector = state->connectors[i];
 
                if (!connector)
 
        index = drm_connector_index(connector);
 
+       /*
+        * Construction of atomic state updates can race with a connector
+        * hot-add which might overflow. In this case flip the table and just
+        * restart the entire ioctl - no one is fast enough to livelock a cpu
+        * with physical hotplug events anyway.
+        *
+        * Note that we only grab the indexes once we have the right lock to
+        * prevent hotplug/unplugging of connectors. So removal is no problem,
+        * at most the array is a bit too large.
+        */
+       if (index >= state->num_connector) {
+               DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Hot-added connector would overflow state array, restarting\n");
+               return -EAGAIN;
+       }
+
        if (state->connector_states[index])
                return state->connector_states[index];
 
 drm_atomic_connectors_for_crtc(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
                               struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 {
-       int nconnectors = state->dev->mode_config.num_connector;
        int i, num_connected_connectors = 0;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < nconnectors; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < state->num_connector; i++) {
                struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
 
                conn_state = state->connector_states[i];
 
 mode_fixup(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 {
        int ncrtcs = state->dev->mode_config.num_crtc;
-       int nconnectors = state->dev->mode_config.num_connector;
        struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
        struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
        int i;
                drm_mode_copy(&crtc_state->adjusted_mode, &crtc_state->mode);
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < nconnectors; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < state->num_connector; i++) {
                struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs *funcs;
                struct drm_encoder *encoder;
 
                                struct drm_atomic_state *state)
 {
        int ncrtcs = dev->mode_config.num_crtc;
-       int nconnectors = dev->mode_config.num_connector;
        struct drm_crtc *crtc;
        struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
        int i, ret;
                }
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < nconnectors; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < state->num_connector; i++) {
                /*
                 * This only sets crtc->mode_changed for routing changes,
                 * drivers must set crtc->mode_changed themselves when connector
 disable_outputs(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 {
        int ncrtcs = old_state->dev->mode_config.num_crtc;
-       int nconnectors = old_state->dev->mode_config.num_connector;
        int i;
 
-       for (i = 0; i < nconnectors; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < old_state->num_connector; i++) {
                struct drm_connector_state *old_conn_state;
                struct drm_connector *connector;
                struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs *funcs;
 static void
 set_routing_links(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 {
-       int nconnectors = dev->mode_config.num_connector;
        int ncrtcs = old_state->dev->mode_config.num_crtc;
        int i;
 
        /* clear out existing links */
-       for (i = 0; i < nconnectors; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < old_state->num_connector; i++) {
                struct drm_connector *connector;
 
                connector = old_state->connectors[i];
        }
 
        /* set new links */
-       for (i = 0; i < nconnectors; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < old_state->num_connector; i++) {
                struct drm_connector *connector;
 
                connector = old_state->connectors[i];
 crtc_set_mode(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 {
        int ncrtcs = old_state->dev->mode_config.num_crtc;
-       int nconnectors = old_state->dev->mode_config.num_connector;
        int i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < ncrtcs; i++) {
                        funcs->mode_set_nofb(crtc);
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < nconnectors; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < old_state->num_connector; i++) {
                struct drm_connector *connector;
                struct drm_crtc_state *new_crtc_state;
                struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs *funcs;
                                          struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 {
        int ncrtcs = old_state->dev->mode_config.num_crtc;
-       int nconnectors = old_state->dev->mode_config.num_connector;
        int i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < ncrtcs; i++) {
                        funcs->commit(crtc);
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < nconnectors; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < old_state->num_connector; i++) {
                struct drm_connector *connector;
                struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs *funcs;
                struct drm_encoder *encoder;
 {
        struct drm_device *dev = set->crtc->dev;
        struct drm_connector_state *conn_state;
-       int nconnectors = state->dev->mode_config.num_connector;
        int ncrtcs = state->dev->mode_config.num_crtc;
        int ret, i, j;
 
        }
 
        /* Then recompute connector->crtc links and crtc enabling state. */
-       for (i = 0; i < nconnectors; i++) {
+       for (i = 0; i < state->num_connector; i++) {
                struct drm_connector *connector;
 
                connector = state->connectors[i];