[Intel-gfx] [RFC 27/44] drm/i915: Added scheduler support to page fault handler

[John.C.Harrison at Intel.com]

From: John Harrison <John.C.Harrison at Intel.com>

GPU page faults can now require scheduler operation in order to complete. For
example, in order to free up sufficient memory to handle the fault the handler
must wait for a batch buffer to complete that has not even been sent to the
hardware yet. Thus EAGAIN no longer means a GPU hang, it can occur under normal
operation.
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c |   10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 5ed5f66..aa1e0b2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1622,10 +1622,16 @@ out:
 		}
 	case -EAGAIN:
 		/*
-		 * EAGAIN means the gpu is hung and we'll wait for the error
-		 * handler to reset everything when re-faulting in
+		 * EAGAIN can mean the gpu is hung and we'll have to wait for
+		 * the error handler to reset everything when re-faulting in
 		 * i915_mutex_lock_interruptible.
+		 *
+		 * It can also indicate various other nonfatal errors for which
+		 * the best response is to give other threads a chance to run,
+		 * and then retry the failing operation in its entirety.
 		 */
+		set_need_resched();
+		/*FALLTHRU*/
 	case 0:
 	case -ERESTARTSYS:
 	case -EINTR:
-- 
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