[PATCH v2] drm: Get ref on CRTC commit object when waiting for flip_done

Wentland, Harry Harry.Wentland at amd.com
Thu Oct 18 17:38:05 UTC 2018


On 2018-10-16 11:48 a.m., Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 11:00 AM Li, Sun peng (Leo) <Sunpeng.Li at amd.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2018-10-16 08:33 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 09:46:40AM -0400, sunpeng.li at amd.com wrote:
>>>> From: Leo Li <sunpeng.li at amd.com>
>>>>
>>>> This fixes a general protection fault, caused by accessing the contents
>>>> of a flip_done completion object that has already been freed. It occurs
>>>> due to the preemption of a non-blocking commit worker thread W by
>>>> another commit thread X. X continues to clear its atomic state at the
>>>> end, destroying the CRTC commit object that W still needs. Switching
>>>> back to W and accessing the commit objects then leads to bad results.
>>>>
>>>> Worker W becomes preemptable when waiting for flip_done to complete. At
>>>> this point, a frequently occurring commit thread X can take over. Here's
>>>> an example where W is a worker thread that flips on both CRTCs, and X
>>>> does a legacy cursor update on both CRTCs:
>>>>
>>>>          ...
>>>>       1. W does flip work
>>>>       2. W runs commit_hw_done()
>>>>       3. W waits for flip_done on CRTC 1
>>>>       4. > flip_done for CRTC 1 completes
>>>>       5. W finishes waiting for CRTC 1
>>>>       6. W waits for flip_done on CRTC 2
>>>>
>>>>       7. > Preempted by X
>>>>       8. > flip_done for CRTC 2 completes
>>>>       9. X atomic_check: hw_done and flip_done are complete on all CRTCs
>>>>      10. X updates cursor on both CRTCs
>>>>      11. X destroys atomic state
>>>>      12. X done
>>>>
>>>>      13. > Switch back to W
>>>>      14. W waits for flip_done on CRTC 2
>>>>      15. W raises general protection fault
>>>>
>>>> The error looks like so:
>>>>
>>>>      general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
>>>>      **snip**
>>>>      Call Trace:
>>>>       lock_acquire+0xa2/0x1b0
>>>>       _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x39/0x70
>>>>       wait_for_completion_timeout+0x31/0x130
>>>>       drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done+0x64/0x90 [drm_kms_helper]
>>>>       amdgpu_dm_atomic_commit_tail+0xcae/0xdd0 [amdgpu]
>>>>       commit_tail+0x3d/0x70 [drm_kms_helper]
>>>>       process_one_work+0x212/0x650
>>>>       worker_thread+0x49/0x420
>>>>       kthread+0xfb/0x130
>>>>       ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
>>>>      Modules linked in: x86_pkg_temp_thermal amdgpu(O) chash(O)
>>>>      gpu_sched(O) drm_kms_helper(O) syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt
>>>>      fb_sys_fops ttm(O) drm(O)
>>>>
>>>> Note that i915 has this issue masked, since hw_done is signaled after
>>>> waiting for flip_done. Doing so will block the cursor update from
>>>> happening until hw_done is signaled, preventing the cursor commit from
>>>> destroying the state.
>>>>
>>>> v2: The reference on the commit object needs to be obtained before
>>>>      hw_done() is signaled, since that's the point where another commit
>>>>      is allowed to modify the state. Assuming that the
>>>>      new_crtc_state->commit object still exists within flip_done() is
>>>>      incorrect.
>>>>
>>>>      Fix by getting a reference in setup_commit(), and releasing it
>>>>      during default_clear().
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Leo Li <sunpeng.li at amd.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Sending again, this time to the correct mailing list :)
>>>>
>>>> Leo
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
>>> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
>>>
>>> I think it'd be really good if you could get intel-gfx-ci to test this
>>> patch. Simply submit it to intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org. I'll leave
>>> applying to one of the amd drm-misc committers, once it's passed CI.
> 
> Leo, do you or Harry have drm-misc commit access yet?  If not, you should.
> 

I believe I do and will push the patch. Leo's getting the ball rolling to get access (fdo account, etc).

Harry

> Alex
> 
>>>
>>> Cheers, Daniel
>>
>> Thanks for the rb!
>>
>> On the topic of CI, is it possible to write a test (maybe one already
>> exists) for this issue? I've attempted to do one here:
>>
>> https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/256319/
>>
>> The problem is finding a surefire way to trigger the sequence, I'm not
>> sure how that can be done. If you have any ideas, I would love to hear them.
>>
>> Leo
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c        |  5 +++++
>>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c | 12 ++++++++----
>>>>   include/drm/drm_atomic.h            | 11 +++++++++++
>>>>   3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
>>>> index 3eb061e..12ae917 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
>>>> @@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ void drm_atomic_state_default_clear(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
>>>>              state->crtcs[i].state = NULL;
>>>>              state->crtcs[i].old_state = NULL;
>>>>              state->crtcs[i].new_state = NULL;
>>>> +
>>>> +            if (state->crtcs[i].commit) {
>>>> +                    drm_crtc_commit_put(state->crtcs[i].commit);
>>>> +                    state->crtcs[i].commit = NULL;
>>>> +            }
>>>>      }
>>>>
>>>>      for (i = 0; i < config->num_total_plane; i++) {
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
>>>> index 80be74d..1bb4c31 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
>>>> @@ -1408,15 +1408,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks);
>>>>   void drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done(struct drm_device *dev,
>>>>                                        struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
>>>>   {
>>>> -    struct drm_crtc_state *new_crtc_state;
>>>>      struct drm_crtc *crtc;
>>>>      int i;
>>>>
>>>> -    for_each_new_crtc_in_state(old_state, crtc, new_crtc_state, i) {
>>>> -            struct drm_crtc_commit *commit = new_crtc_state->commit;
>>>> +    for (i = 0; i < dev->mode_config.num_crtc; i++) {
>>>> +            struct drm_crtc_commit *commit = old_state->crtcs[i].commit;
>>>>              int ret;
>>>>
>>>> -            if (!commit)
>>>> +            crtc = old_state->crtcs[i].ptr;
>>>> +
>>>> +            if (!crtc || !commit)
>>>>                      continue;
>>>>
>>>>              ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&commit->flip_done, 10 * HZ);
>>>> @@ -1934,6 +1935,9 @@ int drm_atomic_helper_setup_commit(struct drm_atomic_state *state,
>>>>              drm_crtc_commit_get(commit);
>>>>
>>>>              commit->abort_completion = true;
>>>> +
>>>> +            state->crtcs[i].commit = commit;
>>>> +            drm_crtc_commit_get(commit);
>>>>      }
>>>>
>>>>      for_each_oldnew_connector_in_state(state, conn, old_conn_state, new_conn_state, i) {
>>>> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
>>>> index da9d95a..1e71315 100644
>>>> --- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
>>>> +++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
>>>> @@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ struct __drm_planes_state {
>>>>   struct __drm_crtcs_state {
>>>>      struct drm_crtc *ptr;
>>>>      struct drm_crtc_state *state, *old_state, *new_state;
>>>> +
>>>> +    /**
>>>> +     * @commit:
>>>> +     *
>>>> +     * A reference to the CRTC commit object that is kept for use by
>>>> +     * drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done() after
>>>> +     * drm_atomic_helper_commit_hw_done() is called. This ensures that a
>>>> +     * concurrent commit won't free a commit object that is still in use.
>>>> +     */
>>>> +    struct drm_crtc_commit *commit;
>>>> +
>>>>      s32 __user *out_fence_ptr;
>>>>      u64 last_vblank_count;
>>>>   };
>>>> --
>>>> 2.7.4
>>>>
>>>
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