[PATCH v7 13/16] drm/scheduler: Fix hang when sched_entity released

Andrey Grodzovsky andrey.grodzovsky at amd.com
Tue May 18 20:56:56 UTC 2021



On 2021-05-18 2:48 p.m., Andrey Grodzovsky wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2021-05-18 2:13 p.m., Christian König wrote:
>>
>> Am 18.05.21 um 20:09 schrieb Andrey Grodzovsky:
>>> On 2021-05-18 2:02 p.m., Christian König wrote:
>>>> Am 18.05.21 um 19:43 schrieb Andrey Grodzovsky:
>>>>> On 2021-05-18 12:33 p.m., Christian König wrote:
>>>>>> Am 18.05.21 um 18:17 schrieb Andrey Grodzovsky:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2021-05-18 11:15 a.m., Christian König wrote:
>>>>>>>> Am 18.05.21 um 17:03 schrieb Andrey Grodzovsky:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2021-05-18 10:07 a.m., Christian König wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In a separate discussion with Daniel we once more iterated 
>>>>>>>>>> over the dma_resv requirements and I came to the conclusion 
>>>>>>>>>> that this approach here won't work reliable.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The problem is as following:
>>>>>>>>>> 1. device A schedules some rendering with into a buffer and 
>>>>>>>>>> exports it as DMA-buf.
>>>>>>>>>> 2. device B imports the DMA-buf and wants to consume the 
>>>>>>>>>> rendering, for the the fence of device A is replaced with a 
>>>>>>>>>> new operation.
>>>>>>>>>> 3. device B is hot plugged and the new operation 
>>>>>>>>>> canceled/newer scheduled.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The problem is now that we can't do this since the operation 
>>>>>>>>>> of device A is still running and by signaling our fences we 
>>>>>>>>>> run into the problem of potential memory corruption.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> By signaling s_fence->finished of the canceled operation from the
>>>>>>> removed device B we in fact cause memory corruption for the 
>>>>>>> uncompleted
>>>>>>> job still running on device A ? Because there is someone waiting to
>>>>>>> read write from the imported buffer on device B and he only waits 
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> the s_fence->finished of device B we signaled
>>>>>>> in drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exactly that, yes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In other words when you have a dependency chain like A->B->C then 
>>>>>> memory management only waits for C before freeing up the memory 
>>>>>> for example.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When C now signaled because the device is hot-plugged before A or 
>>>>>> B are finished they are essentially accessing freed up memory.
>>>>>
>>>>> But didn't C imported the BO form B or A in this case ? Why would 
>>>>> he be
>>>>> the one releasing that memory ? He would be just dropping his 
>>>>> reference
>>>>> to the BO, no ?
>>>>
>>>> Well freeing the memory was just an example. The BO could also move 
>>>> back to VRAM because of the dropped reference.
>>>>
>>>>> Also in the general case,
>>>>> drm_sched_entity_fini->drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs which is
>>>>> the one who signals the 'C' fence with error code are as far
>>>>> as I looked called from when the user of that BO is stopping
>>>>> the usage anyway (e.g. drm_driver.postclose callback for when use
>>>>> process closes his device file) who would then access and corrupt
>>>>> the exported memory on device A where the job hasn't completed yet ?
>>>>
>>>> Key point is that memory management only waits for the last added 
>>>> fence, that is the design of the dma_resv object. How that happens 
>>>> is irrelevant.
>>>>
>>>> Because of this we at least need to wait for all dependencies of the 
>>>> job before signaling the fence, even if we cancel the job for some 
>>>> reason.
>>>>
>>>> Christian.
>>>
>>> Would this be the right way to do it ?
>>
>> Yes, it is at least a start. Question is if we can wait blocking here 
>> or not.
>>
>> We install a callback a bit lower to avoid blocking, so I'm pretty 
>> sure that won't work as expected.
>>
>> Christian.
> 
> I can't see why this would create problems, as long as the dependencies
> complete or force competed if they are from same device (extracted) but
> on a different ring then looks to me it should work. I will give it
> a try.
> 
> Andrey

Well, i gave it a try with my usual tests like IGT hot unplug while
rapid command submissions and unplug the card while glxgears runs
with DRI_PRIME=1 and haven't seen issues.

Andrey

> 
>>
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c 
>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
>>> index 2e93e881b65f..10f784874b63 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
>>> @@ -223,10 +223,14 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs(struct 
>>> drm_sched_entity *entity)
>>>  {
>>>         struct drm_sched_job *job;
>>>         int r;
>>> +       struct dma_fence *f;
>>>
>>>         while ((job = 
>>> to_drm_sched_job(spsc_queue_pop(&entity->job_queue)))) {
>>>                 struct drm_sched_fence *s_fence = job->s_fence;
>>>
>>> +               while (f = sched->ops->dependency(sched_job, entity))
>>> +                       dma_fence_wait(f);
>>> +
>>>                 drm_sched_fence_scheduled(s_fence);
>>>                 dma_fence_set_error(&s_fence->finished, -ESRCH);
>>>
>>> Andrey
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrey
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Andrey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am not sure this problem you describe above is related to 
>>>>>>>>> this patch.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well it is kind of related.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here we purely expand the criteria for when sched_entity is
>>>>>>>>> considered idle in order to prevent a hang on device remove.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And exactly that is problematic. See the jobs on the entity need 
>>>>>>>> to cleanly wait for their dependencies before they can be 
>>>>>>>> completed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs() is also not handling that correctly 
>>>>>>>> at the moment, we only wait for the last scheduled fence but not 
>>>>>>>> for the dependencies of the job.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Were you addressing the patch from yesterday in which you 
>>>>>>>>> commented
>>>>>>>>> that you found a problem with how we finish fences ? It was
>>>>>>>>> '[PATCH v7 12/16] drm/amdgpu: Fix hang on device removal.'
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, in the patch series as it is now we only signal HW fences 
>>>>>>>>> for the
>>>>>>>>> extracted device B, we are not touching any other fences. In 
>>>>>>>>> fact as you
>>>>>>>>> may remember, I dropped all new logic to forcing fence 
>>>>>>>>> completion in
>>>>>>>>> this patch series and only call 
>>>>>>>>> amdgpu_fence_driver_force_completion
>>>>>>>>> for the HW fences of the extracted device as it's done today 
>>>>>>>>> anyway.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Signaling hardware fences is unproblematic since they are 
>>>>>>>> emitted when the software scheduling is already completed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Christian.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Andrey
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Not sure how to handle that case. One possibility would be to 
>>>>>>>>>> wait for all dependencies of unscheduled jobs before signaling 
>>>>>>>>>> their fences as canceled.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Christian.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am 12.05.21 um 16:26 schrieb Andrey Grodzovsky:
>>>>>>>>>>> Problem: If scheduler is already stopped by the time 
>>>>>>>>>>> sched_entity
>>>>>>>>>>> is released and entity's job_queue not empty I encountred
>>>>>>>>>>> a hang in drm_sched_entity_flush. This is because 
>>>>>>>>>>> drm_sched_entity_is_idle
>>>>>>>>>>> never becomes false.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Fix: In drm_sched_fini detach all sched_entities from the
>>>>>>>>>>> scheduler's run queues. This will satisfy 
>>>>>>>>>>> drm_sched_entity_is_idle.
>>>>>>>>>>> Also wakeup all those processes stuck in sched_entity flushing
>>>>>>>>>>> as the scheduler main thread which wakes them up is stopped 
>>>>>>>>>>> by now.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> v2:
>>>>>>>>>>> Reverse order of drm_sched_rq_remove_entity and marking
>>>>>>>>>>> s_entity as stopped to prevent reinserion back to rq due
>>>>>>>>>>> to race.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> v3:
>>>>>>>>>>> Drop drm_sched_rq_remove_entity, only modify entity->stopped
>>>>>>>>>>> and check for it in drm_sched_entity_is_idle
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Andrey Grodzovsky <andrey.grodzovsky at amd.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c |  3 ++-
>>>>>>>>>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c   | 24 
>>>>>>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>>>   2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c 
>>>>>>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
>>>>>>>>>>> index 0249c7450188..2e93e881b65f 100644
>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ static bool 
>>>>>>>>>>> drm_sched_entity_is_idle(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
>>>>>>>>>>>       rmb(); /* for list_empty to work without lock */
>>>>>>>>>>>       if (list_empty(&entity->list) ||
>>>>>>>>>>> - spsc_queue_count(&entity->job_queue) == 0)
>>>>>>>>>>> + spsc_queue_count(&entity->job_queue) == 0 ||
>>>>>>>>>>> +        entity->stopped)
>>>>>>>>>>>           return true;
>>>>>>>>>>>       return false;
>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c 
>>>>>>>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
>>>>>>>>>>> index 8d1211e87101..a2a953693b45 100644
>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -898,9 +898,33 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_init);
>>>>>>>>>>>    */
>>>>>>>>>>>   void drm_sched_fini(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>>>>>>>>>   {
>>>>>>>>>>> +    struct drm_sched_entity *s_entity;
>>>>>>>>>>> +    int i;
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>       if (sched->thread)
>>>>>>>>>>>           kthread_stop(sched->thread);
>>>>>>>>>>> +    for (i = DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_COUNT - 1; i >= 
>>>>>>>>>>> DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_MIN; i--) {
>>>>>>>>>>> +        struct drm_sched_rq *rq = &sched->sched_rq[i];
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>> +        if (!rq)
>>>>>>>>>>> +            continue;
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>> +        spin_lock(&rq->lock);
>>>>>>>>>>> +        list_for_each_entry(s_entity, &rq->entities, list)
>>>>>>>>>>> +            /*
>>>>>>>>>>> +             * Prevents reinsertion and marks job_queue as 
>>>>>>>>>>> idle,
>>>>>>>>>>> +             * it will removed from rq in drm_sched_entity_fini
>>>>>>>>>>> +             * eventually
>>>>>>>>>>> +             */
>>>>>>>>>>> +            s_entity->stopped = true;
>>>>>>>>>>> +        spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>> +    }
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>> +    /* Wakeup everyone stuck in drm_sched_entity_flush for 
>>>>>>>>>>> this scheduler */
>>>>>>>>>>> +    wake_up_all(&sched->job_scheduled);
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>       /* Confirm no work left behind accessing device 
>>>>>>>>>>> structures */
>>>>>>>>>>> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&sched->work_tdr);
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>


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