[PATCH 05/22] drm/i915/guc: Workaround reset G2H is received after schedule done G2H

Matthew Brost matthew.brost at intel.com
Tue Aug 17 15:03:39 UTC 2021


On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 11:32:56AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 06:51:22AM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > If the context is reset as a result of the request cancelation the
> > context reset G2H is received after schedule disable done G2H which is
> > likely the wrong order. The schedule disable done G2H release the
> > waiting request cancelation code which resubmits the context. This races
> > with the context reset G2H which also wants to resubmit the context but
> > in this case it really should be a NOP as request cancelation code owns
> > the resubmit. Use some clever tricks of checking the context state to
> > seal this race until if / when the GuC firmware is fixed.
> > 
> > v2:
> >  (Checkpatch)
> >   - Fix typos
> > 
> > Fixes: 62eaf0ae217d ("drm/i915/guc: Support request cancellation")
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> > Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  .../gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> > index 3cd2da6f5c03..c3b7bf7319dd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> > @@ -826,17 +826,35 @@ __unwind_incomplete_requests(struct intel_context *ce)
> >  static void __guc_reset_context(struct intel_context *ce, bool stalled)
> >  {
> >  	struct i915_request *rq;
> > +	unsigned long flags;
> >  	u32 head;
> > +	bool skip = false;
> >  
> >  	intel_context_get(ce);
> >  
> >  	/*
> > -	 * GuC will implicitly mark the context as non-schedulable
> > -	 * when it sends the reset notification. Make sure our state
> > -	 * reflects this change. The context will be marked enabled
> > -	 * on resubmission.
> > +	 * GuC will implicitly mark the context as non-schedulable when it sends
> > +	 * the reset notification. Make sure our state reflects this change. The
> > +	 * context will be marked enabled on resubmission.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * XXX: If the context is reset as a result of the request cancellation
> > +	 * this G2H is received after the schedule disable complete G2H which is
> > +	 * likely wrong as this creates a race between the request cancellation
> > +	 * code re-submitting the context and this G2H handler. This likely
> > +	 * should be fixed in the GuC but until if / when that gets fixed we
> > +	 * need to workaround this. Convert this function to a NOP if a pending
> > +	 * enable is in flight as this indicates that a request cancellation has
> > +	 * occurred.
> >  	 */
> > -	clr_context_enabled(ce);
> > +	spin_lock_irqsave(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
> > +	if (likely(!context_pending_enable(ce))) {
> > +		clr_context_enabled(ce);
> > +	} else {
> > +		skip = true;
> > +	}
> > +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
> > +	if (unlikely(skip))
> > +		goto out_put;
> >  
> >  	rq = intel_context_find_active_request(ce);
> >  	if (!rq) {
> > @@ -855,6 +873,7 @@ static void __guc_reset_context(struct intel_context *ce, bool stalled)
> >  out_replay:
> >  	guc_reset_state(ce, head, stalled);
> >  	__unwind_incomplete_requests(ce);
> > +out_put:
> >  	intel_context_put(ce);
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -1599,6 +1618,13 @@ static void guc_context_cancel_request(struct intel_context *ce,
> >  			guc_reset_state(ce, intel_ring_wrap(ce->ring, rq->head),
> >  					true);
> >  		}
> > +
> > +		/*
> > +		 * XXX: Racey if context is reset, see comment in
> > +		 * __guc_reset_context().
> > +		 */
> > +		flush_work(&ce_to_guc(ce)->ct.requests.worker);
> 
> This looks racy, and I think that holds in general for all the flush_work
> you're adding: This only flushes the processing of the work, it doesn't
> stop any re-queueing (as far as I can tell at least), which means it
> doesn't do a hole lot.
> 
> Worse, your task is re-queue because it only processes one item at a time.
> That means flush_work only flushes the first invocation, but not even
> drains them all. So even if you do prevent requeueing somehow, this isn't
> what you want. Two solutions.
> 
> - flush_work_sync, which flushes until self-requeues are all done too
> 
> - Or more preferred, make you're worker a bit more standard for this
>   stuff: a) under the spinlock, take the entire list, not just the first
>   entry, with list_move or similar to a local list b) process that local
>   list in a loop b) don't requeue youreself.

This seems better, not sure what it currently doesn't do that as I
didn't write that code.

Also BTW, confirmed with the GuC team the order of the G2H is incorrect
and will get fixed in an upcoming release, once that happens most of
this patch can get dropped.

Matt 

> 
> Cheers, Daniel
> > +
> >  		guc_context_unblock(ce);
> >  	}
> >  }
> > @@ -2719,7 +2745,12 @@ static void guc_handle_context_reset(struct intel_guc *guc,
> >  {
> >  	trace_intel_context_reset(ce);
> >  
> > -	if (likely(!intel_context_is_banned(ce))) {
> > +	/*
> > +	 * XXX: Racey if request cancellation has occurred, see comment in
> > +	 * __guc_reset_context().
> > +	 */
> > +	if (likely(!intel_context_is_banned(ce) &&
> > +		   !context_blocked(ce))) {
> >  		capture_error_state(guc, ce);
> >  		guc_context_replay(ce);
> >  	}
> > -- 
> > 2.32.0
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Vetter
> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> http://blog.ffwll.ch


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