[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Avoid circular locking dependency when flush delayed work on gt reset

John Harrison john.c.harrison at intel.com
Wed Jun 7 17:30:33 UTC 2023


On 6/6/2023 10:53, John Harrison wrote:
> On 6/5/2023 20:00, Zhanjun Dong wrote:
>> This attemps to avoid circular locing dependency between flush 
>> delayed work and intel_gt_reset.
> locing -> locking
>
>
>>
>> WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
>> 6.4.0-rc1-drmtip_1340-g31e3463b0edb+ #1 Not tainted
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> kms_pipe_crc_ba/6415 is trying to acquire lock:
>> ffff88813e6cc640 
>> ((work_completion)(&(&guc->timestamp.work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: 
>> __flush_work+0x42/0x530
>>
>> but task is already holding lock:
>> ffff88813e6cce90 (&gt->reset.mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: 
>> intel_gt_reset+0x19e/0x470 [i915]
>>
>> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>>
>> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>>
>> -> #3 (&gt->reset.mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
>>          lock_acquire+0xd8/0x2d0
>>          i915_gem_shrinker_taints_mutex+0x31/0x50 [i915]
>>          intel_gt_init_reset+0x65/0x80 [i915]
>>          intel_gt_common_init_early+0xe1/0x170 [i915]
>>          intel_root_gt_init_early+0x48/0x60 [i915]
>>          i915_driver_probe+0x671/0xcb0 [i915]
>>          i915_pci_probe+0xdc/0x210 [i915]
>>          pci_device_probe+0x95/0x120
>>          really_probe+0x164/0x3c0
>>          __driver_probe_device+0x73/0x160
>>          driver_probe_device+0x19/0xa0
>>          __driver_attach+0xb6/0x180
>>          bus_for_each_dev+0x77/0xd0
>>          bus_add_driver+0x114/0x210
>>          driver_register+0x5b/0x110
>>          __pfx_vgem_open+0x3/0x10 [vgem]
>>          do_one_initcall+0x57/0x270
>>          do_init_module+0x5f/0x220
>>          load_module+0x1ca4/0x1f00
>>          __do_sys_finit_module+0xb4/0x130
>>          do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x90
>>          entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
>>
>> -> #2 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
>>          lock_acquire+0xd8/0x2d0
>>          fs_reclaim_acquire+0xac/0xe0
>>          kmem_cache_alloc+0x32/0x260
>>          i915_vma_instance+0xb2/0xc60 [i915]
>>          i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin_ww+0x175/0x370 [i915]
>>          vm_fault_gtt+0x22d/0xf60 [i915]
>>          __do_fault+0x2f/0x1d0
>>          do_pte_missing+0x4a/0xd20
>>          __handle_mm_fault+0x5b0/0x790
>>          handle_mm_fault+0xa2/0x230
>>          do_user_addr_fault+0x3ea/0xa10
>>          exc_page_fault+0x68/0x1a0
>>          asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
>>
>> -> #1 (&gt->reset.backoff_srcu){++++}-{0:0}:
>>          lock_acquire+0xd8/0x2d0
>>          _intel_gt_reset_lock+0x57/0x330 [i915]
>>          guc_timestamp_ping+0x35/0x130 [i915]
>>          process_one_work+0x250/0x510
>>          worker_thread+0x4f/0x3a0
>>          kthread+0xff/0x130
>>          ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50
>>
>> -> #0 ((work_completion)(&(&guc->timestamp.work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}:
>>          check_prev_add+0x90/0xc60
>>          __lock_acquire+0x1998/0x2590
>>          lock_acquire+0xd8/0x2d0
>>          __flush_work+0x74/0x530
>>          __cancel_work_timer+0x14f/0x1f0
>>          intel_guc_submission_reset_prepare+0x81/0x4b0 [i915]
>>          intel_uc_reset_prepare+0x9c/0x120 [i915]
>>          reset_prepare+0x21/0x60 [i915]
>>          intel_gt_reset+0x1dd/0x470 [i915]
>>          intel_gt_reset_global+0xfb/0x170 [i915]
>>          intel_gt_handle_error+0x368/0x420 [i915]
>>          intel_gt_debugfs_reset_store+0x5c/0xc0 [i915]
>>          i915_wedged_set+0x29/0x40 [i915]
>>          simple_attr_write_xsigned.constprop.0+0xb4/0x110
>>          full_proxy_write+0x52/0x80
>>          vfs_write+0xc5/0x4f0
>>          ksys_write+0x64/0xe0
>>          do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x90
>>          entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
>>
>> other info that might help us debug this:
>>   Chain exists of:
>> (work_completion)(&(&guc->timestamp.work)->work) --> fs_reclaim --> 
>> &gt->reset.mutex
>>    Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>>          CPU0                    CPU1
>>          ----                    ----
>>     lock(&gt->reset.mutex);
>>                                  lock(fs_reclaim);
>>                                  lock(&gt->reset.mutex);
>> lock((work_completion)(&(&guc->timestamp.work)->work));
>>
>>   *** DEADLOCK ***
>>   3 locks held by kms_pipe_crc_ba/6415:
>>    #0: ffff888101541430 (sb_writers#15){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: 
>> ksys_write+0x64/0xe0
>>    #1: ffff888136c7eab8 (&attr->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: 
>> simple_attr_write_xsigned.constprop.0+0x47/0x110
>>    #2: ffff88813e6cce90 (&gt->reset.mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: 
>> intel_gt_reset+0x19e/0x470 [i915]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhanjun Dong <zhanjun.dong at intel.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> 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 a0e3ef1c65d2..22390704542e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
>> @@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ static void guc_enable_busyness_worker(struct 
>> intel_guc *guc)
>>     static void guc_cancel_busyness_worker(struct intel_guc *guc)
>>   {
>> -    cancel_delayed_work_sync(&guc->timestamp.work);
>> +    cancel_delayed_work(&guc->timestamp.work);
> I think it is worth adding a comment here to explain that it is safe 
> to call the non _sync variant (because of the trylock code in the 
> worker itself) and that the _sync variant hits circular mutex lock 
> issues.
>
To record the notes from direct discussion... This function needs to 
take a 'bool sync' flag. The park/fini code paths still need to do a 
synchronous flush to ensure that the worker is not still running during 
suspend or shutdown. Only the reset path should do the asynchronous cancel.

John.

> John.
>
>
>>   }
>>     static void __reset_guc_busyness_stats(struct intel_guc *guc)
>



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