[RFC] drm/scheduler: Remove mention of TDR from scheduler API

Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin at igalia.com
Thu Feb 6 10:20:43 UTC 2025


On 06/02/2025 06:45, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 01:44:48PM +0100, Christian König wrote:
>> Am 05.02.25 um 12:14 schrieb Tvrtko Ursulin:
>>> Christian suggests scheduler should not use the term TDR because it only
>>> can do basic timeout detection on it's own, not the full blown timeout-
>>> detection-and-recovery (TDR) as the term is generally understood.
>>
>> There is even more to the term TDR on Windows than
>> timeout-detection-and-recovery.
>>
>> For example it includes a certain signaling of errors which works totally
>> different on Linux.
>>
>>> Attempt to rename it to a more basic drm_sched_trigger_timeout.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at igalia.com>
>>> Suggested-by: Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>
>>> Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>
>>> Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr at redhat.com>
>>> Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
>>> Cc: Philipp Stanner <pstanner at redhat.com>
>>> Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi at intel.com>
>>> Cc: "Thomas Hellström" <thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com>
>>> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi at intel.com>
>>> Cc: intel-xe at lists.freedesktop.org
>>> ---
>>> While doing this I have however noticed the pre-existing drm_sched_fault
>>> API sitting right below drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm() added by
>>> 3c6c7ca4508b ("drm/sched: Add a helper to queue TDR immediately").
>>>
>>> It does not appear to be documented in the kernel doc why is the
>>> newer API setting sched->timeout permanently to zero, or why are
>>> both needed and what are the considerations to use one versus the
>>> other. Perhaps Matt can clarify as the author of the newer API.
>>
>> Oh, good point. I wasn't aware of that duplication.
>>
> 
> The newer API in Xe is used when we ban a queue to flush out all
> remaining job's on the queue - even ones yet to be scheduled. Unsure
> how the old API is used in other drivers but it doesn't work for Xe's
> use case.

I am not sure how timeout handling relates to jobs not yet scheduled. 
Timeout worker only looks at the sched->pending_list to start with. 
Drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm will also only queue the worker if there is 
something on the pending_list.

I think we should fully understand what exactly doesn't work so we can 
formulate a plan on either how to document the newer helper better, or 
how to remove and consolidate.

Is xe using it as a one way transition - ie when it sets sched->timeout 
to zero it never restores that scheduler instance into normal operation?

In which case one option could be to remove drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm and 
add something like drm_sched_set_timeout. AFAICT a sequence of 
drm_sched_set_timeout and drm_sched_fault would have the same effect as 
drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm. But setting the timeout to zero to start with 
sounds dodgy so not sure.

Are you perhaps simply wanting a "draining" (as opposed to re-queueing 
with a timeout) version of the timeout handler? In which case 
drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm and it's kernel doc should have as minimumn 
explain that. Although personally I would prefer a more explicit helper 
for that.

Regards,

Tvrtko

>>> ---
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c | 32 ++++++++++++++------------
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gpu_scheduler.h  |  4 ++--
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c     |  8 +++----
>>>    include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h            |  8 +++----
>>>    4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
>>> index a48be16ab84f..b01792fe6141 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
>>> @@ -433,7 +433,8 @@ static void drm_sched_start_timeout(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>    	if (sched->timeout != MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT &&
>>>    	    !list_empty(&sched->pending_list))
>>> -		mod_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_tdr, sched->timeout);
>>> +		mod_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_timeout,
>>> +				 sched->timeout);
>>>    }
>>>    static void drm_sched_start_timeout_unlocked(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>> @@ -444,20 +445,20 @@ static void drm_sched_start_timeout_unlocked(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>    }
>>>    /**
>>> - * drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm: - immediately start job timeout handler
>>> + * drm_sched_trigger_timeout: - immediately start job timeout handler
>>>     *
>>>     * @sched: scheduler for which the timeout handling should be started.
>>>     *
>>>     * Start timeout handling immediately for the named scheduler.
>>>     */
>>> -void drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>> +void drm_sched_trigger_timeout(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>    {
>>>    	spin_lock(&sched->job_list_lock);
>>>    	sched->timeout = 0;
>>>    	drm_sched_start_timeout(sched);
>>>    	spin_unlock(&sched->job_list_lock);
>>>    }
>>> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm);
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_trigger_timeout);
>>>    /**
>>>     * drm_sched_fault - immediately start timeout handler
>>> @@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm);
>>>    void drm_sched_fault(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>    {
>>>    	if (sched->timeout_wq)
>>> -		mod_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_tdr, 0);
>>> +		mod_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_timeout, 0);
>>>    }
>>>    EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_fault);
>>> @@ -489,14 +490,15 @@ unsigned long drm_sched_suspend_timeout(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>    {
>>>    	unsigned long sched_timeout, now = jiffies;
>>> -	sched_timeout = sched->work_tdr.timer.expires;
>>> +	sched_timeout = sched->work_timeout.timer.expires;
>>>    	/*
>>>    	 * Modify the timeout to an arbitrarily large value. This also prevents
>>>    	 * the timeout to be restarted when new submissions arrive
>>>    	 */
>>> -	if (mod_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_tdr, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
>>> -			&& time_after(sched_timeout, now))
>>> +	if (mod_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_timeout,
>>> +			     MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT) &&
>>> +	    time_after(sched_timeout, now))
>>>    		return sched_timeout - now;
>>>    	else
>>>    		return sched->timeout;
>>> @@ -517,9 +519,9 @@ void drm_sched_resume_timeout(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched,
>>>    	spin_lock(&sched->job_list_lock);
>>>    	if (list_empty(&sched->pending_list))
>>> -		cancel_delayed_work(&sched->work_tdr);
>>> +		cancel_delayed_work(&sched->work_timeout);
>>>    	else
>>> -		mod_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_tdr, remaining);
>>> +		mod_delayed_work(sched->timeout_wq, &sched->work_timeout, remaining);
>>>    	spin_unlock(&sched->job_list_lock);
>>>    }
>>> @@ -541,7 +543,7 @@ static void drm_sched_job_timedout(struct work_struct *work)
>>>    	struct drm_sched_job *job;
>>>    	enum drm_gpu_sched_stat status = DRM_GPU_SCHED_STAT_NOMINAL;
>>> -	sched = container_of(work, struct drm_gpu_scheduler, work_tdr.work);
>>> +	sched = container_of(work, struct drm_gpu_scheduler, work_timeout.work);
>>>    	/* Protects against concurrent deletion in drm_sched_get_finished_job */
>>>    	spin_lock(&sched->job_list_lock);
>>> @@ -659,7 +661,7 @@ void drm_sched_stop(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched, struct drm_sched_job *bad)
>>>    	 * this TDR finished and before the newly restarted jobs had a
>>>    	 * chance to complete.
>>>    	 */
>>> -	cancel_delayed_work(&sched->work_tdr);
>>> +	cancel_delayed_work(&sched->work_timeout);
>>>    }
>>>    EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_stop);
>>> @@ -1107,7 +1109,7 @@ drm_sched_get_finished_job(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>    		list_del_init(&job->list);
>>>    		/* cancel this job's TO timer */
>>> -		cancel_delayed_work(&sched->work_tdr);
>>> +		cancel_delayed_work(&sched->work_timeout);
>>>    		/* make the scheduled timestamp more accurate */
>>>    		next = list_first_entry_or_null(&sched->pending_list,
>>>    						typeof(*next), list);
>>> @@ -1325,7 +1327,7 @@ int drm_sched_init(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched,
>>>    	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sched->pending_list);
>>>    	spin_lock_init(&sched->job_list_lock);
>>>    	atomic_set(&sched->credit_count, 0);
>>> -	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sched->work_tdr, drm_sched_job_timedout);
>>> +	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sched->work_timeout, drm_sched_job_timedout);
>>>    	INIT_WORK(&sched->work_run_job, drm_sched_run_job_work);
>>>    	INIT_WORK(&sched->work_free_job, drm_sched_free_job_work);
>>>    	atomic_set(&sched->_score, 0);
>>> @@ -1395,7 +1397,7 @@ void drm_sched_fini(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>    	wake_up_all(&sched->job_scheduled);
>>>    	/* Confirm no work left behind accessing device structures */
>>> -	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&sched->work_tdr);
>>> +	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&sched->work_timeout);
>>>    	if (sched->own_submit_wq)
>>>    		destroy_workqueue(sched->submit_wq);
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gpu_scheduler.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gpu_scheduler.h
>>> index c250ea773491..3fd728b1bfd6 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gpu_scheduler.h
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gpu_scheduler.h
>>> @@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ static inline void xe_sched_stop(struct xe_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>    	drm_sched_stop(&sched->base, NULL);
>>>    }
>>> -static inline void xe_sched_tdr_queue_imm(struct xe_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>> +static inline void xe_sched_trigger_timeout(struct xe_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>>    {
>>> -	drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm(&sched->base);
>>> +	drm_sched_trigger_timeout(&sched->base);
>>>    }
>>>    static inline void xe_sched_resubmit_jobs(struct xe_gpu_scheduler *sched)
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
>>> index 913c74d6e2ae..968709fd6db4 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
>>> @@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ static void disable_scheduling_deregister(struct xe_guc *guc,
>>>    		xe_gt_warn(q->gt, "Pending enable/disable failed to respond\n");
>>>    		xe_sched_submission_start(sched);
>>>    		xe_gt_reset_async(q->gt);
>>> -		xe_sched_tdr_queue_imm(sched);
>>> +		xe_sched_trigger_timeout(sched);
>>>    		return;
>>>    	}
>>> @@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static void xe_guc_exec_queue_trigger_cleanup(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
>>>    	if (xe_exec_queue_is_lr(q))
>>>    		queue_work(guc_to_gt(guc)->ordered_wq, &q->guc->lr_tdr);
>>>    	else
>>> -		xe_sched_tdr_queue_imm(&q->guc->sched);
>>> +		xe_sched_trigger_timeout(&q->guc->sched);
>>>    }
>>>    /**
>>> @@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ static void enable_scheduling(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
>>>    		xe_gt_warn(guc_to_gt(guc), "Schedule enable failed to respond");
>>>    		set_exec_queue_banned(q);
>>>    		xe_gt_reset_async(q->gt);
>>> -		xe_sched_tdr_queue_imm(&q->guc->sched);
>>> +		xe_sched_trigger_timeout(&q->guc->sched);
>>>    	}
>>>    }
>>> @@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ guc_exec_queue_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *drm_job)
>>>    			xe_exec_queue_get(q);	/* GT reset owns this */
>>>    			set_exec_queue_banned(q);
>>>    			xe_gt_reset_async(q->gt);
>>> -			xe_sched_tdr_queue_imm(sched);
>>> +			xe_sched_trigger_timeout(sched);
>>>    			goto rearm;
>>>    		}
>>>    	}
>>> diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
>>> index cf88f2bd020f..666968cf505d 100644
>>> --- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
>>> +++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
>>> @@ -494,10 +494,10 @@ struct drm_sched_backend_ops {
>>>     *                 finished.
>>>     * @job_id_count: used to assign unique id to the each job.
>>>     * @submit_wq: workqueue used to queue @work_run_job and @work_free_job
>>> - * @timeout_wq: workqueue used to queue @work_tdr
>>> + * @timeout_wq: workqueue used to queue @work_timeout
>>>     * @work_run_job: work which calls run_job op of each scheduler.
>>>     * @work_free_job: work which calls free_job op of each scheduler.
>>> - * @work_tdr: schedules a delayed call to @drm_sched_job_timedout after the
>>> + * @work_timeout: schedules a delayed call to @drm_sched_job_timedout after the
>>>     *            timeout interval is over.
>>>     * @pending_list: the list of jobs which are currently in the job queue.
>>>     * @job_list_lock: lock to protect the pending_list.
>>> @@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ struct drm_gpu_scheduler {
>>>    	struct workqueue_struct		*timeout_wq;
>>>    	struct work_struct		work_run_job;
>>>    	struct work_struct		work_free_job;
>>> -	struct delayed_work		work_tdr;
>>> +	struct delayed_work		work_timeout;
>>>    	struct list_head		pending_list;
>>>    	spinlock_t			job_list_lock;
>>>    	int				hang_limit;
>>> @@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ void drm_sched_entity_modify_sched(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
>>>    				    struct drm_gpu_scheduler **sched_list,
>>>                                       unsigned int num_sched_list);
>>> -void drm_sched_tdr_queue_imm(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
>>> +void drm_sched_trigger_timeout(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
>>>    void drm_sched_job_cleanup(struct drm_sched_job *job);
>>>    void drm_sched_wakeup(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
>>>    bool drm_sched_wqueue_ready(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
>>


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