[PATCH v2] drm/scheduler: Fix sched hang when killing app with dependent jobs

Christian König christian.koenig at amd.com
Mon Jul 14 11:03:29 UTC 2025


On 14.07.25 08:23, Lin.Cao wrote:
> When Application A submits jobs (a1, a2, a3) and application B submits
> job b1 with a dependency on a2's scheduler fence, killing application A
> before run_job(a1) causes drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work() to force
> signal all jobs sequentially. However, due to missing work_run_job or
> work_free_job in entity_kill_job_work(), the scheduler enters sleep
> state, causing application B hang.
> 
> Add drm_sched_wakeup() when entity_kill_job_work() to preventing
> scheduler sleep and subsequent application hangs.
> 
> v2:
> - Move drm_sched_wakeup() to after drm_sched_fence_scheduled()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lin.Cao <lincao12 at amd.com>

Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
> index e671aa241720..66f2a43c58fd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
> @@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ static void drm_sched_entity_kill_jobs_work(struct work_struct *wrk)
>  	struct drm_sched_job *job = container_of(wrk, typeof(*job), work);
>  
>  	drm_sched_fence_scheduled(job->s_fence, NULL);
> +	drm_sched_wakeup(job->sched);
>  	drm_sched_fence_finished(job->s_fence, -ESRCH);
>  	WARN_ON(job->s_fence->parent);
>  	job->sched->ops->free_job(job);



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