[PATCH v3 2/2] drm/gpuvm: Add locking helpers

Danilo Krummrich dakr at redhat.com
Sun Jun 29 14:56:44 UTC 2025


On 6/27/25 3:04 PM, Rob Clark wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM Rob Clark <robin.clark at oss.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>>
>> For UNMAP/REMAP steps we could be needing to lock objects that are not
>> explicitly listed in the VM_BIND ioctl in order to tear-down unmapped
>> VAs.  These helpers handle locking/preparing the needed objects.
>>
>> Note that these functions do not strictly require the VM changes to be
>> applied before the next drm_gpuvm_sm_map_lock()/_unmap_lock() call.  In
>> the case that VM changes from an earlier drm_gpuvm_sm_map()/_unmap()
>> call result in a differing sequence of steps when the VM changes are
>> actually applied, it will be the same set of GEM objects involved, so
>> the locking is still correct.
>>
>> v2: Rename to drm_gpuvm_sm_*_exec_locked() [Danilo]
>> v3: Expand comments to show expected usage, and explain how the usage
>>      is safe in the case of overlapping driver VM_BIND ops.
> 
> Danilo, did you have any remaining comments on this?

I replied to this in your MSM VM_BIND series.



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