[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 08/12] drm/i915: Update context_fini

Ben Widawsky ben at bwidawsk.net
Thu Apr 25 19:22:08 CEST 2013


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 06:01:56PM +0300, Mika Kuoppala wrote:
> Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 06:11:40PM +0300, Mika Kuoppala wrote:
> >> Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net> writes:
> >> 
> >> > Make resets optional for fini. fini is only ever called in
> >> > module_unload. It was therefore a good assumption that the GPU reset
> >> > (see the comment in the function) was what we wanted. With an upcoming
> >> > patch, we're going to add a few more callsites, one of which is GPU
> >> > reset, where doing the extra reset isn't usual.
> >> >
> >> > On that same note, with more callers it makes sense to make the default
> >> > context state consistent with the actual state (via NULLing the
> >> > pointer).
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net>
> >> > ---
> >> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c         | 2 +-
> >> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h         | 2 +-
> >> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c | 7 +++++--
> >> >  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
> >> > index 3b315ba..a141b8a 100644
> >> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
> >> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c
> >> > @@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ int i915_driver_unload(struct drm_device *dev)
> >> >  		mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
> >> >  		i915_gem_free_all_phys_object(dev);
> >> >  		i915_gem_cleanup_ringbuffer(dev);
> >> > -		i915_gem_context_fini(dev);
> >> > +		i915_gem_context_fini(dev, true);
> >> >  		mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
> >> >  		i915_gem_cleanup_aliasing_ppgtt(dev);
> >> >  		i915_gem_cleanup_stolen(dev);
> >> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> >> > index 9717c69..618845e 100644
> >> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> >> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> >> > @@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ struct dma_buf *i915_gem_prime_export(struct drm_device *dev,
> >> >  
> >> >  /* i915_gem_context.c */
> >> >  void i915_gem_context_init(struct drm_device *dev);
> >> > -void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev);
> >> > +void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev, bool reset);
> >> >  void i915_gem_context_close(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_file *file);
> >> >  int i915_switch_context(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
> >> >  			struct drm_file *file, int to_id);
> >> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
> >> > index 411ace0..6030d83 100644
> >> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
> >> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
> >> > @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ void i915_gem_context_init(struct drm_device *dev)
> >> >  	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("HW context support initialized\n");
> >> >  }
> >> >  
> >> > -void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev)
> >> > +void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev, bool reset)
> >> >  {
> >> >  	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
> >> >  
> >> > @@ -269,11 +269,14 @@ void i915_gem_context_fini(struct drm_device *dev)
> >> >  	/* The only known way to stop the gpu from accessing the hw context is
> >> >  	 * to reset it. Do this as the very last operation to avoid confusing
> >> >  	 * other code, leading to spurious errors. */
> >> 
> >> Should we switch to default context in here to be sure that 
> >> the running context will get unreferenced correctly?...
> >
> > I'm confused if you're talking about the object refcount, or the context
> > refcount. The latter isn't yet introduced in this part of the series.
> > But maybe I've missed your point, so let's discuss...
> 
> I should have been more specific. Object refcount it is.
> 
> > There are 3 ways we can end up at fini():
> > 1. failed during some part of driver initialization
> > 2. unload
> >   Conceptually, 1 and 2 are the same, the GPU is idle, (explicitly so in
> >   the latter case) and so therefore we know the default context must be
> >   the last context context[1]. We know the retire worker has either been
> >   called, or we've not yet submitted work, and we should therefore be
> >   able to assert the object refcount is exactly 1.
> >
> >   Given our discussion and the new reset parameter in fini, I can assert
> >   last_context_obj == default_context->obj in the !reset case, and that
> >   the refcount is 1.
> 
> Yes. I forgot the gpu_idle which indeed switches to default context. So
> no need to switch.
> 
> > 3. reset
> >   In this case, it's a good question. Normally reset is called on a
> >   hang, and we can't expect to be able to switch. I think
> >   reset_ring_lists does everything I need, and then it follows into case
> >   1 and 2. If I have missed something though, could you please explain
> >   it a bit further fo rme?
> 
> My only concern was that the drivers bookkeepping of what context it has
> currently switched to the hw, is out of sync after reset. And as a
> result first call to i915_switch_context might skip the switch even
> if it was needed.

If you want to submit something that tries to force-fake a context
switch (ie.  do all the book keeping manually without actually using the
ring), we can see how horrible it looks and decide if we want to keep
it.

> 
> >> 
> >> > -	intel_gpu_reset(dev); +	if (reset) +
> >> > intel_gpu_reset(dev);
> >> >  
> >> >  	i915_gem_object_unpin(dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context->obj);
> >> >
> >> 
> >> ...and unreference the default context here so that it will get freed
> >> on module unload.
> >
> > Can you explain what I'm missing. Doesn't do_destroy just below take
> > care of it?
> 
> do_destroy is enough for all the other contexts that were created
> by the ioctl. However the default context is different as we are owning
> it, adding to the refcount. So we need to unreference it also once before
> calling do destroy.

Yeah. This changes a bit in the series because refcount doesn't go to 1
until we successfully execute do_switch (i915_gem_context_enable). But I
think with my comment below, it's fine.

> 
> This is what i think is the cause as i see default context leaking
> with the current codebase, on module unload.
> 
> Adding
> + drm_gem_object_unreference(&dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context->obj->base);
> after the unpin makes the leak go away.
> 
> -Mika


This looks like a bug to me as well:
10:19:04      bwidawsk | mkuoppal: you should submit that patch... maybe add a comment on the first unref that it may
                       | be unsafe to access the object after that point
10:19:11      bwidawsk | the one you added after unpin


> 
> >>
> >
> >  
> >> --Mika
> >
> > For the context reference counting case, I think the questions are still
> > applicable, and the answers are similar. You deref in reset_ring_lists,
> > init fail and unload are the same... If you want me to use the
> > context_unref interface, I can, but I would want to make unref return
> > the val of kref_put() and do while(!context_unref(...)) just to be safe.
> >
> >
> > You can take a look here to see how that's progressing:
> > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~bwidawsk/drm-intel/log/?h=ppgtt-ctx
> >
> > It's quite volatile though, so be warned.
> >
> >
> >> 
> >> >  	do_destroy(dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context);
> >> > +
> >> > +	dev_priv->ring[RCS].default_context = NULL;
> >> >  }
> >> >  
> >> >  static int context_idr_cleanup(int id, void *p, void *data)
> >> > -- 
> >> > 1.8.2.1
> >> >
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> >
> > -- 
> > Ben Widawsky, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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