[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: create a race-free reset detection

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 04:35:59PM +0000, Damien Lespiau wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> > + * Note: It is of utmost importance that the passed in seqno and reset_counter
> > + * values have been read by the caller in an smb safe manner. Where read-side
> 
> smp?
> 
> > + * locks are involved, it is sufficient to read the reset_counter before
> > + * unlocking the lock that protects the seqno. For lockless tricks, the
> > + * reset_counter _must_ be read before, and an appropriate smb_rmb must be
> 
> smp_rmb()?
> 
> >                 if (!i915_reset(dev)) {
> > -                       atomic_set(&error->reset_counter, 0);
> >                         kobject_uevent_env(&dev->primary->kdev.kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, reset_done_event);
> >                 } else {
> >                         atomic_set(&error->reset_counter, I915_WEDGED);
> >                 }
> >
> > +               /*
> > +                * After all the gem state is reset, increment the reset counter
> > +                * and wake up everyone waiting for the reset to complete.
> > +                *
> > +                * Since unlock operations are a one-sided barrier only, we need
> > +                * to insert a barrier here to order any seqno updates before
> > +                * the counter increment.
> > +                */
> > +               smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();
> > +               atomic_inc(&dev_priv->gpu_error.reset_counter);
> 
> It seems that if the GPU can't reset, reset_counter is set to
> I915_WEDGED ie 0xffffffff and we increment that to 0?

I've somehow totally lost track of this series here. I've now slurped in
the first four patches up to "drm/i915: clear up wedged transitions". Can
you please take a look at the two follow-up patches I've posted in reply
to your mail and smash and r-b onto them if you approve?

Thanks, Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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