[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/2] lib/gt: Omit illegal instruction on hang injection with gen 8+

Mika Kuoppala mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com
Wed Jun 8 13:07:17 UTC 2016


0xffffffff as an illegal command confuses the command execution
on gen9 so that the next BB start will get ignored, causing a runaway
head past the bb end. This delays the hang detection substantially
as hangcheck then observes only a non progressing seqno.

Omit the bad instruction on gen8+ and rely on the chained batch
loop to cause a deterministic hang. Make the chained bb start
to jump straight into bb start, omitting the MI_NOOP or the bad
instruction on subsequent passes. This makes the acthd sampling
to hit more reliably to the same value, as the loop is smaller,
making the head appear to be 'more stuck'.

References: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92715
Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at intel.com>
---
 lib/igt_gt.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/igt_gt.c b/lib/igt_gt.c
index 95d74a0cfeae..adb4b95bb913 100644
--- a/lib/igt_gt.c
+++ b/lib/igt_gt.c
@@ -181,16 +181,22 @@ igt_hang_ring_t igt_hang_ctx(int fd,
 	exec.relocs_ptr = (uintptr_t)&reloc;
 
 	memset(b, 0xc5, sizeof(b));
-	b[0] = 0xffffffff;
+
 	len = 2;
-	if (intel_gen(intel_get_drm_devid(fd)) >= 8)
+	if (intel_gen(intel_get_drm_devid(fd)) >= 8) {
+		b[0] = MI_NOOP;
 		len++;
+	} else {
+		b[0] = 0xffffffff;
+	}
+
 	b[1] = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_START | (len - 2);
 	b[1+len] = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_END;
 	b[2+len] = MI_NOOP;
 	gem_write(fd, exec.handle, 0, b, sizeof(b));
 
 	reloc.offset = 8;
+	reloc.delta = 4;
 	reloc.target_handle = exec.handle;
 	reloc.read_domains = I915_GEM_DOMAIN_COMMAND;
 
-- 
2.7.4



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