[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Avoiding reclaim tainting from runtime-pm debug

[Mika Kuoppala]

Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> writes:

> As intel_runtime_pm_get/_put may be called from any blockable context,
> we need to avoid allowing reclaim from our mallocs, as we need to
> avoid tainting any mutexes held by the callers (as they may themselves
> not allow for allocations as they are taken in the shrinker).
>
> <4> [435.339331] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> <4> [435.339364] 5.1.0-rc4-CI-Trybot_4116+ #1 Tainted: G     U
> <4> [435.339395] ------------------------------------------------------
> <4> [435.339426] gem_caching/1334 is trying to acquire lock:
> <4> [435.339456] 000000004505c39b (wakeref#3){+.+.}, at: intel_engine_pm_put+0x1b/0x40 [i915]
> <4> [435.339788]
> but task is already holding lock:
> <4> [435.339819] 00000000ee77b4ed (fs_reclaim){+.+.}, at: fs_reclaim_acquire.part.24+0x0/0x30
> <4> [435.339879]
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
> <4> [435.339918]
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
> <4> [435.339952]
> -> #1 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}:
> <4> [435.339998]        fs_reclaim_acquire.part.24+0x24/0x30
> <4> [435.340035]        kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x2a/0x290
> <4> [435.340311]        __print_intel_runtime_pm_wakeref+0x24/0x160 [i915]
> <4> [435.340590]        untrack_intel_runtime_pm_wakeref+0x16e/0x1d0 [i915]
> <4> [435.340869]        intel_runtime_pm_put_unchecked+0xd/0x30 [i915]
> <4> [435.341147]        __intel_wakeref_put_once+0x22/0x40 [i915]
> <4> [435.341508]        i915_request_retire+0x477/0xaf0 [i915]
> <4> [435.341871]        ring_retire_requests+0x86/0x160 [i915]
> <4> [435.342226]        i915_retire_requests+0x58/0xc0 [i915]
> <4> [435.342576]        retire_work_handler+0x5b/0x70 [i915]
> <4> [435.342615]        process_one_work+0x245/0x610
> <4> [435.342646]        worker_thread+0x37/0x380
> <4> [435.342679]        kthread+0x119/0x130
> <4> [435.342714]        ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
> <4> [435.342739]
> -> #0 (wakeref#3){+.+.}:
> <4> [435.342788]        lock_acquire+0xa6/0x1c0
> <4> [435.342822]        __mutex_lock+0x8c/0x960
> <4> [435.342853]        atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock+0x33/0x50
> <4> [435.343151]        intel_engine_pm_put+0x1b/0x40 [i915]
> <4> [435.343501]        i915_request_retire+0x477/0xaf0 [i915]
> <4> [435.343851]        ring_retire_requests+0x86/0x160 [i915]
> <4> [435.344202]        i915_retire_requests+0x58/0xc0 [i915]
> <4> [435.344543]        i915_gem_shrink+0xd8/0x5b0 [i915]
> <4> [435.344835]        i915_drop_caches_set+0x17b/0x250 [i915]
> <4> [435.344877]        simple_attr_write+0xb0/0xd0
> <4> [435.344911]        full_proxy_write+0x51/0x80
> <4> [435.344943]        vfs_write+0xbd/0x1b0
> <4> [435.344972]        ksys_write+0x55/0xe0
> <4> [435.345002]        do_syscall_64+0x55/0x190
> <4> [435.345040]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
> index e6d1e592225b..3107a742d8ad 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_runtime_pm.c
> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void cancel_intel_runtime_pm_wakeref(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
>  		 rpm->debug.count, atomic_read(&rpm->wakeref_count))) {
>  		char *buf;
>  
> -		buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +		buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
>  		if (!buf)
>  			return;

Ok we then just give up on printing the stack so no harm done
even if we increase our chances to fail the alloc. And there will
be a log entry apriori to indicate the unmatch regardless.

Reviewed-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com>

>  
> @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ __print_intel_runtime_pm_wakeref(struct drm_printer *p,
>  	unsigned long i;
>  	char *buf;
>  
> -	buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
>  	if (!buf)
>  		return;
>  
> @@ -282,7 +282,9 @@ void print_intel_runtime_pm_wakeref(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
>  		if (dbg.count <= alloc)
>  			break;
>  
> -		s = krealloc(dbg.owners, dbg.count * sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
> +		s = krealloc(dbg.owners,
> +			     dbg.count * sizeof(*s),
> +			     GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
>  		if (!s)
>  			goto out;
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>
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