[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] drm/i915: to make vgpu ppgtt notificaiton as atomic operation

[Chris Wilson]

Quoting Zhang, Xiaolin (2019-08-23 09:07:01)
> On 08/23/2019 03:58 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > Quoting Xiaolin Zhang (2019-08-23 07:57:31)
> >> vgpu ppgtt notification was split into 2 steps, the first step is to
> >> update PVINFO's pdp register and then write PVINFO's g2v_notify register
> >> with action code to tirgger ppgtt notification to GVT side.
> >>
> >> currently these steps were not atomic operations due to no any protection,
> >> so it is easy to enter race condition state during the MTBF, stress and
> >> IGT test to cause GPU hang.
> >>
> >> the solution is to add a lock to make vgpu ppgtt notication as atomic
> >> operation.
> >>
> >> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> >> Signed-off-by: Xiaolin Zhang <xiaolin.zhang at intel.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h     | 1 +
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c | 4 ++++
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vgpu.c    | 1 +
> >>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> >> index eb31c16..32e17c4 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> >> @@ -961,6 +961,7 @@ struct i915_frontbuffer_tracking {
> >>  };
> >>  
> >>  struct i915_virtual_gpu {
> >> +       struct mutex lock;
> >>         bool active;
> >>         u32 caps;
> >>  };
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
> >> index 2cd2dab..ff0b178 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
> >> @@ -833,6 +833,8 @@ static int gen8_ppgtt_notify_vgt(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, bool create)
> >>         enum vgt_g2v_type msg;
> >>         int i;
> >>  
> >> +       mutex_lock(&dev_priv->vgpu.lock);
> >> +
> >>         if (create)
> >>                 atomic_inc(px_used(ppgtt->pd)); /* never remove */
> >>         else
> >> @@ -860,6 +862,8 @@ static int gen8_ppgtt_notify_vgt(struct i915_ppgtt *ppgtt, bool create)
> >>  
> >>         I915_WRITE(vgtif_reg(g2v_notify), msg);
> >>  
> > How do you know the operation is complete and it is now safe to
> > overwrite the data regs?
> > -Chris
> >
> by design, the data reg value is copied out to use, so as long as the
> action and data is operated together, how long the operation is not a
> issue and  it is safe to overwrite the data regs with new action next time.

When and how quickly is it copied? Consider that it will be immediately
overwritten by the next packet. Does the vgpu mmio write cause the
calling CPU to be trapped?
-Chris