[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 01/28] drm/i915: Wait for a moment before forcibly resetting the device

[Mika Kuoppala]

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

> During igt, we ask to reset the device if any requests are still
> outstanding at the end of a test, as this quickly kills off any
> erroneous hanging request streams that may escape a test. However, since
> it may take the device a few milliseconds to flush itself after the end
> of a normal test, *cough* guc *cough*, we may accidentally tell the
> device to reset itself after it idles. If we wait a moment, our usual
> I915_IDLE_ENGINES_TIMEOUT of 200ms (seems a bit high, but still better
> than umpteen hangchecks!), we can differentiate better between a stuck
> engine and a healthy one, and so avoid prematurely forcing the reset and
> any extra complications that may entail.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> index 3b995f9fdc06..e46de507fea2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> @@ -4051,7 +4051,8 @@ i915_drop_caches_set(void *data, u64 val)
>  		  val, val & DROP_ALL);
>  	wakeref = intel_runtime_pm_get(i915);
>  
> -	if (val & DROP_RESET_ACTIVE && !intel_engines_are_idle(i915))
> +	if (val & DROP_RESET_ACTIVE &&
> +	    wait_for(intel_engines_are_idle(i915), I915_IDLE_ENGINES_TIMEOUT))
>  		i915_gem_set_wedged(i915);

Some of the compilications have been welcomed. But it is still
better to try to entail them into tests explicitly rather
than using indirect test harness stress.

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


>  
>  	/* No need to check and wait for gpu resets, only libdrm auto-restarts
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>
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