[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/gt: Check for a real engine on which to retire

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Thu Feb 6 15:12:50 UTC 2020


Virtual engines are fleeting. They carry a reference count and may be freed
when their last request is retired. This makes them unsuitable for the
task of housing engine->retire.work so assert that it is not used.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
index 7ef1d37970f6..8a5054f21bf8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_requests.c
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ static bool add_retire(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 void intel_engine_add_retire(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			     struct intel_timeline *tl)
 {
+	/* We don't deal well with the engine disappearing beneath us */
+	GEM_BUG_ON(intel_engine_is_virtual(engine));
+
 	if (add_retire(engine, tl))
 		schedule_work(&engine->retire_work);
 }
-- 
2.25.0



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