[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/selftests: Sabotague the RING_HEAD

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Tue Feb 11 15:09:51 UTC 2020


Apply vast quantities of poison and not tell anyone to see if we fall
for the trap of using a stale RING_HEAD.

References: 42827350f75c ("drm/i915/gt: Avoid resetting ring->head outside of its timeline mutex")
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti at intel.com>
Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 82fa0712808e..1421dc2db7cf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -300,6 +300,80 @@ static int live_unlite_preempt(void *arg)
 	return live_unlite_restore(arg, I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_PRIORITY_MAX));
 }
 
+static int live_pin_rewind(void *arg)
+{
+	struct intel_gt *gt = arg;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
+	enum intel_engine_id id;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We have to be careful not to trust intel_ring too much, for example
+	 * ring->head is updated upon retire which is out of sync with pinning
+	 * the context. Thus we cannot use ring->head to set CTX_RING_HEAD,
+	 * or else we risk writing an older, stale value.
+	 *
+	 * To simulate this, let's apply a bit of deliberate sabotague.
+	 */
+
+	for_each_engine(engine, gt, id) {
+		struct intel_context *ce;
+		struct i915_request *rq;
+		struct igt_live_test t;
+
+		if (igt_live_test_begin(&t, gt->i915, __func__, engine->name)) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ce = intel_context_create(engine);
+		if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(ce);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		err = intel_context_pin(ce);
+		if (err) {
+			intel_context_put(ce);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* Keep the context awake while we play games */
+		err = i915_active_acquire(&ce->active);
+		if (err) {
+			intel_context_unpin(ce);
+			intel_context_put(ce);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* Poison the head of the ring */
+		memset32(ce->ring->vaddr, STACK_MAGIC, 1024);
+		ce->ring->emit = 1024;
+		ce->ring->tail = 1024;
+
+		intel_context_unpin(ce);
+
+		/* Submit a simple nop request */
+		GEM_BUG_ON(intel_context_is_pinned(ce));
+		rq = intel_context_create_request(ce);
+		i915_active_release(&ce->active); /* e.g. async retire */
+		intel_context_put(ce);
+		if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(rq);
+			break;
+		}
+		i915_request_add(rq);
+
+		/* Expect not to hang! */
+		if (igt_live_test_end(&t)) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int live_hold_reset(void *arg)
 {
 	struct intel_gt *gt = arg;
@@ -3616,6 +3690,7 @@ int intel_execlists_live_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 		SUBTEST(live_sanitycheck),
 		SUBTEST(live_unlite_switch),
 		SUBTEST(live_unlite_preempt),
+		SUBTEST(live_pin_rewind),
 		SUBTEST(live_hold_reset),
 		SUBTEST(live_error_interrupt),
 		SUBTEST(live_timeslice_preempt),
-- 
2.25.0



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