[PATCH v3] drm/xe/ufence: Signal ufence immediately when possible
Matthew Brost
matthew.brost at intel.com
Fri Oct 18 16:16:16 UTC 2024
On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 05:29:09PM +0200, Nirmoy Das wrote:
>
> On 10/18/2024 4:53 PM, Matthew Auld wrote:
> > On 18/10/2024 15:40, Nirmoy Das wrote:
> >>
> >> On 10/18/2024 4:23 PM, Matthew Auld wrote:
> >>> On 18/10/2024 13:47, Nirmoy Das wrote:
> >>>> If the backing fence is signaled then signal ufence immediately.
> >>>> This should reduce load from the xe ordered_wq and also won't block
> >>>> signaling a ufence which doesn't require any serialization.
> >>>>
> >>>> v2: fix system_wq typo
> >>>> v3: signal immediately instead of queuing in system_wq (Matt B)
> >>>>
> >>>> Link: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/xe/kernel/-/issues/1630
> >>>> Cc: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld at intel.com>
> >>>> gc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> >>>
> >>> s/gc/Cc
> >>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Nirmoy Das <nirmoy.das at intel.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> >>>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
> >>>> index c6cf227ead40..069c1e4ebea5 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
> >>>> @@ -72,10 +72,8 @@ static struct xe_user_fence *user_fence_create(struct xe_device *xe, u64 addr,
> >>>> return ufence;
> >>>> }
> >>>> -static void user_fence_worker(struct work_struct *w)
> >>>> +static void signal_user_fence(struct xe_user_fence *ufence)
> >>>> {
> >>>> - struct xe_user_fence *ufence = container_of(w, struct xe_user_fence, worker);
> >>>> -
> >>>> if (mmget_not_zero(ufence->mm)) {
> >>>> kthread_use_mm(ufence->mm);
> >>>> if (copy_to_user(ufence->addr, &ufence->value, sizeof(ufence->value)))
> >>>
> >>> This can end up in a CPU fault handler? There might be some locking issues if caller is say holding dma-resv. For example the caller in xe_exec which is holding dma-resv. If it can indeed hit this path, then we might get some splats/deadlocks, I think.
> >>
> >>
> >> What is the connection between writting into ufence addr and dma-resv ? Trying to understand this locking problem.
> >
> > Basically the user can have the ufence be an mmap address from a BO, so it can basically hit xe_gem_fault() here. The mmap lock should already be tainted with dma-resv, so might_fault() should complain.
>
>
> I see what you mean, haven't thought about it.
>
Thanks for catching this, forgot this was one of points of worker - to
avoid this locking inversion.
Nirmoy while you are here, can you add a comment indicating this so we
don't forget again?
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> it looks like I have to use a worker anyway to do kthread_use_mm(), https://intel-gfx-ci.01.org/tree/intel-xe/xe-pw-140169v1/bat-atsm-2/igt@xe_exec_balancer@no-exec-cm-virtual-basic.html
> >
> > Yes, exactly that just with might_fault() in copy_to_user. Good to see that CI caught this. From the logs we can also see the exact dma-resv splat as per above:
>
> Back to the previous rev but with the bool as suggested by Matt B.
>
Fine with that. Sorry for the noise.
Matt
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nirmoy
>
>
> >
> > 4> [233.110447] xe_exec_balance/3613 is trying to acquire lock:
> > <4> [233.110457] ff11000100085998 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}, at: __might_fault+0x43/0x90
> > <4> [233.110481]
> > but task is already holding lock:
> > <4> [233.110491] ff110001231a1da0 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: drm_exec_lock_obj+0x88/0x2b0 [drm_exec]
> > <4> [233.110517]
> > which lock already depends on the new lock.
> > <4> [233.110530]
> > the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
> > <4> [233.110540]
> > -> #2 (reservation_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}:
> > <4> [233.110558] __ww_mutex_lock.constprop.0+0xe1/0x14d0
> > <4> [233.110574] ww_mutex_lock+0x3c/0xa0
> > <4> [233.110586] dma_resv_lockdep+0x1a4/0x340
> > <4> [233.110599] do_one_initcall+0x76/0x3e0
> > <4> [233.110615] kernel_init_freeable+0x3dc/0x690
> > <4> [233.110632] kernel_init+0x1b/0x200
> > <4> [233.110645] ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x60
> > <4> [233.110658] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
> > <4> [233.110671]
> > -> #1 (reservation_ww_class_acquire){+.+.}-{0:0}:
> > <4> [233.110689] dma_resv_lockdep+0x180/0x340
> > <4> [233.110699] do_one_initcall+0x76/0x3e0
> > <4> [233.110713] kernel_init_freeable+0x3dc/0x690
> > <4> [233.110728] kernel_init+0x1b/0x200
> > <4> [233.110740] ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x60
> > <4> [233.110752] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
> > <4> [233.110764]
> > -> #0 (&mm->mmap_lock){++++}-{3:3}:
> > <4> [233.110780] __lock_acquire+0x1623/0x2800
> > <4> [233.110794] lock_acquire+0xc5/0x2f0
> > <4> [233.110807] __might_fault+0x63/0x90
> > <4> [233.110818] _copy_to_user+0x23/0x70
> > <4> [233.110830] signal_user_fence+0x46/0xd0 [xe]
> > <4> [233.111108] xe_sync_entry_signal+0x14e/0x1b0 [xe]
> > <4> [233.111366] vm_bind_ioctl_ops_execute+0x3f8/0x910 [xe]
> > <4> [233.111665] xe_vm_bind_ioctl+0x1623/0x22a0 [xe]
> > <4> [233.111951] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xb1/0x120 [drm]
> > <4> [233.112052] drm_ioctl+0x2e8/0x5a0 [drm]
> > <4> [233.112140] xe_drm_ioctl+0x53/0x80 [xe]
> > <4> [233.112331] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x95/0xd0
> > <4> [233.112342] x64_sys_call+0x1089/0x2060
> > <4> [233.112355] do_syscall_64+0x87/0x140
> > <4> [233.112365] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
> > <4> [233.112380]
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Nirmoy
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> @@ -89,6 +87,14 @@ static void user_fence_worker(struct work_struct *w)
> >>>> user_fence_put(ufence);
> >>>> }
> >>>> +static void user_fence_worker(struct work_struct *w)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> + struct xe_user_fence *ufence = container_of(w, struct xe_user_fence,
> >>>> + worker);
> >>>> +
> >>>> + signal_user_fence(ufence);
> >>>> +}
> >>>> +
> >>>> static void kick_ufence(struct xe_user_fence *ufence, struct dma_fence *fence)
> >>>> {
> >>>> INIT_WORK(&ufence->worker, user_fence_worker);
> >>>> @@ -236,7 +242,8 @@ void xe_sync_entry_signal(struct xe_sync_entry *sync, struct dma_fence *fence)
> >>>> err = dma_fence_add_callback(fence, &sync->ufence->cb,
> >>>> user_fence_cb);
> >>>> if (err == -ENOENT) {
> >>>> - kick_ufence(sync->ufence, fence);
> >>>> + /* signal the ufence immediately if fence is already signalled */
> >>>> + signal_user_fence(sync->ufence);
> >>>> } else if (err) {
> >>>> XE_WARN_ON("failed to add user fence");
> >>>> user_fence_put(sync->ufence);
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