[RFC v1] drm/xe: Use fault injection infrastructure to find issues at probe time

Rodrigo Vivi rodrigo.vivi at intel.com
Fri Sep 13 20:15:49 UTC 2024


On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 04:33:05PM +0200, Francois Dugast wrote:
> This RFC is a rework of https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/137314/
> but instead of importing custom macros from i915, it makes use of the
> standard kernel fault injection infrastructure, see fault-injection.rst.
> 
> In particular, it leverages error injectable functions with the macro
> ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(). This macro requires minimal code changes to the
> faulting function, if it meets the injectable functions requirements:
> fault-injection.html#requirements-for-the-error-injectable-functions
> 
> Unfortunately this is not the case in most of the injection points of the
> original series, so a wrapper is added if needed. Only a few examples are
> shown in this RFC to discuss the proper pattern to apply.
> 
> The return code of the functions using ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION() can be
> conditionnally modified at runtime by tuning some debugfs entries. This
> requires CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION (among others).
> 
> One way to use fault injection at probe time by making each of those
> functions fail one at a time is:
> 
>     FAILTYPE=fail_function
>     DEVICE="0000:00:08.0" # depends on the system
>     ERRNO=-12 # -ENOMEM, other value might be needed depending on error handling
> 
>     echo N > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/task-filter
>     echo 100 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/probability
>     echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/interval
>     echo -1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/times
>     echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/space
>     echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/verbose
> 
>     modprobe xe
>     echo $DEVICE > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xe/unbind
> 
>     grep -oP "^.* \[xe\]" /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/injectable | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | while read -r FUNCTION ; do
>         echo "Injecting fault in $FUNCTION"
>         echo "" > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/inject
>         echo $FUNCTION > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/inject
>         printf %#x $ERRNO > /sys/kernel/debug/$FAILTYPE/$FUNCTION/retval
>         echo $DEVICE > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/xe/bind
>     done
> 
>     rmmod xe
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francois Dugast <francois.dugast at intel.com>
> Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi at intel.com>
> Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tile.c   | 18 +++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_wopcm.c  |  3 +++
>  3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
> index 4d3c794f134c..2db62aa45b39 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>  #include "xe_device.h"
>  
>  #include <linux/delay.h>
> +#include <linux/fault-inject.h>
>  #include <linux/units.h>
>  
>  #include <drm/drm_aperture.h>
> @@ -300,6 +301,37 @@ static void xe_device_destroy(struct drm_device *dev, void *dummy)
>  	ttm_device_fini(&xe->ttm);
>  }
>  
> +/* Wrapper for fault injection */
> +static noinline int device_create_ttm_device_init(struct xe_device *xe)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * In case of error injection, the flow is modified because ttm_device_init()
> +	 * executes (likely without error) but the return code is overridden in any
> +	 * case to indicate an error in ttm_device_init(), which likely did not
> +	 * occur.
> +	 */
> +	return ttm_device_init(&xe->ttm, &xe_ttm_funcs, xe->drm.dev,
> +			       xe->drm.anon_inode->i_mapping,
> +			       xe->drm.vma_offset_manager, false, false);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * The alternative below would also change the flow because in case of error
> +	 * injection, ttm_device_init() would not be executed at all.
> +	 *
> +	 * int err = device_create_ttm_device_init_inject_fault();
> +	 * if (err)
> +	 *	return err;
> +	 * return ttm_device_init(&xe->ttm, &xe_ttm_funcs, xe->drm.dev,
> +	 *		       xe->drm.anon_inode->i_mapping,
> +	 *		       xe->drm.vma_offset_manager, false, false);
> +	 *
> +	 * ...
> +	 * static noinline int device_create_ttm_device_init_inject_fault() { return 0; }
> +	 * ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(device_create_ttm_device_init_inject_fault, ERRNO);
> +	 */
> +}
> +ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(device_create_ttm_device_init, ERRNO);
> +
>  struct xe_device *xe_device_create(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  				   const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>  {
> @@ -316,9 +348,7 @@ struct xe_device *xe_device_create(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>  	if (IS_ERR(xe))
>  		return xe;
>  
> -	err = ttm_device_init(&xe->ttm, &xe_ttm_funcs, xe->drm.dev,
> -			      xe->drm.anon_inode->i_mapping,
> -			      xe->drm.vma_offset_manager, false, false);
> +	err = device_create_ttm_device_init(xe);

I believe the function name could be simplified to xe_device_init_ttm...

>  	if (WARN_ON(err))
>  		goto err;
>  
> @@ -550,6 +580,7 @@ static int wait_for_lmem_ready(struct xe_device *xe)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(wait_for_lmem_ready, ERRNO);

I liked how simple that is....

>  
>  static void update_device_info(struct xe_device *xe)
>  {
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tile.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tile.c
> index dda5268507d8..22c0a42af9c2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tile.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_tile.c
> @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
>   * Copyright © 2023 Intel Corporation
>   */
>  
> +#include <linux/fault-inject.h>
> +
>  #include <drm/drm_managed.h>
>  
>  #include "xe_device.h"
> @@ -99,6 +101,12 @@ static int xe_tile_alloc(struct xe_tile *tile)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static noinline int tile_init_early_inject_fault(void)
> +{
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(tile_init_early_inject_fault, ERRNO);
> +
>  /**
>   * xe_tile_init_early - Initialize the tile and primary GT
>   * @tile: Tile to initialize
> @@ -117,6 +125,16 @@ int xe_tile_init_early(struct xe_tile *tile, struct xe_device *xe, u8 id)
>  	tile->xe = xe;
>  	tile->id = id;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * The flow is modified because xe_tile_init_early() fails before the
> +	 * first possible error, from xe_tile_alloc(). It is does not match the
> +	 * 2nd requirement of
> +	 * fault-injection.html#requirements-for-the-error-injectable-functions
> +	 */

I'm afraid I didn't understand this.

and the name could perhaps start with fault_inject?!

or maybe:

xe_fault_inject_tile_init_early();

> +	err = tile_init_early_inject_fault();
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
>  	err = xe_tile_alloc(tile);
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_wopcm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_wopcm.c
> index 93c82825d896..88a201122a22 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_wopcm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_wopcm.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
>  
>  #include "xe_wopcm.h"
>  
> +#include <linux/fault-inject.h>
> +
>  #include "regs/xe_guc_regs.h"
>  #include "xe_device.h"
>  #include "xe_force_wake.h"
> @@ -268,3 +270,4 @@ int xe_wopcm_init(struct xe_wopcm *wopcm)
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> +ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(xe_wopcm_init, ERRNO);
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 


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