[PATCH 1/3] drm/xe/vm: Don't pin the vm_resv during validation

Thomas Hellström thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com
Thu Aug 21 14:30:43 UTC 2025


The pinning has the odd side-effect that unlocking *any* resv
during validation triggers an "unlocking pinned lock" warning.

Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
Fixes: 9d5558649f68 ("drm/xe: Rework eviction rejection of bound external bos")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c |  5 ++---
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h | 15 ++-------------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
index 6fea39842e1e..11eaf3b06766 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
@@ -2468,7 +2468,6 @@ int xe_bo_validate(struct xe_bo *bo, struct xe_vm *vm, bool allow_res_evict)
 		.no_wait_gpu = false,
 		.gfp_retry_mayfail = true,
 	};
-	struct pin_cookie cookie;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (vm) {
@@ -2479,10 +2478,10 @@ int xe_bo_validate(struct xe_bo *bo, struct xe_vm *vm, bool allow_res_evict)
 		ctx.resv = xe_vm_resv(vm);
 	}
 
-	cookie = xe_vm_set_validating(vm, allow_res_evict);
+	xe_vm_set_validating(vm, allow_res_evict);
 	trace_xe_bo_validate(bo);
 	ret = ttm_bo_validate(&bo->ttm, &bo->placement, &ctx);
-	xe_vm_clear_validating(vm, allow_res_evict, cookie);
+	xe_vm_clear_validating(vm, allow_res_evict);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h
index 2f213737c7e5..2ecb417c19a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h
@@ -315,22 +315,14 @@ void xe_vm_snapshot_free(struct xe_vm_snapshot *snap);
  * Register this task as currently making bos resident for the vm. Intended
  * to avoid eviction by the same task of shared bos bound to the vm.
  * Call with the vm's resv lock held.
- *
- * Return: A pin cookie that should be used for xe_vm_clear_validating().
  */
-static inline struct pin_cookie xe_vm_set_validating(struct xe_vm *vm,
-						     bool allow_res_evict)
+static inline void xe_vm_set_validating(struct xe_vm *vm, bool allow_res_evict)
 {
-	struct pin_cookie cookie = {};
-
 	if (vm && !allow_res_evict) {
 		xe_vm_assert_held(vm);
-		cookie = lockdep_pin_lock(&xe_vm_resv(vm)->lock.base);
 		/* Pairs with READ_ONCE in xe_vm_is_validating() */
 		WRITE_ONCE(vm->validating, current);
 	}
-
-	return cookie;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -338,17 +330,14 @@ static inline struct pin_cookie xe_vm_set_validating(struct xe_vm *vm,
  * @vm: Pointer to the vm or NULL
  * @allow_res_evict: Eviction from @vm was allowed. Must be set to the same
  * value as for xe_vm_set_validation().
- * @cookie: Cookie obtained from xe_vm_set_validating().
  *
  * Register this task as currently making bos resident for the vm. Intended
  * to avoid eviction by the same task of shared bos bound to the vm.
  * Call with the vm's resv lock held.
  */
-static inline void xe_vm_clear_validating(struct xe_vm *vm, bool allow_res_evict,
-					  struct pin_cookie cookie)
+static inline void xe_vm_clear_validating(struct xe_vm *vm, bool allow_res_evict)
 {
 	if (vm && !allow_res_evict) {
-		lockdep_unpin_lock(&xe_vm_resv(vm)->lock.base, cookie);
 		/* Pairs with READ_ONCE in xe_vm_is_validating() */
 		WRITE_ONCE(vm->validating, NULL);
 	}
-- 
2.50.1



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