[PATCH v3 4/7] drm/xe/doc: Document device wedged and runtime survivability

Riana Tauro riana.tauro at intel.com
Wed Jul 2 14:11:14 UTC 2025


Add documentation for vendor specific device wedged recovery method
and runtime survivability.

Signed-off-by: Riana Tauro <riana.tauro at intel.com>
---
 Documentation/gpu/xe/index.rst             |  1 +
 Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_device.rst         | 10 +++++++
 Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_pcode.rst          |  6 +++--
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c             | 16 +++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++-----
 5 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_device.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/xe/index.rst b/Documentation/gpu/xe/index.rst
index 42ba6c263cd0..88b22fad880e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/xe/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/xe/index.rst
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ DG2, etc is provided to prototype the driver.
    xe_tile
    xe_debugging
    xe_devcoredump
+   xe_device
    xe-drm-usage-stats.rst
    xe_configfs
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_device.rst b/Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_device.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9b962169919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_device.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0+ OR MIT)
+
+.. _xe-device-wedging:
+
+==================
+Xe Device Wedging
+==================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
+   :doc: Device Wedging
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_pcode.rst b/Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_pcode.rst
index 5937ef3599b0..2a43601123cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_pcode.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/xe/xe_pcode.rst
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ Internal API
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pcode.c
    :internal:
 
+.. _xe-survivability-mode:
+
 ==================
-Boot Survivability
+Survivability Mode
 ==================
 
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c
-   :doc: Xe Boot Survivability
+   :doc: Survivability Mode
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
index 5defa54ccd26..d6b680abc3ae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
@@ -1119,6 +1119,22 @@ static void xe_device_wedged_fini(struct drm_device *drm, void *arg)
 	xe_pm_runtime_put(xe);
 }
 
+/**
+ * DOC: Device Wedging
+ *
+ * Xe driver uses device wedged uevent as documented in Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst.
+ *
+ * When device is in wedged state, every IOCTL will be blocked and GT cannot be
+ * used. Certain critical errors like gt reset failure, firmware failures can cause
+ * the device to be wedged. The default recovery mechanism for a wedged state
+ * is re-probe (unbind + bind)
+ *
+ * However, CSC firmware errors require a firmware flash to restore normal device
+ * operation. Since firmware flash is a vendor-specific action ``WEDGED=vendor-specific``
+ * recovery method along with :ref:`runtime survivability mode <xe-survivability-mode>`
+ * is used to notify userspace.
+ */
+
 /**
  * xe_device_declare_wedged - Declare device wedged
  * @xe: xe device instance
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c
index e1adcb33c9b0..0dc8fd77a9f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c
@@ -21,15 +21,18 @@
 #define MAX_SCRATCH_MMIO 8
 
 /**
- * DOC: Xe Boot Survivability
+ * DOC: Survivability Mode
  *
- * Boot Survivability is a software based workflow for recovering a system in a failed boot state
+ * Survivability Mode is a software based workflow for recovering a system in a failed boot state
  * Here system recoverability is concerned with recovering the firmware responsible for boot.
  *
- * This is implemented by loading the driver with bare minimum (no drm card) to allow the firmware
- * to be flashed through mei and collect telemetry. The driver's probe flow is modified
- * such that it enters survivability mode when pcode initialization is incomplete and boot status
- * denotes a failure.
+ * Boot Survivability
+ * ===================
+ *
+ * Boot Survivability is implemented by loading the driver with bare minimum (no drm card) to allow
+ * the firmware to be flashed through mei and collect telemetry. The driver's probe flow is
+ * modified such that it enters survivability mode when pcode initialization is incomplete and boot
+ * status denotes a failure.
  *
  * Survivability mode can also be entered manually using the survivability mode attribute available
  * through configfs which is beneficial in several usecases. It can be used to address scenarios
@@ -55,6 +58,22 @@
  *	Provides history of previous failures
  * Auxiliary Information
  *	Certain failures may have information in addition to postcode information
+ *
+ * Runtime Survivability
+ * =====================
+ *
+ * Certain runtime firmware errors can cause the device to enter a non-recoverable state
+ * (:ref:`xe-device-wedging`) requiring a firmware flash to restore normal operation.
+ * Runtime Survivability Mode indicates that a firmware flash is necessary to recover the device and
+ * is indicated by the presence of survivability mode sysfs::
+ *
+ *	/sys/bus/pci/devices/<device>/surivability_mode
+ *
+ * Survivability mode sysfs provides information about the type of survivability mode.
+ *
+ * When such errors occur, userspace is notified with the drm device wedged uevent and runtime
+ * survivability mode. User can then initiate a firmware flash to restore device to normal
+ * operation.
  */
 
 static u32 aux_history_offset(u32 reg_value)
-- 
2.47.1



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