[PATCH v4] drm/xe: Make VMA tile_present, tile_invalidated access rules clear

Thomas Hellström thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com
Tue Jun 3 10:06:46 UTC 2025


On Mon, 2025-06-02 at 09:44 -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> Document VMA tile_invalidated access rules, use READ_ONCE /
> WRITE_ONCE
> for opportunistic checks of tile_present and tile_invalidated, move
> tile_invalidated state change from page fault handler to PT code
> under
> the correct locks, and add lockdep asserts to TLB invalidation paths.
> 
> v2:
>  - Assert VM dma-resv lock rather than BO in zap PTEs
> v3:
>  - Back to BO's dma-resv lock, adjust documentation
> v4:
>  - Add WRITE_ONCE in xe_vm_invalidate_vma (Thomas)
>  - Change lockdep assert for userptr in xe_vm_invalidate_vma (CI)
>  - Take userptr notifier lock in read mode in xe_vm_userptr_pin
> before
>    calling xe_vm_invalidate_vma (CI)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c | 11 +++++++----
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c           | 16 +++++++++++++---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c           | 19 +++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h     | 11 +++++++++--
>  4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c
> index 7a8f87709e39..05fbc83c64b7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_gt_pagefault.c
> @@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ static bool access_is_atomic(enum access_type
> access_type)
>  
>  static bool vma_is_valid(struct xe_tile *tile, struct xe_vma *vma)
>  {
> -	return BIT(tile->id) & vma->tile_present &&
> -		!(BIT(tile->id) & vma->tile_invalidated);
> +	/*
> +	 * Advisory only check whether the VMA currently has a valid
> mapping,
> +	 * READ_ONCE pairs with WRITE_ONCE in xe_pt.c
> +	 */
> +	return BIT(tile->id) & READ_ONCE(vma->tile_present) &&
> +		!(BIT(tile->id) & READ_ONCE(vma->tile_invalidated));
>  }
>  
>  
> @@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ static int handle_vma_pagefault(struct xe_gt *gt,
> struct xe_vma *vma,
>  
>  	trace_xe_vma_pagefault(vma);
>  
> -	/* Check if VMA is valid */
> +	/* Check if VMA is valid, opportunistic check only */
>  	if (vma_is_valid(tile, vma) && !atomic)
>  		return 0;
>  
> @@ -158,7 +162,6 @@ static int handle_vma_pagefault(struct xe_gt *gt,
> struct xe_vma *vma,
>  
>  	dma_fence_wait(fence, false);
>  	dma_fence_put(fence);
> -	vma->tile_invalidated &= ~BIT(tile->id);
>  
>  unlock_dma_resv:
>  	drm_exec_fini(&exec);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
> index c9c41fbe125c..f39d5cc9f411 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
> @@ -907,6 +907,11 @@ bool xe_pt_zap_ptes(struct xe_tile *tile, struct
> xe_vma *vma)
>  	struct xe_pt *pt = xe_vma_vm(vma)->pt_root[tile->id];
>  	u8 pt_mask = (vma->tile_present & ~vma->tile_invalidated);
>  
> +	if (xe_vma_bo(vma))
> +		xe_bo_assert_held(xe_vma_bo(vma));
> +	else if (xe_vma_is_userptr(vma))
> +		lockdep_assert_held(&xe_vma_vm(vma)-
> >userptr.notifier_lock);
> +
>  	if (!(pt_mask & BIT(tile->id)))
>  		return false;
>  
> @@ -2191,10 +2196,15 @@ static void bind_op_commit(struct xe_vm *vm,
> struct xe_tile *tile,
>  					   DMA_RESV_USAGE_KERNEL :
>  					   DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP);
>  	}
> -	vma->tile_present |= BIT(tile->id);
> -	vma->tile_staged &= ~BIT(tile->id);
> +	/* All WRITE_ONCE pair with READ_ONCE in xe_gt_pagefault.c
> */
> +	WRITE_ONCE(vma->tile_present, vma->tile_present | BIT(tile-
> >id));
>  	if (invalidate_on_bind)
> -		vma->tile_invalidated |= BIT(tile->id);
> +		WRITE_ONCE(vma->tile_invalidated,
> +			   vma->tile_invalidated | BIT(tile->id));
> +	else
> +		WRITE_ONCE(vma->tile_invalidated,
> +			   vma->tile_invalidated & ~BIT(tile->id));
> +	vma->tile_staged &= ~BIT(tile->id);
>  	if (xe_vma_is_userptr(vma)) {
>  		lockdep_assert_held_read(&vm-
> >userptr.notifier_lock);
>  		to_userptr_vma(vma)->userptr.initial_bind = true;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
> index 7140d8856bad..18f967ce1f1a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
> @@ -732,7 +732,9 @@ int xe_vm_userptr_pin(struct xe_vm *vm)
>  					     
> DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP,
>  					      false,
> MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
>  
> +			down_read(&vm->userptr.notifier_lock);
>  			err = xe_vm_invalidate_vma(&uvma->vma);
> +			up_read(&vm->userptr.notifier_lock);

Hm. Why are we calling xe_vm_invalidate_vma() here to begin with? Isn't
the reason we end up here that the userptr was already invalidated?


>  			xe_vm_unlock(vm);
>  			if (err)
>  				break;
> @@ -3853,6 +3855,7 @@ void xe_vm_unlock(struct xe_vm *vm)
>  int xe_vm_invalidate_vma(struct xe_vma *vma)
>  {
>  	struct xe_device *xe = xe_vma_vm(vma)->xe;
> +	struct xe_vm *vm = xe_vma_vm(vma);
>  	struct xe_tile *tile;
>  	struct xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_fence
>  		fence[XE_MAX_TILES_PER_DEVICE * XE_MAX_GT_PER_TILE];
> @@ -3864,17 +3867,24 @@ int xe_vm_invalidate_vma(struct xe_vma *vma)
>  	xe_assert(xe, !xe_vma_is_cpu_addr_mirror(vma));
>  	trace_xe_vma_invalidate(vma);
>  
> -	vm_dbg(&xe_vma_vm(vma)->xe->drm,
> +	vm_dbg(&vm->xe->drm,
>  	       "INVALIDATE: addr=0x%016llx, range=0x%016llx",
>  		xe_vma_start(vma), xe_vma_size(vma));
>  
> -	/* Check that we don't race with page-table updates */
> +	/*
> +	 * Check that we don't race with page-table updates,
> tile_invalidated
> +	 * update is safe
> +	 */
>  	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING)) {
>  		if (xe_vma_is_userptr(vma)) {
> +			lockdep_assert(lockdep_is_held_type(&vm-
> >userptr.notifier_lock, 0) ||
> +				       (lockdep_is_held_type(&vm-
> >userptr.notifier_lock, 1) &&
> +					lockdep_is_held(&xe_vm_resv(
> vm)->lock.base)));
> +
>  			WARN_ON_ONCE(!mmu_interval_check_retry
>  				     (&to_userptr_vma(vma)-
> >userptr.notifier,
>  				      to_userptr_vma(vma)-
> >userptr.notifier_seq));
> -
> 			WARN_ON_ONCE(!dma_resv_test_signaled(xe_vm_resv(xe_vma_vm(vma)),
> +			WARN_ON_ONCE(!dma_resv_test_signaled(xe_vm_r
> esv(vm),
>  							    
> DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP));
>  
>  		} else {
> @@ -3914,7 +3924,8 @@ int xe_vm_invalidate_vma(struct xe_vma *vma)
>  	for (id = 0; id < fence_id; ++id)
>  		xe_gt_tlb_invalidation_fence_wait(&fence[id]);
>  
> -	vma->tile_invalidated = vma->tile_mask;
> +	/* WRITE_ONCE pair with READ_ONCE in xe_gt_pagefault.c */
> +	WRITE_ONCE(vma->tile_invalidated, vma->tile_mask);
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
> index 0e1318a15c9e..4275f71a74dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_types.h
> @@ -100,14 +100,21 @@ struct xe_vma {
>  		struct work_struct destroy_work;
>  	};
>  
> -	/** @tile_invalidated: VMA has been invalidated */
> +	/**
> +	 * @tile_invalidated: Tile mask of binding are invalidated
> for this VMA.
> +	 * protected by BO's resv and for userptrs, vm-
> >userptr.notifier_lock in
> +	 * write mode for writing or vm->userptr.notifier_lock in
> read mode and
> +	 * the vm->resv. For stable reading, BO's resv or useptr
s/userptr/useptr/

> +	 * vm->userptr.notifier_lock in read mode is required. Can
> be
> +	 * opportunisticly read with READ_ONCE outside of locks.

opportunistically

> +	 */
>  	u8 tile_invalidated;
>  
>  	/** @tile_mask: Tile mask of where to create binding for
> this VMA */
>  	u8 tile_mask;
>  
>  	/**
> -	 * @tile_present: GT mask of binding are present for this
> VMA.
> +	 * @tile_present: Tile mask of binding are present for this
> VMA.
>  	 * protected by vm->lock, vm->resv and for userptrs,
>  	 * vm->userptr.notifier_lock for writing. Needs either for
> reading,
>  	 * but if reading is done under the vm->lock only, it needs
> to be held

Otherwise RB holds.
/Thomas



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