[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] loader/dri3: Improve dri3 thread-safety

Nicolai Hähnle nhaehnle at gmail.com
Mon Nov 6 11:14:02 UTC 2017


On 03.11.2017 12:02, Thomas Hellstrom wrote:
> It turned out that with recent changes that call into dri3 from glFinish(),
> it appears like different thread end up waiting for X events simultaneously,
> causing deadlocks since they steal events from eachoter and update the dri3
> counters behind eachothers backs.
> 
> This patch intends to improve on that. It allows at most one thread at a
> time to wait on events for a single drawable. If another thread intends to
> do the same, it's put to sleep until the first thread finishes waiting, and
> then it rechecks counters and optionally retries the waiting. Threads that
> poll for X events never pulls X events off the event queue if there are
> other threads waiting for events on that drawable. Counters in the
> dri3 drawable structure are protected by a mutex. Finally, the mutex we
> introduce is never held while waiting for the X server to avoid
> unnecessary stalls.
> 
> This does not make dri3 drawables completely thread-safe but at least it's a
> first step.
> 
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102358
> Fixes: d5ba75f8881 "st/dri2 Plumb the flush_swapbuffer functionality through to dri3"
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom at vmware.com>
> ---
>   src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>   src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.h | 10 ++++++
>   2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.c b/src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.c
> index 19ab581..7e6b8b2 100644
> --- a/src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.c
> +++ b/src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
>   
>   #include <X11/Xlib-xcb.h>
>   
> -#include <c11/threads.h>
>   #include "loader_dri3_helper.h"
>   
>   /* From xmlpool/options.h, user exposed so should be stable */
> @@ -186,8 +185,11 @@ dri3_fence_await(xcb_connection_t *c, struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw,
>   {
>      xcb_flush(c);
>      xshmfence_await(buffer->shm_fence);
> -   if (draw)
> +   if (draw) {
> +      mtx_lock(&draw->mtx);
>         dri3_flush_present_events(draw);
> +      mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
> +   }
>   }
>   
>   static void
> @@ -245,6 +247,9 @@ loader_dri3_drawable_fini(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw)
>         xcb_discard_reply(draw->conn, cookie.sequence);
>         xcb_unregister_for_special_event(draw->conn, draw->special_event);
>      }
> +
> +   cnd_destroy(&draw->event_cnd);
> +   mtx_destroy(&draw->mtx);
>   }
>   
>   int
> @@ -276,6 +281,8 @@ loader_dri3_drawable_init(xcb_connection_t *conn,
>   
>      draw->cur_blit_source = -1;
>      draw->back_format = __DRI_IMAGE_FORMAT_NONE;
> +   mtx_init(&draw->mtx, mtx_plain);
> +   cnd_init(&draw->event_cnd);
>   
>      if (draw->ext->config)
>         draw->ext->config->configQueryi(draw->dri_screen,
> @@ -407,13 +414,27 @@ dri3_handle_present_event(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw,
>   }
>   
>   static bool
> -dri3_wait_for_event(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw)
> +dri3_wait_for_event_locked(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw)
>   {
>      xcb_generic_event_t *ev;
>      xcb_present_generic_event_t *ge;
>   
>      xcb_flush(draw->conn);

(Why) Doesn't the flush need to be protected as well? Can it be removed 
entirely given that it's already called from loader_dri3_wait_for_msc? 
Though dri3_find_back is different - why?

Apart from that, the patch does indeed look like a good first step, 
though Keep in mind that I'm not too familiar with this stuff...

Cheers,
Nicolai


> -   ev = xcb_wait_for_special_event(draw->conn, draw->special_event);
> +
> +   /* Only have one thread waiting for events at a time */
> +   if (draw->has_event_waiter) {
> +      cnd_wait(&draw->event_cnd, &draw->mtx);
> +      /* Another thread has updated the protected info, so retest. */
> +      return true;
> +   } else {
> +      draw->has_event_waiter = true;
> +      /* Allow other threads access to the drawable while we're waiting. */
> +      mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
> +      ev = xcb_wait_for_special_event(draw->conn, draw->special_event);
> +      mtx_lock(&draw->mtx);
> +      draw->has_event_waiter = false;
> +      cnd_broadcast(&draw->event_cnd);
> +   }
>      if (!ev)
>         return false;
>      ge = (void *) ev;
> @@ -442,19 +463,23 @@ loader_dri3_wait_for_msc(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw,
>                             divisor,
>                             remainder);
>   
> +   mtx_lock(&draw->mtx);
>      xcb_flush(draw->conn);
>   
>      /* Wait for the event */
>      if (draw->special_event) {
>         while ((int32_t) (msc_serial - draw->recv_msc_serial) > 0) {
> -         if (!dri3_wait_for_event(draw))
> +         if (!dri3_wait_for_event_locked(draw)) {
> +            mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>               return false;
> +         }
>         }
>      }
>   
>      *ust = draw->notify_ust;
>      *msc = draw->notify_msc;
>      *sbc = draw->recv_sbc;
> +   mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>   
>      return true;
>   }
> @@ -476,17 +501,21 @@ loader_dri3_wait_for_sbc(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw,
>       *      swaps requested with glXSwapBuffersMscOML for that window have
>       *      completed."
>       */
> +   mtx_lock(&draw->mtx);
>      if (!target_sbc)
>         target_sbc = draw->send_sbc;
>   
>      while (draw->recv_sbc < target_sbc) {
> -      if (!dri3_wait_for_event(draw))
> +      if (!dri3_wait_for_event_locked(draw)) {
> +         mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>            return 0;
> +      }
>      }
>   
>      *ust = draw->ust;
>      *msc = draw->msc;
>      *sbc = draw->recv_sbc;
> +   mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>      return 1;
>   }
>   
> @@ -499,16 +528,16 @@ static int
>   dri3_find_back(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw)
>   {
>      int b;
> -   xcb_generic_event_t *ev;
> -   xcb_present_generic_event_t *ge;
> -   int num_to_consider = draw->num_back;
> +   int num_to_consider;
>   
> +   mtx_lock(&draw->mtx);
>      /* Increase the likelyhood of reusing current buffer */
>      dri3_flush_present_events(draw);
>   
>      /* Check whether we need to reuse the current back buffer as new back.
>       * In that case, wait until it's not busy anymore.
>       */
> +   num_to_consider = draw->num_back;
>      if (!loader_dri3_have_image_blit(draw) && draw->cur_blit_source != -1) {
>         num_to_consider = 1;
>         draw->cur_blit_source = -1;
> @@ -521,15 +550,14 @@ dri3_find_back(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw)
>   
>            if (!buffer || !buffer->busy) {
>               draw->cur_back = id;
> +            mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>               return id;
>            }
>         }
> -      xcb_flush(draw->conn);
> -      ev = xcb_wait_for_special_event(draw->conn, draw->special_event);
> -      if (!ev)
> +      if (!dri3_wait_for_event_locked(draw)) {
> +         mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>            return -1;
> -      ge = (void *) ev;
> -      dri3_handle_present_event(draw, ge);
> +      }
>      }
>   }
>   
> @@ -745,6 +773,9 @@ dri3_flush_present_events(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw)
>      /* Check to see if any configuration changes have occurred
>       * since we were last invoked
>       */
> +   if (draw->has_event_waiter)
> +      return;
> +
>      if (draw->special_event) {
>         xcb_generic_event_t    *ev;
>   
> @@ -774,6 +805,7 @@ loader_dri3_swap_buffers_msc(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw,
>   
>      back = dri3_find_back_alloc(draw);
>   
> +   mtx_lock(&draw->mtx);
>      if (draw->is_different_gpu && back) {
>         /* Update the linear buffer before presenting the pixmap */
>         (void) loader_dri3_blit_image(draw,
> @@ -893,6 +925,7 @@ loader_dri3_swap_buffers_msc(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw,
>         if (draw->stamp)
>            ++(*draw->stamp);
>      }
> +   mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>   
>      draw->ext->flush->invalidate(draw->dri_drawable);
>   
> @@ -903,11 +936,14 @@ int
>   loader_dri3_query_buffer_age(struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw)
>   {
>      struct loader_dri3_buffer *back = dri3_find_back_alloc(draw);
> +   int ret;
>   
> -   if (!back || back->last_swap == 0)
> -      return 0;
> +   mtx_lock(&draw->mtx);
> +   ret = (!back || back->last_swap == 0) ? 0 :
> +      draw->send_sbc - back->last_swap + 1;
> +   mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>   
> -   return draw->send_sbc - back->last_swap + 1;
> +   return ret;
>   }
>   
>   /** loader_dri3_open
> @@ -1125,6 +1161,7 @@ static int
>   dri3_update_drawable(__DRIdrawable *driDrawable,
>                        struct loader_dri3_drawable *draw)
>   {
> +   mtx_lock(&draw->mtx);
>      if (draw->first_init) {
>         xcb_get_geometry_cookie_t                 geom_cookie;
>         xcb_get_geometry_reply_t                  *geom_reply;
> @@ -1165,8 +1202,10 @@ dri3_update_drawable(__DRIdrawable *driDrawable,
>   
>         geom_reply = xcb_get_geometry_reply(draw->conn, geom_cookie, NULL);
>   
> -      if (!geom_reply)
> +      if (!geom_reply) {
> +         mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>            return false;
> +      }
>   
>         draw->width = geom_reply->width;
>         draw->height = geom_reply->height;
> @@ -1198,6 +1237,7 @@ dri3_update_drawable(__DRIdrawable *driDrawable,
>         if (error) {
>            if (error->error_code != BadWindow) {
>               free(error);
> +            mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>               return false;
>            }
>            draw->is_pixmap = true;
> @@ -1206,6 +1246,7 @@ dri3_update_drawable(__DRIdrawable *driDrawable,
>         }
>      }
>      dri3_flush_present_events(draw);
> +   mtx_unlock(&draw->mtx);
>      return true;
>   }
>   
> diff --git a/src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.h b/src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.h
> index d3f4b0c..0dd37e9 100644
> --- a/src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.h
> +++ b/src/loader/loader_dri3_helper.h
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
>   
>   #include <GL/gl.h>
>   #include <GL/internal/dri_interface.h>
> +#include <c11/threads.h>
>   
>   enum loader_dri3_buffer_type {
>      loader_dri3_buffer_back = 0,
> @@ -159,6 +160,15 @@ struct loader_dri3_drawable {
>   
>      unsigned int swap_method;
>      unsigned int back_format;
> +
> +   /* Currently protects the following fields:
> +    * event_cnd, has_event_waiter,
> +    * recv_sbc, ust, msc, recv_msc_serial,
> +    * notify_ust, notify_msc
> +    */
> +   mtx_t mtx;
> +   cnd_t event_cnd;
> +   bool has_event_waiter;
>   };
>   
>   void
> 


-- 
Lerne, wie die Welt wirklich ist,
Aber vergiss niemals, wie sie sein sollte.


More information about the mesa-dev mailing list