It will hit deadlock in svm_range_restore_work ramdonly. Detail as below: 1.svm_range_restore_work ->svm_range_list_lock_and_flush_work ->mmap_write_lock 2.svm_range_restore_work ->svm_range_validate_and_map ->amdgpu_vm_update_range ->amdgpu_vm_ptes_update ->amdgpu_vm_pt_alloc ->svm_range_evict_svm_bo_worker ->mmap_read_lock(deadlock here, because already get mmap_write_lock) How to fix? Downgrade the write lock to read lock. Signed-off-by: Emily Deng <Emily.Deng@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c index bd3e20d981e0..c907e2de3dde 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_svm.c @@ -1841,6 +1841,7 @@ static void svm_range_restore_work(struct work_struct *work) mutex_lock(&process_info->lock); svm_range_list_lock_and_flush_work(svms, mm); mutex_lock(&svms->lock); + mmap_write_downgrade(mm); evicted_ranges = atomic_read(&svms->evicted_ranges); @@ -1890,7 +1891,7 @@ static void svm_range_restore_work(struct work_struct *work) out_reschedule: mutex_unlock(&svms->lock); - mmap_write_unlock(mm); + mmap_read_unlock(mm); mutex_unlock(&process_info->lock); /* If validation failed, reschedule another attempt */ -- 2.34.1