Re: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Make the submission path memory reclaim safe

[Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/11/2024 13:46, Christian König wrote:
> Am 22.11.24 um 12:34 schrieb Tvrtko Ursulin:
> > On 13/11/2024 14:42, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> > > On 13/11/2024 14:26, Christian König wrote:
> > > > Am 13.11.24 um 14:48 schrieb Tvrtko Ursulin:
> > > > > From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > As commit 746ae46c1113 ("drm/sched: Mark scheduler work queues with 
> > > > > WQ_MEM_RECLAIM")
> > > > > points out, ever since
> > > > > a6149f039369 ("drm/sched: Convert drm scheduler to use a work queue 
> > > > > rather than kthread"),
> > > > > any workqueue flushing done from the job submission path must only
> > > > > involve memory reclaim safe workqueues to be safe against reclaim
> > > > > deadlocks.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is also pointed out by workqueue sanity checks:
> > > > >
> > > > >   [ ] workqueue: WQ_MEM_RECLAIM sdma0:drm_sched_run_job_work 
> > > > > [gpu_sched] is flushing !WQ_MEM_RECLAIM 
> > > > > events:amdgpu_device_delay_enable_gfx_off [amdgpu]
> > > > > ...
> > > > >   [ ] Workqueue: sdma0 drm_sched_run_job_work [gpu_sched]
> > > > > ...
> > > > >   [ ] Call Trace:
> > > > >   [ ]  <TASK>
> > > > > ...
> > > > >   [ ]  ? check_flush_dependency+0xf5/0x110
> > > > > ...
> > > > >   [ ]  cancel_delayed_work_sync+0x6e/0x80
> > > > >   [ ]  amdgpu_gfx_off_ctrl+0xab/0x140 [amdgpu]
> > > > >   [ ]  amdgpu_ring_alloc+0x40/0x50 [amdgpu]
> > > > >   [ ]  amdgpu_ib_schedule+0xf4/0x810 [amdgpu]
> > > > >   [ ]  ? drm_sched_run_job_work+0x22c/0x430 [gpu_sched]
> > > > >   [ ]  amdgpu_job_run+0xaa/0x1f0 [amdgpu]
> > > > >   [ ]  drm_sched_run_job_work+0x257/0x430 [gpu_sched]
> > > > >   [ ]  process_one_work+0x217/0x720
> > > > > ...
> > > > >   [ ]  </TASK>
> > > > >
> > > > > Fix this by creating a memory reclaim safe driver workqueue and 
> > > > > make the
> > > > > submission path use it.
> > > >
> > > > Oh well, that is a really good catch! I wasn't aware the workqueues 
> > > > could be blocked by memory reclaim as well.
> > >
> > > Only credit I can take is for the habit that I often run with many 
> > > kernel debugging aids enabled.
> >
> > Although this one actually isn't even under "Kernel hacking".
> >
> > > > Do we have system wide workqueues for that? It seems a bit overkill 
> > > > that amdgpu has to allocate one on his own.
> > >
> > > I wondered the same but did not find any. Only ones I am aware of are 
> > > system_wq&co created in workqueue_init_early().
> >
> > Gentle ping on this. I don't have any better ideas that creating a new 
> > wq.
>
> It took me a moment to realize, but I now think this warning message is 
> a false positive.
>
> What happens is that the code calls cancel_delayed_work_sync().
>
> If the work item never run because of lack of memory then it can just be 
> canceled.
>
> If the work item is running then we will block for it to finish.
>
> There is no need to use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM for the workqueue or do I miss 
> something?
>
> If I'm not completely mistaken you stumbled over a bug in the warning 
> code instead :)

Hmm your thinking sounds convincing.

Adding Tejun if he has time to help brainstorm this.

Question is - does check_flush_dependency() need to skip the 
!WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flushing WQ_MEM_RECLAIM warning *if* the work is already 
running *and* it was called from cancel_delayed_work_sync()?

Regards,

Tvrtko

> > > > Apart from that looks good to me.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Christian.
> > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > References: 746ae46c1113 ("drm/sched: Mark scheduler work queues 
> > > > > with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM")
> > > > > Fixes: a6149f039369 ("drm/sched: Convert drm scheduler to use a 
> > > > > work queue rather than kthread")
> > > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Philipp Stanner <pstanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h     |  2 ++
> > > > >   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c | 25 
> > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c |  5 +++--
> > > > >   3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h 
> > > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
> > > > > index 7645e498faa4..a6aad687537e 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
> > > > > @@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ extern int amdgpu_agp;
> > > > >   extern int amdgpu_wbrf;
> > > > > +extern struct workqueue_struct *amdgpu_reclaim_wq;
> > > > > +
> > > > >   #define AMDGPU_VM_MAX_NUM_CTX            4096
> > > > >   #define AMDGPU_SG_THRESHOLD            (256*1024*1024)
> > > > >   #define AMDGPU_WAIT_IDLE_TIMEOUT_IN_MS            3000
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c 
> > > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
> > > > > index 38686203bea6..f5b7172e8042 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
> > > > > @@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ struct amdgpu_watchdog_timer 
> > > > > amdgpu_watchdog_timer = {
> > > > >       .period = 0x0, /* default to 0x0 (timeout disable) */
> > > > >   };
> > > > > +struct workqueue_struct *amdgpu_reclaim_wq;
> > > > > +
> > > > >   /**
> > > > >    * DOC: vramlimit (int)
> > > > >    * Restrict the total amount of VRAM in MiB for testing. The 
> > > > > default is 0 (Use full VRAM).
> > > > > @@ -2971,6 +2973,21 @@ static struct pci_driver 
> > > > > amdgpu_kms_pci_driver = {
> > > > >       .dev_groups = amdgpu_sysfs_groups,
> > > > >   };
> > > > > +static int amdgpu_wq_init(void)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +    amdgpu_reclaim_wq =
> > > > > +        alloc_workqueue("amdgpu-reclaim", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
> > > > > +    if (!amdgpu_reclaim_wq)
> > > > > +        return -ENOMEM;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +    return 0;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > > +static void amdgpu_wq_fini(void)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +    destroy_workqueue(amdgpu_reclaim_wq);
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > >   static int __init amdgpu_init(void)
> > > > >   {
> > > > >       int r;
> > > > > @@ -2978,6 +2995,10 @@ static int __init amdgpu_init(void)
> > > > >       if (drm_firmware_drivers_only())
> > > > >           return -EINVAL;
> > > > > +    r = amdgpu_wq_init();
> > > > > +    if (r)
> > > > > +        goto error_wq;
> > > > > +
> > > > >       r = amdgpu_sync_init();
> > > > >       if (r)
> > > > >           goto error_sync;
> > > > > @@ -3006,6 +3027,9 @@ static int __init amdgpu_init(void)
> > > > >       amdgpu_sync_fini();
> > > > >   error_sync:
> > > > > +    amdgpu_wq_fini();
> > > > > +
> > > > > +error_wq:
> > > > >       return r;
> > > > >   }
> > > > > @@ -3017,6 +3041,7 @@ static void __exit amdgpu_exit(void)
> > > > >       amdgpu_acpi_release();
> > > > >       amdgpu_sync_fini();
> > > > >       amdgpu_fence_slab_fini();
> > > > > +    amdgpu_wq_fini();
> > > > >       mmu_notifier_synchronize();
> > > > >       amdgpu_xcp_drv_release();
> > > > >   }
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c 
> > > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c
> > > > > index 2f3f09dfb1fd..f8fd71d9382f 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gfx.c
> > > > > @@ -790,8 +790,9 @@ void amdgpu_gfx_off_ctrl(struct amdgpu_device 
> > > > > *adev, bool enable)
> > > > >                           AMD_IP_BLOCK_TYPE_GFX, true))
> > > > >                       adev->gfx.gfx_off_state = true;
> > > > >               } else {
> > > > > - schedule_delayed_work(&adev->gfx.gfx_off_delay_work,
> > > > > -                          delay);
> > > > > +                queue_delayed_work(amdgpu_reclaim_wq,
> > > > > + &adev->gfx.gfx_off_delay_work,
> > > > > +                           delay);
> > > > >               }
> > > > >           }
> > > > >       } else {