Hi Rob,
Yes it's exactly what I'm doing. Please scroll down and review my patch.
Thanks
Rui
On 12/10/14, Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> perhaps fb helpers could use __drm_modeset_lock_all() w/ trylock=true
> in panic context?
>
> BR,
> -R
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 7:09 PM, rui wang <ruiv.wang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Any comment ? Or any better idea how this should be fixed?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rui
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: ruiv.wang@xxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 22:11:35 +0800
>> Subject: [PATCH] drm: fb helper should avoid sleeping in panic context
>> To: airlied@xxxxxxxxxx, daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx, tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx,
>> bp@xxxxxxxxx, aris@xxxxxxxxxx, rui.y.wang@xxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> From: Rui Wang <rui.y.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> There are still some places in the fb helper that need to avoid
>> sleeping in panic context. Here's an example:
>>
>> [ 65.615496] bad: scheduling from the idle thread!
>> [ 65.620747] CPU: 92 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/92 Tainted: G M E
>> 3.18.0-rc4-7-default+ #20
>>
>> [ 65.630364] Hardware name: Intel Corporation BRICKLAND/BRICKLAND,
>> BIOS BRHSXSD1.86B.0056.R01.1409242327 09/24/2014
>> [ 65.641923] ffff88087f693d80 ffff88087f689878 ffffffff81566db9
>> 0000000000000000
>> [ 65.650226] ffff88087f693d80 ffff88087f689898 ffffffff810871ff
>> ffff88046eb3e0d0
>> [ 65.658527] ffff88087f693d80 ffff88087f6898c8 ffffffff8107c1fa
>> 000000017f6898b8
>> [ 65.666830] Call Trace:
>> [ 65.669557] <#MC> [<ffffffff81566db9>] dump_stack+0x46/0x58
>> [ 65.675994] [<ffffffff810871ff>] dequeue_task_idle+0x2f/0x40
>> [ 65.682412] [<ffffffff8107c1fa>] dequeue_task+0x5a/0x80
>> [ 65.688345] [<ffffffff810804f3>] deactivate_task+0x23/0x30
>> [ 65.694569] [<ffffffff81569050>] __schedule+0x580/0x7f0
>> [ 65.700502] [<ffffffff81569739>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x29/0x70
>> [ 65.707696] [<ffffffff8156abb6>] __ww_mutex_lock_slowpath+0xb8/0x162
>> [ 65.714891] [<ffffffff8156acb3>] __ww_mutex_lock+0x53/0x85
>> [ 65.721125] [<ffffffffa00b3a5d>] drm_modeset_lock+0x3d/0x110 [drm]
>> [ 65.728132] [<ffffffffa00b3c2a>] __drm_modeset_lock_all+0x8a/0x120
>> [drm]
>> [ 65.735721] [<ffffffffa00b3cd0>] drm_modeset_lock_all+0x10/0x30 [drm]
>> [ 65.743015] [<ffffffffa01af8bf>]
>> drm_fb_helper_pan_display+0x2f/0xf0 [drm_kms_helper]
>> [ 65.751857] [<ffffffff8132bd21>] fb_pan_display+0xd1/0x1a0
>> [ 65.758081] [<ffffffff81326010>] bit_update_start+0x20/0x50
>> [ 65.764400] [<ffffffff813259f2>] fbcon_switch+0x3a2/0x550
>> [ 65.770528] [<ffffffff813a01c9>] redraw_screen+0x189/0x240
>> [ 65.776750] [<ffffffff81322f8a>] fbcon_blank+0x20a/0x2d0
>> [ 65.782778] [<ffffffff8137d359>] ? erst_writer+0x209/0x330
>> [ 65.789002] [<ffffffff810ba2f3>] ? internal_add_timer+0x63/0x80
>> [ 65.795710] [<ffffffff810bc137>] ? mod_timer+0x127/0x1e0
>> [ 65.801740] [<ffffffff813a0cd8>] do_unblank_screen+0xa8/0x1d0
>> [ 65.808255] [<ffffffff813a0e10>] unblank_screen+0x10/0x20
>> [ 65.814381] [<ffffffff812ca0d9>] bust_spinlocks+0x19/0x40
>> [ 65.820508] [<ffffffff81561ca7>] panic+0x106/0x1f5
>> [ 65.825955] [<ffffffff8102336c>] mce_panic+0x2ac/0x2e0
>> [ 65.831789] [<ffffffff812c796a>] ? delay_tsc+0x4a/0x80
>> [ 65.837625] [<ffffffff81024e1f>] do_machine_check+0xbaf/0xbf0
>> [ 65.844138] [<ffffffff813365d7>] ? intel_idle+0xc7/0x150
>> [ 65.850166] [<ffffffff8156f03f>] machine_check+0x1f/0x30
>> [ 65.856195] [<ffffffff813365d7>] ? intel_idle+0xc7/0x150
>> [ 65.862222] <<EOE>> [<ffffffff814283d5>]
>> cpuidle_enter_state+0x55/0x170
>> [ 65.869823] [<ffffffff814285a7>] cpuidle_enter+0x17/0x20
>> [ 65.875852] [<ffffffff81097b08>] cpu_startup_entry+0x2d8/0x370
>> [ 65.882467] [<ffffffff8102fe29>] start_secondary+0x159/0x180
>>
>> There's __drm_modeset_lock_all() which Daniel Vetter introduced for this
>> purpose. We can leverage that without reinventing anything. This patch
>> works with the latest kernel.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rui Wang <rui.y.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 8 ++++++--
>> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>> index 0c0c39b..70dd2f4 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
>> @@ -732,7 +732,9 @@ int drm_fb_helper_setcmap(struct fb_cmap *cmap,
>> struct fb_info *info)
>> int i, j, rc = 0;
>> int start;
>>
>> - drm_modeset_lock_all(dev);
>> + if (__drm_modeset_lock_all(dev, !!oops_in_progress)) {
>> + return -EBUSY;
>> + }
>> if (!drm_fb_helper_is_bound(fb_helper)) {
>> drm_modeset_unlock_all(dev);
>> return -EBUSY;
>> @@ -910,7 +912,9 @@ int drm_fb_helper_pan_display(struct fb_var_screeninfo
>> *var,
>> int ret = 0;
>> int i;
>>
>> - drm_modeset_lock_all(dev);
>> + if (__drm_modeset_lock_all(dev, !!oops_in_progress)) {
>> + return -EBUSY;
>> + }
>> if (!drm_fb_helper_is_bound(fb_helper)) {
>> drm_modeset_unlock_all(dev);
>> return -EBUSY;
>> --
>> 1.7.5.4
>>
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