Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: Use synchronize_srcu_expedited() for resets

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Quoting Mika Kuoppala (2019-02-11 15:13:19)
> Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > We impose upon ourselves a strict timeout for resets (to ensure forward
> > progress by use of a failsafe). Prefer to use the expedited
> > synchronisation function in this case to reduce the likelihood of a
> > spurious delay being treated as a deadlock.
> 
> 5 seconds of spurious delay?

Past experience with rcu says over 30s is not unheard of; though it does
start to complain if the system skips over 120s without an rcu grace
period.
 
> Well, better to rule this one out,

Ulterior motive is that we still want fast resets :) We shouldn't upset
the RT crowd too much as we are only using this sparingly.
-Chris
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