On context retiring, we may invoke the kernel_context to unpin this context. Elsewhere, we may use the kernel_context to modify this context. This currently leads to an AB-BA lock inversion, so we need to back-off from the contended lock, and repeat. Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111732 Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c index ee9d2bcd2c13..4fcb98f96da6 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c @@ -310,10 +310,8 @@ int intel_context_prepare_remote_request(struct intel_context *ce, GEM_BUG_ON(rq->hw_context == ce); if (rcu_access_pointer(rq->timeline) != tl) { /* timeline sharing! */ - err = mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(&tl->mutex, - SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING); - if (err) - return err; + if (!mutex_trylock(&tl->mutex)) + return -EAGAIN; /* Queue this switch after current activity by this context. */ err = i915_active_fence_set(&tl->last_request, rq); -- 2.24.0 _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx