Quoting Chris Wilson (2019-11-26 12:18:07) > Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2019-11-26 12:15:58) > > > > On 26/11/2019 06:55, Chris Wilson wrote: > > > 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); > > > > > > > Please just drop a short comment above the trylock since with git blame > > it is often very hard to find the commit. > > Ok. I'm still hoping to find another way to provide the serialisation > cleanly, but with engine_retire() being more aggressive, the rate of > contention has increased :( Hmm. Staring at i915_active_fence_set()... That could be made to be atomic with only a small amount of hassle. (By small, I mean by the usual RCU standards.) -Chris _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
