Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/execlist: Mark up racy read of execlists->pending[0]

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Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Quoting Mika Kuoppala (2020-01-29 09:29:43)
>> Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > We write to execlists->pending[0] in process_csb() to acknowledge the
>> > completion of the ESLP update, outside of the main spinlock. When we
>> > check the current status of the previous submission in
>> > __execlists_submission_tasklet() we should therefore use READ_ONCE() to
>> > reflect and document the unsynchronized read.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c | 2 +-
>> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
>> > index cf6c43bd540a..058484958e87 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
>> > @@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ static void process_csb(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>> >  static void __execlists_submission_tasklet(struct intel_engine_cs *const engine)
>> >  {
>> >       lockdep_assert_held(&engine->active.lock);
>> > -     if (!engine->execlists.pending[0]) {
>> > +     if (!READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.pending[0])) {
>> 
>> With same token, should we also include assert_pending_invalid()
>> read of pending with READ_ONCE?
>
> That happens on the control paths, so the state of pending[] at that
> point should be static (and the compiler can be left to its own
> devices).

It should be static. Fair enough

Reviewed-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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