Re: [PATCH 16/22] drm/i915/guc: Release submit fence from an IRQ

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On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 06:51:33AM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> A subsequent patch will flip the locking hierarchy from
> ce->guc_state.lock -> sched_engine->lock to sched_engine->lock ->
> ce->guc_state.lock. As such we need to release the submit fence for a
> request from an IRQ to break a lock inversion - i.e. the fence must be
> release went holding ce->guc_state.lock and the releasing of the can
> acquire sched_engine->lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@xxxxxxxxx>

Title should be "irq work", otherwise it reads a bit strange. Also these
kind of nestings would be good to document in the kerneldoc too (maybe as
you go even).
-Daniel

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h               |  5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> index 8c560ed14976..9ae4633aa7cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> @@ -2017,6 +2017,14 @@ static const struct intel_context_ops guc_context_ops = {
>  	.create_virtual = guc_create_virtual,
>  };
>  
> +static void submit_work_cb(struct irq_work *wrk)
> +{
> +	struct i915_request *rq = container_of(wrk, typeof(*rq), submit_work);
> +
> +	might_lock(&rq->engine->sched_engine->lock);
> +	i915_sw_fence_complete(&rq->submit);
> +}
> +
>  static void __guc_signal_context_fence(struct intel_context *ce)
>  {
>  	struct i915_request *rq;
> @@ -2026,8 +2034,12 @@ static void __guc_signal_context_fence(struct intel_context *ce)
>  	if (!list_empty(&ce->guc_state.fences))
>  		trace_intel_context_fence_release(ce);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Use an IRQ to ensure locking order of sched_engine->lock ->
> +	 * ce->guc_state.lock is preserved.
> +	 */
>  	list_for_each_entry(rq, &ce->guc_state.fences, guc_fence_link)
> -		i915_sw_fence_complete(&rq->submit);
> +		irq_work_queue(&rq->submit_work);
>  
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->guc_state.fences);
>  }
> @@ -2137,6 +2149,7 @@ static int guc_request_alloc(struct i915_request *rq)
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
>  	if (context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce) ||
>  	    context_pending_disable(ce)) {
> +		init_irq_work(&rq->submit_work, submit_work_cb);
>  		i915_sw_fence_await(&rq->submit);
>  
>  		list_add_tail(&rq->guc_fence_link, &ce->guc_state.fences);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
> index 1bc1349ba3c2..d818cfbfc41d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
> @@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ struct i915_request {
>  	};
>  	struct llist_head execute_cb;
>  	struct i915_sw_fence semaphore;
> +	/**
> +	 * @submit_work: complete submit fence from an IRQ if needed for
> +	 * locking hierarchy reasons.
> +	 */
> +	struct irq_work submit_work;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * A list of everyone we wait upon, and everyone who waits upon us.
> -- 
> 2.32.0
> 

-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch



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