Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm/i915: Move error uevent to detection time

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On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:42:48PM -0700, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> We've recently deferred error handling with a workqueue for a number of
> reasons. However, when we're trying to pass the information to
> userspace, it's likely more interesting to know when the error was
> detected by the kernel, and not when we eventually get around to
> handling it in the workqueue.
> 
> This was inspired as a result of the patch to move these events to the
> uapi.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
> index 9910699..9fe430a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_irq.c
> @@ -1435,13 +1435,10 @@ static void i915_error_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
>  						    gpu_error);
>  	struct drm_device *dev = dev_priv->dev;
>  	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring;
> -	char *error_event[] = { "ERROR=1", NULL };
>  	char *reset_event[] = { "RESET=1", NULL };
>  	char *reset_done_event[] = { "ERROR=0", NULL };
>  	int i, ret;
>  
> -	kobject_uevent_env(&dev->primary->kdev.kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, error_event);
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * Note that there's only one work item which does gpu resets, so we
>  	 * need not worry about concurrent gpu resets potentially incrementing
> @@ -1594,11 +1591,14 @@ void i915_handle_error(struct drm_device *dev, bool wedged)
>  {
>  	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
>  	struct intel_ring_buffer *ring;
> +	char *error_event[] = { "ERROR=1", NULL };
>  	int i;
>  
>  	i915_capture_error_state(dev);
>  	i915_report_and_clear_eir(dev);
>  
> +	kobject_uevent_env(&dev->primary->kdev.kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, error_event);
> +
>  	if (wedged) {
>  		atomic_set_mask(I915_RESET_IN_PROGRESS_FLAG,
>  				&dev_priv->gpu_error.reset_counter);

This leaves the reset counter unchanged prior to the uevent, if you move
the uevent signalling down to just before the queue_work() there would
be no userspace visible changes (other than timing, which is a moot
point).

However, kobject_uevent_env() is not suitable for calling from
irq-context.
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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