Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Allow unready gpu to be reset on gen8

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On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 11:41:07AM +0200, Mika Kuoppala wrote:
> Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 11:25:08AM +0200, Mika Kuoppala wrote:
> >> Gen9 has had demonstrated cases where forcing a not ready gpu
> >> into reset has caused system hang [1].
> >> 
> >> Gen8 has never to this date demonstrated such behaviour.
> >> 
> >> In our CI tests there have been two cases of bsw ending in a state
> >> where it claims it is not ready for reset, based on reset request,
> >> after gpu hang [2]. Both of these cases have happened with kernel
> >> where there are lots of debugs enabled. So it is possible that
> >> something timing related is at play here like that wait_for_register()
> >> usleep wakeups collide badly with forcewake.
> >> 
> >> If we assume that gen8 is safe to reset even with claims of nonreadiness,
> >> we can alleviate this situations by forcing a reset and revive the gpu.
> >> Enhance logging so that it will be clear what conditions led to decision
> >> of proceeding or bailing out, so that we will spot if this way of forcing
> >> our will against gpu turns out to be foolhardy.
> >> 
> >> v2: - add bugzilla entry for bsw behaviour (Chris)
> >>     - improve commit message
> >> 
> >> References [1]: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89959
> >> References [2]: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92774
> >> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Tomi Sarvela <tomix.p.sarvela@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c | 9 ++++++++-
> >>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
> >> index f0f97b2..47c17f2 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
> >> @@ -1504,7 +1504,14 @@ not_ready:
> >>  		I915_WRITE(RING_RESET_CTL(engine->mmio_base),
> >>  			   _MASKED_BIT_DISABLE(RESET_CTL_REQUEST_RESET));
> >>  
> >> -	return -EIO;
> >> +	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 9) {
> >> +		DRM_ERROR("Reset would risk system stability, bailing out\n");
> >> +		return -EIO;
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >> +	DRM_ERROR("Forcing non ready gpu into reset\n");
> >
> > DRM_ERROR will cause dmes-warn failures when running igt. If we agree that
> > this is ok, it should be at most DRM_INFO. I'd got with DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER.
> > Ack with that change.
> 
> This is in the category 'shouldn't never happen' so I would prefer
> igt to complain loudly if it can't request reset.
> 
> The real culprit was forcewakes missing on reset path, so
> this patch can be forgotten and only resurrected if,
> even with forcewake fix in, gen8 fails to request reset.
> 
> Here is the patch that fixed the underlying issue:
> 
> commit 99106bc17e667989b4c0af0a6afcbd6ddbada8fb
> Author: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Thu Nov 5 13:11:38 2015 +0200
> 
>     drm/i915: Do graphics device reset under forcewake

Oh that story. With the above explanation added to the commit message:

Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> -Mika
> 
> > -Daniel
> >
> >> +
> >> +	return gen6_do_reset(dev);
> >>  }
> >>  
> >>  static int (*intel_get_gpu_reset(struct drm_device *dev))(struct drm_device *)
> >> -- 
> >> 2.5.0
> >> 
> >
> > -- 
> > Daniel Vetter
> > Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> > http://blog.ffwll.ch

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