On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM Dmitry Osipenko
<dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Consider this scenario:
>
> 1. APP1 continuously creates lots of small GEMs
> 2. APP2 triggers `drop_caches`
> 3. Shrinker starts to evict APP1 GEMs, while APP1 produces new purgeable
> GEMs
> 4. msm_gem_shrinker_scan() returns non-zero number of freed pages
> and causes shrinker to try shrink more
> 5. msm_gem_shrinker_scan() returns non-zero number of freed pages again,
> goto 4
> 6. The APP2 is blocked in `drop_caches` until APP1 stops producing
> purgeable GEMs
>
> To prevent this blocking scenario, check number of remaining pages
> that GPU shrinker couldn't release due to a GEM locking contention
> or shrinking rejection. If there are no remaining pages left to shrink,
> then there is no need to free up more pages and shrinker may break out
> from the loop.
>
> This problem was found during shrinker/madvise IOCTL testing of
> virtio-gpu driver. The MSM driver is affected in the same way.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c | 9 +++++++--
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_shrinker.c | 8 ++++++--
> include/drm/drm_gem.h | 4 +++-
> 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> index b8db675e7fb5..299bca1390aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> @@ -1375,10 +1375,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_lru_move_tail);
> *
> * @lru: The LRU to scan
> * @nr_to_scan: The number of pages to try to reclaim
> + * @remaining: The number of pages left to reclaim
> * @shrink: Callback to try to shrink/reclaim the object.
> */
> unsigned long
> -drm_gem_lru_scan(struct drm_gem_lru *lru, unsigned nr_to_scan,
> +drm_gem_lru_scan(struct drm_gem_lru *lru,
> + unsigned int nr_to_scan,
> + unsigned long *remaining,
> bool (*shrink)(struct drm_gem_object *obj))
> {
> struct drm_gem_lru still_in_lru;
> @@ -1417,8 +1420,10 @@ drm_gem_lru_scan(struct drm_gem_lru *lru, unsigned nr_to_scan,
> * hit shrinker in response to trying to get backing pages
> * for this obj (ie. while it's lock is already held)
> */
> - if (!dma_resv_trylock(obj->resv))
> + if (!dma_resv_trylock(obj->resv)) {
> + *remaining += obj->size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> goto tail;
> + }
>
> if (shrink(obj)) {
> freed += obj->size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_shrinker.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_shrinker.c
> index 1de14e67f96b..4c8b0ab61ce4 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_shrinker.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_shrinker.c
> @@ -116,12 +116,14 @@ msm_gem_shrinker_scan(struct shrinker *shrinker, struct shrink_control *sc)
> };
> long nr = sc->nr_to_scan;
> unsigned long freed = 0;
> + unsigned long remaining = 0;
>
> for (unsigned i = 0; (nr > 0) && (i < ARRAY_SIZE(stages)); i++) {
> if (!stages[i].cond)
> continue;
> stages[i].freed =
> - drm_gem_lru_scan(stages[i].lru, nr, stages[i].shrink);
> + drm_gem_lru_scan(stages[i].lru, nr, &remaining,
> + stages[i].shrink);
> nr -= stages[i].freed;
> freed += stages[i].freed;
> }
> @@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ msm_gem_shrinker_scan(struct shrinker *shrinker, struct shrink_control *sc)
> stages[3].freed);
> }
>
> - return (freed > 0) ? freed : SHRINK_STOP;
> + return (freed > 0 && remaining > 0) ? freed : SHRINK_STOP;
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> @@ -182,10 +184,12 @@ msm_gem_shrinker_vmap(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
> NULL,
> };
> unsigned idx, unmapped = 0;
> + unsigned long remaining = 0;
>
> for (idx = 0; lrus[idx] && unmapped < vmap_shrink_limit; idx++) {
> unmapped += drm_gem_lru_scan(lrus[idx],
> vmap_shrink_limit - unmapped,
> + &remaining,
> vmap_shrink);
> }
>
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem.h b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
> index a17c2f903f81..b46ade812443 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_gem.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
> @@ -475,7 +475,9 @@ int drm_gem_dumb_map_offset(struct drm_file *file, struct drm_device *dev,
> void drm_gem_lru_init(struct drm_gem_lru *lru, struct mutex *lock);
> void drm_gem_lru_remove(struct drm_gem_object *obj);
> void drm_gem_lru_move_tail(struct drm_gem_lru *lru, struct drm_gem_object *obj);
> -unsigned long drm_gem_lru_scan(struct drm_gem_lru *lru, unsigned nr_to_scan,
> +unsigned long drm_gem_lru_scan(struct drm_gem_lru *lru,
> + unsigned int nr_to_scan,
> + unsigned long *remaining,
> bool (*shrink)(struct drm_gem_object *obj));
>
> #endif /* __DRM_GEM_H__ */
> --
> 2.38.1
>
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