Re: [Intel-gfx] [CI-ping 15/15] drm/i915: Late request cancellations are harmful

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On Wed, 13 Apr 2016, Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 09:03:09PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
>> Conceptually, each request is a record of a hardware transaction - we
>> build up a list of pending commands and then either commit them to
>> hardware, or cancel them. However, whilst building up the list of
>> pending commands, we may modify state outside of the request and make
>> references to the pending request. If we do so and then cancel that
>> request, external objects then point to the deleted request leading to
>> both graphical and memory corruption.
>> 
>> The easiest example is to consider object/VMA tracking. When we mark an
>> object as active in a request, we store a pointer to this, the most
>> recent request, in the object. Then we want to free that object, we wait
>> for the most recent request to be idle before proceeding (otherwise the
>> hardware will write to pages now owned by the system, or we will attempt
>> to read from those pages before the hardware is finished writing). If
>> the request was cancelled instead, that wait completes immediately. As a
>> result, all requests must be committed and not cancelled if the external
>> state is unknown.
>> 
>> All that remains of i915_gem_request_cancel() users are just a couple of
>> extremely unlikely allocation failures, so remove the API entirely.
>> 
>> A consequence of committing all incomplete requests is that we generate
>> excess breadcrumbs and fill the ring much more often with dummy work. We
>> have completely undone the outstanding_last_seqno optimisation.
>> 
>> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93907
>> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Cc: John Harrison <John.C.Harrison@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'd like John's ack on this on too, but patch itself looks sound. Fast r-b
> since we've discussed this a while ago already ...
>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>

FYI, this (*) does not cherry-pick cleanly to drm-intel-fixes.

BR,
Jani.


(*) Well, not exactly *this* but rather
https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/80961/ which was not posted on
the list so I can't reply to it.


>> ---
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h            |  2 --
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c            | 50 ++++++++++++------------------
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c | 15 +++------
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c       |  2 +-
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c           |  4 +--
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c       |  8 ++---
>>  6 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
>> index 061ecc43d935..de84dd7be971 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
>> @@ -2331,7 +2331,6 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
>>  struct drm_i915_gem_request * __must_check
>>  i915_gem_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>>  		       struct intel_context *ctx);
>> -void i915_gem_request_cancel(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
>>  void i915_gem_request_free(struct kref *req_ref);
>>  int i915_gem_request_add_to_client(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req,
>>  				   struct drm_file *file);
>> @@ -2883,7 +2882,6 @@ int i915_gem_sw_finish_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>>  			     struct drm_file *file_priv);
>>  void i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(struct list_head *vmas,
>>  					struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
>> -void i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(struct i915_execbuffer_params *params);
>>  int i915_gem_ringbuffer_submission(struct i915_execbuffer_params *params,
>>  				   struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 *args,
>>  				   struct list_head *vmas);
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
>> index b6879d43dd74..c6f09e7839ea 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
>> @@ -2785,7 +2785,8 @@ __i915_gem_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>>  		 * fully prepared. Thus it can be cleaned up using the proper
>>  		 * free code.
>>  		 */
>> -		i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>> +		intel_ring_reserved_space_cancel(req->ringbuf);
>> +		i915_gem_request_unreference(req);
>>  		return ret;
>>  	}
>>  
>> @@ -2822,13 +2823,6 @@ i915_gem_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>>  	return err ? ERR_PTR(err) : req;
>>  }
>>  
>> -void i915_gem_request_cancel(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
>> -{
>> -	intel_ring_reserved_space_cancel(req->ringbuf);
>> -
>> -	i915_gem_request_unreference(req);
>> -}
>> -
>>  struct drm_i915_gem_request *
>>  i915_gem_find_active_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>>  {
>> @@ -3438,12 +3432,9 @@ int i915_gpu_idle(struct drm_device *dev)
>>  				return PTR_ERR(req);
>>  
>>  			ret = i915_switch_context(req);
>> -			if (ret) {
>> -				i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>> -				return ret;
>> -			}
>> -
>>  			i915_add_request_no_flush(req);
>> +			if (ret)
>> +				return ret;
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		ret = intel_engine_idle(engine);
>> @@ -4943,34 +4934,33 @@ i915_gem_init_hw(struct drm_device *dev)
>>  		req = i915_gem_request_alloc(engine, NULL);
>>  		if (IS_ERR(req)) {
>>  			ret = PTR_ERR(req);
>> -			i915_gem_cleanup_engines(dev);
>> -			goto out;
>> +			break;
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		if (engine->id == RCS) {
>> -			for (j = 0; j < NUM_L3_SLICES(dev); j++)
>> -				i915_gem_l3_remap(req, j);
>> +			for (j = 0; j < NUM_L3_SLICES(dev); j++) {
>> +				ret = i915_gem_l3_remap(req, j);
>> +				if (ret)
>> +					goto err_request;
>> +			}
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		ret = i915_ppgtt_init_ring(req);
>> -		if (ret && ret != -EIO) {
>> -			DRM_ERROR("PPGTT enable %s failed %d\n",
>> -				  engine->name, ret);
>> -			i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>> -			i915_gem_cleanup_engines(dev);
>> -			goto out;
>> -		}
>> +		if (ret)
>> +			goto err_request;
>>  
>>  		ret = i915_gem_context_enable(req);
>> -		if (ret && ret != -EIO) {
>> -			DRM_ERROR("Context enable %s failed %d\n",
>> +		if (ret)
>> +			goto err_request;
>> +
>> +err_request:
>> +		i915_add_request_no_flush(req);
>> +		if (ret) {
>> +			DRM_ERROR("Failed to enable %s, error=%d\n",
>>  				  engine->name, ret);
>> -			i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>>  			i915_gem_cleanup_engines(dev);
>> -			goto out;
>> +			break;
>>  		}
>> -
>> -		i915_add_request_no_flush(req);
>>  	}
>>  
>>  out:
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>> index 6ee4f00f620c..6f4f2a6cdf93 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>> @@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(struct list_head *vmas,
>>  	}
>>  }
>>  
>> -void
>> +static void
>>  i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(struct i915_execbuffer_params *params)
>>  {
>>  	/* Unconditionally force add_request to emit a full flush. */
>> @@ -1322,7 +1322,6 @@ i915_gem_ringbuffer_submission(struct i915_execbuffer_params *params,
>>  	trace_i915_gem_ring_dispatch(params->request, params->dispatch_flags);
>>  
>>  	i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(vmas, params->request);
>> -	i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(params);
>>  
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>> @@ -1624,7 +1623,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>>  
>>  	ret = i915_gem_request_add_to_client(req, file);
>>  	if (ret)
>> -		goto err_batch_unpin;
>> +		goto err_request;
>>  
>>  	/*
>>  	 * Save assorted stuff away to pass through to *_submission().
>> @@ -1641,6 +1640,8 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>>  	params->request                 = req;
>>  
>>  	ret = dev_priv->gt.execbuf_submit(params, args, &eb->vmas);
>> +err_request:
>> +	i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(params);
>>  
>>  err_batch_unpin:
>>  	/*
>> @@ -1657,14 +1658,6 @@ err:
>>  	i915_gem_context_unreference(ctx);
>>  	eb_destroy(eb);
>>  
>> -	/*
>> -	 * If the request was created but not successfully submitted then it
>> -	 * must be freed again. If it was submitted then it is being tracked
>> -	 * on the active request list and no clean up is required here.
>> -	 */
>> -	if (ret && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(req))
>> -		i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>> -
>>  	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
>>  
>>  pre_mutex_err:
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
>> index b1b457864e17..3cae596d10a3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
>> @@ -11664,7 +11664,7 @@ cleanup_unpin:
>>  	intel_unpin_fb_obj(fb, crtc->primary->state->rotation);
>>  cleanup_pending:
>>  	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(request))
>> -		i915_gem_request_cancel(request);
>> +		i915_add_request_no_flush(request);
>>  	atomic_dec(&intel_crtc->unpin_work_count);
>>  	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
>>  cleanup:
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
>> index b8f6b96472a6..6fc24deaa16a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
>> @@ -1010,7 +1010,6 @@ int intel_execlists_submission(struct i915_execbuffer_params *params,
>>  	trace_i915_gem_ring_dispatch(params->request, params->dispatch_flags);
>>  
>>  	i915_gem_execbuffer_move_to_active(vmas, params->request);
>> -	i915_gem_execbuffer_retire_commands(params);
>>  
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>> @@ -2679,13 +2678,12 @@ int intel_lr_context_deferred_alloc(struct intel_context *ctx,
>>  		}
>>  
>>  		ret = engine->init_context(req);
>> +		i915_add_request_no_flush(req);
>>  		if (ret) {
>>  			DRM_ERROR("ring init context: %d\n",
>>  				ret);
>> -			i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>>  			goto error_ringbuf;
>>  		}
>> -		i915_add_request_no_flush(req);
>>  	}
>>  	return 0;
>>  
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
>> index 6694e9230cd5..bcc3b6a016d8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_overlay.c
>> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int intel_overlay_on(struct intel_overlay *overlay)
>>  
>>  	ret = intel_ring_begin(req, 4);
>>  	if (ret) {
>> -		i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>> +		i915_add_request_no_flush(req);
>>  		return ret;
>>  	}
>>  
>> @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static int intel_overlay_continue(struct intel_overlay *overlay,
>>  
>>  	ret = intel_ring_begin(req, 2);
>>  	if (ret) {
>> -		i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>> +		i915_add_request_no_flush(req);
>>  		return ret;
>>  	}
>>  
>> @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static int intel_overlay_off(struct intel_overlay *overlay)
>>  
>>  	ret = intel_ring_begin(req, 6);
>>  	if (ret) {
>> -		i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>> +		i915_add_request_no_flush(req);
>>  		return ret;
>>  	}
>>  
>> @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int intel_overlay_release_old_vid(struct intel_overlay *overlay)
>>  
>>  		ret = intel_ring_begin(req, 2);
>>  		if (ret) {
>> -			i915_gem_request_cancel(req);
>> +			i915_add_request_no_flush(req);
>>  			return ret;
>>  		}
>>  
>> -- 
>> 2.8.0.rc3
>> 

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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