Re: [PATCH v2 08/17] drm/msm/adreno: Coredump on GPU/GMU init failures

From: Rob Clark

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 15:52:03 EST


On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 5:15 PM Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Capture coredump on GPU or GMU errors during initialization to help in
> debugging the issues. To be consistent with the locks while calling
> msm_gpu_crashstate_capture(), call pm_runtime_get(gpu) always with
> msm_gpu->lock.
>
> Signed-off-by: Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gmu.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 5 ++++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h | 2 ++
> 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gmu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gmu.c
> index 1b44b9e21ad8..916c5d99c4d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gmu.c
> @@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ int a6xx_gmu_resume(struct a6xx_gpu *a6xx_gpu)
>
> disable_irq:
> disable_irq(gmu->gmu_irq);
> + msm_gpu_crashstate_capture(gpu, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
> a6xx_rpmh_stop(gmu);
> disable_clk:
> clk_bulk_disable_unprepare(gmu->nr_clocks, gmu->clocks);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c
> index 4edfe80c5be7..ca5f96e16870 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c
> @@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ struct msm_gpu *adreno_load_gpu(struct drm_device *dev)
> */
> pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
>
> + guard(mutex)(&gpu->lock);

so, I am a fan of guard(), but I realized this means we are holding
gpu->lock across the debugfs_init() (only a5xx).. which I suspect will
anger lockdep, although I don't have a good way to test that atm.

BR,
-R

> +
> ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
> if (ret < 0) {
> pm_runtime_put_noidle(&pdev->dev);
> @@ -112,10 +114,9 @@ struct msm_gpu *adreno_load_gpu(struct drm_device *dev)
> goto err_disable_rpm;
> }
>
> - mutex_lock(&gpu->lock);
> ret = msm_gpu_hw_init(gpu);
> - mutex_unlock(&gpu->lock);
> if (ret) {
> + msm_gpu_crashstate_capture(gpu, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
> DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev->dev, "gpu hw init failed: %d\n", ret);
> goto err_put_rpm;
> }
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
> index 785e99fb5bd5..8475802fdde2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
> @@ -391,10 +391,13 @@ int adreno_get_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_context *ctx,
> return 0;
> case MSM_PARAM_TIMESTAMP:
> if (adreno_gpu->funcs->get_timestamp) {
> + mutex_lock(&gpu->lock);
> pm_runtime_get_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
> +
> *value = adreno_gpu->funcs->get_timestamp(gpu);
> - pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&gpu->pdev->dev);
>
> + pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&gpu->pdev->dev);
> + mutex_unlock(&gpu->lock);
> return 0;
> }
> return -EINVAL;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
> index 995549d0bbbc..472db2c916f9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c
> @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static void crashstate_get_vm_logs(struct msm_gpu_state *state, struct msm_gem_v
> mutex_unlock(&vm->mmu_lock);
> }
>
> -static void msm_gpu_crashstate_capture(struct msm_gpu *gpu,
> +void msm_gpu_crashstate_capture(struct msm_gpu *gpu,
> struct msm_gem_submit *submit, struct msm_gpu_fault_info *fault_info,
> char *comm, char *cmd)
> {
> @@ -886,7 +886,8 @@ void msm_gpu_submit(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gem_submit *submit)
>
> pm_runtime_get_sync(&gpu->pdev->dev);
>
> - msm_gpu_hw_init(gpu);
> + if (msm_gpu_hw_init(gpu))
> + msm_gpu_crashstate_capture(gpu, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
>
> submit->seqno = submit->hw_fence->seqno;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
> index 666cf499b7ec..eb5b3a7b81f9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h
> @@ -747,6 +747,8 @@ static inline void msm_gpu_crashstate_put(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
> }
>
> void msm_gpu_fault_crashstate_capture(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gpu_fault_info *fault_info);
> +void msm_gpu_crashstate_capture(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_gem_submit *submit,
> + struct msm_gpu_fault_info *fault_info, char *comm, char *cmd);
>
> /*
> * Simple macro to semi-cleanly add the MAP_PRIV flag for targets that can
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>