[PATCH v4 2/3] drm/panthor: Revisit reqs_lock handling in flush/reset paths

From: Nicolas Frattaroli

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 10:10:44 EST


panthor_gpu_flush_caches() and panthor_gpu_soft_reset() acquire their
reqs_lock spinlock with the IRQ-disabling variants of the spinlocking
functions. This isn't necessary, as the lock is never taken from an
atomic context, as Panthor uses threaded interrupt handlers. The result
of this overly strict locking is that IRQs may be disabled more
frequently and for longer than they should be, resulting in increased
system latency.

Switch the locking to use non-IRQ-disabling scoped_guard statements for
locking. The wait_event_timeout read of pending_reqs outside of the
spinlock is fine as wait_event_timeout is a memory barrier according to
the Linux Memory Model.

Fixes: 5cd894e258c4 ("drm/panthor: Add the GPU logical block")
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frattaroli <nicolas.frattaroli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c
index 7088371c6d64..55e33f145b40 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gpu.c
@@ -345,41 +345,36 @@ int panthor_gpu_flush_caches(struct panthor_device *ptdev,
u32 l2, u32 lsc, u32 other)
{
struct panthor_gpu *gpu = ptdev->gpu;
- unsigned long flags;
u64 start = 0;
int ret = 0;

/* Serialize cache flush operations. */
guard(mutex)(&ptdev->gpu->cache_flush_lock);

- spin_lock_irqsave(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
-
- if (tracepoint_enabled(gpu_cache_flush))
- start = ktime_get_ns();
-
- if (!(ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED)) {
- ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs |= GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED;
- gpu_write(gpu->iomem, GPU_CMD, GPU_FLUSH_CACHES(l2, lsc, other));
- } else {
- ret = -EIO;
- }
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
-
- if (ret) {
- panthor_gpu_emit_flush_caches_tp(ptdev, start, l2, lsc, other, ret);
- return ret;
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock) {
+ if (tracepoint_enabled(gpu_cache_flush))
+ start = ktime_get_ns();
+
+ if (!(ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED)) {
+ ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs |= GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED;
+ gpu_write(gpu->iomem, GPU_CMD, GPU_FLUSH_CACHES(l2, lsc, other));
+ } else {
+ panthor_gpu_emit_flush_caches_tp(ptdev, start, l2, lsc,
+ other, -EIO);
+ return -EIO;
+ }
}

if (!wait_event_timeout(ptdev->gpu->reqs_acked,
!(ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED),
msecs_to_jiffies(100))) {
- spin_lock_irqsave(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
- if ((ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED) != 0 &&
- !(gpu_read(gpu->irq.iomem, INT_RAWSTAT) & GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED))
- ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
- else
- ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs &= ~GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED;
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock) {
+ if ((ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED) != 0 &&
+ !(gpu_read(gpu->irq.iomem, INT_RAWSTAT) & GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED))
+ ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+ else
+ ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs &= ~GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED;
+ }
}

panthor_gpu_emit_flush_caches_tp(ptdev, start, l2, lsc, other, ret);
@@ -402,27 +397,26 @@ int panthor_gpu_soft_reset(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
{
struct panthor_gpu *gpu = ptdev->gpu;
bool timedout = false;
- unsigned long flags;

- spin_lock_irqsave(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
- if (!drm_WARN_ON(&ptdev->base,
- ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED)) {
- ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs |= GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED;
- gpu_write(gpu->irq.iomem, INT_CLEAR, GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED);
- gpu_write(gpu->iomem, GPU_CMD, GPU_SOFT_RESET);
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock) {
+ if (!drm_WARN_ON(&ptdev->base,
+ ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED)) {
+ ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs |= GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED;
+ gpu_write(gpu->irq.iomem, INT_CLEAR, GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED);
+ gpu_write(gpu->iomem, GPU_CMD, GPU_SOFT_RESET);
+ }
}
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);

if (!wait_event_timeout(ptdev->gpu->reqs_acked,
!(ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED),
msecs_to_jiffies(100))) {
- spin_lock_irqsave(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
- if ((ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED) != 0 &&
- !(gpu_read(gpu->irq.iomem, INT_RAWSTAT) & GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED))
- timedout = true;
- else
- ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs &= ~GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED;
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock, flags);
+ scoped_guard(spinlock, &ptdev->gpu->reqs_lock) {
+ if ((ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs & GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED) != 0 &&
+ !(gpu_read(gpu->irq.iomem, INT_RAWSTAT) & GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED))
+ timedout = true;
+ else
+ ptdev->gpu->pending_reqs &= ~GPU_IRQ_RESET_COMPLETED;
+ }
}

if (timedout) {

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