[PATCH V1] accel/amdxdna: Fix unexpected wait when flushing notifier_wq

From: Lizhi Hou

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 17:44:44 EST


In amdxdna_gem_obj_free(), flush_workqueue(xdna->notifier_wq) waits for
all pending work items on the device-global notifier workqueue, rather
than only the work items associated with the BO being freed.

If another BO has a pending hmm_unreg_work, freeing an unrelated BO can
be unnecessarily blocked until that work completes.

mmu_interval_notifier_remove() is deferred to a workqueue because it
cannot be called from the MMU notifier callback itself. The BO free path
is not a notifier callback, so call mmu_interval_notifier_remove()
directly there and avoid the workqueue.

Fixes: e486147c912f ("accel/amdxdna: Add BO import and export")
Signed-off-by: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++----------
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
index 1c63eff0a4a8..d6aa862e2d5b 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
@@ -301,33 +301,40 @@ static void amdxdna_hmm_unregister(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,

down_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
list_for_each_entry(mapp, &abo->mem.umap_list, node) {
- if (!vma || compare_range(mapp, vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end)) {
- if (!mapp->unmapped) {
- queue_work(xdna->notifier_wq, &mapp->hmm_unreg_work);
- mapp->unmapped = true;
- }
- if (vma)
- break;
- }
+ if (!compare_range(mapp, vma->vm_mm, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end))
+ continue;
+
+ queue_work(xdna->notifier_wq, &mapp->hmm_unreg_work);
+ mapp->unmapped = true;
}
up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
}

-static void amdxdna_umap_release(struct kref *ref)
+static void amdxdna_hmm_unregister_all(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo)
{
- struct amdxdna_umap *mapp = container_of(ref, struct amdxdna_umap, refcnt);
- struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo = mapp->abo;
- struct amdxdna_dev *xdna;
-
- mmu_interval_notifier_remove(&mapp->notifier);
+ struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = to_xdna_dev(to_gobj(abo)->dev);
+ struct amdxdna_umap *mapp, *tmp;
+ LIST_HEAD(dead);

- xdna = to_xdna_dev(to_gobj(mapp->abo)->dev);
down_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
- list_del(&mapp->node);
- if (list_empty(&abo->mem.umap_list))
- abo->mem.uva = AMDXDNA_INVALID_ADDR;
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(mapp, tmp, &abo->mem.umap_list, node) {
+ mapp->unmapped = true;
+ mapp->cleanup = true;
+ list_move(&mapp->node, &dead);
+ }
up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);

+ list_for_each_entry_safe(mapp, tmp, &dead, node) {
+ cancel_work_sync(&mapp->hmm_unreg_work);
+ amdxdna_umap_put(mapp);
+ }
+}
+
+static void amdxdna_umap_release(struct kref *ref)
+{
+ struct amdxdna_umap *mapp = container_of(ref, struct amdxdna_umap, refcnt);
+
+ mmu_interval_notifier_remove(&mapp->notifier);
kvfree(mapp->range.hmm_pfns);
kfree(mapp);
}
@@ -341,6 +348,20 @@ static void amdxdna_hmm_unreg_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct amdxdna_umap *mapp = container_of(work, struct amdxdna_umap,
hmm_unreg_work);
+ struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo = mapp->abo;
+ struct amdxdna_dev *xdna;
+
+ xdna = to_xdna_dev(to_gobj(mapp->abo)->dev);
+ down_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
+ if (mapp->cleanup) {
+ up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ list_del(&mapp->node);
+ if (list_empty(&abo->mem.umap_list))
+ abo->mem.uva = AMDXDNA_INVALID_ADDR;
+ up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);

amdxdna_umap_put(mapp);
}
@@ -643,8 +664,7 @@ static void amdxdna_gem_obj_free(struct drm_gem_object *gobj)
struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = to_xdna_dev(gobj->dev);
struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo = to_xdna_obj(gobj);

- amdxdna_hmm_unregister(abo, NULL);
- flush_workqueue(xdna->notifier_wq);
+ amdxdna_hmm_unregister_all(abo);

if (abo->pinned)
amdxdna_gem_unpin(abo);
diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h
index 1e90e32bf3cd..fb033ced1045 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct amdxdna_umap {
struct kref refcnt;
bool invalid;
bool unmapped;
+ bool cleanup;
};

struct amdxdna_mem {
--
2.34.1