Re: [PATCH v1] drm/amdgpu: implement workaround for sdma dcc corruption

From: Christian König

Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 09:13:58 EST


On 9/24/26 14:43, Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer wrote:
> For unknown reasons, on gfx12 using multiple entities can causes
> random corruption of BOs with DCC.
> This workaround seems to prevent the issue until the root cause
> is understood and fixed.
>
> Link: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/work_items/5663
> Fixes: 3a6f6eeb3db5 ("drm/amdgpu: give ttm entities access to all the sdma scheds")
> Signed-off-by: Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer <pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
> index 3d620ec2937f..a826e091ea58 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ttm.c
> @@ -2392,6 +2392,11 @@ void amdgpu_ttm_enable_buffer_funcs(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
>
> num_clear_entities = MIN(adev->mman.num_buffer_funcs_scheds, TTM_NUM_MOVE_FENCES);
> num_move_entities = MIN(adev->mman.num_buffer_funcs_scheds, TTM_NUM_MOVE_FENCES);
> + /* TODO: workaround for DCC corruption when moving BOs from multiple queues at
> + * the same time: use a single queue until the root cause is identified and fixed.
> + */
> + if (IP_VERSION_MAJ(amdgpu_ip_version(adev, SDMA0_HWIP, 0)) == 7)

Thinking it through it would be nice if we could check for that DCC HW generation instead of the SDMA version.

But we need a fix ASAP so the patch is Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>.

Regards,
Christian.

> + num_move_entities = 1;
>
> adev->mman.clear_entities = kcalloc(num_clear_entities,
> sizeof(struct amdgpu_ttm_buffer_entity),