Re: [RFC PATCH v1 08/16] drm/radeon: use common fence implementation for fences

[Maarten Lankhorst]

op 15-05-14 15:19, Christian König schreef:
> Am 15.05.2014 15:04, schrieb Maarten Lankhorst:
> > op 15-05-14 11:42, Christian König schreef:
> > > Am 15.05.2014 11:38, schrieb Maarten Lankhorst:
> > > > op 15-05-14 11:21, Christian König schreef:
> > > > > Am 15.05.2014 03:06, schrieb Maarten Lankhorst:
> > > > > > op 14-05-14 17:29, Christian König schreef:
> > > > > > > > +    /* did fence get signaled after we enabled the sw irq? */
> > > > > > > > +    if (atomic64_read(&fence->rdev->fence_drv[fence->ring].last_seq) >= fence->seq) {
> > > > > > > > +        radeon_irq_kms_sw_irq_put(fence->rdev, fence->ring);
> > > > > > > > +        return false;
> > > > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > > +    fence->fence_wake.flags = 0;
> > > > > > > > +    fence->fence_wake.private = NULL;
> > > > > > > > +    fence->fence_wake.func = radeon_fence_check_signaled;
> > > > > > > > + __add_wait_queue(&fence->rdev->fence_queue, &fence->fence_wake);
> > > > > > > > +    fence_get(f);
> > > > > > > That looks like a race condition to me. The fence needs to be added to the wait queue before the check, not after.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Apart from that the whole approach looks like a really bad idea to me. How for example is lockup detection supposed to happen with this? 
> > > > > > It's not a race condition because fence_queue.lock is held when this function is called.
> > > > > Ah, I see. That's also the reason why you moved the wake_up_all out of the processing function.
> > > > Correct. :-)
> > > > > > Lockup's a bit of a weird problem, the changes wouldn't allow core ttm code to handle the lockup any more,
> > > > > > but any driver specific wait code would still handle this. I did this by design, because in future patches the wait
> > > > > > function may be called from outside of the radeon driver. The official wait function takes a timeout parameter,
> > > > > > so lockups wouldn't be fatal if the timeout is set to something like 30*HZ for example, it would still return
> > > > > > and report that the function timed out.
> > > > > Timeouts help with the detection of the lockup, but not at all with the handling of them.
> > > > >
> > > > > What we essentially need is a wait callback into the driver that is called in non atomic context without any locks held.
> > > > >
> > > > > This way we can block for the fence to become signaled with a timeout and can then also initiate the reset handling if necessary.
> > > > >
> > > > > The way you designed the interface now means that the driver never gets a chance to wait for the hardware to become idle and so never has the opportunity to the reset the whole thing.
> > > > You could set up a hangcheck timer like intel does, and end up with a reliable hangcheck detection that doesn't depend on cpu waits. :-) Or override the default wait function and restore the old behavior.
> > >
> > > Overriding the default wait function sounds better, please implement it this way.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Christian. 
> >
> > Does this modification look sane?
> Adding the timeout is on my todo list for quite some time as well, so this part makes sense.
>
> > +static long __radeon_fence_wait(struct fence *f, bool intr, long timeout)
> > +{
> > +    struct radeon_fence *fence = to_radeon_fence(f);
> > +    u64 target_seq[RADEON_NUM_RINGS] = {};
> > +
> > +    target_seq[fence->ring] = fence->seq;
> > +    return radeon_fence_wait_seq_timeout(fence->rdev, target_seq, intr, timeout);
> > +}
> When this call is comming from outside the radeon driver you need to lock rdev->exclusive_lock here to make sure not to interfere with a possible reset.
Ah thanks, I'll add that.

> >      .get_timeline_name = radeon_fence_get_timeline_name,
> >      .enable_signaling = radeon_fence_enable_signaling,
> >      .signaled = __radeon_fence_signaled,
> Do we still need those callback when we implemented the wait callback?
.get_timeline_name is used for debugging (trace events).
.signaled is the non-blocking call to check if the fence is signaled or not.
.enable_signaling is used for adding callbacks upon fence completion, the default 'fence_default_wait' uses it, so
when it works no separate implementation is needed unless you want to do more than just waiting.
It's also used when fence_add_callback is called. i915 can be patched to use it. ;-)

~Maarten
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