Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drm: rework flip-work helpers to avoid calling func when the FIFO is full
From: Rob Clark
Date: Sat Jul 12 2014 - 07:38:10 EST
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 3:00 AM, Boris BREZILLON
<boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Make use of lists instead of kfifo in order to dynamically allocate
> task entry when someone require some delayed work, and thus preventing
> drm_flip_work_queue from directly calling func instead of queuing this
> call.
> This allow drm_flip_work_queue to be safely called even within irq
> handlers.
>
> Add new helper functions to allocate a flip work task and queue it when
> needed. This prevents allocating data within irq context (which might
> impact the time spent in the irq handler).
>
> Signed-off-by: Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_flip_work.c | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> include/drm/drm_flip_work.h | 29 +++++++++----
> 2 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_flip_work.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_flip_work.c
> index f9c7fa3..7441aa8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_flip_work.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_flip_work.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,44 @@
> #include "drm_flip_work.h"
>
> /**
> + * drm_flip_work_allocate_task - allocate a flip-work task
> + * @data: data associated to the task
> + * @flags: allocator flags
> + *
> + * Allocate a drm_flip_task object and attach private data to it.
> + */
> +struct drm_flip_task *drm_flip_work_allocate_task(void *data, gfp_t flags)
> +{
> + struct drm_flip_task *task;
> +
> + task = kzalloc(sizeof(*task), flags);
> + if (task)
> + task->data = data;
> +
> + return task;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_allocate_task);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_flip_work_queue_task - queue a specific task
> + * @work: the flip-work
> + * @task: the task to handle
> + *
> + * Queues task, that will later be run (passed back to drm_flip_func_t
> + * func) on a work queue after drm_flip_work_commit() is called.
> + */
> +void drm_flip_work_queue_task(struct drm_flip_work *work,
> + struct drm_flip_task *task)
> +{
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&work->lock, flags);
> + list_add_tail(&task->node, &work->queued);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&work->lock, flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_queue_task);
> +
> +/**
> * drm_flip_work_queue - queue work
> * @work: the flip-work
> * @val: the value to queue
> @@ -34,10 +72,14 @@
> */
> void drm_flip_work_queue(struct drm_flip_work *work, void *val)
> {
> - if (kfifo_put(&work->fifo, val)) {
> - atomic_inc(&work->pending);
> + struct drm_flip_task *task;
> +
> + task = drm_flip_work_allocate_task(val,
> + drm_can_sleep() ? GFP_KERNEL : GFP_ATOMIC);
> + if (task) {
> + drm_flip_work_queue_task(work, task);
> } else {
> - DRM_ERROR("%s fifo full!\n", work->name);
> + DRM_ERROR("%s could not allocate task!\n", work->name);
> work->func(work, val);
> }
> }
> @@ -56,9 +98,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_queue);
> void drm_flip_work_commit(struct drm_flip_work *work,
> struct workqueue_struct *wq)
> {
> - uint32_t pending = atomic_read(&work->pending);
> - atomic_add(pending, &work->count);
> - atomic_sub(pending, &work->pending);
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&work->lock, flags);
> + list_splice_tail(&work->queued, &work->commited);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->queued);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&work->lock, flags);
> queue_work(wq, &work->worker);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_commit);
> @@ -66,14 +111,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_commit);
> static void flip_worker(struct work_struct *w)
> {
> struct drm_flip_work *work = container_of(w, struct drm_flip_work, worker);
> - uint32_t count = atomic_read(&work->count);
> - void *val = NULL;
> + struct list_head tasks;
> + unsigned long flags;
>
> - atomic_sub(count, &work->count);
> + while (1) {
> + struct drm_flip_task *task, *tmp;
>
> - while(count--)
> - if (!WARN_ON(!kfifo_get(&work->fifo, &val)))
> - work->func(work, val);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tasks);
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&work->lock, flags);
> + list_splice_tail(&work->commited, &tasks);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->commited);
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&work->lock, flags);
> +
> + if (list_empty(&tasks))
> + break;
> +
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(task, tmp, &tasks, node) {
> + work->func(work, task->data);
> + kfree(task);
> + }
> + }
> }
>
> /**
> @@ -91,19 +148,11 @@ static void flip_worker(struct work_struct *w)
> int drm_flip_work_init(struct drm_flip_work *work, int size,
> const char *name, drm_flip_func_t func)
> {
> - int ret;
> -
> work->name = name;
> - atomic_set(&work->count, 0);
> - atomic_set(&work->pending, 0);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->queued);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->commited);
> work->func = func;
>
> - ret = kfifo_alloc(&work->fifo, size, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (ret) {
> - DRM_ERROR("could not allocate %s fifo\n", name);
> - return ret;
> - }
> -
> INIT_WORK(&work->worker, flip_worker);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -118,7 +167,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_init);
> */
> void drm_flip_work_cleanup(struct drm_flip_work *work)
> {
> - WARN_ON(!kfifo_is_empty(&work->fifo));
> - kfifo_free(&work->fifo);
> + WARN_ON(!list_empty(&work->queued) || !list_empty(&work->commited));
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_flip_work_cleanup);
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_flip_work.h b/include/drm/drm_flip_work.h
> index 9eed34d..0a5acff 100644
> --- a/include/drm/drm_flip_work.h
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_flip_work.h
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> #define DRM_FLIP_WORK_H
>
> #include <linux/kfifo.h>
> +#include <linux/spinlock.h>
> #include <linux/workqueue.h>
>
> /**
> @@ -32,9 +33,7 @@
> *
> * Util to queue up work to run from work-queue context after flip/vblank.
> * Typically this can be used to defer unref of framebuffer's, cursor
> - * bo's, etc until after vblank. The APIs are all safe (and lockless)
> - * for up to one producer and once consumer at a time. The single-consumer
> - * aspect is ensured by committing the queued work to a single work-queue.
> + * bo's, etc until after vblank. The APIs are all safe.
maybe when you add the missing spin_lock_init() you could add "irq" or
"atomic" to that last sentence? Otherwise it looks a bit funny, ie.
what are they safe from?
Other than that, for the series:
Reviewed-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx>
> */
>
> struct drm_flip_work;
> @@ -51,22 +50,36 @@ struct drm_flip_work;
> typedef void (*drm_flip_func_t)(struct drm_flip_work *work, void *val);
>
> /**
> + * struct drm_flip_task - flip work task
> + * @node: list entry element
> + * @data: data to pass to work->func
> + */
> +struct drm_flip_task {
> + struct list_head node;
> + void *data;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> * struct drm_flip_work - flip work queue
> * @name: debug name
> - * @pending: number of queued but not committed items
> - * @count: number of committed items
> * @func: callback fxn called for each committed item
> * @worker: worker which calls @func
> - * @fifo: queue of committed items
> + * @queued: queued tasks
> + * @commited: commited tasks
> + * @lock: lock to access queued and commited lists
> */
> struct drm_flip_work {
> const char *name;
> - atomic_t pending, count;
> drm_flip_func_t func;
> struct work_struct worker;
> - DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR(fifo, void *);
> + struct list_head queued;
> + struct list_head commited;
> + spinlock_t lock;
> };
>
> +struct drm_flip_task *drm_flip_work_allocate_task(void *data, gfp_t flags);
> +void drm_flip_work_queue_task(struct drm_flip_work *work,
> + struct drm_flip_task *task);
> void drm_flip_work_queue(struct drm_flip_work *work, void *val);
> void drm_flip_work_commit(struct drm_flip_work *work,
> struct workqueue_struct *wq);
> --
> 1.8.3.2
>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/