Re: [PATCH] gpu/drm/udl: Replace struct_mutex with driver private lock

[Chris Wilson]

Quoting Shreeya Patel (2018-02-09 12:10:56)
> dev->struct_mutex is the Big DRM Lock and the only bit where
> itâs mandatory is serializing GEM buffer object destruction.
> Which unfortunately means drivers have to keep track of that
> lock and either call unreference or unreference_locked
> depending upon context. Core GEM doesnât have a need for
> struct_mutex any more since kernel 4.8.
> 
> For drivers that need struct_mutex it should be replaced by a driver
> private lock.

In that regard, dev->struct_mutex is already a driver private lock. The
impetus is to reduce a big lock into lots of little locks where
contention deems prudent.

> Signed-off-by: Shreeya Patel <shreeya.patel23498@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c | 5 +++--
>  drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h    | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c
> index 2867ed1..120d2d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_dmabuf.c
> @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static struct sg_table *udl_map_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
>         struct udl_drm_dmabuf_attachment *udl_attach = attach->priv;
>         struct udl_gem_object *obj = to_udl_bo(attach->dmabuf->priv);
>         struct drm_device *dev = obj->base.dev;
> +       struct udl_device *udl = dev->dev_private;
>         struct scatterlist *rd, *wr;
>         struct sg_table *sgt = NULL;
>         unsigned int i;
> @@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ static struct sg_table *udl_map_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
>                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>         }
>  
> -       mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
> +       mutex_lock(&udl->urbs.plock);
>  
>         rd = obj->sg->sgl;
>         wr = sgt->sgl;
> @@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ static struct sg_table *udl_map_dma_buf(struct dma_buf_attachment *attach,
>         attach->priv = udl_attach;
>  
>  err_unlock:
> -       mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
> +       mutex_unlock(&udl->urbs.plock);
>         return sgt;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h
> index 2a75ab8..24cca17 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_drv.h
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct urb_node {
>  
>  struct urb_list {
>         struct list_head list;
> +       struct mutex plock;
>         spinlock_t lock;
>         struct semaphore limit_sem;
>         int available;

This hasn't seen much testing as it lacks a mutex_init, and one would
wish for a description of what it is guarding.
-Chris