Re: [PATCH v17 12/18] drm/shmem-helper: Prepare drm_gem_shmem_free() to shrinker addition

[Boris Brezillon]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 02:27:15 +0300
Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Prepare drm_gem_shmem_free() to addition of memory shrinker support
> to drm-shmem by adding and using variant of put_pages() that doesn't
> touch reservation lock. Reservation shouldn't be touched because lockdep
> will trigger a bogus warning about locking contention with fs_reclaim
> code paths that can't happen during the time when GEM is freed and
> lockdep doesn't know about that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
> index 8a8eab4d0332..4959f51b647a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
> @@ -128,6 +128,41 @@ struct drm_gem_shmem_object *drm_gem_shmem_create(struct drm_device *dev, size_t
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_shmem_create);
>  
> +static void
> +__drm_gem_shmem_release_pages(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)

Could we find more descriptive names to replace those __ prefixes?
drm_gem_shmem_free_pages(), drm_gem_shmem_drop_pages()?

> +{
> +	struct drm_gem_object *obj = &shmem->base;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86
> +	if (shmem->map_wc)
> +		set_pages_array_wb(shmem->pages, obj->size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +#endif
> +
> +	drm_gem_put_pages(obj, shmem->pages,
> +			  shmem->pages_mark_dirty_on_put,
> +			  shmem->pages_mark_accessed_on_put);
> +	shmem->pages = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +__drm_gem_shmem_put_pages(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)

Maybe drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_no_lock_check()? But honestly, I'm not
sure we want to make it a function since it's only going to be needed in
drm_gem_shmem_free(). I think we can just inline

	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&shmem->pages_use_count))
		__drm_gem_shmem_release_pages(shmem);

there.

> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Destroying the object is a special case.  Acquiring the obj
> +	 * lock in drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked() can cause a locking
> +	 * order inversion between reservation_ww_class_mutex and fs_reclaim
> +	 * when called from drm_gem_shmem_free().
> +	 *
> +	 * This deadlock is not actually possible, because no one should
> +	 * be already holding the lock when drm_gem_shmem_free() is called.
> +	 * Unfortunately lockdep is not aware of this detail.  So when the
> +	 * refcount drops to zero, make sure that the reservation lock
> +	 * isn't touched here.
> +	 */
> +	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&shmem->pages_use_count))
> +		__drm_gem_shmem_release_pages(shmem);
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * drm_gem_shmem_free - Free resources associated with a shmem GEM object
>   * @shmem: shmem GEM object to free
> @@ -142,8 +177,6 @@ void drm_gem_shmem_free(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
>  	if (obj->import_attach) {
>  		drm_prime_gem_destroy(obj, shmem->sgt);
>  	} else {
> -		dma_resv_lock(shmem->base.resv, NULL);
> -
>  		drm_WARN_ON(obj->dev, refcount_read(&shmem->vmap_use_count));
>  
>  		if (shmem->sgt) {
> @@ -153,11 +186,9 @@ void drm_gem_shmem_free(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
>  			kfree(shmem->sgt);
>  		}
>  		if (shmem->pages)
> -			drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked(shmem);
> +			__drm_gem_shmem_put_pages(shmem);
>  
>  		drm_WARN_ON(obj->dev, refcount_read(&shmem->pages_use_count));
> -
> -		dma_resv_unlock(shmem->base.resv);
>  	}
>  
>  	drm_gem_object_release(obj);
> @@ -207,21 +238,9 @@ static int drm_gem_shmem_get_pages_locked(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
>   */
>  void drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
>  {
> -	struct drm_gem_object *obj = &shmem->base;
> -
>  	dma_resv_assert_held(shmem->base.resv);
>  
> -	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&shmem->pages_use_count)) {
> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86
> -		if (shmem->map_wc)
> -			set_pages_array_wb(shmem->pages, obj->size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> -#endif
> -
> -		drm_gem_put_pages(obj, shmem->pages,
> -				  shmem->pages_mark_dirty_on_put,
> -				  shmem->pages_mark_accessed_on_put);
> -		shmem->pages = NULL;
> -	}
> +	__drm_gem_shmem_put_pages(shmem);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked);
>