[PATCH v6] drm/syncobj: Extend EXPORT_SYNC_FILE for timeline syncobjs

From: Rob Clark
Date: Tue Apr 01 2025 - 11:58:37 EST


From: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Add support for exporting a dma_fence fd for a specific point on a
timeline. This is needed for vtest/vpipe[1][2] to implement timeline
syncobj support, as it needs a way to turn a point on a timeline back
into a dma_fence fd. It also closes an odd omission from the syncobj
UAPI.

[1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/33433
[2] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer/-/merge_requests/805

v2: Add DRM_SYNCOBJ_HANDLE_TO_FD_FLAGS_TIMELINE
v3: Add unstaged uabi header hunk
v4: Also handle IMPORT_SYNC_FILE case
v5: Address comments from Dmitry
v6: checkpatch.pl nits

Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
include/uapi/drm/drm.h | 4 +++
2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
index 4f2ab8a7b50f..636cd83ca29e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ static int drm_syncobj_fd_to_handle(struct drm_file *file_private,
}

static int drm_syncobj_import_sync_file_fence(struct drm_file *file_private,
- int fd, int handle)
+ int fd, int handle, u64 point)
{
struct dma_fence *fence = sync_file_get_fence(fd);
struct drm_syncobj *syncobj;
@@ -755,14 +755,24 @@ static int drm_syncobj_import_sync_file_fence(struct drm_file *file_private,
return -ENOENT;
}

- drm_syncobj_replace_fence(syncobj, fence);
+ if (point) {
+ struct dma_fence_chain *chain = dma_fence_chain_alloc();
+
+ if (!chain)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ drm_syncobj_add_point(syncobj, chain, fence, point);
+ } else {
+ drm_syncobj_replace_fence(syncobj, fence);
+ }
+
dma_fence_put(fence);
drm_syncobj_put(syncobj);
return 0;
}

static int drm_syncobj_export_sync_file(struct drm_file *file_private,
- int handle, int *p_fd)
+ int handle, u64 point, int *p_fd)
{
int ret;
struct dma_fence *fence;
@@ -772,7 +782,7 @@ static int drm_syncobj_export_sync_file(struct drm_file *file_private,
if (fd < 0)
return fd;

- ret = drm_syncobj_find_fence(file_private, handle, 0, 0, &fence);
+ ret = drm_syncobj_find_fence(file_private, handle, point, 0, &fence);
if (ret)
goto err_put_fd;

@@ -869,6 +879,9 @@ drm_syncobj_handle_to_fd_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
struct drm_file *file_private)
{
struct drm_syncobj_handle *args = data;
+ unsigned int valid_flags = DRM_SYNCOBJ_HANDLE_TO_FD_FLAGS_TIMELINE |
+ DRM_SYNCOBJ_HANDLE_TO_FD_FLAGS_EXPORT_SYNC_FILE;
+ u64 point = 0;

if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -876,13 +889,18 @@ drm_syncobj_handle_to_fd_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
if (args->pad)
return -EINVAL;

- if (args->flags != 0 &&
- args->flags != DRM_SYNCOBJ_HANDLE_TO_FD_FLAGS_EXPORT_SYNC_FILE)
+ if (args->flags & ~valid_flags)
return -EINVAL;

+ if (args->flags & DRM_SYNCOBJ_HANDLE_TO_FD_FLAGS_TIMELINE)
+ point = args->point;
+
if (args->flags & DRM_SYNCOBJ_HANDLE_TO_FD_FLAGS_EXPORT_SYNC_FILE)
return drm_syncobj_export_sync_file(file_private, args->handle,
- &args->fd);
+ point, &args->fd);
+
+ if (args->point)
+ return -EINVAL;

return drm_syncobj_handle_to_fd(file_private, args->handle,
&args->fd);
@@ -893,6 +911,9 @@ drm_syncobj_fd_to_handle_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
struct drm_file *file_private)
{
struct drm_syncobj_handle *args = data;
+ unsigned int valid_flags = DRM_SYNCOBJ_FD_TO_HANDLE_FLAGS_TIMELINE |
+ DRM_SYNCOBJ_FD_TO_HANDLE_FLAGS_IMPORT_SYNC_FILE;
+ u64 point = 0;

if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_SYNCOBJ))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -900,14 +921,20 @@ drm_syncobj_fd_to_handle_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
if (args->pad)
return -EINVAL;

- if (args->flags != 0 &&
- args->flags != DRM_SYNCOBJ_FD_TO_HANDLE_FLAGS_IMPORT_SYNC_FILE)
+ if (args->flags & ~valid_flags)
return -EINVAL;

+ if (args->flags & DRM_SYNCOBJ_FD_TO_HANDLE_FLAGS_TIMELINE)
+ point = args->point;
+
if (args->flags & DRM_SYNCOBJ_FD_TO_HANDLE_FLAGS_IMPORT_SYNC_FILE)
return drm_syncobj_import_sync_file_fence(file_private,
args->fd,
- args->handle);
+ args->handle,
+ point);
+
+ if (args->point)
+ return -EINVAL;

return drm_syncobj_fd_to_handle(file_private, args->fd,
&args->handle);
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
index 7fba37b94401..e63a71d3c607 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
@@ -905,13 +905,17 @@ struct drm_syncobj_destroy {
};

#define DRM_SYNCOBJ_FD_TO_HANDLE_FLAGS_IMPORT_SYNC_FILE (1 << 0)
+#define DRM_SYNCOBJ_FD_TO_HANDLE_FLAGS_TIMELINE (1 << 1)
#define DRM_SYNCOBJ_HANDLE_TO_FD_FLAGS_EXPORT_SYNC_FILE (1 << 0)
+#define DRM_SYNCOBJ_HANDLE_TO_FD_FLAGS_TIMELINE (1 << 1)
struct drm_syncobj_handle {
__u32 handle;
__u32 flags;

__s32 fd;
__u32 pad;
+
+ __u64 point;
};

struct drm_syncobj_transfer {
--
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