Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/sched: Fix comment in drm_sched_run_job_work()
From: Matthew Brost
Date: Wed Oct 29 2025 - 12:54:53 EST
On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 02:46:01PM +0100, Philipp Stanner wrote:
> drm_sched_run_job_work() contains a comment which explains that an
> entity being NULL means that there is no more work to do. It can,
> however, also mean that there is work, but the scheduler doesn't have
> enough credits to process the jobs right now.
>
> Provide this detail in the comment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <phasta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c | 9 +++++++--
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
> index c39f0245e3a9..492e8af639db 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
> @@ -1237,8 +1237,13 @@ static void drm_sched_run_job_work(struct work_struct *w)
>
> /* Find entity with a ready job */
> entity = drm_sched_select_entity(sched);
> - if (!entity)
> - return; /* No more work */
> + if (!entity) {
> + /*
> + * Either no more work to do, or the next ready job needs more
> + * credits than the scheduler has currently available.
> + */
> + return;
> + }
>
> sched_job = drm_sched_entity_pop_job(entity);
> if (!sched_job) {
> --
> 2.49.0
>