[RFC PATCH 0/1] drm/amdgpu: MMIO TLB invalidation fallback when KIQ is wedged after S4 resume
From: Denis Pisarev
Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 14:56:56 EST
Hi,
This RFC follows up on bugzilla 219492 ("failed to write reg 28b4 wait
reg 28c6" after hibernation) and on the resume_gpu_stable proposal
rejected in January:
https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/20260106125929.25214-6-sunlightlinux@xxxxxxxxx/
The rejection argued that (a) kiq sched.ready is managed correctly -
set false in suspend, set true again only after ring tests pass on
resume - and (b) the proposed flag would have disabled the KIQ flush
path permanently. Both points are correct, and this RFC takes a
different route: nothing is disabled proactively; the driver reacts to
observed failures.
MEASURED FAILURE MODE (Cezanne iGPU, Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U, 7.1.8, KDE
Wayland, no ROCm):
- S4 resume -> "failed to write reg 28b4/28c6" + "1a6f4/1a706" pairs
begin in the same second as the thaw and continue at 80-140/hour
for 9+ hours until reboot. kiq sched.ready is true throughout (the
ring test at resume passed).
- Two user-visible consequences: each failed flush burns the ~5 s KIQ
retry window (desktop-wide sluggishness), and the invalidation is
then silently dropped (stale TLBs - correctness).
TRIGGER ISOLATION (single-variable tests, one hibernate cycle each):
- stock (GFXOFF allowed across S4): ~70-140 errors / 30 min of use
- GFXOFF held off across S4: 0 errors (30 min)
- GFXOFF re-enabled 40 min after the clean
resume: 0 errors (15 min;
gating resumption not independently verified)
So the wedge forms in the S4 resume window while GFXOFF is allowed,
and is consistent with the existing semaphore workaround comment in
gmc_v9_0.c about losing invalidate-acknowledge state across
power-gating cycles. A boot-time amdgpu.pg_mask=0 does not even
initialize on this part (probe -ETIMEDOUT), so runtime debugfs
control was used.
THE PATCH (1/1):
- amdgpu_gmc_fw_reg_write_reg_wait() returns -ETIME on failure and
counts consecutive failures
- gmc_v9_0_flush_gpu_tlb() uses its existing MMIO path as fallback
when the KIQ submit fails (invalidations no longer dropped), and
after 3 consecutive failures skips the KIQ path entirely until the
counter resets - so wedged systems stop paying 5 s per flush
- counter resets on every success and in gmc_v9_0_hw_fini(); each
suspend/resume cycle re-arms KIQ. No proactive disabling anywhere.
- gmc_v10/v11/v12 call sites unchanged and compile-safe (int return
used as statement); extending the fallback to them is trivial once
the approach is agreed.
This mirrors what the sibling PASID path already does (KIQ submit,
-ETIME on timeout, MMIO variant as fallback), applied to the per-VMID
path.
OPEN QUESTIONS:
1. Root cause in the S4 window: RLC/ME not processing KIQ invalidates
while GFXOFF is allowed? Happy to run tracing (amdgpu.vm_debug,
VM_INVALIDATE ack registers) on the affected hardware on request.
2. Should the latch be per-xcc-inst?
3. Should amdgpu_gmc_flush_gpu_tlb_pasid()'s KIQ branch share the
latch?
Patch 1/1 follows. Comments very welcome - especially on whether the
failure-driven fallback is the right shape vs. fixing the S4 resume
ordering directly.
Denis Pisarev
Denis Pisarev (1):
drm/amdgpu: fall back to MMIO TLB invalidation when KIQ is
unresponsive
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h | 2 ++
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gmc.c | 15 +++++++++++----
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gmc.h | 4 +++-
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v9_0.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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