Re: [PATCH v9 01/16] drm/panfrost: Move shrinker initialization and unplug one level down

[Boris Brezillon]

On Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:28:02 +0100
Adrián Larumbe <adrian.larumbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since the moment we call drm_dev_register() the device should be in a
> position to accept jobs, so it's best if the shrinker is already
> initialized by then.
> 
> On top of that, make shrinker functions take an panfrost_device pointer
> like other functions in the same sequence and rename them accordingly.
> 
> Essentially mimic the init/fini behaviour in Panthor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrián Larumbe <adrian.larumbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

One remark below.

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c       |  8 +++++++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c          |  6 ------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c          | 26 ++++++++++++++----------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h          |  7 ++++---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem_shrinker.c |  8 ++------
>  5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
> index 485349faf251..05c40d5a20b5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_device.c
> @@ -280,9 +280,14 @@ int panfrost_device_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out_job;
>  
> -	panfrost_gem_init(pfdev);
> +	err = panfrost_gem_init(pfdev);

It feels weird to have the GEM subsystem initialized last when you
consider the fact other subsystems might want to allocate GEMs in their
_init() function. I know it's where the panfrost_gem_init() is right
now, and that ultimately it doesn't prevent anyone from allocating
GEMs, but I think it would make sense have this called before any of
the other subsystem init functions, still.

> +	if (err)
> +		goto out_perfcnt;
>  
>  	return 0;
> +
> +out_perfcnt:
> +	panfrost_perfcnt_fini(pfdev);
>  out_job:
>  	panfrost_jm_fini(pfdev);
>  out_mmu:
> @@ -304,6 +309,7 @@ int panfrost_device_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
>  
>  void panfrost_device_fini(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
>  {
> +	panfrost_gem_fini(pfdev);
>  	panfrost_perfcnt_fini(pfdev);
>  	panfrost_jm_fini(pfdev);
>  	panfrost_mmu_fini(pfdev);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
> index 96a66d673ba6..9882a3ede75f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_drv.c
> @@ -1003,14 +1003,9 @@ static int panfrost_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (err < 0)
>  		goto err_out1;
>  
> -	err = panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(&pfdev->base);
> -	if (err)
> -		goto err_out2;
>  
>  	return 0;
>  
> -err_out2:
> -	drm_dev_unregister(&pfdev->base);
>  err_out1:
>  	pm_runtime_disable(pfdev->base.dev);
>  	panfrost_device_fini(pfdev);
> @@ -1024,7 +1019,6 @@ static void panfrost_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	struct panfrost_device *pfdev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  
>  	drm_dev_unregister(&pfdev->base);
> -	panfrost_gem_shrinker_cleanup(&pfdev->base);
>  
>  	pm_runtime_get_sync(pfdev->base.dev);
>  	pm_runtime_disable(pfdev->base.dev);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
> index 3a7fce428898..f39c0f50ed4f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
> @@ -15,20 +15,24 @@
>  #include "panfrost_gem.h"
>  #include "panfrost_mmu.h"
>  
> -void panfrost_gem_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
> +int panfrost_gem_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
>  {
> -	int err;
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && panfrost_transparent_hugepage) {
> +		int err = drm_gem_huge_mnt_create(&pfdev->base, "within_size");
> +
> +		if (drm_gem_get_huge_mnt(&pfdev->base))
> +			drm_info(&pfdev->base, "Using Transparent Hugepage\n");
> +		else if (err)
> +			drm_warn(&pfdev->base, "Can't use Transparent Hugepage (%d)\n",
> +				 err);
> +	}
>  
> -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) &&
> -	    !panfrost_transparent_hugepage)
> -		return;
> +	return panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(pfdev);
> +}
>  
> -	err = drm_gem_huge_mnt_create(&pfdev->base, "within_size");
> -	if (drm_gem_get_huge_mnt(&pfdev->base))
> -		drm_info(&pfdev->base, "Using Transparent Hugepage\n");
> -	else if (err)
> -		drm_warn(&pfdev->base, "Can't use Transparent Hugepage (%d)\n",
> -			 err);
> +void panfrost_gem_fini(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
> +{
> +	panfrost_gem_shrinker_fini(pfdev);
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h
> index 79d4377019e9..5c823cdbd980 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.h
> @@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ drm_mm_node_to_panfrost_mapping(struct drm_mm_node *node)
>  	return container_of(node, struct panfrost_gem_mapping, mmnode);
>  }
>  
> -void panfrost_gem_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev);
> +int panfrost_gem_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev);
> +void panfrost_gem_fini(struct panfrost_device *pfdev);
>  
>  struct drm_gem_object *panfrost_gem_create_object(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size);
>  
> @@ -154,8 +155,8 @@ panfrost_gem_mapping_get(struct panfrost_gem_object *bo,
>  void panfrost_gem_mapping_put(struct panfrost_gem_mapping *mapping);
>  void panfrost_gem_teardown_mappings_locked(struct panfrost_gem_object *bo);
>  
> -int panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(struct drm_device *dev);
> -void panfrost_gem_shrinker_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev);
> +int panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev);
> +void panfrost_gem_shrinker_fini(struct panfrost_device *pfdev);
>  
>  void panfrost_gem_set_label(struct drm_gem_object *obj, const char *label);
>  int panfrost_gem_sync(struct drm_gem_object *obj, u32 type,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem_shrinker.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem_shrinker.c
> index 2fe967a90bcb..fefae87535d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem_shrinker.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem_shrinker.c
> @@ -95,10 +95,8 @@ panfrost_gem_shrinker_scan(struct shrinker *shrinker, struct shrink_control *sc)
>   *
>   * This function registers and sets up the panfrost shrinker.
>   */
> -int panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(struct drm_device *dev)
> +int panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
>  {
> -	struct panfrost_device *pfdev = to_panfrost_device(dev);
> -
>  	pfdev->shrinker = shrinker_alloc(0, "drm-panfrost");
>  	if (!pfdev->shrinker)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -118,10 +116,8 @@ int panfrost_gem_shrinker_init(struct drm_device *dev)
>   *
>   * This function unregisters the panfrost shrinker.
>   */
> -void panfrost_gem_shrinker_cleanup(struct drm_device *dev)
> +void panfrost_gem_shrinker_fini(struct panfrost_device *pfdev)
>  {
> -	struct panfrost_device *pfdev = to_panfrost_device(dev);
> -
>  	if (pfdev->shrinker)
>  		shrinker_free(pfdev->shrinker);
>  }
>