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[10/20] drm/i915: Export a preallocate variant of i915_active_acquire()

Message ID 20200706061926.6687-11-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series [01/20] drm/i915: Preallocate stashes for vma page-directories | expand

Commit Message

Chris Wilson July 6, 2020, 6:19 a.m. UTC
Sometimes we have to be very careful not to allocate underneath a mutex
(or spinlock) and yet still want to track activity. Enter
i915_active_acquire_for_context(). This raises the activity counter on
i915_active prior to use and ensures that the fence-tree contains a slot
for the context.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
---
 .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c    |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c      |   4 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c            | 113 +++++++++++++++---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h            |  14 ++-
 4 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

Comments

Maarten Lankhorst July 9, 2020, 2:36 p.m. UTC | #1
Op 06-07-2020 om 08:19 schreef Chris Wilson:
> Sometimes we have to be very careful not to allocate underneath a mutex
> (or spinlock) and yet still want to track activity. Enter
> i915_active_acquire_for_context(). This raises the activity counter on
> i915_active prior to use and ensures that the fence-tree contains a slot
> for the context.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
> ---
>  .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c    |   2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c      |   4 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c            | 113 +++++++++++++++---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h            |  14 ++-
>  4 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
> index 1015c4fd9f3e..6d20be29ff3c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
> @@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ __parser_mark_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
>  {
>  	struct intel_gt_buffer_pool_node *node = vma->private;
>  
> -	return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl, fence);
> +	return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl->fence_context, fence);
>  }
>  
>  static int
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
> index 4546284fede1..e4a5326633b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
> @@ -479,7 +479,9 @@ __intel_timeline_get_seqno(struct intel_timeline *tl,
>  	 * free it after the current request is retired, which ensures that
>  	 * all writes into the cacheline from previous requests are complete.
>  	 */
> -	err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active, tl, &rq->fence);
> +	err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active,
> +			      tl->fence_context,
> +			      &rq->fence);
>  	if (err)
>  		goto err_cacheline;
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
> index d960d0be5bd2..3f595446fd44 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
> @@ -217,11 +217,10 @@ excl_retire(struct dma_fence *fence, struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
>  }
>  
>  static struct i915_active_fence *
> -active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, struct intel_timeline *tl)
> +active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
>  {
>  	struct active_node *node, *prealloc;
>  	struct rb_node **p, *parent;
> -	u64 idx = tl->fence_context;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * We track the most recently used timeline to skip a rbtree search
> @@ -353,21 +352,17 @@ __active_del_barrier(struct i915_active *ref, struct active_node *node)
>  	return ____active_del_barrier(ref, node, barrier_to_engine(node));
>  }
>  
> -int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
> -		    struct intel_timeline *tl,
> -		    struct dma_fence *fence)
> +int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
>  {
>  	struct i915_active_fence *active;
>  	int err;
>  
> -	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
> -
>  	/* Prevent reaping in case we malloc/wait while building the tree */
>  	err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
>  
> -	active = active_instance(ref, tl);
> +	active = active_instance(ref, idx);
>  	if (!active) {
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto out;
> @@ -384,32 +379,104 @@ int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
>  		atomic_dec(&ref->count);
>  	}
>  	if (!__i915_active_fence_set(active, fence))
> -		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
> +		__i915_active_acquire(ref);
>  
>  out:
>  	i915_active_release(ref);
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> -struct dma_fence *
> -i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
> +static struct dma_fence *
> +__i915_active_set_fence(struct i915_active *ref,
> +			struct i915_active_fence *active,
> +			struct dma_fence *fence)
>  {
>  	struct dma_fence *prev;
>  
>  	/* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
>  	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
>  
> +	if (is_barrier(active)) { /* proto-node used by our idle barrier */
> +		/*
> +		 * This request is on the kernel_context timeline, and so
> +		 * we can use it to substitute for the pending idle-barrer
> +		 * request that we want to emit on the kernel_context.
> +		 */
> +		__active_del_barrier(ref, node_from_active(active));
> +		RCU_INIT_POINTER(active->fence, NULL);
> +		atomic_dec(&ref->count);
> +	}
> +
>  	rcu_read_lock();
> -	prev = __i915_active_fence_set(&ref->excl, f);
> +	prev = __i915_active_fence_set(active, fence);
>  	if (prev)
>  		prev = dma_fence_get_rcu(prev);
>  	else
> -		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
> +		__i915_active_acquire(ref);
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
>  
>  	return prev;
>  }
>  
> +static struct i915_active_fence *
> +__active_lookup(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
> +{
> +	struct active_node *node;
> +	struct rb_node *p;
> +
> +	/* Like active_instance() but with no malloc */
> +
> +	node = READ_ONCE(ref->cache);
> +	if (node && node->timeline == idx)
> +		return &node->base;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
> +	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
> +
> +	p = ref->tree.rb_node;
> +	while (p) {
> +		node = rb_entry(p, struct active_node, node);
> +		if (node->timeline == idx) {
> +			ref->cache = node;
> +			spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
> +			return &node->base;
> +		}
> +
> +		if (node->timeline < idx)
> +			p = p->rb_right;
> +		else
> +			p = p->rb_left;
> +	}
> +
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
> +
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +struct dma_fence *
> +__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
> +{
> +	struct dma_fence *prev = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
> +	struct i915_active_fence *active;
> +
> +	if (!i915_active_acquire_if_busy(ref))
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> +	active = __active_lookup(ref, idx);
> +	if (active)
> +		prev = __i915_active_set_fence(ref, active, fence);
> +
> +	i915_active_release(ref);
> +	return prev;
> +}
> +
> +struct dma_fence *
> +i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
> +{
> +	/* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
> +	return __i915_active_set_fence(ref, &ref->excl, f);
> +}
> +
>  bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref)
>  {
>  	debug_active_assert(ref);
> @@ -443,6 +510,24 @@ int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> +int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
> +{
> +	struct i915_active_fence *active;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	active = active_instance(ref, idx);
> +	if (!active) {
> +		i915_active_release(ref);
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0; /* return with active ref */
> +}
> +
>  void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref)
>  {
>  	debug_active_assert(ref);
> @@ -804,7 +889,7 @@ int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
>  			 */
>  			RCU_INIT_POINTER(node->base.fence, ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
>  			node->base.cb.node.prev = (void *)engine;
> -			atomic_inc(&ref->count);
> +			__i915_active_acquire(ref);
>  		}
>  		GEM_BUG_ON(rcu_access_pointer(node->base.fence) != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
> index cf4058150966..2e0bcb3289ec 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
> @@ -163,14 +163,18 @@ void __i915_active_init(struct i915_active *ref,
>  	__i915_active_init(ref, active, retire, &__mkey, &__wkey);	\
>  } while (0)
>  
> -int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
> -		    struct intel_timeline *tl,
> -		    struct dma_fence *fence);
> +struct dma_fence *
> +__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
> +int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
>  
>  static inline int
>  i915_active_add_request(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_request *rq)
>  {
> -	return i915_active_ref(ref, i915_request_timeline(rq), &rq->fence);
> +	struct intel_timeline *tl = i915_request_timeline(rq);
> +
> +	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
> +
> +	return i915_active_ref(ref, tl->fence_context, &rq->fence);
>  }
>  
>  struct dma_fence *
> @@ -198,7 +202,9 @@ int i915_request_await_active(struct i915_request *rq,
>  #define I915_ACTIVE_AWAIT_BARRIER BIT(2)
>  
>  int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref);
> +int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx);
>  bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref);
> +
>  void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref);
>  
>  static inline void __i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)

Somewhere this is hiding a locking inversion in the later part of this series.

tl->mutex needs to be an inner lock of ww objects, see my patch series.

Since this is not the case, you're somehow hiding a locking inversion.
Tvrtko Ursulin July 10, 2020, 12:24 p.m. UTC | #2
On 09/07/2020 15:36, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Op 06-07-2020 om 08:19 schreef Chris Wilson:
>> Sometimes we have to be very careful not to allocate underneath a mutex
>> (or spinlock) and yet still want to track activity. Enter
>> i915_active_acquire_for_context(). This raises the activity counter on
>> i915_active prior to use and ensures that the fence-tree contains a slot
>> for the context.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
>> ---
>>   .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c    |   2 +-
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c      |   4 +-
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c            | 113 +++++++++++++++---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h            |  14 ++-
>>   4 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>> index 1015c4fd9f3e..6d20be29ff3c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>> @@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ __parser_mark_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
>>   {
>>   	struct intel_gt_buffer_pool_node *node = vma->private;
>>   
>> -	return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl, fence);
>> +	return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl->fence_context, fence);
>>   }
>>   
>>   static int
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
>> index 4546284fede1..e4a5326633b8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
>> @@ -479,7 +479,9 @@ __intel_timeline_get_seqno(struct intel_timeline *tl,
>>   	 * free it after the current request is retired, which ensures that
>>   	 * all writes into the cacheline from previous requests are complete.
>>   	 */
>> -	err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active, tl, &rq->fence);
>> +	err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active,
>> +			      tl->fence_context,
>> +			      &rq->fence);
>>   	if (err)
>>   		goto err_cacheline;
>>   
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
>> index d960d0be5bd2..3f595446fd44 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
>> @@ -217,11 +217,10 @@ excl_retire(struct dma_fence *fence, struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
>>   }
>>   
>>   static struct i915_active_fence *
>> -active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, struct intel_timeline *tl)
>> +active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
>>   {
>>   	struct active_node *node, *prealloc;
>>   	struct rb_node **p, *parent;
>> -	u64 idx = tl->fence_context;
>>   
>>   	/*
>>   	 * We track the most recently used timeline to skip a rbtree search
>> @@ -353,21 +352,17 @@ __active_del_barrier(struct i915_active *ref, struct active_node *node)
>>   	return ____active_del_barrier(ref, node, barrier_to_engine(node));
>>   }
>>   
>> -int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
>> -		    struct intel_timeline *tl,
>> -		    struct dma_fence *fence)
>> +int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
>>   {
>>   	struct i915_active_fence *active;
>>   	int err;
>>   
>> -	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
>> -
>>   	/* Prevent reaping in case we malloc/wait while building the tree */
>>   	err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
>>   	if (err)
>>   		return err;
>>   
>> -	active = active_instance(ref, tl);
>> +	active = active_instance(ref, idx);
>>   	if (!active) {
>>   		err = -ENOMEM;
>>   		goto out;
>> @@ -384,32 +379,104 @@ int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
>>   		atomic_dec(&ref->count);
>>   	}
>>   	if (!__i915_active_fence_set(active, fence))
>> -		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
>> +		__i915_active_acquire(ref);
>>   
>>   out:
>>   	i915_active_release(ref);
>>   	return err;
>>   }
>>   
>> -struct dma_fence *
>> -i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
>> +static struct dma_fence *
>> +__i915_active_set_fence(struct i915_active *ref,
>> +			struct i915_active_fence *active,
>> +			struct dma_fence *fence)
>>   {
>>   	struct dma_fence *prev;
>>   
>>   	/* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
>>   	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
>>   
>> +	if (is_barrier(active)) { /* proto-node used by our idle barrier */
>> +		/*
>> +		 * This request is on the kernel_context timeline, and so
>> +		 * we can use it to substitute for the pending idle-barrer
>> +		 * request that we want to emit on the kernel_context.
>> +		 */
>> +		__active_del_barrier(ref, node_from_active(active));
>> +		RCU_INIT_POINTER(active->fence, NULL);
>> +		atomic_dec(&ref->count);
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	rcu_read_lock();
>> -	prev = __i915_active_fence_set(&ref->excl, f);
>> +	prev = __i915_active_fence_set(active, fence);
>>   	if (prev)
>>   		prev = dma_fence_get_rcu(prev);
>>   	else
>> -		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
>> +		__i915_active_acquire(ref);
>>   	rcu_read_unlock();
>>   
>>   	return prev;
>>   }
>>   
>> +static struct i915_active_fence *
>> +__active_lookup(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
>> +{
>> +	struct active_node *node;
>> +	struct rb_node *p;
>> +
>> +	/* Like active_instance() but with no malloc */
>> +
>> +	node = READ_ONCE(ref->cache);
>> +	if (node && node->timeline == idx)
>> +		return &node->base;
>> +
>> +	spin_lock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
>> +	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
>> +
>> +	p = ref->tree.rb_node;
>> +	while (p) {
>> +		node = rb_entry(p, struct active_node, node);
>> +		if (node->timeline == idx) {
>> +			ref->cache = node;
>> +			spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
>> +			return &node->base;
>> +		}
>> +
>> +		if (node->timeline < idx)
>> +			p = p->rb_right;
>> +		else
>> +			p = p->rb_left;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
>> +
>> +	return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +struct dma_fence *
>> +__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
>> +{
>> +	struct dma_fence *prev = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>> +	struct i915_active_fence *active;
>> +
>> +	if (!i915_active_acquire_if_busy(ref))
>> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>> +
>> +	active = __active_lookup(ref, idx);
>> +	if (active)
>> +		prev = __i915_active_set_fence(ref, active, fence);
>> +
>> +	i915_active_release(ref);
>> +	return prev;
>> +}
>> +
>> +struct dma_fence *
>> +i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
>> +{
>> +	/* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
>> +	return __i915_active_set_fence(ref, &ref->excl, f);
>> +}
>> +
>>   bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref)
>>   {
>>   	debug_active_assert(ref);
>> @@ -443,6 +510,24 @@ int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)
>>   	return err;
>>   }
>>   
>> +int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
>> +{
>> +	struct i915_active_fence *active;
>> +	int err;
>> +
>> +	err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
>> +	if (err)
>> +		return err;
>> +
>> +	active = active_instance(ref, idx);
>> +	if (!active) {
>> +		i915_active_release(ref);
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return 0; /* return with active ref */
>> +}
>> +
>>   void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref)
>>   {
>>   	debug_active_assert(ref);
>> @@ -804,7 +889,7 @@ int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
>>   			 */
>>   			RCU_INIT_POINTER(node->base.fence, ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
>>   			node->base.cb.node.prev = (void *)engine;
>> -			atomic_inc(&ref->count);
>> +			__i915_active_acquire(ref);
>>   		}
>>   		GEM_BUG_ON(rcu_access_pointer(node->base.fence) != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
>>   
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
>> index cf4058150966..2e0bcb3289ec 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
>> @@ -163,14 +163,18 @@ void __i915_active_init(struct i915_active *ref,
>>   	__i915_active_init(ref, active, retire, &__mkey, &__wkey);	\
>>   } while (0)
>>   
>> -int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
>> -		    struct intel_timeline *tl,
>> -		    struct dma_fence *fence);
>> +struct dma_fence *
>> +__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
>> +int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
>>   
>>   static inline int
>>   i915_active_add_request(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_request *rq)
>>   {
>> -	return i915_active_ref(ref, i915_request_timeline(rq), &rq->fence);
>> +	struct intel_timeline *tl = i915_request_timeline(rq);
>> +
>> +	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
>> +
>> +	return i915_active_ref(ref, tl->fence_context, &rq->fence);
>>   }
>>   
>>   struct dma_fence *
>> @@ -198,7 +202,9 @@ int i915_request_await_active(struct i915_request *rq,
>>   #define I915_ACTIVE_AWAIT_BARRIER BIT(2)
>>   
>>   int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref);
>> +int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx);
>>   bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref);
>> +
>>   void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref);
>>   
>>   static inline void __i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)
> 
> Somewhere this is hiding a locking inversion in the later part of this series.
> 
> tl->mutex needs to be an inner lock of ww objects, see my patch series.
> 
> Since this is not the case, you're somehow hiding a locking inversion.

Which locks you think and from where? I want to make sure I am not 
missing something while reading the series..

There used to be (still is in upstream) a possible deadlock with async 
get pages if batch buffer was an userptr object, but this series solves 
that by pre-allocating page directories in the reservation phase. That's 
not a plain locking inversion, but maybe that's what you had in mind?

Does it take tl->mutex undeer dma_fence_wait? I can't see that it does.

Can't think of any other options at the moment.

Regards,

Tvrtko
Maarten Lankhorst July 10, 2020, 12:32 p.m. UTC | #3
Op 10-07-2020 om 14:24 schreef Tvrtko Ursulin:
>
> On 09/07/2020 15:36, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
>> Op 06-07-2020 om 08:19 schreef Chris Wilson:
>>> Sometimes we have to be very careful not to allocate underneath a mutex
>>> (or spinlock) and yet still want to track activity. Enter
>>> i915_active_acquire_for_context(). This raises the activity counter on
>>> i915_active prior to use and ensures that the fence-tree contains a slot
>>> for the context.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
>>> ---
>>>   .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c    |   2 +-
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c      |   4 +-
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c            | 113 +++++++++++++++---
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h            |  14 ++-
>>>   4 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>>> index 1015c4fd9f3e..6d20be29ff3c 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>>> @@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ __parser_mark_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
>>>   {
>>>       struct intel_gt_buffer_pool_node *node = vma->private;
>>>   -    return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl, fence);
>>> +    return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl->fence_context, fence);
>>>   }
>>>     static int
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
>>> index 4546284fede1..e4a5326633b8 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
>>> @@ -479,7 +479,9 @@ __intel_timeline_get_seqno(struct intel_timeline *tl,
>>>        * free it after the current request is retired, which ensures that
>>>        * all writes into the cacheline from previous requests are complete.
>>>        */
>>> -    err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active, tl, &rq->fence);
>>> +    err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active,
>>> +                  tl->fence_context,
>>> +                  &rq->fence);
>>>       if (err)
>>>           goto err_cacheline;
>>>   diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
>>> index d960d0be5bd2..3f595446fd44 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
>>> @@ -217,11 +217,10 @@ excl_retire(struct dma_fence *fence, struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
>>>   }
>>>     static struct i915_active_fence *
>>> -active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, struct intel_timeline *tl)
>>> +active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
>>>   {
>>>       struct active_node *node, *prealloc;
>>>       struct rb_node **p, *parent;
>>> -    u64 idx = tl->fence_context;
>>>         /*
>>>        * We track the most recently used timeline to skip a rbtree search
>>> @@ -353,21 +352,17 @@ __active_del_barrier(struct i915_active *ref, struct active_node *node)
>>>       return ____active_del_barrier(ref, node, barrier_to_engine(node));
>>>   }
>>>   -int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
>>> -            struct intel_timeline *tl,
>>> -            struct dma_fence *fence)
>>> +int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
>>>   {
>>>       struct i915_active_fence *active;
>>>       int err;
>>>   -    lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
>>> -
>>>       /* Prevent reaping in case we malloc/wait while building the tree */
>>>       err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
>>>       if (err)
>>>           return err;
>>>   -    active = active_instance(ref, tl);
>>> +    active = active_instance(ref, idx);
>>>       if (!active) {
>>>           err = -ENOMEM;
>>>           goto out;
>>> @@ -384,32 +379,104 @@ int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
>>>           atomic_dec(&ref->count);
>>>       }
>>>       if (!__i915_active_fence_set(active, fence))
>>> -        atomic_inc(&ref->count);
>>> +        __i915_active_acquire(ref);
>>>     out:
>>>       i915_active_release(ref);
>>>       return err;
>>>   }
>>>   -struct dma_fence *
>>> -i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
>>> +static struct dma_fence *
>>> +__i915_active_set_fence(struct i915_active *ref,
>>> +            struct i915_active_fence *active,
>>> +            struct dma_fence *fence)
>>>   {
>>>       struct dma_fence *prev;
>>>         /* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
>>>       GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
>>>   +    if (is_barrier(active)) { /* proto-node used by our idle barrier */
>>> +        /*
>>> +         * This request is on the kernel_context timeline, and so
>>> +         * we can use it to substitute for the pending idle-barrer
>>> +         * request that we want to emit on the kernel_context.
>>> +         */
>>> +        __active_del_barrier(ref, node_from_active(active));
>>> +        RCU_INIT_POINTER(active->fence, NULL);
>>> +        atomic_dec(&ref->count);
>>> +    }
>>> +
>>>       rcu_read_lock();
>>> -    prev = __i915_active_fence_set(&ref->excl, f);
>>> +    prev = __i915_active_fence_set(active, fence);
>>>       if (prev)
>>>           prev = dma_fence_get_rcu(prev);
>>>       else
>>> -        atomic_inc(&ref->count);
>>> +        __i915_active_acquire(ref);
>>>       rcu_read_unlock();
>>>         return prev;
>>>   }
>>>   +static struct i915_active_fence *
>>> +__active_lookup(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
>>> +{
>>> +    struct active_node *node;
>>> +    struct rb_node *p;
>>> +
>>> +    /* Like active_instance() but with no malloc */
>>> +
>>> +    node = READ_ONCE(ref->cache);
>>> +    if (node && node->timeline == idx)
>>> +        return &node->base;
>>> +
>>> +    spin_lock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
>>> +    GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
>>> +
>>> +    p = ref->tree.rb_node;
>>> +    while (p) {
>>> +        node = rb_entry(p, struct active_node, node);
>>> +        if (node->timeline == idx) {
>>> +            ref->cache = node;
>>> +            spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
>>> +            return &node->base;
>>> +        }
>>> +
>>> +        if (node->timeline < idx)
>>> +            p = p->rb_right;
>>> +        else
>>> +            p = p->rb_left;
>>> +    }
>>> +
>>> +    spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
>>> +
>>> +    return NULL;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +struct dma_fence *
>>> +__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
>>> +{
>>> +    struct dma_fence *prev = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>>> +    struct i915_active_fence *active;
>>> +
>>> +    if (!i915_active_acquire_if_busy(ref))
>>> +        return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>>> +
>>> +    active = __active_lookup(ref, idx);
>>> +    if (active)
>>> +        prev = __i915_active_set_fence(ref, active, fence);
>>> +
>>> +    i915_active_release(ref);
>>> +    return prev;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +struct dma_fence *
>>> +i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
>>> +{
>>> +    /* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
>>> +    return __i915_active_set_fence(ref, &ref->excl, f);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>   bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref)
>>>   {
>>>       debug_active_assert(ref);
>>> @@ -443,6 +510,24 @@ int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)
>>>       return err;
>>>   }
>>>   +int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
>>> +{
>>> +    struct i915_active_fence *active;
>>> +    int err;
>>> +
>>> +    err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
>>> +    if (err)
>>> +        return err;
>>> +
>>> +    active = active_instance(ref, idx);
>>> +    if (!active) {
>>> +        i915_active_release(ref);
>>> +        return -ENOMEM;
>>> +    }
>>> +
>>> +    return 0; /* return with active ref */
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>   void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref)
>>>   {
>>>       debug_active_assert(ref);
>>> @@ -804,7 +889,7 @@ int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
>>>                */
>>>               RCU_INIT_POINTER(node->base.fence, ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
>>>               node->base.cb.node.prev = (void *)engine;
>>> -            atomic_inc(&ref->count);
>>> +            __i915_active_acquire(ref);
>>>           }
>>>           GEM_BUG_ON(rcu_access_pointer(node->base.fence) != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
>>>   diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
>>> index cf4058150966..2e0bcb3289ec 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
>>> @@ -163,14 +163,18 @@ void __i915_active_init(struct i915_active *ref,
>>>       __i915_active_init(ref, active, retire, &__mkey, &__wkey);    \
>>>   } while (0)
>>>   -int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
>>> -            struct intel_timeline *tl,
>>> -            struct dma_fence *fence);
>>> +struct dma_fence *
>>> +__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
>>> +int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
>>>     static inline int
>>>   i915_active_add_request(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_request *rq)
>>>   {
>>> -    return i915_active_ref(ref, i915_request_timeline(rq), &rq->fence);
>>> +    struct intel_timeline *tl = i915_request_timeline(rq);
>>> +
>>> +    lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
>>> +
>>> +    return i915_active_ref(ref, tl->fence_context, &rq->fence);
>>>   }
>>>     struct dma_fence *
>>> @@ -198,7 +202,9 @@ int i915_request_await_active(struct i915_request *rq,
>>>   #define I915_ACTIVE_AWAIT_BARRIER BIT(2)
>>>     int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref);
>>> +int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx);
>>>   bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref);
>>> +
>>>   void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref);
>>>     static inline void __i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)
>>
>> Somewhere this is hiding a locking inversion in the later part of this series.
>>
>> tl->mutex needs to be an inner lock of ww objects, see my patch series.
>>
>> Since this is not the case, you're somehow hiding a locking inversion.
>
> Which locks you think and from where? I want to make sure I am not missing something while reading the series..
>
> There used to be (still is in upstream) a possible deadlock with async get pages if batch buffer was an userptr object, but this series solves that by pre-allocating page directories in the reservation phase. That's not a plain locking inversion, but maybe that's what you had in mind?
>
> Does it take tl->mutex undeer dma_fence_wait? I can't see that it does.
>
> Can't think of any other options at the moment.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tvrtko

Ah never mind, context pinning/throttling is not reworked yet here.
Tvrtko Ursulin July 13, 2020, 2:29 p.m. UTC | #4
On 06/07/2020 07:19, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Sometimes we have to be very careful not to allocate underneath a mutex
> (or spinlock) and yet still want to track activity. Enter
> i915_active_acquire_for_context(). This raises the activity counter on
> i915_active prior to use and ensures that the fence-tree contains a slot
> for the context.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
> ---
>   .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c    |   2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c      |   4 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c            | 113 +++++++++++++++---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h            |  14 ++-
>   4 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
> index 1015c4fd9f3e..6d20be29ff3c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
> @@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ __parser_mark_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
>   {
>   	struct intel_gt_buffer_pool_node *node = vma->private;
>   
> -	return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl, fence);
> +	return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl->fence_context, fence);
>   }
>   
>   static int
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
> index 4546284fede1..e4a5326633b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
> @@ -479,7 +479,9 @@ __intel_timeline_get_seqno(struct intel_timeline *tl,
>   	 * free it after the current request is retired, which ensures that
>   	 * all writes into the cacheline from previous requests are complete.
>   	 */
> -	err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active, tl, &rq->fence);
> +	err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active,
> +			      tl->fence_context,
> +			      &rq->fence);
>   	if (err)
>   		goto err_cacheline;
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
> index d960d0be5bd2..3f595446fd44 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
> @@ -217,11 +217,10 @@ excl_retire(struct dma_fence *fence, struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
>   }
>   
>   static struct i915_active_fence *
> -active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, struct intel_timeline *tl)
> +active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
>   {
>   	struct active_node *node, *prealloc;
>   	struct rb_node **p, *parent;
> -	u64 idx = tl->fence_context;
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * We track the most recently used timeline to skip a rbtree search
> @@ -353,21 +352,17 @@ __active_del_barrier(struct i915_active *ref, struct active_node *node)
>   	return ____active_del_barrier(ref, node, barrier_to_engine(node));
>   }
>   
> -int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
> -		    struct intel_timeline *tl,
> -		    struct dma_fence *fence)
> +int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
>   {
>   	struct i915_active_fence *active;
>   	int err;
>   
> -	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
> -
>   	/* Prevent reaping in case we malloc/wait while building the tree */
>   	err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
>   	if (err)
>   		return err;
>   
> -	active = active_instance(ref, tl);
> +	active = active_instance(ref, idx);
>   	if (!active) {
>   		err = -ENOMEM;
>   		goto out;
> @@ -384,32 +379,104 @@ int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
>   		atomic_dec(&ref->count);
>   	}
>   	if (!__i915_active_fence_set(active, fence))
> -		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
> +		__i915_active_acquire(ref);
>   
>   out:
>   	i915_active_release(ref);
>   	return err;
>   }
>   
> -struct dma_fence *
> -i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
> +static struct dma_fence *
> +__i915_active_set_fence(struct i915_active *ref,
> +			struct i915_active_fence *active,
> +			struct dma_fence *fence)
>   {
>   	struct dma_fence *prev;
>   
>   	/* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
>   
> +	if (is_barrier(active)) { /* proto-node used by our idle barrier */
> +		/*
> +		 * This request is on the kernel_context timeline, and so
> +		 * we can use it to substitute for the pending idle-barrer
> +		 * request that we want to emit on the kernel_context.
> +		 */
> +		__active_del_barrier(ref, node_from_active(active));
> +		RCU_INIT_POINTER(active->fence, NULL);

The condition, comments and operation up to here is duplicated from 
i915_active_ref not shown in the diff.

More important question is on the relationship between i915_active_ref 
and __i915_active_ref. Latter actually calls this new 
__i915_active_set_fence which is kind of surprising considering the 
usual patterns.

Is there any duplication of the APIs ie. opportunity to consolidate? For 
instance should i915_active_ref be broken up into 
preallocate/lookup/install helpers too?

Another confusing end result is that we'd end up with both 
__i915_active_fence_set(active-fence, dma-fence) and
__i915_active_set_fence(active, active-fence, dma-fence).

I am not offering any solutions just raising oddities at this point. :)

Regards,

Tvrtko

> +		atomic_dec(&ref->count);
> +	}
> +
>   	rcu_read_lock();
> -	prev = __i915_active_fence_set(&ref->excl, f);
> +	prev = __i915_active_fence_set(active, fence);
>   	if (prev)
>   		prev = dma_fence_get_rcu(prev);
>   	else
> -		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
> +		__i915_active_acquire(ref);
>   	rcu_read_unlock();
>   
>   	return prev;
>   }
>   
> +static struct i915_active_fence *
> +__active_lookup(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
> +{
> +	struct active_node *node;
> +	struct rb_node *p;
> +
> +	/* Like active_instance() but with no malloc */
> +
> +	node = READ_ONCE(ref->cache);
> +	if (node && node->timeline == idx)
> +		return &node->base;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
> +	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
> +
> +	p = ref->tree.rb_node;
> +	while (p) {
> +		node = rb_entry(p, struct active_node, node);
> +		if (node->timeline == idx) {
> +			ref->cache = node;
> +			spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
> +			return &node->base;
> +		}
> +
> +		if (node->timeline < idx)
> +			p = p->rb_right;
> +		else
> +			p = p->rb_left;
> +	}
> +
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
> +
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +struct dma_fence *
> +__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
> +{
> +	struct dma_fence *prev = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
> +	struct i915_active_fence *active;
> +
> +	if (!i915_active_acquire_if_busy(ref))
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> +	active = __active_lookup(ref, idx);
> +	if (active)
> +		prev = __i915_active_set_fence(ref, active, fence);
> +
> +	i915_active_release(ref);
> +	return prev;
> +}
> +
> +struct dma_fence *
> +i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
> +{
> +	/* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
> +	return __i915_active_set_fence(ref, &ref->excl, f);
> +}
> +
>   bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref)
>   {
>   	debug_active_assert(ref);
> @@ -443,6 +510,24 @@ int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)
>   	return err;
>   }
>   
> +int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
> +{
> +	struct i915_active_fence *active;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
> +	if (err)
> +		return err;
> +
> +	active = active_instance(ref, idx);
> +	if (!active) {
> +		i915_active_release(ref);
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0; /* return with active ref */
> +}
> +
>   void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref)
>   {
>   	debug_active_assert(ref);
> @@ -804,7 +889,7 @@ int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
>   			 */
>   			RCU_INIT_POINTER(node->base.fence, ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
>   			node->base.cb.node.prev = (void *)engine;
> -			atomic_inc(&ref->count);
> +			__i915_active_acquire(ref);
>   		}
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(rcu_access_pointer(node->base.fence) != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
> index cf4058150966..2e0bcb3289ec 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
> @@ -163,14 +163,18 @@ void __i915_active_init(struct i915_active *ref,
>   	__i915_active_init(ref, active, retire, &__mkey, &__wkey);	\
>   } while (0)
>   
> -int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
> -		    struct intel_timeline *tl,
> -		    struct dma_fence *fence);
> +struct dma_fence *
> +__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
> +int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
>   
>   static inline int
>   i915_active_add_request(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_request *rq)
>   {
> -	return i915_active_ref(ref, i915_request_timeline(rq), &rq->fence);
> +	struct intel_timeline *tl = i915_request_timeline(rq);
> +
> +	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
> +
> +	return i915_active_ref(ref, tl->fence_context, &rq->fence);
>   }
>   
>   struct dma_fence *
> @@ -198,7 +202,9 @@ int i915_request_await_active(struct i915_request *rq,
>   #define I915_ACTIVE_AWAIT_BARRIER BIT(2)
>   
>   int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref);
> +int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx);
>   bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref);
> +
>   void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref);
>   
>   static inline void __i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)
>
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 1015c4fd9f3e..6d20be29ff3c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@  __parser_mark_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
 {
 	struct intel_gt_buffer_pool_node *node = vma->private;
 
-	return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl, fence);
+	return i915_active_ref(&node->active, tl->fence_context, fence);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
index 4546284fede1..e4a5326633b8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c
@@ -479,7 +479,9 @@  __intel_timeline_get_seqno(struct intel_timeline *tl,
 	 * free it after the current request is retired, which ensures that
 	 * all writes into the cacheline from previous requests are complete.
 	 */
-	err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active, tl, &rq->fence);
+	err = i915_active_ref(&tl->hwsp_cacheline->active,
+			      tl->fence_context,
+			      &rq->fence);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_cacheline;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
index d960d0be5bd2..3f595446fd44 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c
@@ -217,11 +217,10 @@  excl_retire(struct dma_fence *fence, struct dma_fence_cb *cb)
 }
 
 static struct i915_active_fence *
-active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, struct intel_timeline *tl)
+active_instance(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
 {
 	struct active_node *node, *prealloc;
 	struct rb_node **p, *parent;
-	u64 idx = tl->fence_context;
 
 	/*
 	 * We track the most recently used timeline to skip a rbtree search
@@ -353,21 +352,17 @@  __active_del_barrier(struct i915_active *ref, struct active_node *node)
 	return ____active_del_barrier(ref, node, barrier_to_engine(node));
 }
 
-int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
-		    struct intel_timeline *tl,
-		    struct dma_fence *fence)
+int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
 {
 	struct i915_active_fence *active;
 	int err;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
-
 	/* Prevent reaping in case we malloc/wait while building the tree */
 	err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	active = active_instance(ref, tl);
+	active = active_instance(ref, idx);
 	if (!active) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
@@ -384,32 +379,104 @@  int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
 		atomic_dec(&ref->count);
 	}
 	if (!__i915_active_fence_set(active, fence))
-		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
+		__i915_active_acquire(ref);
 
 out:
 	i915_active_release(ref);
 	return err;
 }
 
-struct dma_fence *
-i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
+static struct dma_fence *
+__i915_active_set_fence(struct i915_active *ref,
+			struct i915_active_fence *active,
+			struct dma_fence *fence)
 {
 	struct dma_fence *prev;
 
 	/* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
 	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
 
+	if (is_barrier(active)) { /* proto-node used by our idle barrier */
+		/*
+		 * This request is on the kernel_context timeline, and so
+		 * we can use it to substitute for the pending idle-barrer
+		 * request that we want to emit on the kernel_context.
+		 */
+		__active_del_barrier(ref, node_from_active(active));
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(active->fence, NULL);
+		atomic_dec(&ref->count);
+	}
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	prev = __i915_active_fence_set(&ref->excl, f);
+	prev = __i915_active_fence_set(active, fence);
 	if (prev)
 		prev = dma_fence_get_rcu(prev);
 	else
-		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
+		__i915_active_acquire(ref);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return prev;
 }
 
+static struct i915_active_fence *
+__active_lookup(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
+{
+	struct active_node *node;
+	struct rb_node *p;
+
+	/* Like active_instance() but with no malloc */
+
+	node = READ_ONCE(ref->cache);
+	if (node && node->timeline == idx)
+		return &node->base;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(ref));
+
+	p = ref->tree.rb_node;
+	while (p) {
+		node = rb_entry(p, struct active_node, node);
+		if (node->timeline == idx) {
+			ref->cache = node;
+			spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
+			return &node->base;
+		}
+
+		if (node->timeline < idx)
+			p = p->rb_right;
+		else
+			p = p->rb_left;
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ref->tree_lock);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+struct dma_fence *
+__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence)
+{
+	struct dma_fence *prev = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	struct i915_active_fence *active;
+
+	if (!i915_active_acquire_if_busy(ref))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	active = __active_lookup(ref, idx);
+	if (active)
+		prev = __i915_active_set_fence(ref, active, fence);
+
+	i915_active_release(ref);
+	return prev;
+}
+
+struct dma_fence *
+i915_active_set_exclusive(struct i915_active *ref, struct dma_fence *f)
+{
+	/* We expect the caller to manage the exclusive timeline ordering */
+	return __i915_active_set_fence(ref, &ref->excl, f);
+}
+
 bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref)
 {
 	debug_active_assert(ref);
@@ -443,6 +510,24 @@  int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)
 	return err;
 }
 
+int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx)
+{
+	struct i915_active_fence *active;
+	int err;
+
+	err = i915_active_acquire(ref);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	active = active_instance(ref, idx);
+	if (!active) {
+		i915_active_release(ref);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0; /* return with active ref */
+}
+
 void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref)
 {
 	debug_active_assert(ref);
@@ -804,7 +889,7 @@  int i915_active_acquire_preallocate_barrier(struct i915_active *ref,
 			 */
 			RCU_INIT_POINTER(node->base.fence, ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
 			node->base.cb.node.prev = (void *)engine;
-			atomic_inc(&ref->count);
+			__i915_active_acquire(ref);
 		}
 		GEM_BUG_ON(rcu_access_pointer(node->base.fence) != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
index cf4058150966..2e0bcb3289ec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h
@@ -163,14 +163,18 @@  void __i915_active_init(struct i915_active *ref,
 	__i915_active_init(ref, active, retire, &__mkey, &__wkey);	\
 } while (0)
 
-int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
-		    struct intel_timeline *tl,
-		    struct dma_fence *fence);
+struct dma_fence *
+__i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
+int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx, struct dma_fence *fence);
 
 static inline int
 i915_active_add_request(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	return i915_active_ref(ref, i915_request_timeline(rq), &rq->fence);
+	struct intel_timeline *tl = i915_request_timeline(rq);
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
+
+	return i915_active_ref(ref, tl->fence_context, &rq->fence);
 }
 
 struct dma_fence *
@@ -198,7 +202,9 @@  int i915_request_await_active(struct i915_request *rq,
 #define I915_ACTIVE_AWAIT_BARRIER BIT(2)
 
 int i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref);
+int i915_active_acquire_for_context(struct i915_active *ref, u64 idx);
 bool i915_active_acquire_if_busy(struct i915_active *ref);
+
 void i915_active_release(struct i915_active *ref);
 
 static inline void __i915_active_acquire(struct i915_active *ref)