@@ -2697,6 +2697,27 @@ static bool i915_gem_reset_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
/* Read once and return the resolution */
const bool guilty = engine_stalled(request->engine);
+ /* The guilty request will get skipped on a hung engine.
+ *
+ * Users of client default context do not rely on logical
+ * state preserved between batches so it is safe to execute
+ * queued requests following the hang. Non default context
+ * rely on preserved state so skipping a batch loses the
+ * evolution of the state and it needs to be considered corrupted.
+ * Executing more queued batches on top of corrupted state is
+ * risky. But we take the risk by trying to advance through
+ * the queued requests in order to make the client behaviour
+ * more predictable around resets, by not throwing away random
+ * amount of batches it has prepared for execution. Sophisticated
+ * clients can use gem_reset_stats_ioctl and dma fence status
+ * to observe when it loses the context state and should
+ * rebuild accordingly.
+ *
+ * Context ban and ultimately the client ban mechanism are safety
+ * valves if a context state vs client submission ends up resulting
+ * nothing more than a subsequent hangs.
+ */
+
if (guilty) {
i915_gem_context_mark_guilty(request->ctx);
skip_request(request);
Explain in a comment how and why we treat hung context like we do. Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@intel.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)