From patchwork Wed Dec 23 11:10:36 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Chris Wilson X-Patchwork-Id: 11988103 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-16.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 569F3C433E6 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:11:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C7AFC222F9 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:11:54 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org C7AFC222F9 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=chris-wilson.co.uk Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9821A6E905; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:11:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fireflyinternet.com (unknown [77.68.26.236]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ADBEC6E904 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:11:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=forwardok (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=78.156.65.138; Received: from build.alporthouse.com (unverified [78.156.65.138]) by fireflyinternet.com (Firefly Internet (M1)) with ESMTP id 23412188-1500050 for multiple; Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:11:29 +0000 From: Chris Wilson To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:10:36 +0000 Message-Id: <20201223111126.3338-12-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20201223111126.3338-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> References: <20201223111126.3338-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 12/62] drm/i915: Drop i915_request.lock serialisation around await_start X-BeenThere: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel graphics driver community testing & development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Chris Wilson Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-gfx" Originally, we used the signal->lock as a means of following the previous link in its timeline and peeking at the previous fence. However, we have replaced the explicit serialisation with a series of very careful probes that anticipate the links being deleted and the fences recycled before we are able to acquire a strong reference to it. We do not need the signal->lock crutch anymore, nor want the contention. Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin --- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c index 6578faf6eed8..33c4f6f7024a 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c @@ -963,9 +963,16 @@ i915_request_await_start(struct i915_request *rq, struct i915_request *signal) if (i915_request_started(signal)) return 0; + /* + * The caller holds a reference on @signal, but we do not serialise + * against it being retired and removed from the lists. + * + * We do not hold a reference to the request before @signal, and + * so must be very careful to ensure that it is not _recycled_ as + * we follow the link backwards. + */ fence = NULL; rcu_read_lock(); - spin_lock_irq(&signal->lock); do { struct list_head *pos = READ_ONCE(signal->link.prev); struct i915_request *prev; @@ -996,7 +1003,6 @@ i915_request_await_start(struct i915_request *rq, struct i915_request *signal) fence = &prev->fence; } while (0); - spin_unlock_irq(&signal->lock); rcu_read_unlock(); if (!fence) return 0;