From: Philipp Stanner <phasta@kernel.org>
To: "Matthew Brost" <matthew.brost@intel.com>,
"Philipp Stanner" <phasta@kernel.org>,
"Christian König" <ckoenig.leichtzumerken@gmail.com>,
"Maarten Lankhorst" <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
tursulin@ursulin.net
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] drm/sched: Document racy behavior of drm_sched_entity_push_job()
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:31:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251112073138.93355-2-phasta@kernel.org> (raw)
drm_sched_entity_push_job() uses the unlocked spsc_queue. It takes a
reference to that queue's tip at the start, and some time later removes
that entry from that list, without locking or protection against
preemption.
This is by design, since the spsc_queue demands single producer and
single consumer. It was, however, never documented.
Document that you must not call drm_sched_entity_push_job() in parallel
for the same entity.
Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <phasta@kernel.org>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
index 5a4697f636f2..b31e8d14aa20 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_entity.c
@@ -562,6 +562,9 @@ void drm_sched_entity_select_rq(struct drm_sched_entity *entity)
* drm_sched_entity_push_job - Submit a job to the entity's job queue
* @sched_job: job to submit
*
+ * It is illegal to call this function in parallel, at least for jobs belonging
+ * to the same entity. Doing so leads to undefined behavior.
+ *
* Note: To guarantee that the order of insertion to queue matches the job's
* fence sequence number this function should be called with drm_sched_job_arm()
* under common lock for the struct drm_sched_entity that was set up for
--
2.49.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-12 7:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-12 7:31 Philipp Stanner [this message]
2025-11-12 9:42 ` [PATCH] drm/sched: Document racy behavior of drm_sched_entity_push_job() Tvrtko Ursulin
2025-11-12 12:15 ` Philipp Stanner
2025-11-12 13:13 ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2025-11-12 13:31 ` Philipp Stanner
2025-11-12 13:38 ` Tvrtko Ursulin
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