Re: drm: xe: Kernel-submitted job timed out

[Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>]

On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 07:48:49AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 1:29 AM Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se> wrote:
> >
> > Does it happen more frequently when loading VRAM intensive programs?
> 
> Well, "more frequently" is hard to say since it's happened twice, but
> this time it certainly happened when launching a new program.
> 
> This time it was a markdown viewer.
> 
> I wouldn't expect that to be particularly VRAM-intensive, but hey,
> since I run with two 6k monitors, I suspect *anything* with big
> windows will chew up a few hundred megs of VRAM just for the frame
> buffer side.
> 
> It's a B50 Pro, so it's a discrete card with 16GB on card.
> 
> I have no memory of what it might have been back a few months ago. But
> I would expect it to be all the usual stuff - ten terminals, a web
> browser with a dozen tabs, and whatever gnome and wayland do, and then
> the occasional random other thing.
> 
>              Linus

I think we may have found one. I haven't been able to reproduce any
kernel job timeouts on drm-tip with this patch applied [1].

If you're still seeing the issue on your end, it's probably worth
pulling it in.

Hopefully this fix will make it into your tree soon enough too.

Matt

[1] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/171805/