Re: 回复: [PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu: Fix a race of IB test

["Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>]

NAK, this is not the lazy way to fix it at all.

The reset semaphore protects the scheduler and ring objects from 
concurrent modification, so taking the write side of it is perfectly 
valid here.

Christian.

Am 13.09.21 um 06:42 schrieb Pan, Xinhui:
> [AMD Official Use Only]
>
> yep, that is a lazy way to fix it.
>
> I am thinking of adding one amdgpu_ring.direct_access_mutex before we issue test_ib on each ring.
> ________________________________________
> 发件人: Lazar, Lijo <Lijo.Lazar@amd.com>
> 发送时间: 2021年9月13日 12:00
> 收件人: Pan, Xinhui; amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
> 抄送: Deucher, Alexander; Koenig, Christian
> 主题: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu: Fix a race of IB test
>
>
>
> On 9/13/2021 5:18 AM, xinhui pan wrote:
>> Direct IB submission should be exclusive. So use write lock.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: xinhui pan <xinhui.pan@amd.com>
>> ---
>>    drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c | 4 ++--
>>    1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
>> index 19323b4cce7b..be5d12ed3db1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_debugfs.c
>> @@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ static int amdgpu_debugfs_test_ib_show(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
>>        }
>>
>>        /* Avoid accidently unparking the sched thread during GPU reset */
>> -     r = down_read_killable(&adev->reset_sem);
>> +     r = down_write_killable(&adev->reset_sem);
> There are many ioctls and debugfs calls which takes this lock and as you
> know the purpose is to avoid them while there is a reset. The purpose is
> *not to* fix any concurrency issues those calls themselves have
> otherwise and fixing those concurrency issues this way is just lazy and
> not acceptable.
>
> This will take away any fairness given to the writer in this rw lock and
> that is supposed to be the reset thread.
>
> Thanks,
> Lijo
>
>>        if (r)
>>                return r;
>>
>> @@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ static int amdgpu_debugfs_test_ib_show(struct seq_file *m, void *unused)
>>                kthread_unpark(ring->sched.thread);
>>        }
>>
>> -     up_read(&adev->reset_sem);
>> +     up_write(&adev->reset_sem);
>>
>>        pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(dev->dev);
>>        pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(dev->dev);
>>