From: himanshu.girotra@intel.com
To: matthew.d.roper@intel.com, x.wang@intel.com,
igt-dev@lists.freedesktop.org, nishit.sharma@intel.com,
zbigniew.kempczynski@intel.com, ashutosh.dixit@intel.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 i-g-t] lib/intel_pat: Cache PAT config for unprivileged processes
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 21:32:46 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305160246.12557-1-himanshu.girotra@intel.com> (raw)
From: Himanshu Girotra <himanshu.girotra@intel.com>
Commit 4e59b8e7779b ("lib/intel_pat: use kernel debugfs as
authoritative PAT source for Xe") changed the Xe PAT lookup to
read from debugfs, which requires root access. Some xe_oa subtests
fork a child process that drops root privileges before performing
GPU operations that internally need the PAT write-back index.
After dropping root, the debugfs read fails.
Fix this by caching the PAT configuration in struct xe_device at
xe_device_get() time. Since xe_device_get() is called while still
root, the cache is available to forked children even after
igt_drop_root(). Tests that open a new fd after forking must call
xe_device_get() explicitly before dropping root to populate the
cache for that fd.
v2: Cache PAT in struct xe_device instead of a global static;
drop the intel_pat_precache() helper — xe_device_get() already
populates the cache, so call it directly in xe_oa before
igt_drop_root() (Ashutosh Dixit)
v3: Use pat_cache pointer, NULL indicates unpopulated cache;
remove redundant xe_oa.c change (Ashutosh Dixit)
Add FIXME for multi-GPU (Zbigniew Kempczyński)
Cc: Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper@intel.com>
Cc: Xin Wang <x.wang@intel.com>
Cc: Nishit Sharma <nishit.sharma@intel.com>
Cc: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>
Cc: Zbigniew Kempczyński <zbigniew.kempczynski@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Zbigniew Kempczyński <zbigniew.kempczynski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Himanshu Girotra <himanshu.girotra@intel.com>
---
lib/intel_pat.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
lib/xe/xe_query.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
lib/xe/xe_query.h | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/intel_pat.c b/lib/intel_pat.c
index 8660a2515..e758ce9be 100644
--- a/lib/intel_pat.c
+++ b/lib/intel_pat.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <fcntl.h>
#include "igt.h"
#include "intel_pat.h"
+#include "xe/xe_query.h"
/**
* xe_get_pat_sw_config - Helper to read PAT (Page Attribute Table) software configuration
@@ -99,17 +100,18 @@ static void intel_get_pat_idx(int fd, struct intel_pat_cache *pat)
uint16_t dev_id;
/*
- * For Xe driver, query the kernel's PAT software configuration
- * via debugfs. The kernel is the authoritative source for PAT
- * indices, accounting for platform-specific workarounds
- * (e.g. Wa_16023588340) at runtime.
+ * For Xe, use the PAT cache stored in struct xe_device.
+ * xe_device_get() populates the cache while still root; forked
+ * children that inherit the xe_device can use it post-drop_root().
*/
if (is_xe_device(fd)) {
- int32_t parsed = xe_get_pat_sw_config(fd, pat);
+ struct xe_device *xe_dev = xe_device_get(fd);
- igt_assert_f(parsed > 0,
- "Failed to get PAT sw_config from debugfs (parsed=%d)\n",
- parsed);
+ igt_assert_f(xe_dev->pat_cache,
+ "PAT sw_config not available for fd %d -- "
+ "debugfs not accessible (missing root or not mounted?)\n",
+ fd);
+ *pat = *xe_dev->pat_cache;
return;
}
diff --git a/lib/xe/xe_query.c b/lib/xe/xe_query.c
index 981d76948..ea8889f3b 100644
--- a/lib/xe/xe_query.c
+++ b/lib/xe/xe_query.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include "ioctl_wrappers.h"
#include "igt_map.h"
+#include "intel_pat.h"
#include "xe_query.h"
#include "xe_ioctl.h"
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ static void xe_device_free(struct xe_device *xe_dev)
free(xe_dev->mem_regions);
free(xe_dev->vram_size);
free(xe_dev->eu_stall);
+ free(xe_dev->pat_cache);
free(xe_dev);
}
@@ -299,6 +301,24 @@ struct xe_device *xe_device_get(int fd)
xe_dev->default_alignment = __mem_default_alignment(xe_dev->mem_regions);
xe_dev->has_vram = __mem_has_vram(xe_dev->mem_regions);
+ /*
+ * Populate the PAT cache while we still have sufficient privileges
+ * to read debugfs. Forked children that inherit this xe_device
+ * (via fork()) will be able to use the cached values even after
+ * dropping root with igt_drop_root(). pat_cache is left NULL if
+ * debugfs is not accessible.
+ *
+ * FIXME: the cache is keyed by fd; for multi-GPU support this
+ * should be extended to cache PAT entries by platform version/
+ * revision instead.
+ */
+ xe_dev->pat_cache = calloc(1, sizeof(*xe_dev->pat_cache));
+ igt_assert(xe_dev->pat_cache);
+ if (xe_get_pat_sw_config(xe_dev->fd, xe_dev->pat_cache) <= 0) {
+ free(xe_dev->pat_cache);
+ xe_dev->pat_cache = NULL;
+ }
+
/* We may get here from multiple threads, use first cached xe_dev */
pthread_mutex_lock(&cache.cache_mutex);
prev = find_in_cache_unlocked(fd);
diff --git a/lib/xe/xe_query.h b/lib/xe/xe_query.h
index d7a9f95f9..53a32e4b1 100644
--- a/lib/xe/xe_query.h
+++ b/lib/xe/xe_query.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
#ifndef XE_QUERY_H
#define XE_QUERY_H
+#include "intel_pat.h"
+
#include <stdint.h>
#include <xe_drm.h>
@@ -74,6 +76,9 @@ struct xe_device {
/** @dev_id: Device id of xe device */
uint16_t dev_id;
+
+ /** @pat_cache: cached PAT index configuration, NULL if not yet populated */
+ struct intel_pat_cache *pat_cache;
};
#define xe_for_each_engine(__fd, __hwe) \
--
2.50.1
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