[PATCH v9 RFC 08/21] drm/i915: Carry on with reset even if hw engine is not ready

Michel Thierry
2017-06-15T20:18:31Z

We try to get the engines ready/idle before triggering the reset, but it
has been seen that sometimes the hw never acknowledges this.

If we miss the acknowledgment, carry on with the reset instead of
leaving the GPU in a wedged state.

The frequency of missed acknowledgment from hw is low, but it has been
seen at least once in CI.

References: https://intel-gfx-ci.01.org/CI/Trybot_831/
Reported-by: Antonio Argenziano <antonio.argenziano@intel.com>
Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Michel Thierry <michel.thierry@intel.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
index 1ed3dd8df850..b99b7c69a525 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uncore.c
@@ -1630,8 +1630,12 @@ static int gen8_reset_engine_start(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
RESET_CTL_READY_TO_RESET,
RESET_CTL_READY_TO_RESET,
700);
- if (ret)
- DRM_ERROR("%s: reset request timeout\n", engine->name);
+ if (GEM_WARN_ON(ret)) {
+ /* hw did not ack ready-to-reset, reset anyway */
+ DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("%s: reset request timeout, continue\n",
+ engine->name);
+ ret = 0;
+ }

return ret;