From: Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se>
To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, intel-xe@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se>,
Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com>,
Luca Abeni <lucabe72@gmail.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: Disable tracepoints for PREEMPT_RT
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:09:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250828090944.101069-1-dev@lankhorst.se> (raw)
Luca Abeni reported this:
| BUG: scheduling while atomic: kworker/u8:2/15203/0x00000003
| CPU: 1 PID: 15203 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Not tainted 4.19.1-rt3 #10
| Call Trace:
| rt_spin_lock+0x3f/0x50
| gen6_read32+0x45/0x1d0 [i915]
| g4x_get_vblank_counter+0x36/0x40 [i915]
| trace_event_raw_event_i915_pipe_update_start+0x7d/0xf0 [i915]
The tracing events use trace_intel_pipe_update_start() among other events
use functions acquire spinlock_t locks which are transformed into
sleeping locks on PREEMPT_RT. A few trace points use
intel_get_crtc_scanline(), others use ->get_vblank_counter() wich also
might acquire a sleeping locks on PREEMPT_RT.
At the time the arguments are evaluated within trace point, preemption
is disabled and so the locks must not be acquired on PREEMPT_RT.
Based on this I don't see any other way than disable trace points on
PREMPT_RT.
[mlankhorst]
The original patch was insufficient, and since the tracing
infrastructure does not allow for partial disabling of tracepoints.
Completely disable tracing for the entire i915 driver in PREEMPT_RT,
a separate fix for display tracepoints on xe is added to make those
work.
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com>
Reported-by: Luca Abeni <lucabe72@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Co-developed-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
index 8535434430728..ba825d7f6ddf5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ subdir-ccflags-$(CONFIG_DRM_I915_WERROR) += -Werror
# drivers. Define I915 when building i915.
subdir-ccflags-y += -DI915
+# Disable tracepoints on i915 for PREEMPT_RT, unfortunately
+# it's an all or nothing flag. You cannot selectively disable
+# only some tracepoints.
+subdir-ccflags-$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) += -DNOTRACE
+
subdir-ccflags-y += -I$(src)
# Please keep these build lists sorted!
--
2.50.1
next reply other threads:[~2025-08-28 9:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-28 9:09 Maarten Lankhorst [this message]
2025-08-28 9:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915/display: Make tracepoints work correctly on xe with PREEMPT_RT Maarten Lankhorst
2025-08-29 11:14 ` Jani Nikula
2025-08-29 11:55 ` Maarten Lankhorst
2025-08-29 12:32 ` Jani Nikula
2025-08-29 13:18 ` Maarten Lankhorst
2025-08-29 12:08 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2025-08-29 12:37 ` Maarten Lankhorst
2025-08-29 13:11 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2025-08-28 16:19 ` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for series starting with [1/2] drm/i915: Disable tracepoints for PREEMPT_RT Patchwork
2025-08-28 21:46 ` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure " Patchwork
2025-08-29 11:15 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Jani Nikula
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