From: Tejas Upadhyay <tejas.upadhyay@intel.com>
To: intel-xe@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: himal.prasad.ghimiray@intel.com, rodrigo.vivi@intel.com,
Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>,
Tejas Upadhyay <tejas.upadhyay@intel.com>,
Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH V20 02/15] drm/xe: Link LRC BO and its execution queue with safe lifetime rules
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 20:23:45 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902145343.465686-19-tejas.upadhyay@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902145343.465686-17-tejas.upadhyay@intel.com>
Introduce an execution queue back-pointer (`q`) within `struct xe_bo`, primarily
for Logical Ring Context (LRC) Buffer Objects. This back-pointer allows the
driver to identify and execute targeted corrective actions on a specific queue
if its associated LRC BO encounters errors like memory corruption or eviction.
Because this back-pointer takes no reference on its target execution queue, strict
lifetime and serialization rules are implemented to prevent concurrent readers
from encountering use-after-free or dangling pointer bugs:
- Encapsulate tracking logic inside xe_exec_queue_set_lrc_bo_backpointer() and
xe_exec_queue_clear_lrc_bo_backpointer().
- Explicitly wrap all back-pointer writes and clears under the BO's dma_resv lock
via xe_bo_lock(). Readers must hold this same lock across both the pointer read
and its subsequent xe_exec_queue_get_unless_zero() call to guarantee serialization
against teardown.
- Defer publishing the back-pointer until the very end of xe_exec_queue_create().
This ensures that early initialization failure paths (which bypass the kref
mechanism and immediately free the queue structure) never leak a transient pointer
to concurrent readers.
- Clear the back-pointer at the absolute top of __xe_exec_queue_fini(). This strips
the pointer before q->ops->fini() destroys the hardware backend, ensuring that
any reader holding the BO lock either observes a fully functional queue or NULL.
For multi-queue engines, secondary LRC BOs safely point to the primary queue, which
is guaranteed to outlive the teardown pass due to active references held by its
secondaries.
V4 (MattB):
- Add LRC BO's execution queue safe lifetime rules
V3 (Sashiko):
- Use 8-byte placeholder structure compatibility for non-LRC BO cases.
- Wrap assignments and clears securely under dma_resv locks.
V2 (Matt B):
- Add native support handling multi-queue configuration tracking.
Co-authored-by: Copilot
Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Himal Prasad Ghimiray <himal.prasad.ghimiray@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejas Upadhyay <tejas.upadhyay@intel.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h | 8 ++++
drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h
index e45f24301050..0eb93052c1d5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
struct xe_device;
struct xe_mem_pool_node;
struct xe_vm;
+struct xe_exec_queue;
#define XE_BO_MAX_PLACEMENTS 3
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ struct xe_bo {
u32 flags;
/** @vm: VM this BO is attached to, for extobj this will be NULL */
struct xe_vm *vm;
+ /**
+ * @q: Queue this BO is attached to, mostly for LRC BO, NULL otherwise.
+ * Protected by the BO dma_resv: readers must hold it across both the
+ * read and xe_exec_queue_get_unless_zero(). The BO holds no reference
+ * on the queue.
+ */
+ struct xe_exec_queue *q;
/** @tile: Tile this BO is attached to (kernel BO only) */
struct xe_tile *tile;
/** @placements: valid placements for this BO */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
index c4213bb9c137..f3ea4807ac33 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
@@ -322,10 +322,66 @@ struct xe_lrc *xe_exec_queue_lrc(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
return q->lrc[0];
}
+/*
+ * Publish the queue back-pointer in the LRC BOs.
+ *
+ * The BO holds no reference on the queue; the queue owns the LRCs, and
+ * therefore the BOs, instead. The back-pointer is made safe by two rules:
+ *
+ * - It is published only once the queue is fully constructed and can no
+ * longer be destroyed by an error path that bypasses the kref (see
+ * xe_exec_queue_create()), so a reader that successfully takes a
+ * reference can never be handed a queue that is freed without going
+ * through xe_exec_queue_destroy().
+ *
+ * - It is written and cleared under the BO dma_resv. Readers must hold
+ * the same lock across both the read and
+ * xe_exec_queue_get_unless_zero(), which serializes them against
+ * xe_exec_queue_clear_lrc_bo_backpointer() below.
+ *
+ * For a multi-queue group the LRC BOs point at the primary queue, which is
+ * kept alive by the reference every secondary holds on it.
+ */
+static void xe_exec_queue_set_lrc_bo_backpointer(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
+{
+ struct xe_exec_queue *primary = xe_exec_queue_multi_queue_primary(q);
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < q->width; ++i) {
+ struct xe_bo *bo = q->lrc[i]->bo;
+
+ xe_bo_lock(bo, false);
+ bo->q = primary;
+ xe_bo_unlock(bo);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Drop the queue back-pointer before anything belonging to the queue is
+ * torn down. This must happen before q->ops->fini(), otherwise a reader
+ * could take a reference and then operate on an already destroyed backend.
+ */
+static void xe_exec_queue_clear_lrc_bo_backpointer(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < q->width; ++i) {
+ struct xe_bo *bo = q->lrc[i] ? q->lrc[i]->bo : NULL;
+
+ if (!bo)
+ continue;
+
+ xe_bo_lock(bo, false);
+ bo->q = NULL;
+ xe_bo_unlock(bo);
+ }
+}
+
static void __xe_exec_queue_fini(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
{
int i;
+ xe_exec_queue_clear_lrc_bo_backpointer(q);
q->ops->fini(q);
for (i = 0; i < q->width; ++i)
@@ -450,6 +506,14 @@ struct xe_exec_queue *xe_exec_queue_create(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_vm *v
goto err_post_init;
}
+ /*
+ * Publish the LRC BO back-pointers last: past this point the queue can
+ * only be destroyed through xe_exec_queue_destroy(), so a concurrent
+ * reader that takes a reference via bo->q cannot race with the
+ * kref-bypassing error paths below.
+ */
+ xe_exec_queue_set_lrc_bo_backpointer(q);
+
return q;
err_post_init:
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 14:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 14:53 [PATCH V20 00/15] Add memory page offlining support Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 01/15] drm/xe: Link VRAM object with gpu buddy Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 14:53 ` Tejas Upadhyay [this message]
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 03/15] drm/xe: Export xe_ttm_bo_purge() Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 04/15] drm/xe: Handle NULL resource and allow purging of VRAM pages Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 15:28 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 05/15] drm/xe/bo: Make xe_bo_is_user() public Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 06/15] drm/xe: Guard teardown paths against purged BOs Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 15:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 17:52 ` Upadhyay, Tejas
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 07/15] drm/xe/vram: Extract buddy allocation and free helpers Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 08/15] drm/xe/vram: Add page offline data structures and lifecycle Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 09/15] drm/xe/vram: Add VRAM page offline fault handler Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 16:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 23:04 ` Matthew Brost
2026-09-03 4:22 ` Matthew Brost
2026-09-03 7:57 ` Upadhyay, Tejas
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 10/15] drm/xe/configfs: Add disable_vram_page_offline attribute Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 16:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 17:56 ` Upadhyay, Tejas
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 11/15] drm/xe/ras: Cache disable_vram_page_offline policy at init Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 12/15] drm/xe/vram: Check disable_vram_page_offline policy in fault handler Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 16:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 17:57 ` Upadhyay, Tejas
2026-09-02 18:31 ` Michal Wajdeczko
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 13/15] drm/xe: Expose bad VRAM pages via debugfs Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 16:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 18:00 ` Upadhyay, Tejas
2026-09-02 23:08 ` Matthew Brost
2026-09-02 18:36 ` Michal Wajdeczko
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 14/15] drm/xe/uapi: Expose ban reason in EXEC_QUEUE_GET_PROPERTY_BAN Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 17:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 23:12 ` Matthew Brost
2026-09-02 14:53 ` [PATCH V20 15/15] drm/xe: Add fault-inject based VRAM page offline injection Tejas Upadhyay
2026-09-02 17:02 ` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for Add memory page offlining support (rev24) Patchwork
2026-09-02 17:04 ` ✓ CI.KUnit: success " Patchwork
2026-09-02 17:42 ` ✓ Xe.CI.BAT: " Patchwork
2026-09-03 6:57 ` ✓ Xe.CI.FULL: " Patchwork
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