Re: [PATCH 2/8] drm/xe: covert sysfs over to devm

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2024, Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@intel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 02:45:26PM GMT, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
>>On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 04:17:54PM +0100, Matthew Auld wrote:
>>> On 29/04/2024 14:52, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
>>> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 09:28:00AM GMT, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
>>> > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 01:14:38PM +0100, Matthew Auld wrote:
>>> > > > Hotunplugging the device seems to result in stuff like:
>>> > > >
>>> > > > kobject_add_internal failed for tile0 with -EEXIST, don't try to
>>> > > > register things with the same name in the same directory.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > We only remove the sysfs as part of drmm, however that is tied to the
>>> > > > lifetime of the driver instance and not the device underneath. Attempt
>>> > > > to fix by using devm for all of the remaining sysfs stuff related to the
>>> > > > device.
>>> > >
>>> > > hmmm... so basically we should use the drmm only for the global module
>>> > > stuff and the devm for things that are per device?
>>> >
>>> > that doesn't make much sense. drmm is supposed to run when the driver
>>> > unbinds from the device... basically when all refcounts are gone with
>>> > drm_dev_put().  Are we keeping a ref we shouldn't?
>>>
>>> It's run when all refcounts are dropped for that particular drm_device, but
>>> that is separate from the physical device underneath (struct device). For
>>> example if something has an open driver fd the drmm release action is not
>>> going to be called until after that is also closed. But in the meantime we
>>> might have already removed the pci device and re-attached it to a newly
>>> allocated drm_device/xe_driver instance, like with hotunplug.
>>>
>>> For example, currently we don't even call basic stuff like guc_fini() etc.
>>> when removing the pci device, but rather when the drm_device is released,
>>> which sounds quite broken.
>>>
>>> So roughly drmm is for drm_device software level stuff and devm is for stuff
>>> that needs to happen when removing the device. See also the doc for drmm:
>>> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.8-rc1/source/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_managed.c#L23
>>>
>>> Also: https://docs.kernel.org/gpu/drm-uapi.html#device-hot-unplug
>
> yeah... I think you convinced me

You've all also convinced me this is a PITA to get right for every
contribution. If there's one thing I've learned, people will just cargo
cult this stuff, and pick one or the other depending on what they happen
to see. Needs vigilant review.

BR,
Jani.


>
>>
>>Cc: Aravind and Michal since this likely relates to the FLR discussion...
>>
>>but it looks to me that we should move more towards the devm_ and limit
>>the usage of drmm_ to some very specific cases...
>
> agreed,
>
> Lucas De Marchi
>
>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Lucas De Marchi

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Jani Nikula, Intel