Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] drm/xe: Do not deregister queues in TDR

[Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 10:41:52PM -0800, Niranjana Vishwanathapura wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 01:48:24PM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > Deregistering queues in the TDR introduces unnecessary complexity,
> > requiring reference counting tricks to function correctly. All that's
> > needed in the TDR is to kick the queue off the hardware, which is
> > achieved by disabling scheduling. Queue deregistration should be handled
> > in a single, well-defined point in the cleanup path, tied to the queue's
> > reference count.
> > 
> 
> Overall looks good to me.
> But it would help if the commit text describes why this extra reference
> taking was there before for lr jobs and why it is not needed now.
> 

This patch isn't related to LR jobs, the following patch is.

The deregistering queues in TDR was never required, and this patches
removes that flow.

Matt

> Niranjana
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c | 57 +++---------------------------
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> > index 680696efc434..ab0f1a2d4871 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> > @@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ exec_queue_to_guc(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > #define EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_WEDGED			(1 << 8)
> > #define EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_BANNED			(1 << 9)
> > #define EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_CHECK_TIMEOUT		(1 << 10)
> > -#define EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_EXTRA_REF		(1 << 11)
> > -#define EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_PENDING_RESUME		(1 << 12)
> > -#define EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_PENDING_TDR_EXIT	(1 << 13)
> > +#define EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_PENDING_RESUME		(1 << 11)
> > +#define EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_PENDING_TDR_EXIT	(1 << 12)
> > 
> > static bool exec_queue_registered(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > {
> > @@ -218,21 +217,6 @@ static void clear_exec_queue_check_timeout(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > 	atomic_and(~EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_CHECK_TIMEOUT, &q->guc->state);
> > }
> > 
> > -static bool exec_queue_extra_ref(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > -{
> > -	return atomic_read(&q->guc->state) & EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_EXTRA_REF;
> > -}
> > -
> > -static void set_exec_queue_extra_ref(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > -{
> > -	atomic_or(EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_EXTRA_REF, &q->guc->state);
> > -}
> > -
> > -static void clear_exec_queue_extra_ref(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > -{
> > -	atomic_and(~EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_EXTRA_REF, &q->guc->state);
> > -}
> > -
> > static bool exec_queue_pending_resume(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > {
> > 	return atomic_read(&q->guc->state) & EXEC_QUEUE_STATE_PENDING_RESUME;
> > @@ -1190,25 +1174,6 @@ static void disable_scheduling(struct xe_exec_queue *q, bool immediate)
> > 		       G2H_LEN_DW_SCHED_CONTEXT_MODE_SET, 1);
> > }
> > 
> > -static void __deregister_exec_queue(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > -{
> > -	u32 action[] = {
> > -		XE_GUC_ACTION_DEREGISTER_CONTEXT,
> > -		q->guc->id,
> > -	};
> > -
> > -	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), !exec_queue_destroyed(q));
> > -	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), exec_queue_registered(q));
> > -	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), !exec_queue_pending_enable(q));
> > -	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), !exec_queue_pending_disable(q));
> > -
> > -	set_exec_queue_destroyed(q);
> > -	trace_xe_exec_queue_deregister(q);
> > -
> > -	xe_guc_ct_send(&guc->ct, action, ARRAY_SIZE(action),
> > -		       G2H_LEN_DW_DEREGISTER_CONTEXT, 1);
> > -}
> > -
> > static enum drm_gpu_sched_stat
> > guc_exec_queue_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *drm_job)
> > {
> > @@ -1326,8 +1291,6 @@ guc_exec_queue_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *drm_job)
> > 			xe_devcoredump(q, job,
> > 				       "Schedule disable failed to respond, guc_id=%d, ret=%d, guc_read=%d",
> > 				       q->guc->id, ret, xe_guc_read_stopped(guc));
> > -			set_exec_queue_extra_ref(q);
> > -			xe_exec_queue_get(q);	/* GT reset owns this */
> > 			set_exec_queue_banned(q);
> > 			xe_gt_reset_async(q->gt);
> > 			xe_sched_tdr_queue_imm(sched);
> > @@ -1380,13 +1343,7 @@ guc_exec_queue_timedout_job(struct drm_sched_job *drm_job)
> > 		}
> > 	}
> > 
> > -	/* Finish cleaning up exec queue via deregister */
> > 	set_exec_queue_banned(q);
> > -	if (!wedged && exec_queue_registered(q) && !exec_queue_destroyed(q)) {
> > -		set_exec_queue_extra_ref(q);
> > -		xe_exec_queue_get(q);
> > -		__deregister_exec_queue(guc, q);
> > -	}
> > 
> > 	/* Mark all outstanding jobs as bad, thus completing them */
> > 	xe_sched_job_set_error(job, err);
> > @@ -1928,7 +1885,7 @@ static void guc_exec_queue_stop(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > 
> > 	/* Clean up lost G2H + reset engine state */
> > 	if (exec_queue_registered(q)) {
> > -		if (exec_queue_extra_ref(q) || xe_exec_queue_is_lr(q))
> > +		if (xe_exec_queue_is_lr(q))
> > 			xe_exec_queue_put(q);
> > 		else if (exec_queue_destroyed(q))
> > 			__guc_exec_queue_destroy(guc, q);
> > @@ -2062,11 +2019,7 @@ static void guc_exec_queue_revert_pending_state_change(struct xe_guc *guc,
> > 
> > 	if (exec_queue_destroyed(q) && exec_queue_registered(q)) {
> > 		clear_exec_queue_destroyed(q);
> > -		if (exec_queue_extra_ref(q))
> > -			xe_exec_queue_put(q);
> > -		else
> > -			q->guc->needs_cleanup = true;
> > -		clear_exec_queue_extra_ref(q);
> > +		q->guc->needs_cleanup = true;
> > 		xe_gt_dbg(guc_to_gt(guc), "Replay CLEANUP - guc_id=%d",
> > 			  q->guc->id);
> > 	}
> > @@ -2483,7 +2436,7 @@ static void handle_deregister_done(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> > 
> > 	clear_exec_queue_registered(q);
> > 
> > -	if (exec_queue_extra_ref(q) || xe_exec_queue_is_lr(q))
> > +	if (xe_exec_queue_is_lr(q))
> > 		xe_exec_queue_put(q);
> > 	else
> > 		__guc_exec_queue_destroy(guc, q);
> > -- 
> > 2.34.1
> >