Message ID | 20240227113853.8464-1-tzimmermann@suse.de |
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Series | drm: Fix reservation locking for pin/unpin and console | expand |
On 2/28/24 11:19, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Hi > > Am 27.02.24 um 19:14 schrieb Dmitry Osipenko: >> Hello, >> >> Thank you for the patches! >> >> On 2/27/24 13:14, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >>> Dma-buf locking semantics require the caller of pin and unpin to hold >>> the buffer's reservation lock. Fix DRM to adhere to the specs. This >>> enables to fix the locking in DRM's console emulation. Similar changes >>> for vmap and mmap have been posted at [1][2] >>> >>> Most DRM drivers and memory managers acquire the buffer object's >>> reservation lock within their GEM pin and unpin callbacks. This >>> violates dma-buf locking semantics. We get away with it because PRIME >>> does not provide pin/unpin, but attach/detach, for which the locking >>> semantics is correct. >>> >>> Patches 1 to 8 rework DRM GEM code in various implementations to >>> acquire the reservation lock when entering the pin and unpin callbacks. >>> This prepares them for the next patch. Drivers that are not affected >>> by these patches either don't acquire the reservation lock (amdgpu) >>> or don't need preparation (loongson). >>> >>> Patch 9 moves reservation locking from the GEM pin/unpin callbacks >>> into drm_gem_pin() and drm_gem_unpin(). As PRIME uses these functions >>> internally it still gets the reservation lock. >>> >>> With the updated GEM callbacks, the rest of the patchset fixes the >>> fbdev emulation's buffer locking. Fbdev emulation needs to keep its >>> GEM buffer object inplace while updating its content. This required >>> a implicit pinning and apparently amdgpu didn't do this at all. >>> >>> Patch 10 introduces drm_client_buffer_vmap_local() and _vunmap_local(). >>> The former function map a GEM buffer into the kernel's address space >>> with regular vmap operations, but keeps holding the reservation lock. >>> The _vunmap_local() helper undoes the vmap and releases the lock. The >>> updated GEM callbacks make this possible. Between the two calls, the >>> fbdev emulation can update the buffer content without have the buffer >>> moved or evicted. Update fbdev-generic to use vmap_local helpers, >>> which fix amdgpu. The idea of adding a "local vmap" has previously been >>> attempted at [3] in a different form. >>> >>> Patch 11 adds implicit pinning to the DRM client's regular vmap >>> helper so that long-term vmap'ed buffers won't be evicted. This only >>> affects fbdev-dma, but GEM DMA helpers don't require pinning. So >>> there are no practical changes. >>> >>> Patches 12 and 13 remove implicit pinning from the vmap and vunmap >>> operations in gem-vram and qxl. These pin operations are not supposed >>> to be part of vmap code, but were required to keep the buffers in place >>> for fbdev emulation. With the conversion o ffbdev-generic to to >>> vmap_local helpers, that code can finally be removed. >> Isn't it a common behaviour for all DRM drivers to implicitly pin BO >> while it's vmapped? I was sure it should be common /o\ > > That's what I originally thought as well, but the intention is for pin > and vmap to be distinct operation. So far each driver has been > different, as you probably know best from your vmap refactoring. :) > >> >> Why would you want to kmap BO that isn't pinned? > > Pinning places the buffer object for the GPU. As a side effect, the > buffer is then kept in place, which enables vmap. So pinning only makes > sense for buffer objects that never move (shmem, dma). That's what patch > 11 is for. > >> >> Shouldn't TTM's vmap() be changed to do the pinning? > > I don't think so. One problem is that pinning needs a memory area (vram, > GTT, system ram, etc) specified, which vmap simply doesn't know about. > That has been a problem for fbdev emulation at some point. Our fbdev > code tried to pin as part of vmap, but chose the wrong area and suddenly > the GPU could not see the buffer object any longer. So the next best > thing for vmap was to pin the buffer object where ever it is currently > located. That is what gem-vram and qxl did so far. And of course, the > fbdev code needs to unpin and vunmap the buffer object quickly, so that > it can be relocated if the GPU needs it. Hence, the vmap_local > interface removes such short-term pinning in favor of holding the > reservation lock. > >> >> I missed that TTM doesn't pin BO on vmap() and now surprised to see it. >> It should be a rather serious problem requiring backporting of the >> fixes, but I don't see the fixes tags on the patches (?) > > No chance TBH. The old code has worked for years and backporting all > this would require your vmap patches at a minimum. > > Except maybe for amdgpu. It uses fbdev-generic, which requires pinning, > but amdgpu doesn't pin. That looks fishy, but I'm not aware of any bug > reports either. I guess, a quick workaround could fix older amdgpu if > necessary. Thanks! I'll make another pass on the patches on Monday
On 2/27/24 13:14, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Dma-buf locking semantics require the caller of pin and unpin to hold > the buffer's reservation lock. Fix DRM to adhere to the specs. This > enables to fix the locking in DRM's console emulation. Similar changes > for vmap and mmap have been posted at [1][2] > > Most DRM drivers and memory managers acquire the buffer object's > reservation lock within their GEM pin and unpin callbacks. This > violates dma-buf locking semantics. We get away with it because PRIME > does not provide pin/unpin, but attach/detach, for which the locking > semantics is correct. > > Patches 1 to 8 rework DRM GEM code in various implementations to > acquire the reservation lock when entering the pin and unpin callbacks. > This prepares them for the next patch. Drivers that are not affected > by these patches either don't acquire the reservation lock (amdgpu) > or don't need preparation (loongson). > > Patch 9 moves reservation locking from the GEM pin/unpin callbacks > into drm_gem_pin() and drm_gem_unpin(). As PRIME uses these functions > internally it still gets the reservation lock. > > With the updated GEM callbacks, the rest of the patchset fixes the > fbdev emulation's buffer locking. Fbdev emulation needs to keep its > GEM buffer object inplace while updating its content. This required > a implicit pinning and apparently amdgpu didn't do this at all. > > Patch 10 introduces drm_client_buffer_vmap_local() and _vunmap_local(). > The former function map a GEM buffer into the kernel's address space > with regular vmap operations, but keeps holding the reservation lock. > The _vunmap_local() helper undoes the vmap and releases the lock. The > updated GEM callbacks make this possible. Between the two calls, the > fbdev emulation can update the buffer content without have the buffer > moved or evicted. Update fbdev-generic to use vmap_local helpers, > which fix amdgpu. The idea of adding a "local vmap" has previously been > attempted at [3] in a different form. > > Patch 11 adds implicit pinning to the DRM client's regular vmap > helper so that long-term vmap'ed buffers won't be evicted. This only > affects fbdev-dma, but GEM DMA helpers don't require pinning. So > there are no practical changes. > > Patches 12 and 13 remove implicit pinning from the vmap and vunmap > operations in gem-vram and qxl. These pin operations are not supposed > to be part of vmap code, but were required to keep the buffers in place > for fbdev emulation. With the conversion o ffbdev-generic to to > vmap_local helpers, that code can finally be removed. > > Tested with amdgpu, nouveau, radeon, simpledrm and vc4. > > [1] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/106371/ > [2] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/116001/ > [3] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/84732/ > > Thomas Zimmermann (13): > drm/gem-shmem: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callbacks > drm/gem-vram: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callbacks > drm/msm: Provide msm_gem_get_pages_locked() > drm/msm: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callback > drm/nouveau: Provide nouveau_bo_{pin,unpin}_locked() > drm/nouveau: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callbacks > drm/qxl: Provide qxl_bo_{pin,unpin}_locked() > drm/qxl: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callbacks > drm/gem: Acquire reservation lock in drm_gem_{pin/unpin}() > drm/fbdev-generic: Fix locking with drm_client_buffer_vmap_local() > drm/client: Pin vmap'ed GEM buffers > drm/gem-vram: Do not pin buffer objects for vmap > drm/qxl: Do not pin buffer objects for vmap The patches look good. I gave them fbtest on virtio-gpu, no problems spotted. Reviewed-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com> Tested-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com> # virtio-gpu
Hi Am 05.03.24 um 22:58 schrieb Dmitry Osipenko: > On 2/27/24 13:14, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >> Dma-buf locking semantics require the caller of pin and unpin to hold >> the buffer's reservation lock. Fix DRM to adhere to the specs. This >> enables to fix the locking in DRM's console emulation. Similar changes >> for vmap and mmap have been posted at [1][2] >> >> Most DRM drivers and memory managers acquire the buffer object's >> reservation lock within their GEM pin and unpin callbacks. This >> violates dma-buf locking semantics. We get away with it because PRIME >> does not provide pin/unpin, but attach/detach, for which the locking >> semantics is correct. >> >> Patches 1 to 8 rework DRM GEM code in various implementations to >> acquire the reservation lock when entering the pin and unpin callbacks. >> This prepares them for the next patch. Drivers that are not affected >> by these patches either don't acquire the reservation lock (amdgpu) >> or don't need preparation (loongson). >> >> Patch 9 moves reservation locking from the GEM pin/unpin callbacks >> into drm_gem_pin() and drm_gem_unpin(). As PRIME uses these functions >> internally it still gets the reservation lock. >> >> With the updated GEM callbacks, the rest of the patchset fixes the >> fbdev emulation's buffer locking. Fbdev emulation needs to keep its >> GEM buffer object inplace while updating its content. This required >> a implicit pinning and apparently amdgpu didn't do this at all. >> >> Patch 10 introduces drm_client_buffer_vmap_local() and _vunmap_local(). >> The former function map a GEM buffer into the kernel's address space >> with regular vmap operations, but keeps holding the reservation lock. >> The _vunmap_local() helper undoes the vmap and releases the lock. The >> updated GEM callbacks make this possible. Between the two calls, the >> fbdev emulation can update the buffer content without have the buffer >> moved or evicted. Update fbdev-generic to use vmap_local helpers, >> which fix amdgpu. The idea of adding a "local vmap" has previously been >> attempted at [3] in a different form. >> >> Patch 11 adds implicit pinning to the DRM client's regular vmap >> helper so that long-term vmap'ed buffers won't be evicted. This only >> affects fbdev-dma, but GEM DMA helpers don't require pinning. So >> there are no practical changes. >> >> Patches 12 and 13 remove implicit pinning from the vmap and vunmap >> operations in gem-vram and qxl. These pin operations are not supposed >> to be part of vmap code, but were required to keep the buffers in place >> for fbdev emulation. With the conversion o ffbdev-generic to to >> vmap_local helpers, that code can finally be removed. >> >> Tested with amdgpu, nouveau, radeon, simpledrm and vc4. >> >> [1] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/106371/ >> [2] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/116001/ >> [3] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/84732/ >> >> Thomas Zimmermann (13): >> drm/gem-shmem: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callbacks >> drm/gem-vram: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callbacks >> drm/msm: Provide msm_gem_get_pages_locked() >> drm/msm: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callback >> drm/nouveau: Provide nouveau_bo_{pin,unpin}_locked() >> drm/nouveau: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callbacks >> drm/qxl: Provide qxl_bo_{pin,unpin}_locked() >> drm/qxl: Acquire reservation lock in GEM pin/unpin callbacks >> drm/gem: Acquire reservation lock in drm_gem_{pin/unpin}() >> drm/fbdev-generic: Fix locking with drm_client_buffer_vmap_local() >> drm/client: Pin vmap'ed GEM buffers >> drm/gem-vram: Do not pin buffer objects for vmap >> drm/qxl: Do not pin buffer objects for vmap > The patches look good. I gave them fbtest on virtio-gpu, no problems > spotted. > > Reviewed-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com> > Tested-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@collabora.com> # virtio-gpu Great, thanks a lot. If no other reviews come in, I'll land the patchset within the next days. Best regards Thomas >