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Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched clips

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On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:56:04 +0200,
Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 04:39:52PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Since 4.7 kernel, we've seen the error messages like
> > 
> >  kernel: [TTM] Buffer eviction failed
> >  kernel: qxl 0000:00:02.0: object_init failed for (4026540032, 0x00000001)
> >  kernel: [drm:qxl_alloc_bo_reserved [qxl]] *ERROR* failed to allocate VRAM BO
> > 
> > on QXL when switching and accessing on VT.  The culprit was the
> > generic deferred_io code (qxl driver switched to it since 4.7).
> > There is a race between the dirty clip update and the call of
> > callback.
> > 
> > In drm_fb_helper_dirty(), the dirty clip is updated in the spinlock,
> > while it kicks off the update worker outside the spinlock.  Meanwhile
> > the update worker clears the dirty clip in the spinlock, too.  Thus,
> > when drm_fb_helper_dirty() is called concurrently, schedule_work() is
> > called after the clip is cleared in the first worker call.
> > 
> > This patch addresses it by validating the clip before calling the
> > dirty fb callback.
> > 
> > Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98322
> > Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1003298
> > Fixes: eaa434defaca ('drm/fb-helper: Add fb_deferred_io support')
> > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 13 +++++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> > index 03414bde1f15..d790d205129e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> > @@ -636,15 +636,20 @@ static void drm_fb_helper_dirty_work(struct work_struct *work)
> >  						    dirty_work);
> >  	struct drm_clip_rect *clip = &helper->dirty_clip;
> >  	struct drm_clip_rect clip_copy;
> > +	bool dirty;
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> >  
> >  	spin_lock_irqsave(&helper->dirty_lock, flags);
> > -	clip_copy = *clip;
> > -	clip->x1 = clip->y1 = ~0;
> > -	clip->x2 = clip->y2 = 0;
> > +	dirty = (clip->x1 < clip->x2 && clip->y1 < clip->y2);
> > +	if (dirty) {
> > +		clip_copy = *clip;
> > +		clip->x1 = clip->y1 = ~0;
> > +		clip->x2 = clip->y2 = 0;
> > +	}
> >  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&helper->dirty_lock, flags);
> >  
> > -	helper->fb->funcs->dirty(helper->fb, NULL, 0, 0, &clip_copy, 1);
> > +	if (dirty)
> 
> Could do it the other way too, ie. just make the copy, and then check the
> copy (can be done after dropping the lock even). Would avoid having to
> add the 'dirty' variable.

Sounds good.  Let me try...


Takashi

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[PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched clips Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> - 2016-10-20 16:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched  clips Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-20 17:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched clips Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> - 2016-10-20 17:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched  clips Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-21 14:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched clips Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> - 2016-10-21 14:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched  clips Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> - 2016-10-21 15:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched  clips Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> - 2016-10-21 15:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched  clips Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-21 20:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched  clips Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> - 2016-10-21 22:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Don't call dirty callback for untouched  clips Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-10-22 10:50 +0200

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