From: Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se>
To: intel-xe@lists.freedesktop.org, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se>
Subject: [PATCH v7 26/26] drm/i915/gt: Add a spinlock to prevent starvation of irq_work.
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:57:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310115709.2276203-27-dev@lankhorst.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310115709.2276203-1-dev@lankhorst.se>
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
IRQ-Work (FIFO-1) will be preempted by the threaded-interrupt (FIFO-50)
and the interrupt will poll on signaler_active while the irq-work can't
make progress.
Solve this by adding a spinlock to prevent starvation and force
completion.
Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <dev@lankhorst.se>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c | 8 +++++++-
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs_types.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c
index c10ac0ab3bfa8..c2b174bfa1418 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static void signal_irq_work(struct irq_work *work)
intel_breadcrumbs_disarm_irq(b);
rcu_read_lock();
+ spin_lock(&b->signaler_active_sync);
atomic_inc(&b->signaler_active);
list_for_each_entry_rcu(ce, &b->signalers, signal_link) {
struct i915_request *rq;
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ static void signal_irq_work(struct irq_work *work)
}
}
atomic_dec(&b->signaler_active);
+ spin_unlock(&b->signaler_active_sync);
rcu_read_unlock();
llist_for_each_safe(signal, sn, signal) {
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@ intel_breadcrumbs_create(struct intel_engine_cs *irq_engine)
init_llist_head(&b->signaled_requests);
spin_lock_init(&b->irq_lock);
+ spin_lock_init(&b->signaler_active_sync);
init_irq_work(&b->irq_work, signal_irq_work);
b->irq_engine = irq_engine;
@@ -487,8 +490,11 @@ void intel_context_remove_breadcrumbs(struct intel_context *ce,
if (release)
intel_context_put(ce);
- while (atomic_read(&b->signaler_active))
+ while (atomic_read(&b->signaler_active)) {
+ spin_lock(&b->signaler_active_sync);
+ spin_unlock(&b->signaler_active_sync);
cpu_relax();
+ }
}
static void print_signals(struct intel_breadcrumbs *b, struct drm_printer *p)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs_types.h
index bdf09fd67b6e7..28dae32628aab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_breadcrumbs_types.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct intel_breadcrumbs {
struct list_head signalers;
struct llist_head signaled_requests;
atomic_t signaler_active;
+ spinlock_t signaler_active_sync;
spinlock_t irq_lock; /* protects the interrupt from hardirq context */
struct irq_work irq_work; /* for use from inside irq_lock */
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 11:56 [PATCH v7 00/26] drm/i915/display: All patches to make PREEMPT_RT work on i915 + xe Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 01/26] drm/vblank_work: Add methods to schedule vblank_work in 2 stages Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 02/26] drm/vblank: Add a 2-stage version of drm_crtc_arm_vblank_event Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 03/26] drm/intel/display: Make intel_crtc_arm_vblank_event static Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 04/26] drm/intel/display: Convert vblank event handling to 2-stage arming Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 05/26] drm/i915/display: Move vblank put until after critical section Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 06/26] drm/i915/display: Remove locking from intel_vblank_evade " Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 07/26] drm/i915/display: Handle vlv dsi workaround in scanline_in_safe_range too Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 08/26] drm/i915: Use preempt_disable/enable_rt() where recommended Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 09/26] drm/i915/display: Make get_vblank_counter use intel_de_read_fw() Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 10/26] drm/i915/display: Do not take uncore lock in i915_get_vblank_counter Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 11/26] drm/i915/display: Make icl_dsi_frame_update use _fw too Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 12/26] drm/i915/display: Use intel_de_read/write_fw in colorops Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 13/26] drm/i915/display: Use intel_de_write_fw in intel_pipe_fastset Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 14/26] drm/i915/display: Make set_pipeconf use the fw variants Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 15/26] drm/i915/display: Fix intel_lpe_audio_irq_handler for PREEMPT-RT Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 16/26] drm/i915/gt: Use spin_lock_irq() instead of local_irq_disable() + spin_lock() Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:56 ` [PATCH v7 17/26] drm/i915: Drop the irqs_disabled() check Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:57 ` [PATCH v7 18/26] drm/i915/guc: Consider also RCU depth in busy loop Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:57 ` [PATCH v7 19/26] drm/i915/gt: Fix selftests on PREEMPT_RT Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:57 ` [PATCH v7 20/26] drm/i915/gt: Set stop_timeout() correctly on PREEMPT-RT Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:57 ` [PATCH v7 21/26] drm/i915/display: Remove uncore lock from vlv_atomic_update_fifo Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:57 ` [PATCH v7 22/26] drm/i915: Use sleeping selftests for igt_atomic on PREEMPT_RT Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:57 ` [PATCH v7 23/26] Revert "drm/i915: Depend on !PREEMPT_RT." Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:57 ` [PATCH v7 24/26] PREEMPT_RT injection Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:57 ` [PATCH v7 25/26] FOR-CI: bump MAX_STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 11:57 ` Maarten Lankhorst [this message]
2026-03-10 17:04 ` [PATCH v7 26/26] drm/i915/gt: Add a spinlock to prevent starvation of irq_work Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-03-10 18:14 ` Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-10 17:22 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-03-10 19:03 ` Maarten Lankhorst
2026-03-11 3:21 ` Claude review: drm/i915/display: All patches to make PREEMPT_RT work on i915 + xe Claude Code Review Bot
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