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[PATCH 1/4] dma-buf: Check status of enable-signaling bit on debug

Arvind Yadav posted 4 patches 3 years, 7 months ago
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[PATCH 1/4] dma-buf: Check status of enable-signaling bit on debug
Posted by Arvind Yadav 3 years, 7 months ago 
The core DMA-buf framework needs to enable signaling
before the fence is signaled. The core DMA-buf framework
can forget to enable signaling before the fence is signaled.
To avoid this scenario on the debug kernel, check the
DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT status bit before checking
the signaling bit status to confirm that enable_signaling
is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <Arvind.Yadav@amd.com>
---
 include/linux/dma-fence.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
index 775cdc0b4f24..60c0e935c0b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
@@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ dma_fence_is_signaled_locked(struct dma_fence *fence)
 static inline bool
 dma_fence_is_signaled(struct dma_fence *fence)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+	if (!test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT, &fence->flags))
+		return false;
+#endif
+
 	if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags))
 		return true;
 
-- 
2.25.1
Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-buf: Check status of enable-signaling bit on debug
Posted by Christian König 3 years, 7 months ago 
Am 05.09.22 um 12:56 schrieb Arvind Yadav:
> The core DMA-buf framework needs to enable signaling
> before the fence is signaled. The core DMA-buf framework
> can forget to enable signaling before the fence is signaled.
> To avoid this scenario on the debug kernel, check the
> DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT status bit before checking
> the signaling bit status to confirm that enable_signaling
> is enabled.

You might want to put this patch at the end of the series to avoid 
breaking the kernel in between.

>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <Arvind.Yadav@amd.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/dma-fence.h | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
> index 775cdc0b4f24..60c0e935c0b5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
> @@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ dma_fence_is_signaled_locked(struct dma_fence *fence)
>   static inline bool
>   dma_fence_is_signaled(struct dma_fence *fence)
>   {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS

CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is certainly wrong, probably better to check for 
CONFIG_DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH here.

Apart from that looks good to me,
Christian.

> +	if (!test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT, &fence->flags))
> +		return false;
> +#endif
> +
>   	if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags))
>   		return true;
>
Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-buf: Check status of enable-signaling bit on debug
Posted by Tvrtko Ursulin 3 years, 7 months ago 
On 05/09/2022 12:21, Christian König wrote:
> Am 05.09.22 um 12:56 schrieb Arvind Yadav:
>> The core DMA-buf framework needs to enable signaling
>> before the fence is signaled. The core DMA-buf framework
>> can forget to enable signaling before the fence is signaled.
>> To avoid this scenario on the debug kernel, check the
>> DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT status bit before checking
>> the signaling bit status to confirm that enable_signaling
>> is enabled.
> 
> You might want to put this patch at the end of the series to avoid 
> breaking the kernel in between.
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <Arvind.Yadav@amd.com>
>> ---
>>   include/linux/dma-fence.h | 5 +++++
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
>> index 775cdc0b4f24..60c0e935c0b5 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
>> @@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ dma_fence_is_signaled_locked(struct dma_fence 
>> *fence)
>>   static inline bool
>>   dma_fence_is_signaled(struct dma_fence *fence)
>>   {
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> 
> CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is certainly wrong, probably better to check for 
> CONFIG_DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH here.
> 
> Apart from that looks good to me,

What's the full story in this series - I'm afraid the cover letter does not make it clear to a casual reader like myself? Where does the difference between debug and non debug kernel come from?

And how do the proposed changes relate to the following kerneldoc excerpt:

	 * Since many implementations can call dma_fence_signal() even when before
	 * @enable_signaling has been called there's a race window, where the
	 * dma_fence_signal() might result in the final fence reference being
	 * released and its memory freed. To avoid this, implementations of this
	 * callback should grab their own reference using dma_fence_get(), to be
	 * released when the fence is signalled (through e.g. the interrupt
	 * handler).
	 *
	 * This callback is optional. If this callback is not present, then the
	 * driver must always have signaling enabled.

Is it now an error, or should be impossible condition, for "is signaled" to return true _unless_ signaling has been enabled?

If the statement (in a later patch) is signalling should always be explicitly enabled by the callers of dma_fence_add_callback, then what about the existing call to __dma_fence_enable_signaling from dma_fence_add_callback?

Or if the rules are changing shouldn't kerneldoc be updated as part of the series?

Regards,

Tvrtko

> Christian.
> 
>> +    if (!test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT, &fence->flags))
>> +        return false;
>> +#endif
>> +
>>       if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags))
>>           return true;
>
Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-buf: Check status of enable-signaling bit on debug
Posted by Christian König 3 years, 7 months ago 
Am 05.09.22 um 18:39 schrieb Tvrtko Ursulin:
>
> On 05/09/2022 12:21, Christian König wrote:
>> Am 05.09.22 um 12:56 schrieb Arvind Yadav:
>>> The core DMA-buf framework needs to enable signaling
>>> before the fence is signaled. The core DMA-buf framework
>>> can forget to enable signaling before the fence is signaled.
>>> To avoid this scenario on the debug kernel, check the
>>> DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT status bit before checking
>>> the signaling bit status to confirm that enable_signaling
>>> is enabled.
>>
>> You might want to put this patch at the end of the series to avoid 
>> breaking the kernel in between.
>>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <Arvind.Yadav@amd.com>
>>> ---
>>>   include/linux/dma-fence.h | 5 +++++
>>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
>>> index 775cdc0b4f24..60c0e935c0b5 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
>>> @@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ dma_fence_is_signaled_locked(struct dma_fence 
>>> *fence)
>>>   static inline bool
>>>   dma_fence_is_signaled(struct dma_fence *fence)
>>>   {
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
>>
>> CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is certainly wrong, probably better to check for 
>> CONFIG_DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH here.
>>
>> Apart from that looks good to me,
>
> What's the full story in this series - I'm afraid the cover letter 
> does not make it clear to a casual reader like myself? Where does the 
> difference between debug and non debug kernel come from?

We have a bug that the drm_sync file doesn't properly enable signaling 
leading to an igt test failure.

>
> And how do the proposed changes relate to the following kerneldoc 
> excerpt:
>
>      * Since many implementations can call dma_fence_signal() even 
> when before
>      * @enable_signaling has been called there's a race window, where the
>      * dma_fence_signal() might result in the final fence reference being
>      * released and its memory freed. To avoid this, implementations 
> of this
>      * callback should grab their own reference using dma_fence_get(), 
> to be
>      * released when the fence is signalled (through e.g. the interrupt
>      * handler).
>      *
>      * This callback is optional. If this callback is not present, 
> then the
>      * driver must always have signaling enabled.
>
> Is it now an error, or should be impossible condition, for "is 
> signaled" to return true _unless_ signaling has been enabled?

That's neither an error nor impossible. For debugging we just never 
return signaled from the dma_fence_is_signaled() function when signaling 
was not enabled before.

I also plan to remove the return value from the enable_signaling 
callback. That was just not very well designed.

>
> If the statement (in a later patch) is signalling should always be 
> explicitly enabled by the callers of dma_fence_add_callback, then what 
> about the existing call to __dma_fence_enable_signaling from 
> dma_fence_add_callback?

Oh, good point. That sounds like we have some bug in the core dma_fence 
code as well.

Calls to dma_fence_add_callback() and dma_fence_wait() should enable 
signaling implicitly and don't need an extra call for that.

Only dma_fence_is_signaled() needs this explicit enabling of signaling 
through dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling().

>
> Or if the rules are changing shouldn't kerneldoc be updated as part of 
> the series?

I think the kerneldoc is just a bit misleading. The point is that when 
you need to call dma_fence_enable_sw_signaling() you must hold a 
reference to the fence object.

But that's true for all the dma_fence_* functions. The race described in 
the comment is just nonsense because you need to hold that reference anyway.

Regards,
Christian.

>
> Regards,
>
> Tvrtko
>
>> Christian.
>>
>>> +    if (!test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT, &fence->flags))
>>> +        return false;
>>> +#endif
>>> +
>>>       if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags))
>>>           return true;
>>
Re: [PATCH 1/4] dma-buf: Check status of enable-signaling bit on debug
Posted by Yadav, Arvind 3 years, 7 months ago 
On 9/5/2022 4:51 PM, Christian König wrote:
> Am 05.09.22 um 12:56 schrieb Arvind Yadav:
>> The core DMA-buf framework needs to enable signaling
>> before the fence is signaled. The core DMA-buf framework
>> can forget to enable signaling before the fence is signaled.
>> To avoid this scenario on the debug kernel, check the
>> DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT status bit before checking
>> the signaling bit status to confirm that enable_signaling
>> is enabled.
>
> You might want to put this patch at the end of the series to avoid 
> breaking the kernel in between.
>
sure, I will add this patch at end.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <Arvind.Yadav@amd.com>
>> ---
>>   include/linux/dma-fence.h | 5 +++++
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
>> index 775cdc0b4f24..60c0e935c0b5 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
>> @@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ dma_fence_is_signaled_locked(struct dma_fence 
>> *fence)
>>   static inline bool
>>   dma_fence_is_signaled(struct dma_fence *fence)
>>   {
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
>
> CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is certainly wrong, probably better to check for 
> CONFIG_DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH here.
>
> Apart from that looks good to me,
> Christian.
>
I will use CONFIG_DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH instead of CONFIG_DEBUG_FS

~arvind

>> +    if (!test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT, &fence->flags))
>> +        return false;
>> +#endif
>> +
>>       if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNALED_BIT, &fence->flags))
>>           return true;
>

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