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BACKPORT:dma-buf/fence: Fix lock inversion within dma-fence-array
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Ages ago Rob Clark noted,

"Currently with fence-array, we have a potential deadlock situation.  If
we fence_add_callback() on an array-fence, the array-fence's lock is
acquired first, and in it's ->enable_signaling() callback, it will install
cbs on it's array-member fences, so the array-member's lock is acquired
second.

But in the signal path, the array-member's lock is acquired first, and
the array-fence's lock acquired second."

Rob proposed either extensive changes to dma-fence to unnest the
fence-array signaling, or to defer the signaling onto a workqueue. This
is a more refined version of the later, that should keep the latency
of the fence signaling to a minimum by using an irq-work, which is
executed asap.

Reported-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
References: 1476635975-21981-1-git-send-email-robdclark@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
Cc: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>
Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>
Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20171114162719.30958-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Jiyu Yang <Jiyu.Yang@amlogic.com>
Change-Id: Ia08cb17615ff15b18c208cff2000d92344c9f399
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ickle authored and jianxinpan committed Aug 7, 2018
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions drivers/base/Kconfig
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Expand Up @@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
bool
default n
select ANON_INODES
select IRQ_WORK
help
This option enables the framework for buffer-sharing between
multiple drivers. A buffer is associated with a file using driver
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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions drivers/dma-buf/fence-array.c
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Expand Up @@ -33,15 +33,24 @@ static const char *fence_array_get_timeline_name(struct fence *fence)
return "unbound";
}

static void irq_fence_array_work(struct irq_work *wrk)
{
struct fence_array *array = container_of(wrk, typeof(*array), work);

fence_signal(&array->base);
fence_put(&array->base);
}

static void fence_array_cb_func(struct fence *f, struct fence_cb *cb)
{
struct fence_array_cb *array_cb =
container_of(cb, struct fence_array_cb, cb);
struct fence_array *array = array_cb->array;

if (atomic_dec_and_test(&array->num_pending))
fence_signal(&array->base);
fence_put(&array->base);
irq_work_queue(&array->work);
else
fence_put(&array->base);
}

static bool fence_array_enable_signaling(struct fence *fence)
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spin_lock_init(&array->lock);
fence_init(&array->base, &fence_array_ops, &array->lock,
context, seqno);
init_irq_work(&array->work, irq_fence_array_work);

array->num_fences = num_fences;
atomic_set(&array->num_pending, signal_on_any ? 1 : num_fences);
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions include/linux/fence-array.h
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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#define __LINUX_FENCE_ARRAY_H

#include <linux/fence.h>
#include <linux/irq_work.h>

/**
* struct fence_array_cb - callback helper for fence array
Expand All @@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ struct fence_array {
unsigned num_fences;
atomic_t num_pending;
struct fence **fences;

struct irq_work work;
};

extern const struct fence_ops fence_array_ops;
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