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authorThomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>2010-11-17 12:28:28 +0000
committerDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2010-11-22 13:25:17 +1000
commit96726fe50feae74812a2ccf5d5da23cb01c0a413 (patch)
tree1c5cb041b88e33ae5d10cb9292852cc5ee5fb24b /include/drm
parent68c4fa31aa52765314b4285a7835368ea35b509c (diff)
downloadlinux-96726fe50feae74812a2ccf5d5da23cb01c0a413.tar.bz2
drm/ttm: Don't deadlock on recursive multi-bo reservations
Add an aid for the driver to detect deadlocks on multi-bo reservations Update documentation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com> Reviewed-by: Jerome Glisse <j.glisse@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/drm')
-rw-r--r--include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h25
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
index 95068e6024db..1e25a40c688e 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
@@ -859,6 +859,9 @@ extern void ttm_bo_unmap_virtual(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo);
* try again. (only if use_sequence == 1).
* -ERESTARTSYS: A wait for the buffer to become unreserved was interrupted by
* a signal. Release all buffer reservations and return to user-space.
+ * -EBUSY: The function needed to sleep, but @no_wait was true
+ * -EDEADLK: Bo already reserved using @sequence. This error code will only
+ * be returned if @use_sequence is set to true.
*/
extern int ttm_bo_reserve(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
bool interruptible,
@@ -868,11 +871,27 @@ extern int ttm_bo_reserve(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
/**
* ttm_bo_reserve_locked:
*
- * Similar to ttm_bo_reserve, but must be called with the glob::lru_lock
- * spinlock held, and will not remove reserved buffers from the lru lists.
+ * @bo: A pointer to a struct ttm_buffer_object.
+ * @interruptible: Sleep interruptible if waiting.
+ * @no_wait: Don't sleep while trying to reserve, rather return -EBUSY.
+ * @use_sequence: If @bo is already reserved, Only sleep waiting for
+ * it to become unreserved if @sequence < (@bo)->sequence.
+ *
+ * Must be called with struct ttm_bo_global::lru_lock held,
+ * and will not remove reserved buffers from the lru lists.
* The function may release the LRU spinlock if it needs to sleep.
+ * Otherwise identical to ttm_bo_reserve.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * -EAGAIN: The reservation may cause a deadlock.
+ * Release all buffer reservations, wait for @bo to become unreserved and
+ * try again. (only if use_sequence == 1).
+ * -ERESTARTSYS: A wait for the buffer to become unreserved was interrupted by
+ * a signal. Release all buffer reservations and return to user-space.
+ * -EBUSY: The function needed to sleep, but @no_wait was true
+ * -EDEADLK: Bo already reserved using @sequence. This error code will only
+ * be returned if @use_sequence is set to true.
*/
-
extern int ttm_bo_reserve_locked(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
bool interruptible,
bool no_wait, bool use_sequence,