This attemps to avoid circular locing dependency between flush delayed work and intel_gt_reset.
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 6.4.0-rc1-drmtip_1340-g31e3463b0edb+ #1 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ kms_pipe_crc_ba/6415 is trying to acquire lock: ffff88813e6cc640 ((work_completion)(&(&guc->timestamp.work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __flush_work+0x42/0x530 but task is already holding lock: ffff88813e6cce90 (>->reset.mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: intel_gt_reset+0x19e/0x470 [i915] which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #3 (>->reset.mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}: lock_acquire+0xd8/0x2d0 i915_gem_shrinker_taints_mutex+0x31/0x50 [i915] intel_gt_init_reset+0x65/0x80 [i915] intel_gt_common_init_early+0xe1/0x170 [i915] intel_root_gt_init_early+0x48/0x60 [i915] i915_driver_probe+0x671/0xcb0 [i915] i915_pci_probe+0xdc/0x210 [i915] pci_device_probe+0x95/0x120 really_probe+0x164/0x3c0 __driver_probe_device+0x73/0x160 driver_probe_device+0x19/0xa0 __driver_attach+0xb6/0x180 bus_for_each_dev+0x77/0xd0 bus_add_driver+0x114/0x210 driver_register+0x5b/0x110 __pfx_vgem_open+0x3/0x10 [vgem] do_one_initcall+0x57/0x270 do_init_module+0x5f/0x220 load_module+0x1ca4/0x1f00 __do_sys_finit_module+0xb4/0x130 do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc -> #2 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}: lock_acquire+0xd8/0x2d0 fs_reclaim_acquire+0xac/0xe0 kmem_cache_alloc+0x32/0x260 i915_vma_instance+0xb2/0xc60 [i915] i915_gem_object_ggtt_pin_ww+0x175/0x370 [i915] vm_fault_gtt+0x22d/0xf60 [i915] __do_fault+0x2f/0x1d0 do_pte_missing+0x4a/0xd20 __handle_mm_fault+0x5b0/0x790 handle_mm_fault+0xa2/0x230 do_user_addr_fault+0x3ea/0xa10 exc_page_fault+0x68/0x1a0 asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 -> #1 (>->reset.backoff_srcu){++++}-{0:0}: lock_acquire+0xd8/0x2d0 _intel_gt_reset_lock+0x57/0x330 [i915] guc_timestamp_ping+0x35/0x130 [i915] process_one_work+0x250/0x510 worker_thread+0x4f/0x3a0 kthread+0xff/0x130 ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50 -> #0 ((work_completion)(&(&guc->timestamp.work)->work)){+.+.}-{0:0}: check_prev_add+0x90/0xc60 __lock_acquire+0x1998/0x2590 lock_acquire+0xd8/0x2d0 __flush_work+0x74/0x530 __cancel_work_timer+0x14f/0x1f0 intel_guc_submission_reset_prepare+0x81/0x4b0 [i915] intel_uc_reset_prepare+0x9c/0x120 [i915] reset_prepare+0x21/0x60 [i915] intel_gt_reset+0x1dd/0x470 [i915] intel_gt_reset_global+0xfb/0x170 [i915] intel_gt_handle_error+0x368/0x420 [i915] intel_gt_debugfs_reset_store+0x5c/0xc0 [i915] i915_wedged_set+0x29/0x40 [i915] simple_attr_write_xsigned.constprop.0+0xb4/0x110 full_proxy_write+0x52/0x80 vfs_write+0xc5/0x4f0 ksys_write+0x64/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc other info that might help us debug this: Chain exists of: (work_completion)(&(&guc->timestamp.work)->work) --> fs_reclaim --> >->reset.mutex Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(>->reset.mutex); lock(fs_reclaim); lock(>->reset.mutex); lock((work_completion)(&(&guc->timestamp.work)->work)); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by kms_pipe_crc_ba/6415: #0: ffff888101541430 (sb_writers#15){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write+0x64/0xe0 #1: ffff888136c7eab8 (&attr->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: simple_attr_write_xsigned.constprop.0+0x47/0x110 #2: ffff88813e6cce90 (>->reset.mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: intel_gt_reset+0x19e/0x470 [i915] Signed-off-by: Zhanjun Dong <zhanjun.d...@intel.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c index a0e3ef1c65d2..22390704542e 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c @@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ static void guc_enable_busyness_worker(struct intel_guc *guc) static void guc_cancel_busyness_worker(struct intel_guc *guc) { - cancel_delayed_work_sync(&guc->timestamp.work); + cancel_delayed_work(&guc->timestamp.work); } static void __reset_guc_busyness_stats(struct intel_guc *guc) -- 2.34.1