On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:10:12 +0000
Steven Price <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/01/2026 16:59, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:49:33 +0000
> > Steven Price <[email protected]> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 12/01/2026 14:39, Boris Brezillon wrote:  
> >>> On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:33:33 +0000
> >>> Steven Price <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>     
> >>>> On 09/01/2026 13:08, Boris Brezillon wrote:    
> >>>>> This will be used to order things by reclaimability.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h |  3 ++
> >>>>>  2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c 
> >>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
> >>>>> index 44f05bd957e7..458d22380e96 100644
> >>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
> >>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
> >>>>> @@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ static void panthor_gem_print_info(struct 
> >>>>> drm_printer *p, unsigned int indent,
> >>>>>         drm_printf_indent(p, indent, "vmap_use_count=%u\n",
> >>>>>                           refcount_read(&bo->cmap.vaddr_use_count));
> >>>>>         drm_printf_indent(p, indent, "vaddr=%p\n", bo->cmap.vaddr);
> >>>>> +       drm_printf_indent(p, indent, "mmap_count=%u\n", 
> >>>>> refcount_read(&bo->cmap.mmap_count));
> >>>>>  }
> >>>>>  
> >>>>>  static int panthor_gem_pin_locked(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
> >>>>> @@ -600,6 +601,13 @@ static int panthor_gem_mmap(struct drm_gem_object 
> >>>>> *obj, struct vm_area_struct *v
> >>>>>         if (is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags))
> >>>>>                 return -EINVAL;
> >>>>>  
> >>>>> +       if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&bo->cmap.mmap_count)) {
> >>>>> +               dma_resv_lock(obj->resv, NULL);
> >>>>> +               if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&bo->cmap.mmap_count))
> >>>>> +                       refcount_set(&bo->cmap.mmap_count, 1);
> >>>>> +               dma_resv_unlock(obj->resv);
> >>>>> +       }
> >>>>> +
> >>>>>         vm_flags_set(vma, VM_PFNMAP | VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP);
> >>>>>         vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags);
> >>>>>         if (should_map_wc(bo))
> >>>>> @@ -732,10 +740,42 @@ static vm_fault_t panthor_gem_fault(struct 
> >>>>> vm_fault *vmf)
> >>>>>         return blocking_page_setup(vmf, bo, page_offset, true);
> >>>>>  }
> >>>>>  
> >>>>> +static void panthor_gem_vm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> >>>>> +{
> >>>>> +       struct panthor_gem_object *bo = 
> >>>>> to_panthor_bo(vma->vm_private_data);
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +       /* mmap_count must have been incremented at mmap time, so it 
> >>>>> can't be
> >>>>> +        * zero here.
> >>>>> +        */
> >>>>> +       if (!drm_gem_is_imported(&bo->base))
> >>>>> +               drm_WARN_ON(bo->base.dev, 
> >>>>> !refcount_inc_not_zero(&bo->cmap.mmap_count));
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +       drm_gem_vm_open(vma);
> >>>>> +}
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +static void panthor_gem_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> >>>>> +{
> >>>>> +       struct panthor_gem_object *bo = 
> >>>>> to_panthor_bo(vma->vm_private_data);
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +       if (drm_gem_is_imported(&bo->base))
> >>>>> +               goto out;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +       if (refcount_dec_not_one(&bo->cmap.mmap_count))
> >>>>> +               goto out;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +       dma_resv_lock(bo->base.resv, NULL);
> >>>>> +       if (!refcount_dec_not_one(&bo->cmap.mmap_count))
> >>>>> +               refcount_set(&bo->cmap.mmap_count, 0);
> >>>>> +       dma_resv_unlock(bo->base.resv);      
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't think this logic is safe. Holding the resv_lock doesn't protect
> >>>> against another thread doing a refcount_inc_not_zero() without holding
> >>>> the lock.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think you can just replace the if() part with a refcount_dec() call,
> >>>> the lock AFAICT is needed because the following patch wants to be sure
> >>>> that !!mmap_count is stable when resv_lock is held.    
> >>>
> >>> I wish I could, but refcount_dec() doesn't let me do the 1 -> 0 without
> >>> complaining :P.    
> >>
> >> Yeah, I misread the refcount_dec() code the first time I looked at it.
> >>  
> >>>>
> >>>> I also feel you should invert the conditino for refcount_dec_not_one,
> >>>> leading to the following which I feel is easier to read:
> >>>>
> >>>> static void panthor_gem_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> >>>> {
> >>>>  [...]
> >>>>
> >>>>  if (!refcount_dec_not_one(&bo->cmap.mmap_count)) {
> >>>>          dma_resv_lock(bo->base.resv, NULL);
> >>>>          refcount_dec(&bo->cmap.mmap_count);
> >>>>          dma_resv_unlock(bo->base.resv);
> >>>>  }    
> >>>
> >>> The best I can do is:
> >>>
> >>>   if (!refcount_dec_not_one(&bo->cmap.mmap_count)) {
> >>>           dma_resv_lock(bo->base.resv, NULL);
> >>>           if (!refcount_dec_not_one(&bo->cmap.mmap_count))    
> >>
> >> The problem is here - if another thread does an increment from 1 to 2 at
> >> this point then we lose a reference count. And since you don't have to
> >> hold the lock for that we have a problem.  
> > 
> > Okay, I see what you mean now. I was considering 0 -> 1, not 1 -> 2. So
> > we really need a
> > 
> >             if (refcount_dec_and_test(&bo->cmap.mmap_count))
> >                     /* Do nothing */;  
> 
> Yes - I was just writing a longer email to say that ;)

Note that as soon as the shrinker is introduced, there's stuff to put
in those if (refcount_dec_and_test(&bo->cmap.mmap_count)) blocks, so
it's not that terrible in the end.

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