Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2019-03-05 18:07:39)
> > /*
> > * Similarly the preempt context must always be available so that
> > - * we can interrupt the engine at any time.
> > + * we can interrupt the engine at any time. However, as preemption
> > + * is optional, we allow it to fail.
> > */
> > - if (i915->preempt_context) {
> > - ce = intel_context_pin(i915->preempt_context, engine);
> > - if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
> > - ret = PTR_ERR(ce);
> > - goto err_unpin_kernel;
> > - }
> > - }
> > + if (i915->preempt_context)
> > + pin_context(i915->preempt_context, engine,
> > + &engine->preempt_context);
>
> You lost the failure path here. I suspect deliberately? But I am not
> convinced we want to silently lose preemption when keeping the failure
> path is so easy.
The failure path kills the module. Whereas we can quite happily survive
without preemption.
-Chris
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