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Message-ID: <20250603093130.100159-3-phasta@kernel.org>
Date: Tue,  3 Jun 2025 11:31:26 +0200
From: Philipp Stanner <phasta@...nel.org>
To: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
	Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@...el.com>,
	Philipp Stanner <phasta@...nel.org>,
	Christian König <ckoenig.leichtzumerken@...il.com>,
	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
	Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
	Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
	Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...lia.com>,
	Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer <pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@....com>
Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/6] drm/sched: Avoid memory leaks with cancel_job() callback

Since its inception, the GPU scheduler can leak memory if the driver
calls drm_sched_fini() while there are still jobs in flight.

The simplest way to solve this in a backwards compatible manner is by
adding a new callback, drm_sched_backend_ops.cancel_job(), which
instructs the driver to signal the hardware fence associated with the
job. Afterwards, the scheduler can savely use the established free_job()
callback for freeing the job.

Implement the new backend_ops callback cancel_job().

Suggested-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...lia.com>
Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <phasta@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++----------
 include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h            |  9 +++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
index d20726d7adf0..3f14f1e151fa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
@@ -1352,6 +1352,18 @@ int drm_sched_init(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched, const struct drm_sched_init_
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_init);
 
+static void drm_sched_kill_remaining_jobs(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
+{
+	struct drm_sched_job *job, *tmp;
+
+	/* All other accessors are stopped. No locking necessary. */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(job, tmp, &sched->pending_list, list) {
+		sched->ops->cancel_job(job);
+		list_del(&job->list);
+		sched->ops->free_job(job);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * drm_sched_fini - Destroy a gpu scheduler
  *
@@ -1359,19 +1371,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_init);
  *
  * Tears down and cleans up the scheduler.
  *
- * This stops submission of new jobs to the hardware through
- * drm_sched_backend_ops.run_job(). Consequently, drm_sched_backend_ops.free_job()
- * will not be called for all jobs still in drm_gpu_scheduler.pending_list.
- * There is no solution for this currently. Thus, it is up to the driver to make
- * sure that:
- *
- *  a) drm_sched_fini() is only called after for all submitted jobs
- *     drm_sched_backend_ops.free_job() has been called or that
- *  b) the jobs for which drm_sched_backend_ops.free_job() has not been called
- *     after drm_sched_fini() ran are freed manually.
- *
- * FIXME: Take care of the above problem and prevent this function from leaking
- * the jobs in drm_gpu_scheduler.pending_list under any circumstances.
+ * This stops submission of new jobs to the hardware through &struct
+ * drm_sched_backend_ops.run_job. If &struct drm_sched_backend_ops.cancel_job
+ * is implemented, all jobs will be canceled through it and afterwards cleaned
+ * up through &struct drm_sched_backend_ops.free_job. If cancel_job is not
+ * implemented, memory could leak.
  */
 void drm_sched_fini(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 {
@@ -1401,6 +1405,10 @@ void drm_sched_fini(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
 	/* Confirm no work left behind accessing device structures */
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&sched->work_tdr);
 
+	/* Avoid memory leaks if supported by the driver. */
+	if (sched->ops->cancel_job)
+		drm_sched_kill_remaining_jobs(sched);
+
 	if (sched->own_submit_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(sched->submit_wq);
 	sched->ready = false;
diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
index e62a7214e052..81dcbfc8c223 100644
--- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
@@ -512,6 +512,15 @@ struct drm_sched_backend_ops {
          * and it's time to clean it up.
 	 */
 	void (*free_job)(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job);
+
+	/**
+	 * @cancel_job: Used by the scheduler to guarantee remaining jobs' fences
+	 * get signaled in drm_sched_fini().
+	 *
+	 * Drivers need to signal the passed job's hardware fence with
+	 * -ECANCELED in this callback. They must not free the job.
+	 */
+	void (*cancel_job)(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job);
 };
 
 /**
-- 
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