[PATCH v5] drm/i915/gt: Use poll_timeout_us in place of sliding sleep window

Jonathan Cavitt <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:38:28 +0800
Newsgroups org.freedesktop.lists.intel-gfx
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The functions intel_guc_send_busy_loop and ct_send can theoretically
loop forever.  In the former case, intel_guc_send_busy_loop can iterate
forever if intel_guc_send_nb repeatedly returns -EBUSY.  In the latter
case, ct_send can loop forever if the guc-to-host or host-to-guc buffers
get stuck in a full state.

Rework the functions to use the poll_timeout_us family of functions
instead of calculating sleep_period_ms repeatedly.  In both cases now,
if the loop condition is not met after 10 minutes, the function will
report it as a failure.

This also resolves a static analysis issue involving sleep_period_ms
overflowing after several shift-left-logical calls.

v2:
- Reduce default sleep/udelay duration (jcavitt)

v3:
- Use atomic in ct_send (jcavitt)

v4:
- Rework ct_send reimplementation to better preserve original logic
  (Andi)
- Define 10 minutes to remove magic numbers (Krzysztof)

v5:
- Use non-atomic poll_timeout_us in ct_send (Andi)

Suggested-by: Jani Nikula <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cavitt <[email protected]>
Cc: Andi Shyti <[email protected]>
Cc: Krzysztof Karas <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h    | 33 +++++----
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c | 90 ++++++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
index 053780f562c1..2d3adfbcd163 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define _INTEL_GUC_H_
 
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/iopoll.h>
 #include <linux/iosys-map.h>
 #include <linux/xarray.h>
 
@@ -354,14 +355,14 @@ intel_guc_send_and_receive(struct intel_guc *guc, const u32 *action, u32 len,
 				 response_buf, response_buf_size, 0);
 }
 
+#define POLL_TIMEOUT_DUR	(600 * USEC_PER_SEC)
 static inline int intel_guc_send_busy_loop(struct intel_guc *guc,
 					   const u32 *action,
 					   u32 len,
 					   u32 g2h_len_dw,
 					   bool loop)
 {
-	int err;
-	unsigned int sleep_period_ms = 1;
+	int err, timedout;
 	bool not_atomic = !in_atomic() && !irqs_disabled();
 
 	/*
@@ -374,20 +375,20 @@ static inline int intel_guc_send_busy_loop(struct intel_guc *guc,
 	/* No sleeping with spin locks, just busy loop */
 	might_sleep_if(loop && not_atomic);
 
-retry:
-	err = intel_guc_send_nb(guc, action, len, g2h_len_dw);
-	if (unlikely(err == -EBUSY && loop)) {
-		if (likely(not_atomic)) {
-			if (msleep_interruptible(sleep_period_ms))
-				return -EINTR;
-			sleep_period_ms = sleep_period_ms << 1;
-		} else {
-			cpu_relax();
-		}
-		goto retry;
-	}
-
-	return err;
+	if (!loop)
+		return intel_guc_send_nb(guc, action, len, g2h_len_dw);
+
+	if (not_atomic)
+		timedout = poll_timeout_us(err = intel_guc_send_nb(guc, action,
+								   len, g2h_len_dw),
+					   err != -EBUSY, USEC_PER_MSEC,
+					   POLL_TIMEOUT_DUR, false);
+	else
+		timedout = poll_timeout_us_atomic(err = intel_guc_send_nb(guc, action,
+									  len, g2h_len_dw),
+						  err != -EBUSY, USEC_PER_MSEC,
+						  POLL_TIMEOUT_DUR, false);
+	return timedout ?: err;
 }
 
 /* Only call this from the interrupt handler code */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
index 1c455d84bf9d..9f13a0c225c0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
@@ -706,37 +706,19 @@ static int ct_send_nb(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ct_send(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
-		   const u32 *action,
-		   u32 len,
-		   u32 *response_buf,
-		   u32 response_buf_size,
-		   u32 *status)
+static int ct_lazy_spin(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
+			struct ct_request *request,
+			const u32 *action,
+			u32 len,
+			u32 *response_buf,
+			u32 response_buf_size,
+			u32 *status)
 {
 	struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb = &ct->ctbs.send;
-	struct ct_request request;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned int sleep_period_ms = 1;
-	bool send_again;
 	u32 fence;
 	int err;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!ct->enabled);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!len);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(len > GUC_CTB_HXG_MSG_MAX_LEN - GUC_CTB_HDR_LEN);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!response_buf && response_buf_size);
-	might_sleep();
-
-resend:
-	send_again = false;
-
-	/*
-	 * We use a lazy spin wait loop here as we believe that if the CT
-	 * buffers are sized correctly the flow control condition should be
-	 * rare. Reserving the maximum size in the G2H credits as we don't know
-	 * how big the response is going to be.
-	 */
-retry:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctb->lock, flags);
 	if (unlikely(!h2g_has_room(ct, len + GUC_CTB_HDR_LEN) ||
 		     !g2h_has_room(ct, GUC_CTB_HXG_MSG_MAX_LEN))) {
@@ -746,31 +728,67 @@ static int ct_send(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
 
 		if (unlikely(ct_deadlocked(ct)))
 			return -EPIPE;
-
-		if (msleep_interruptible(sleep_period_ms))
-			return -EINTR;
-		sleep_period_ms = sleep_period_ms << 1;
-
-		goto retry;
+		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	ct->stall_time = KTIME_MAX;
 
 	fence = ct_get_next_fence(ct);
-	request.fence = fence;
-	request.status = 0;
-	request.response_len = response_buf_size;
-	request.response_buf = response_buf;
+	request->fence = fence;
+	request->status = 0;
+	request->response_len = response_buf_size;
+	request->response_buf = response_buf;
 
 	spin_lock(&ct->requests.lock);
-	list_add_tail(&request.link, &ct->requests.pending);
+	list_add_tail(&request->link, &ct->requests.pending);
 	spin_unlock(&ct->requests.lock);
 
 	err = ct_write(ct, action, len, fence, 0);
 	g2h_reserve_space(ct, GUC_CTB_HXG_MSG_MAX_LEN);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctb->lock, flags);
+	return err;
+}
 
+static int ct_send(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
+		   const u32 *action,
+		   u32 len,
+		   u32 *response_buf,
+		   u32 response_buf_size,
+		   u32 *status)
+{
+	struct ct_request request;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	bool send_again;
+	int err, timedout;
+
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!ct->enabled);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!len);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(len > GUC_CTB_HXG_MSG_MAX_LEN - GUC_CTB_HDR_LEN);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!response_buf && response_buf_size);
+	might_sleep();
+
+resend:
+	send_again = false;
+
+	/*
+	 * We use a lazy spin wait loop here as we believe that if the CT
+	 * buffers are sized correctly the flow control condition should be
+	 * rare. Reserving the maximum size in the G2H credits as we don't know
+	 * how big the response is going to be.
+	 */
+	timedout = poll_timeout_us(err = ct_lazy_spin(ct, &request, action,
+						      len, response_buf,
+						      response_buf_size,
+						      status),
+				   err != -EBUSY, USEC_PER_MSEC,
+				   POLL_TIMEOUT_DUR, false);
+
+	/* This is only the case if ct is deadlocked or we time out */
+	if (ct->stall_time != KTIME_MAX)
+		return timedout ?: err;
+
+	/* Otherwise, ct_write failed and we need to clean up */
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto unlink;
 
-- 
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