Re: [PATCH] drm/xe: Reject page faults from non-fault-mode scratch VMs

On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 12:24:45PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> Having scratch enabled does not make a VM capable of handling recoverable
> page faults. Allowing scratch VMs through the ASID lookup also admits
> dma-fence mode VMs.
> 
> If such a VM faults on an already valid VMA, the handler reports success
> without fixing the fault, causing the GPU to retry indefinitely.
> 
> Only allow fault-mode VMs through the ASID lookup. Fault-mode VMs using
> scratch remain supported, while faults from 3D VMs are rejected.
> 
> Fixes: ad9843aac91a ("drm/xe/madvise: Implement purgeable buffer object support")
> Cc: Matthew Brost <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Brost <[email protected]>

> Cc: Thomas Hellström <[email protected]>
> Cc: Himal Prasad Ghimiray <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Matthew Brost <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pagefault.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pagefault.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pagefault.c
> index b2d7bca9e407..19cc7c59bec4 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pagefault.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pagefault.c
> @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static struct xe_vm *xe_pagefault_asid_to_vm(struct xe_device *xe, u32 asid)
>  
>  	down_read(&xe->usm.lock);
>  	vm = xa_load(&xe->usm.asid_to_vm, asid);
> -	if (vm && (xe_vm_in_fault_mode(vm) || xe_vm_has_scratch(vm)))
> +	if (vm && xe_vm_in_fault_mode(vm))
>  		xe_vm_get(vm);
>  	else
>  		vm = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> -- 
> 2.43.0
>