On 24.09.25 10:11, Jesse.Zhang wrote:
> This commit fixes a potential race condition in the userqueue fence
> signaling mechanism by replacing dma_fence_is_signaled_locked() with
> dma_fence_is_signaled().
> 
> The issue occurred because:
> 1. dma_fence_is_signaled_locked() should only be used when holding
>    the fence's individual lock, not just the fence list lock
> 2. Using the locked variant without the proper fence lock could lead
>    to double-signaling scenarios:
>    - Hardware completion signals the fence
>    - Software path also tries to signal the same fence
> 
> By using dma_fence_is_signaled() instead, we properly handle the
> locking hierarchy and avoid the race condition while still maintaining
> the necessary synchronization through the fence_list_lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Zhang <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq_fence.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq_fence.c 
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq_fence.c
> index 59d0abbdfc2f..ac366e1bc9ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq_fence.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_userq_fence.c
> @@ -289,7 +289,16 @@ static int amdgpu_userq_fence_create(struct 
> amdgpu_usermode_queue *userq,
>  
>       /* Check if hardware has already processed the job */
>       spin_lock_irqsave(&fence_drv->fence_list_lock, flags);
> -     if (!dma_fence_is_signaled_locked(fence))
> +     /*
> +      * Use dma_fence_is_signaled() instead of dma_fence_is_signaled_locked()
> +      * because we only hold the fence_list_lock, not the individual fence 
> lock.
> +      * dma_fence_is_signaled_locked() should only be used when the fence's
> +      * own lock is held, which isn't the case here. Using the locked variant
> +      * can lead to race conditions where the fence gets signaled twice:
> +      * 1. Hardware completion signals the fence
> +      * 2. Software path also tries to signal the same fence
> +     */

Please drop that comment since that is not really accurate. Apart from that 
looks good to me.

Regards,
Christian.

> +     if (!dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
>               list_add_tail(&userq_fence->link, &fence_drv->fences);
>       else
>               dma_fence_put(fence);

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