drm/i915: Mark i915_request.timeline as a volatile, rcu pointer

The request->timeline is only valid until the request is retired (i.e.
before it is completed). Upon retiring the request, the context may be
unpinned and freed, and along with it the timeline may be freed. We
therefore need to be very careful when chasing rq->timeline that the
pointer does not disappear beneath us. The vast majority of users are in
a protected context, either during request construction or retirement,
where the timeline->mutex is held and the timeline cannot disappear. It
is those few off the beaten path (where we access a second timeline) that
need extra scrutiny -- to be added in the next patch after first adding
the warnings about dangerous access.

One complication, where we cannot use the timeline->mutex itself, is
during request submission onto hardware (under spinlocks). Here, we want
to check on the timeline to finalize the breadcrumb, and so we need to
impose a second rule to ensure that the request->timeline is indeed
valid. As we are submitting the request, it's context and timeline must
be pinned, as it will be used by the hardware. Since it is pinned, we
know the request->timeline must still be valid, and we cannot submit the
idle barrier until after we release the engine->active.lock, ergo while
submitting and holding that spinlock, a second thread cannot release the
timeline.

v2: Don't be lazy inside selftests; hold the timeline->mutex for as long
as we need it, and tidy up acquiring the timeline with a bit of
refactoring (i915_active_add_request)
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20190919111912.21631-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_overlay.c

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ alloc_request(struct intel_overlay *overlay, void (*fn)(struct intel_overlay *))
 	if (IS_ERR(rq))
 		return rq;
 
-	err = i915_active_ref(&overlay->last_flip, rq->timeline, rq);
+	err = i915_active_add_request(&overlay->last_flip, rq);
 	if (err) {
 		i915_request_add(rq);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_client_blt.c

@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static void clear_pages_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * keep track of the GPU activity within this vma/request, and
 	 * propagate the signal from the request to w->dma.
 	 */
-	err = i915_active_ref(&vma->active, rq->timeline, rq);
+	err = i915_active_add_request(&vma->active, rq);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_request;
 

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c

@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static int context_barrier_task(struct i915_gem_context *ctx,
 		if (emit)
 			err = emit(rq, data);
 		if (err == 0)
-			err = i915_active_ref(&cb->base, rq->timeline, rq);
+			err = i915_active_add_request(&cb->base, rq);
 
 		i915_request_add(rq);
 		if (err)

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ int intel_context_prepare_remote_request(struct intel_context *ce,
 	/* Only suitable for use in remotely modifying this context */
 	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->hw_context == ce);
 
-	if (rq->timeline != tl) { /* beware timeline sharing */
+	if (rcu_access_pointer(rq->timeline) != tl) { /* timeline sharing! */
 		err = mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(&tl->mutex,
 						      SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 		if (err)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int intel_context_prepare_remote_request(struct intel_context *ce,
 	 * words transfer the pinned ce object to tracked active request.
 	 */
 	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_active_is_idle(&ce->active));
-	return i915_active_ref(&ce->active, rq->timeline, rq);
+	return i915_active_add_request(&ce->active, rq);
 }
 
 struct i915_request *intel_context_create_request(struct intel_context *ce)

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c

@@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ static int measure_breadcrumb_dw(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 				engine->status_page.vma))
 		goto out_frame;
 
+	mutex_lock(&frame->timeline.mutex);
+
 	frame->ring.vaddr = frame->cs;
 	frame->ring.size = sizeof(frame->cs);
 	frame->ring.effective_size = frame->ring.size;
@@ -688,18 +690,22 @@ static int measure_breadcrumb_dw(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	frame->rq.i915 = engine->i915;
 	frame->rq.engine = engine;
 	frame->rq.ring = &frame->ring;
-	frame->rq.timeline = &frame->timeline;
+	rcu_assign_pointer(frame->rq.timeline, &frame->timeline);
 
 	dw = intel_timeline_pin(&frame->timeline);
 	if (dw < 0)
 		goto out_timeline;
 
+	spin_lock_irq(&engine->active.lock);
 	dw = engine->emit_fini_breadcrumb(&frame->rq, frame->cs) - frame->cs;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&engine->active.lock);
+
 	GEM_BUG_ON(dw & 1); /* RING_TAIL must be qword aligned */
 
 	intel_timeline_unpin(&frame->timeline);
 
 out_timeline:
+	mutex_unlock(&frame->timeline.mutex);
 	intel_timeline_fini(&frame->timeline);
 out_frame:
 	kfree(frame);
@@ -1196,6 +1202,27 @@ static void hexdump(struct drm_printer *m, const void *buf, size_t len)
 	}
 }
 
+static struct intel_timeline *get_timeline(struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	struct intel_timeline *tl;
+
+	/*
+	 * Even though we are holding the engine->active.lock here, there
+	 * is no control over the submission queue per-se and we are
+	 * inspecting the active state at a random point in time, with an
+	 * unknown queue. Play safe and make sure the timeline remains valid.
+	 * (Only being used for pretty printing, one extra kref shouldn't
+	 * cause a camel stampede!)
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	tl = rcu_dereference(rq->timeline);
+	if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&tl->kref))
+		tl = NULL;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return tl;
+}
+
 static void intel_engine_print_registers(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 					 struct drm_printer *m)
 {
@@ -1290,27 +1317,37 @@ static void intel_engine_print_registers(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			int len;
 
 			len = snprintf(hdr, sizeof(hdr),
-				       "\t\tActive[%d: ",
+				       "\t\tActive[%d]: ",
 				       (int)(port - execlists->active));
-			if (!i915_request_signaled(rq))
+			if (!i915_request_signaled(rq)) {
+				struct intel_timeline *tl = get_timeline(rq);
+
 				len += snprintf(hdr + len, sizeof(hdr) - len,
 						"ring:{start:%08x, hwsp:%08x, seqno:%08x}, ",
 						i915_ggtt_offset(rq->ring->vma),
-						rq->timeline->hwsp_offset,
+						tl ? tl->hwsp_offset : 0,
 						hwsp_seqno(rq));
+
+				if (tl)
+					intel_timeline_put(tl);
+			}
 			snprintf(hdr + len, sizeof(hdr) - len, "rq: ");
 			print_request(m, rq, hdr);
 		}
 		for (port = execlists->pending; (rq = *port); port++) {
+			struct intel_timeline *tl = get_timeline(rq);
 			char hdr[80];
 
 			snprintf(hdr, sizeof(hdr),
 				 "\t\tPending[%d] ring:{start:%08x, hwsp:%08x, seqno:%08x}, rq: ",
 				 (int)(port - execlists->pending),
 				 i915_ggtt_offset(rq->ring->vma),
-				 rq->timeline->hwsp_offset,
+				 tl ? tl->hwsp_offset : 0,
 				 hwsp_seqno(rq));
 			print_request(m, rq, hdr);
+
+			if (tl)
+				intel_timeline_put(tl);
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->active.lock, flags);
 	} else if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) > 6) {
@@ -1388,6 +1425,8 @@ void intel_engine_dump(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->active.lock, flags);
 	rq = intel_engine_find_active_request(engine);
 	if (rq) {
+		struct intel_timeline *tl = get_timeline(rq);
+
 		print_request(m, rq, "\t\tactive ");
 
 		drm_printf(m, "\t\tring->start:  0x%08x\n",
@@ -1400,8 +1439,12 @@ void intel_engine_dump(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 			   rq->ring->emit);
 		drm_printf(m, "\t\tring->space:  0x%08x\n",
 			   rq->ring->space);
+
+		if (tl) {
 			drm_printf(m, "\t\tring->hwsp:   0x%08x\n",
-			   rq->timeline->hwsp_offset);
+				   tl->hwsp_offset);
+			intel_timeline_put(tl);
+		}
 
 		print_request_ring(m, rq);
 

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static bool switch_to_kernel_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		/* Context switch failed, hope for the best! Maybe reset? */
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	intel_timeline_enter(rq->timeline);
+	intel_timeline_enter(i915_request_timeline(rq));
 
 	/* Check again on the next retirement. */
 	engine->wakeref_serial = engine->serial + 1;

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pool.h

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static inline int
 intel_engine_pool_mark_active(struct intel_engine_pool_node *node,
 			      struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	return i915_active_ref(&node->active, rq->timeline, rq);
+	return i915_active_add_request(&node->active, rq);
 }
 
 static inline void

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c

@@ -1825,7 +1825,7 @@ static int gen8_emit_init_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
 	u32 *cs;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!rq->timeline->has_initial_breadcrumb);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_request_timeline(rq)->has_initial_breadcrumb);
 
 	cs = intel_ring_begin(rq, 6);
 	if (IS_ERR(cs))
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ static int gen8_emit_init_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *rq)
 	*cs++ = MI_NOOP;
 
 	*cs++ = MI_STORE_DWORD_IMM_GEN4 | MI_USE_GGTT;
-	*cs++ = rq->timeline->hwsp_offset;
+	*cs++ = i915_request_timeline(rq)->hwsp_offset;
 	*cs++ = 0;
 	*cs++ = rq->fence.seqno - 1;
 
@@ -2324,7 +2324,8 @@ static void reset_csb_pointers(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 static struct i915_request *active_request(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	const struct list_head * const list = &rq->timeline->requests;
+	const struct list_head * const list =
+		&i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->requests;
 	const struct intel_context * const ce = rq->hw_context;
 	struct i915_request *active = NULL;
 
@@ -2927,7 +2928,7 @@ static u32 *gen8_emit_fini_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *request, u32 *cs)
 {
 	cs = gen8_emit_ggtt_write(cs,
 				  request->fence.seqno,
-				  request->timeline->hwsp_offset,
+				  i915_request_active_timeline(request)->hwsp_offset,
 				  0);
 
 	return gen8_emit_fini_breadcrumb_footer(request, cs);
@@ -2944,7 +2945,7 @@ static u32 *gen8_emit_fini_breadcrumb_rcs(struct i915_request *request, u32 *cs)
 	/* XXX flush+write+CS_STALL all in one upsets gem_concurrent_blt:kbl */
 	cs = gen8_emit_ggtt_write_rcs(cs,
 				      request->fence.seqno,
-				      request->timeline->hwsp_offset,
+				      i915_request_active_timeline(request)->hwsp_offset,
 				      PIPE_CONTROL_FLUSH_ENABLE |
 				      PIPE_CONTROL_CS_STALL);
 
@@ -2956,7 +2957,7 @@ gen11_emit_fini_breadcrumb_rcs(struct i915_request *request, u32 *cs)
 {
 	cs = gen8_emit_ggtt_write_rcs(cs,
 				      request->fence.seqno,
-				      request->timeline->hwsp_offset,
+				      i915_request_active_timeline(request)->hwsp_offset,
 				      PIPE_CONTROL_CS_STALL |
 				      PIPE_CONTROL_TILE_CACHE_FLUSH |
 				      PIPE_CONTROL_RENDER_TARGET_CACHE_FLUSH |
@@ -3020,7 +3021,7 @@ static u32 *gen12_emit_fini_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *request, u32 *cs)
 {
 	cs = gen8_emit_ggtt_write(cs,
 				  request->fence.seqno,
-				  request->timeline->hwsp_offset,
+				  i915_request_active_timeline(request)->hwsp_offset,
 				  0);
 
 	return gen12_emit_fini_breadcrumb_footer(request, cs);
@@ -3031,7 +3032,7 @@ gen12_emit_fini_breadcrumb_rcs(struct i915_request *request, u32 *cs)
 {
 	cs = gen8_emit_ggtt_write_rcs(cs,
 				      request->fence.seqno,
-				      request->timeline->hwsp_offset,
+				      i915_request_active_timeline(request)->hwsp_offset,
 				      PIPE_CONTROL_CS_STALL |
 				      PIPE_CONTROL_TILE_CACHE_FLUSH |
 				      PIPE_CONTROL_RENDER_TARGET_CACHE_FLUSH |

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ringbuffer.c

@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ static u32 *gen6_rcs_emit_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *rq, u32 *cs)
 		 PIPE_CONTROL_DC_FLUSH_ENABLE |
 		 PIPE_CONTROL_QW_WRITE |
 		 PIPE_CONTROL_CS_STALL);
-	*cs++ = rq->timeline->hwsp_offset | PIPE_CONTROL_GLOBAL_GTT;
+	*cs++ = i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_offset |
+		PIPE_CONTROL_GLOBAL_GTT;
 	*cs++ = rq->fence.seqno;
 
 	*cs++ = MI_USER_INTERRUPT;
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ static u32 *gen7_rcs_emit_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *rq, u32 *cs)
 		 PIPE_CONTROL_QW_WRITE |
 		 PIPE_CONTROL_GLOBAL_GTT_IVB |
 		 PIPE_CONTROL_CS_STALL);
-	*cs++ = rq->timeline->hwsp_offset;
+	*cs++ = i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_offset;
 	*cs++ = rq->fence.seqno;
 
 	*cs++ = MI_USER_INTERRUPT;
@@ -439,8 +440,8 @@ static u32 *gen7_rcs_emit_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *rq, u32 *cs)
 
 static u32 *gen6_xcs_emit_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *rq, u32 *cs)
 {
-	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->timeline->hwsp_ggtt != rq->engine->status_page.vma);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(offset_in_page(rq->timeline->hwsp_offset) != I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_ggtt != rq->engine->status_page.vma);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(offset_in_page(i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_offset) != I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR);
 
 	*cs++ = MI_FLUSH_DW | MI_FLUSH_DW_OP_STOREDW | MI_FLUSH_DW_STORE_INDEX;
 	*cs++ = I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR | MI_FLUSH_DW_USE_GTT;
@@ -459,8 +460,8 @@ static u32 *gen7_xcs_emit_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *rq, u32 *cs)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->timeline->hwsp_ggtt != rq->engine->status_page.vma);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(offset_in_page(rq->timeline->hwsp_offset) != I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_ggtt != rq->engine->status_page.vma);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(offset_in_page(i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_offset) != I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR);
 
 	*cs++ = MI_FLUSH_DW | MI_FLUSH_DW_OP_STOREDW | MI_FLUSH_DW_STORE_INDEX;
 	*cs++ = I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR | MI_FLUSH_DW_USE_GTT;
@@ -938,8 +939,8 @@ static void i9xx_submit_request(struct i915_request *request)
 
 static u32 *i9xx_emit_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *rq, u32 *cs)
 {
-	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->timeline->hwsp_ggtt != rq->engine->status_page.vma);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(offset_in_page(rq->timeline->hwsp_offset) != I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_ggtt != rq->engine->status_page.vma);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(offset_in_page(i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_offset) != I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR);
 
 	*cs++ = MI_FLUSH;
 
@@ -961,8 +962,8 @@ static u32 *gen5_emit_breadcrumb(struct i915_request *rq, u32 *cs)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->timeline->hwsp_ggtt != rq->engine->status_page.vma);
-	GEM_BUG_ON(offset_in_page(rq->timeline->hwsp_offset) != I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_ggtt != rq->engine->status_page.vma);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(offset_in_page(i915_request_active_timeline(rq)->hwsp_offset) != I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR);
 
 	*cs++ = MI_FLUSH;
 
@@ -1815,7 +1816,7 @@ static int ring_request_alloc(struct i915_request *request)
 	int ret;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!intel_context_is_pinned(request->hw_context));
-	GEM_BUG_ON(request->timeline->has_initial_breadcrumb);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_timeline(request)->has_initial_breadcrumb);
 
 	/*
 	 * Flush enough space to reduce the likelihood of waiting after
@@ -1926,7 +1927,9 @@ u32 *intel_ring_begin(struct i915_request *rq, unsigned int num_dwords)
 		 */
 		GEM_BUG_ON(!rq->reserved_space);
 
-		ret = wait_for_space(ring, rq->timeline, total_bytes);
+		ret = wait_for_space(ring,
+				     i915_request_timeline(rq),
+				     total_bytes);
 		if (unlikely(ret))
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline.c

@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ int intel_timeline_get_seqno(struct intel_timeline *tl,
 static int cacheline_ref(struct intel_timeline_cacheline *cl,
 			 struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	return i915_active_ref(&cl->active, rq->timeline, rq);
+	return i915_active_add_request(&cl->active, rq);
 }
 
 int intel_timeline_read_hwsp(struct i915_request *from,
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ int intel_timeline_read_hwsp(struct i915_request *from,
 	struct intel_timeline *tl = from->timeline;
 	int err;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(to->timeline == tl);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(rcu_access_pointer(to->timeline) == tl);
 
 	mutex_lock_nested(&tl->mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 	err = i915_request_completed(from);
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ void __intel_timeline_free(struct kref *kref)
 		container_of(kref, typeof(*timeline), kref);
 
 	intel_timeline_fini(timeline);
-	kfree(timeline);
+	kfree_rcu(timeline, rcu);
 }
 
 static void timelines_fini(struct intel_gt *gt)

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_timeline_types.h

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct intel_timeline {
 	struct intel_gt *gt;
 
 	struct kref kref;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 #endif /* __I915_TIMELINE_TYPES_H__ */

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_context.c

@@ -14,22 +14,28 @@
 
 static int request_sync(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
+	struct intel_timeline *tl = i915_request_timeline(rq);
 	long timeout;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	intel_timeline_get(tl);
 	i915_request_get(rq);
 
-	i915_request_add(rq);
+	/* Opencode i915_request_add() so we can keep the timeline locked. */
+	__i915_request_commit(rq);
+	__i915_request_queue(rq, NULL);
+
 	timeout = i915_request_wait(rq, 0, HZ / 10);
-	if (timeout < 0) {
+	if (timeout < 0)
 		err = timeout;
-	} else {
-		mutex_lock(&rq->timeline->mutex);
+	else
 		i915_request_retire_upto(rq);
-		mutex_unlock(&rq->timeline->mutex);
-	}
+
+	lockdep_unpin_lock(&tl->mutex, rq->cookie);
+	mutex_unlock(&tl->mutex);
 
 	i915_request_put(rq);
+	intel_timeline_put(tl);
 
 	return err;
 }

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c

@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ static int live_suppress_wait_preempt(void *arg)
 				}
 
 				/* Disable NEWCLIENT promotion */
-				__i915_active_request_set(&rq[i]->timeline->last_request,
+				__i915_active_request_set(&i915_request_timeline(rq[i])->last_request,
 							  dummy);
 				i915_request_add(rq[i]);
 			}

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c

@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ void i915_request_add_active_barriers(struct i915_request *rq)
 	struct llist_node *node, *next;
 
 	GEM_BUG_ON(intel_engine_is_virtual(engine));
-	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->timeline != engine->kernel_context->timeline);
+	GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_timeline(rq) != engine->kernel_context->timeline);
 
 	/*
 	 * Attach the list of proto-fences to the in-flight request such

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.h

@@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ int i915_active_ref(struct i915_active *ref,
 		    struct intel_timeline *tl,
 		    struct i915_request *rq);
 
+static inline int
+i915_active_add_request(struct i915_active *ref, struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	return i915_active_ref(ref, i915_request_timeline(rq), rq);
+}
+
 int i915_active_wait(struct i915_active *ref);
 
 int i915_request_await_active(struct i915_request *rq,

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c

@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ static bool i915_request_retire(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
 	struct i915_active_request *active, *next;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&rq->timeline->mutex);
 	if (!i915_request_completed(rq))
 		return false;
 
@@ -241,7 +240,8 @@ static bool i915_request_retire(struct i915_request *rq)
 	 * Note this requires that we are always called in request
 	 * completion order.
 	 */
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_is_first(&rq->link, &rq->timeline->requests));
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_is_first(&rq->link,
+				  &i915_request_timeline(rq)->requests));
 	rq->ring->head = rq->postfix;
 
 	/*
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static bool i915_request_retire(struct i915_request *rq)
 
 void i915_request_retire_upto(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	struct intel_timeline * const tl = rq->timeline;
+	struct intel_timeline * const tl = i915_request_timeline(rq);
 	struct i915_request *tmp;
 
 	GEM_TRACE("%s fence %llx:%lld, current %d\n",
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ void i915_request_retire_upto(struct i915_request *rq)
 		  rq->fence.context, rq->fence.seqno,
 		  hwsp_seqno(rq));
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_request_completed(rq));
 
 	do {
@@ -661,9 +660,11 @@ __i915_request_create(struct intel_context *ce, gfp_t gfp)
 	rq->gem_context = ce->gem_context;
 	rq->engine = ce->engine;
 	rq->ring = ce->ring;
-	rq->timeline = tl;
+
+	rcu_assign_pointer(rq->timeline, tl);
 	rq->hwsp_seqno = tl->hwsp_seqno;
 	rq->hwsp_cacheline = tl->hwsp_cacheline;
+
 	rq->rcustate = get_state_synchronize_rcu(); /* acts as smp_mb() */
 
 	spin_lock_init(&rq->lock);
@@ -771,7 +772,8 @@ i915_request_await_start(struct i915_request *rq, struct i915_request *signal)
 		return 0;
 
 	signal = list_prev_entry(signal, link);
-	if (intel_timeline_sync_is_later(rq->timeline, &signal->fence))
+	if (intel_timeline_sync_is_later(i915_request_timeline(rq),
+					 &signal->fence))
 		return 0;
 
 	return i915_sw_fence_await_dma_fence(&rq->submit,
@@ -947,7 +949,8 @@ i915_request_await_dma_fence(struct i915_request *rq, struct dma_fence *fence)
 
 		/* Squash repeated waits to the same timelines */
 		if (fence->context &&
-		    intel_timeline_sync_is_later(rq->timeline, fence))
+		    intel_timeline_sync_is_later(i915_request_timeline(rq),
+						 fence))
 			continue;
 
 		if (dma_fence_is_i915(fence))
@@ -961,7 +964,8 @@ i915_request_await_dma_fence(struct i915_request *rq, struct dma_fence *fence)
 
 		/* Record the latest fence used against each timeline */
 		if (fence->context)
-			intel_timeline_sync_set(rq->timeline, fence);
+			intel_timeline_sync_set(i915_request_timeline(rq),
+						fence);
 	} while (--nchild);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1103,7 +1107,7 @@ void i915_request_skip(struct i915_request *rq, int error)
 static struct i915_request *
 __i915_request_add_to_timeline(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	struct intel_timeline *timeline = rq->timeline;
+	struct intel_timeline *timeline = i915_request_timeline(rq);
 	struct i915_request *prev;
 
 	/*
@@ -1216,7 +1220,7 @@ void __i915_request_queue(struct i915_request *rq,
 void i915_request_add(struct i915_request *rq)
 {
 	struct i915_sched_attr attr = rq->gem_context->sched;
-	struct intel_timeline * const tl = rq->timeline;
+	struct intel_timeline * const tl = i915_request_timeline(rq);
 	struct i915_request *prev;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&tl->mutex);
@@ -1271,7 +1275,9 @@ void i915_request_add(struct i915_request *rq)
 	 * work on behalf of others -- but instead we should benefit from
 	 * improved resource management. (Well, that's the theory at least.)
 	 */
-	if (prev && i915_request_completed(prev) && prev->timeline == tl)
+	if (prev &&
+	    i915_request_completed(prev) &&
+	    rcu_access_pointer(prev->timeline) == tl)
 		i915_request_retire_upto(prev);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&tl->mutex);

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ struct i915_request {
 	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
 	struct intel_context *hw_context;
 	struct intel_ring *ring;
-	struct intel_timeline *timeline;
+	struct intel_timeline __rcu *timeline;
 	struct list_head signal_link;
 
 	/*
@@ -442,6 +442,26 @@ static inline bool i915_request_has_nopreempt(const struct i915_request *rq)
 	return unlikely(rq->flags & I915_REQUEST_NOPREEMPT);
 }
 
+static inline struct intel_timeline *
+i915_request_timeline(struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	/* Valid only while the request is being constructed (or retired). */
+	return rcu_dereference_protected(rq->timeline,
+					 lockdep_is_held(&rcu_access_pointer(rq->timeline)->mutex));
+}
+
+static inline struct intel_timeline *
+i915_request_active_timeline(struct i915_request *rq)
+{
+	/*
+	 * When in use during submission, we are protected by a guarantee that
+	 * the context/timeline is pinned and must remain pinned until after
+	 * this submission.
+	 */
+	return rcu_dereference_protected(rq->timeline,
+					 lockdep_is_held(&rq->engine->active.lock));
+}
+
 bool i915_retire_requests(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
 
 #endif /* I915_REQUEST_H */

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c

@@ -900,15 +900,13 @@ int i915_vma_move_to_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
 	 * add the active reference first and queue for it to be dropped
 	 * *last*.
 	 */
-	err = i915_active_ref(&vma->active, rq->timeline, rq);
+	err = i915_active_add_request(&vma->active, rq);
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		return err;
 
 	if (flags & EXEC_OBJECT_WRITE) {
 		if (intel_frontbuffer_invalidate(obj->frontbuffer, ORIGIN_CS))
-			i915_active_ref(&obj->frontbuffer->write,
-					rq->timeline,
-					rq);
+			i915_active_add_request(&obj->frontbuffer->write, rq);
 
 		dma_resv_add_excl_fence(vma->resv, &rq->fence);
 		obj->write_domain = I915_GEM_DOMAIN_RENDER;

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_active.c

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ __live_active_setup(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 						       submit,
 						       GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (err >= 0)
-			err = i915_active_ref(&active->base, rq->timeline, rq);
+			err = i915_active_add_request(&active->base, rq);
 		i915_request_add(rq);
 		if (err) {
 			pr_err("Failed to track active ref!\n");

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/igt_spinner.c

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ igt_spinner_create_request(struct igt_spinner *spin,
 	intel_gt_chipset_flush(engine->gt);
 
 	if (engine->emit_init_breadcrumb &&
-	    rq->timeline->has_initial_breadcrumb) {
+	    i915_request_timeline(rq)->has_initial_breadcrumb) {
 		err = engine->emit_init_breadcrumb(rq);
 		if (err)
 			goto cancel_rq;