drm/amd/display: Use unbound workqueues for deferred DM work
authorGeoffrey McRae <geoffrey.mcrae@amd.com>
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:14:49 +0000 (02:14 +1000)
committerAlex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:15:41 +0000 (09:15 -0400)
DM currently queues some deferred display work on system workqueues.
Low-context IRQ handlers are queued on system_highpri_wq, while deferred
vmin/vmax updates are queued on system_percpu_wq.

Both paths can execute long-running display work. HPD and HPD RX handling
may involve link detection, AUX transactions, connector state updates, and
hotplug notification. The vmin/vmax update path calls into DC under
dc_lock to adjust stream timing. These paths can therefore trigger the
workqueue CPU hog detector when run from per-CPU workers:

  workqueue: dm_irq_work_func [amdgpu] hogged CPU for >10000us
  workqueue: dm_handle_vmin_vmax_update [amdgpu] hogged CPU for >10000us

Move the deferred low-context IRQ work to a dedicated high-priority
unbound workqueue, preserving the priority of the previous
system_highpri_wq usage while avoiding long-running work on per-CPU
workers.

Move deferred vmin/vmax updates to a separate normal-priority unbound
workqueue.

High-context IRQ handlers remain unchanged and continue to run directly
from the IRQ path.

Signed-off-by: Geoffrey McRae <geoffrey.mcrae@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Leo Li <sunpeng.li@amd.com>
Cc: Harry Wentland <harry.wentland@amd.com>
Cc: Leo Li <sunpeng.li@amd.com>
Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.h
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_irq.c

index a04c7f2..f396803 100644 (file)
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ struct hpd_rx_irq_offload_work {
  * @ddev: DRM base driver structure
  * @display_indexes_num: Max number of display streams supported
  * @irq_handler_list_table_lock: Synchronizes access to IRQ tables
+ * @irq_wq: Dedicated high-priority unbound workqueue for deferred IRQ work
+ * @vmin_vmax_wq: Dedicated unbound workqueue for deferred vmin/vmax updates
  * @backlight_dev: Backlight control device
  * @backlight_link: Link on which to control backlight
  * @backlight_caps: Capabilities of the backlight device
@@ -563,6 +565,8 @@ struct amdgpu_display_manager {
        dmub_outbox_params[1];
 
        spinlock_t irq_handler_list_table_lock;
+       struct workqueue_struct *irq_wq;
+       struct workqueue_struct *vmin_vmax_wq;
 
        struct backlight_device *backlight_dev[AMDGPU_DM_MAX_NUM_EDP];
 
index 7e375ad..ad30cae 100644 (file)
@@ -397,6 +397,21 @@ int amdgpu_dm_irq_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 
        spin_lock_init(&adev->dm.irq_handler_list_table_lock);
 
+       adev->dm.irq_wq = alloc_workqueue("amdgpu_dm_irq",
+               WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
+
+       if (!adev->dm.irq_wq)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       adev->dm.vmin_vmax_wq = alloc_workqueue("amdgpu_dm_vmin_vmax",
+               WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
+
+       if (!adev->dm.vmin_vmax_wq) {
+               destroy_workqueue(adev->dm.irq_wq);
+               adev->dm.irq_wq = NULL;
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
        for (src = 0; src < DAL_IRQ_SOURCES_NUMBER; src++) {
                /* low context handler list init */
                lh = &adev->dm.irq_handler_list_low_tab[src];
@@ -478,6 +493,16 @@ void amdgpu_dm_irq_fini(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
                list_del(&handler->list);
                kfree(handler);
        }
+
+       if (adev->dm.vmin_vmax_wq) {
+               destroy_workqueue(adev->dm.vmin_vmax_wq);
+               adev->dm.vmin_vmax_wq = NULL;
+       }
+
+       if (adev->dm.irq_wq) {
+               destroy_workqueue(adev->dm.irq_wq);
+               adev->dm.irq_wq = NULL;
+       }
 }
 EXPORT_IF_KUNIT(amdgpu_dm_irq_fini);
 
@@ -597,7 +622,7 @@ STATIC_IFN_KUNIT void amdgpu_dm_irq_schedule_work(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
                goto out_unlock;
 
        list_for_each_entry(handler_data, handler_list, list) {
-               if (queue_work(system_highpri_wq, &handler_data->work)) {
+               if (queue_work(adev->dm.irq_wq, &handler_data->work)) {
                        work_queued = true;
                        break;
                }
@@ -625,7 +650,7 @@ STATIC_IFN_KUNIT void amdgpu_dm_irq_schedule_work(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
 
                INIT_WORK(&handler_data_add->work, dm_irq_work_func);
 
-               if (queue_work(system_highpri_wq, &handler_data_add->work))
+               if (queue_work(adev->dm.irq_wq, &handler_data_add->work))
                        DRM_DEBUG("Queued work for handling interrupt from "
                                  "display for IRQ source %d\n",
                                  irq_source);
@@ -1913,7 +1938,7 @@ static void schedule_dc_vmin_vmax(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
        offload_work->stream = stream;
        offload_work->adjust = adjust_copy;
 
-       queue_work(system_percpu_wq, &offload_work->work);
+       queue_work(adev->dm.vmin_vmax_wq, &offload_work->work);
 }
 
 STATIC_IFN_KUNIT void dm_vupdate_high_irq(void *interrupt_params)