drm/i915: Force reset on unready engine
If engine reports that it is not ready for reset, we give up. Evidence shows that forcing a per engine reset on an engine which is not reporting to be ready for reset, can bring it back into a working order. There is risk that we corrupt the context image currently executing on that engine. But that is a risk worth taking as if we unblock the engine, we prevent a whole device wedging in a case of full gpu reset. Reset individual engine even if it reports that it is not prepared for reset, but only if we aim for full gpu reset and not on first reset attempt. v2: force reset only on later attempts, readability (Chris) v3: simplify with adequate caffeine levels (Chris) v4: comment about risks and migitations (Chris) Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20180813130116.7250-1-mika.kuoppala@linux.intel.com
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