[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Change context lifecycle

Yu Dai yu.dai at intel.com
Tue Nov 24 17:11:12 PST 2015



On 11/24/2015 08:23 AM, Nick Hoath wrote:
> Use the first retired request on a new context to unpin
> the old context. This ensures that the hw context remains
> bound until it has been saved.
> Now that the context is pinned until later in the request/context
> lifecycle, it no longer needs to be pinned from context_queue to
> retire_requests.
> This is to solve a hang with GuC submission, and a theoretical
> issue with execlist submission.
>
> v2: Moved the new pin to cover GuC submission (Alex Dai)
>      Moved the new unpin to request_retire to fix coverage leak
> v3: Added switch to default context if freeing a still pinned
>      context just in case the hw was actually still using it
> v4: Unwrapped context unpin to allow calling without a request
>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Hoath <nicholas.hoath at intel.com>
> Issue: VIZ-4277
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> Cc: David Gordon <david.s.gordon at intel.com>
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Alex Dai <yu.dai at intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h  |  1 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c  |  9 ++++-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h |  1 +
>   4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> index d5cf30b..4d2f44c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> @@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ struct intel_context {
>   	struct {
>   		struct drm_i915_gem_object *state;
>   		struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf;
> +		bool unsaved;
>   		int pin_count;
>   	} engine[I915_NUM_RINGS];
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> index e955499..6fee473 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> @@ -1354,6 +1354,14 @@ static void i915_gem_request_retire(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
>   {
>   	trace_i915_gem_request_retire(request);
>   
> +	if (i915.enable_execlists) {
> +		unsigned long flags;
> +
> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&request->ring->execlist_lock, flags);
> +		intel_lr_context_complete_check(request);
> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&request->ring->execlist_lock, flags);
> +	}
> +
>   	/* We know the GPU must have read the request to have
>   	 * sent us the seqno + interrupt, so use the position
>   	 * of tail of the request to update the last known position
> @@ -1384,7 +1392,6 @@ __i915_gem_request_retire__upto(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
>   	do {
>   		tmp = list_first_entry(&engine->request_list,
>   				       typeof(*tmp), list);
> -
>   		i915_gem_request_retire(tmp);
>   	} while (tmp != req);
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
> index 06180dc..a527c21 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
> @@ -566,9 +566,6 @@ static int execlists_context_queue(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
>   	struct drm_i915_gem_request *cursor;
>   	int num_elements = 0;
>   
> -	if (request->ctx != ring->default_context)
> -		intel_lr_context_pin(request);
> -
>   	i915_gem_request_reference(request);
>   
>   	spin_lock_irq(&ring->execlist_lock);
> @@ -728,10 +725,16 @@ intel_logical_ring_advance_and_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
>   	intel_logical_ring_advance(request->ringbuf);
>   
>   	request->tail = request->ringbuf->tail;
> -
>   	if (intel_ring_stopped(ring))
>   		return;
>   
> +	if (request->ctx != ring->default_context) {
> +		if (!request->ctx->engine[ring->id].unsaved) {
> +			intel_lr_context_pin(request);
> +			request->ctx->engine[ring->id].unsaved = true;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>   	if (dev_priv->guc.execbuf_client)
>   		i915_guc_submit(dev_priv->guc.execbuf_client, request);
>   	else
> @@ -958,12 +961,6 @@ void intel_execlists_retire_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
>   	spin_unlock_irq(&ring->execlist_lock);
>   
>   	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, &retired_list, execlist_link) {
> -		struct intel_context *ctx = req->ctx;
> -		struct drm_i915_gem_object *ctx_obj =
> -				ctx->engine[ring->id].state;
> -
> -		if (ctx_obj && (ctx != ring->default_context))
> -			intel_lr_context_unpin(req);
>   		list_del(&req->execlist_link);
>   		i915_gem_request_unreference(req);
>   	}
> @@ -1058,21 +1055,41 @@ reset_pin_count:
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> -void intel_lr_context_unpin(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
> +static void intel_lr_context_unpin_no_req(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
> +		struct intel_context *ctx)
>   {
> -	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = rq->ring;
> -	struct drm_i915_gem_object *ctx_obj = rq->ctx->engine[ring->id].state;
> -	struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf = rq->ringbuf;
> -
> +	struct drm_i915_gem_object *ctx_obj = ctx->engine[ring->id].state;
> +	struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf = ctx->engine[ring->id].ringbuf;
>   	if (ctx_obj) {
>   		WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&ring->dev->struct_mutex));
> -		if (--rq->ctx->engine[ring->id].pin_count == 0) {
> +		if (--ctx->engine[ring->id].pin_count == 0) {
>   			intel_unpin_ringbuffer_obj(ringbuf);
>   			i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(ctx_obj);
>   		}
>   	}
>   }
>   
> +void intel_lr_context_unpin(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
> +{
> +	intel_lr_context_unpin_no_req(rq->ring, rq->ctx);
> +}
> +
> +void intel_lr_context_complete_check(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
> +{
> +	struct intel_engine_cs *ring = req->ring;
> +
> +	assert_spin_locked(&ring->execlist_lock);
> +
> +	if (ring->last_context && ring->last_context != req->ctx &&
> +			ring->last_context->engine[ring->id].unsaved) {

Context pin is done for every submission but unpin is done with 
condition. I think the engine.pin_count will be out of sync.

> +		intel_lr_context_unpin_no_req(
> +				ring,
> +				ring->last_context);
> +		ring->last_context->engine[ring->id].unsaved = false;
> +	}
> +	ring->last_context = req->ctx;
> +}
> +
>   static int intel_logical_ring_workarounds_emit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
>   {
>   	int ret, i;
> @@ -2378,7 +2395,7 @@ void intel_lr_context_free(struct intel_context *ctx)
>   {
>   	int i;
>   
> -	for (i = 0; i < I915_NUM_RINGS; i++) {
> +	for (i = 0; i < I915_NUM_RINGS; ++i) {
>   		struct drm_i915_gem_object *ctx_obj = ctx->engine[i].state;
>   
>   		if (ctx_obj) {
> @@ -2390,7 +2407,20 @@ void intel_lr_context_free(struct intel_context *ctx)
>   				intel_unpin_ringbuffer_obj(ringbuf);
>   				i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(ctx_obj);
>   			}
> -			WARN_ON(ctx->engine[ring->id].pin_count);
> +
> +			if (ctx->engine[ring->id].unsaved) {
> +				int ret;
> +				struct drm_i915_gem_request *req;
> +
> +				ret = i915_gem_request_alloc(ring,
> +					ring->default_context, &req);
> +				if (!ret) {
> +					i915_add_request(req);
> +					i915_wait_request(req);
> +				}

The will wait for all requests to be finished. Waiting for the head is 
good enough. If no request in queue, then add one from default context.

Alex
> +			}
> +
> +			WARN_ON(ctx->engine[i].pin_count);
>   			intel_ringbuffer_free(ringbuf);
>   			drm_gem_object_unreference(&ctx_obj->base);
>   		}
> @@ -2554,5 +2584,12 @@ void intel_lr_context_reset(struct drm_device *dev,
>   
>   		ringbuf->head = 0;
>   		ringbuf->tail = 0;
> +
> +		if (ctx->engine[ring->id].unsaved) {
> +			intel_lr_context_unpin_no_req(
> +					ring,
> +					ctx);
> +			ctx->engine[ring->id].unsaved = false;
> +		}
>   	}
>   }
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
> index 4e60d54..cbc42b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h
> @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ void intel_lr_context_reset(struct drm_device *dev,
>   			struct intel_context *ctx);
>   uint64_t intel_lr_context_descriptor(struct intel_context *ctx,
>   				     struct intel_engine_cs *ring);
> +void intel_lr_context_complete_check(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
>   
>   /* Execlists */
>   int intel_sanitize_enable_execlists(struct drm_device *dev, int enable_execlists);



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