[PATCH 1/8] drm: execution context for GEM buffers v2

Felix Kuehling felix.kuehling at amd.com
Thu Jun 9 00:05:11 UTC 2022


On 2022-05-04 03:47, Christian König wrote:
> This adds the infrastructure for an execution context for GEM buffers
> which is similar to the existinc TTMs execbuf util and intended to replace
> it in the long term.
>
> The basic functionality is that we abstracts the necessary loop to lock
> many different GEM buffers with automated deadlock and duplicate handling.
>
> v2: drop xarray and use dynamic resized array instead, the locking
>      overhead is unecessary and measureable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>

I finally got around to catching up with this thread. See some questions 
and comments inline.


> ---
>   Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst |  12 ++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig      |   7 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile     |   2 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c   | 295 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/drm/drm_exec.h       | 144 +++++++++++++++++
>   5 files changed, 460 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
>   create mode 100644 include/drm/drm_exec.h
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
> index f32ccce5722d..bf7dd2a78e9b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
> @@ -493,6 +493,18 @@ DRM Sync Objects
>   .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
>      :export:
>   
> +DRM Execution context
> +=====================
> +
> +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
> +   :doc: Overview
> +
> +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_exec.h
> +   :internal:
> +
> +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
> +   :export:
> +
>   GPU Scheduler
>   =============
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> index e88c497fa010..1b35c10df263 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> @@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ config DRM_TTM
>   	  GPU memory types. Will be enabled automatically if a device driver
>   	  uses it.
>   
> +config DRM_EXEC
> +	tristate
> +	depends on DRM
> +	help
> +	  Execution context for command submissions
> +
>   config DRM_BUDDY
>   	tristate
>   	depends on DRM
> @@ -252,6 +258,7 @@ config DRM_AMDGPU
>   	select DRM_SCHED
>   	select DRM_TTM
>   	select DRM_TTM_HELPER
> +	select DRM_EXEC
>   	select POWER_SUPPLY
>   	select HWMON
>   	select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> index 15fe3163f822..ee8573b683f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_ORIENTATION_QUIRKS) += drm_panel_orientation_quirks.o
>   #
>   # Memory-management helpers
>   #
> +#
> +obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_EXEC) += drm_exec.o
>   
>   obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_BUDDY) += drm_buddy.o
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..ed2106c22786
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */
> +
> +#include <drm/drm_exec.h>
> +#include <drm/drm_gem.h>
> +#include <linux/dma-resv.h>
> +
> +/**
> + * DOC: Overview
> + *
> + * This component mainly abstracts the retry loop necessary for locking
> + * multiple GEM objects while preparing hardware operations (e.g. command
> + * submissions, page table updates etc..).
> + *
> + * If a contention is detected while locking a GEM object the cleanup procedure
> + * unlocks all previously locked GEM objects and locks the contended one first
> + * before locking any further objects.
> + *
> + * After an object is locked fences slots can optionally be reserved on the
> + * dma_resv object inside the GEM object.
> + *
> + * A typical usage pattern should look like this::
> + *
> + *	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
> + *	struct drm_exec exec;
> + *	unsigned long index;
> + *	int ret;
> + *
> + *	drm_exec_init(&exec, true);
> + *	drm_exec_while_not_all_locked(&exec) {
> + *		ret = drm_exec_prepare_obj(&exec, boA, 1);
> + *		drm_exec_continue_on_contention(&exec);
> + *		if (ret)
> + *			goto error;
> + *
> + *		ret = drm_exec_lock(&exec, boB, 1);

Where is drm_exec_lock? It's not in this patch.


> + *		drm_exec_continue_on_contention(&exec);
> + *		if (ret)
> + *			goto error;
> + *	}
> + *
> + *	drm_exec_for_each_locked_object(&exec, index, obj) {
> + *		dma_resv_add_fence(obj->resv, fence, DMA_RESV_USAGE_READ);
> + *		...
> + *	}
> + *	drm_exec_fini(&exec);
> + *
> + * See struct dma_exec for more details.
> + */
> +
> +/* Dummy value used to initially enter the retry loop */
> +#define DRM_EXEC_DUMMY (void*)~0
> +
> +/* Initialize the drm_exec_objects container */
> +static void drm_exec_objects_init(struct drm_exec_objects *container)
> +{
> +	container->objects = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);

Should this be kvmalloc? You're using kvrealloc and kvfree elsewhere.


> +
> +	/* If allocation here fails, just delay that till the first use */
> +	container->max_objects = container->objects ?
> +		PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(void *) : 0;
> +	container->num_objects = 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Cleanup the drm_exec_objects container */
> +static void drm_exec_objects_fini(struct drm_exec_objects *container)
> +{
> +	kvfree(container->objects);
> +}
> +
> +/* Make sure we have enough room and add an object the container */
> +static int drm_exec_objects_add(struct drm_exec_objects *container,
> +				struct drm_gem_object *obj)
> +{
> +	if (unlikely(container->num_objects == container->max_objects)) {
> +		size_t size = container->max_objects * sizeof(void *);
> +		void *tmp;
> +
> +		tmp = kvrealloc(container->objects, size, size + PAGE_SIZE,
> +				GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (!tmp)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +		container->objects = tmp;
> +		container->max_objects += PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(void *);
> +	}
> +	drm_gem_object_get(obj);
> +	container->objects[container->num_objects++] = obj;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Unlock all objects and drop references */
> +static void drm_exec_unlock_all(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
> +	unsigned long index;
> +
> +	drm_exec_for_each_duplicate_object(exec, index, obj)
> +		drm_gem_object_put(obj);
> +
> +	drm_exec_for_each_locked_object(exec, index, obj) {
> +		dma_resv_unlock(obj->resv);
> +		drm_gem_object_put(obj);
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_init - initialize a drm_exec object
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object to initialize
> + * @interruptible: if locks should be acquired interruptible
> + *
> + * Initialize the object and make sure that we can track locked and duplicate
> + * objects.
> + */
> +void drm_exec_init(struct drm_exec *exec, bool interruptible)
> +{
> +	exec->interruptible = interruptible;
> +	drm_exec_objects_init(&exec->locked);
> +	drm_exec_objects_init(&exec->duplicates);
> +	exec->contended = DRM_EXEC_DUMMY;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_init);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_fini - finalize a drm_exec object
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object to finilize
> + *
> + * Unlock all locked objects, drop the references to objects and free all memory
> + * used for tracking the state.
> + */
> +void drm_exec_fini(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	drm_exec_unlock_all(exec);
> +	drm_exec_objects_fini(&exec->locked);
> +	drm_exec_objects_fini(&exec->duplicates);
> +	if (exec->contended != DRM_EXEC_DUMMY) {
> +		drm_gem_object_put(exec->contended);
> +		ww_acquire_fini(&exec->ticket);
> +	}
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_fini);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_cleanup - cleanup when contention is detected
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object to cleanup
> + *
> + * Cleanup the current state and return true if we should stay inside the retry
> + * loop, false if there wasn't any contention detected and we can keep the
> + * objects locked.
> + */
> +bool drm_exec_cleanup(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	if (likely(!exec->contended)) {
> +		ww_acquire_done(&exec->ticket);
> +		return false;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (likely(exec->contended == DRM_EXEC_DUMMY)) {
> +		exec->contended = NULL;
> +		ww_acquire_init(&exec->ticket, &reservation_ww_class);
> +		return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	drm_exec_unlock_all(exec);
> +	exec->locked.num_objects = 0;
> +	exec->duplicates.num_objects = 0;
> +	return true;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_cleanup);
> +
> +/* Track the locked object in the xa and reserve fences */
> +static int drm_exec_obj_locked(struct drm_exec_objects *container,
> +			       struct drm_gem_object *obj,
> +			       unsigned int num_fences)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (container) {
> +		ret = drm_exec_objects_add(container, obj);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (num_fences) {
> +		ret = dma_resv_reserve_fences(obj->resv, num_fences);
> +		if (ret)
> +			goto error_erase;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +error_erase:
> +	if (container) {
> +		--container->num_objects;
> +		drm_gem_object_put(obj);
> +	}
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/* Make sure the contended object is locked first */
> +static int drm_exec_lock_contended(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	struct drm_gem_object *obj = exec->contended;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (likely(!obj))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (exec->interruptible) {
> +		ret = dma_resv_lock_slow_interruptible(obj->resv,
> +						       &exec->ticket);
> +		if (unlikely(ret))
> +			goto error_dropref;
> +	} else {
> +		dma_resv_lock_slow(obj->resv, &exec->ticket);
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = drm_exec_obj_locked(&exec->locked, obj, 0);
> +	if (unlikely(ret))
> +		dma_resv_unlock(obj->resv);
> +
> +error_dropref:
> +	/* Always cleanup the contention so that error handling can kick in */
> +	drm_gem_object_put(obj);
> +	exec->contended = NULL;
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_prepare_obj - prepare a GEM object for use
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object with the state
> + * @obj: the GEM object to prepare
> + * @num_fences: how many fences to reserve
> + *
> + * Prepare a GEM object for use by locking it and reserving fence slots. All
> + * succesfully locked objects are put into the locked container. Duplicates
> + * detected as well and automatically moved into the duplicates container.
> + *
> + * Returns: -EDEADLK if a contention is detected, -ENOMEM when memory
> + * allocation failed and zero for success.
> + */
> +int drm_exec_prepare_obj(struct drm_exec *exec, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
> +			 unsigned int num_fences)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = drm_exec_lock_contended(exec);

If this succeeds, it won't reserve any fence slots for object. Is that a 
problem?


> +	if (unlikely(ret))
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (exec->interruptible)
> +		ret = dma_resv_lock_interruptible(obj->resv, &exec->ticket);
> +	else
> +		ret = dma_resv_lock(obj->resv, &exec->ticket);
> +
> +	if (unlikely(ret == -EDEADLK)) {
> +		drm_gem_object_get(obj);
> +		exec->contended = obj;
> +		return -EDEADLK;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (unlikely(ret == -EALREADY)) {
> +		struct drm_exec_objects *container = &exec->duplicates;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If this is the first locked GEM object it was most likely
> +		 * just contended. So don't add it to the duplicates, just
> +		 * reserve the fence slots.

I don't understand this. Seems a bit arbitrary. Is it even legal to try 
to add the same object twice? I thought duplicates was for different 
objects that share the same reservation, not actually the same object on 
the same list twice.

Maybe you meant to compare with 
exec->locked.objects[exec->locked.num_objects-1], assuming that 
drm_exec_lock_contended just succeeded locking a previously contended 
object, and the caller retried locking that same object again?


> +		 */
> +		if (exec->locked.num_objects && exec->locked.objects[0] == obj)
> +			container = NULL;
> +
> +		ret = drm_exec_obj_locked(container, obj, num_fences);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +
> +	} else if (unlikely(ret)) {
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	} else {
> +		ret = drm_exec_obj_locked(&exec->locked, obj, num_fences);
> +		if (ret)
> +			goto error_unlock;
> +	}
> +
> +	drm_gem_object_get(obj);

The container already gets a reference to obj. What is this extra 
reference for? And where does it get dropped?

Regards,
   Felix


> +	return 0;
> +
> +error_unlock:
> +	dma_resv_unlock(obj->resv);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_prepare_obj);
> +
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DRM execution context");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL");
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_exec.h b/include/drm/drm_exec.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f73981c6292e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_exec.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */
> +
> +#ifndef __DRM_EXEC_H__
> +#define __DRM_EXEC_H__
> +
> +#include <linux/ww_mutex.h>
> +
> +struct drm_gem_object;
> +
> +/**
> + * struct drm_exec_objects - Container for GEM objects in a drm_exec
> + */
> +struct drm_exec_objects {
> +	unsigned int		num_objects;
> +	unsigned int		max_objects;
> +	struct drm_gem_object	**objects;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_objects_for_each - iterate over all the objects inside the container
> + */
> +#define drm_exec_objects_for_each(array, index, obj)		\
> +	for (index = 0, obj = (array)->objects[0];		\
> +	     index < (array)->num_objects;			\
> +	     ++index, obj = (array)->objects[index])
> +
> +/**
> + * struct drm_exec - Execution context
> + */
> +struct drm_exec {
> +	/**
> +	 * @interruptible: If locks should be taken interruptible
> +	 */
> +	bool			interruptible;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @ticket: WW ticket used for acquiring locks
> +	 */
> +	struct ww_acquire_ctx	ticket;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @locked: container for the locked GEM objects
> +	 */
> +	struct drm_exec_objects	locked;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @duplicates: container for the duplicated GEM objects
> +	 */
> +	struct drm_exec_objects	duplicates;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @contended: contended GEM object we backet of for.
> +	 */
> +	struct drm_gem_object	*contended;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_for_each_locked_object - iterate over all the locked objects
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + * @index: unsigned long index for the iteration
> + * @obj: the current GEM object
> + *
> + * Iterate over all the locked GEM objects inside the drm_exec object.
> + */
> +#define drm_exec_for_each_locked_object(exec, index, obj)	\
> +	drm_exec_objects_for_each(&(exec)->locked, index, obj)
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_for_each_duplicate_object - iterate over all the duplicate objects
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + * @index: unsigned long index for the iteration
> + * @obj: the current GEM object
> + *
> + * Iterate over all the duplicate GEM objects inside the drm_exec object.
> + */
> +#define drm_exec_for_each_duplicate_object(exec, index, obj)	\
> +	drm_exec_objects_for_each(&(exec)->duplicates, index, obj)
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_while_not_all_locked - loop until all GEM objects are prepared
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + *
> + * Core functionality of the drm_exec object. Loops until all GEM objects are
> + * prepared and no more contention exists.
> + *
> + * At the beginning of the loop it is guaranteed that no GEM object is locked.
> + */
> +#define drm_exec_while_not_all_locked(exec)	\
> +	while (drm_exec_cleanup(exec))
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_continue_on_contention - continue the loop when we need to cleanup
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + *
> + * Control flow helper to continue when a contention was detected and we need to
> + * clean up and re-start the loop to prepare all GEM objects.
> + */
> +#define drm_exec_continue_on_contention(exec)		\
> +	if (unlikely(drm_exec_is_contended(exec)))	\
> +		continue
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_break_on_contention - break a subordinal loop on contention
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + *
> + * Control flow helper to break a subordinal loop when a contention was detected
> + * and we need to clean up and re-start the loop to prepare all GEM objects.
> + */
> +#define drm_exec_break_on_contention(exec)		\
> +	if (unlikely(drm_exec_is_contended(exec)))	\
> +		break
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_is_contended - check for contention
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + *
> + * Returns true if the drm_exec object has run into some contention while
> + * locking a GEM object and needs to clean up.
> + */
> +static inline bool drm_exec_is_contended(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	return !!exec->contended;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_has_duplicates - check for duplicated GEM object
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + *
> + * Return true if the drm_exec object has encountered some already locked GEM
> + * objects while trying to lock them. This can happen if multiple GEM objects
> + * share the same underlying resv object.
> + */
> +static inline bool drm_exec_has_duplicates(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	return exec->duplicates.num_objects > 0;
> +}
> +
> +void drm_exec_init(struct drm_exec *exec, bool interruptible);
> +void drm_exec_fini(struct drm_exec *exec);
> +bool drm_exec_cleanup(struct drm_exec *exec);
> +int drm_exec_prepare_obj(struct drm_exec *exec, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
> +			 unsigned int num_fences);
> +
> +#endif


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