[PATCH 2/3] drm/amdgpu: add AMDGPU_VM_NOALLOC

Christian König ckoenig.leichtzumerken at gmail.com
Tue May 17 06:33:06 UTC 2022


Ok that sounds like a rather simple bug. I will try to take a look.

Thanks,
Christian.

Am 17.05.22 um 02:12 schrieb Marek Olšák:
> Dmesg doesn't contain anything. There is no backtrace because it's not 
> a crash. The VA map ioctl just fails with the new flag. It looks like 
> the flag is considered invalid.
>
> Marek
>
> On Mon., May 16, 2022, 12:13 Christian König, 
> <ckoenig.leichtzumerken at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     I don't have access to any gfx10 hardware.
>
>     Can you give me a dmesg and/or backtrace, etc..?
>
>     I can't push this unless it's working properly.
>
>     Christian.
>
>     Am 16.05.22 um 14:56 schrieb Marek Olšák:
>>     Reproduction steps:
>>     - use mesa/main on gfx10.3 (not sure what other GPUs do)
>>     - run: radeonsi_mall_noalloc=true glxgears
>>
>>     Marek
>>
>>     On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 7:53 AM Christian König
>>     <ckoenig.leichtzumerken at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>         Crap, do you have a link to the failure?
>>
>>         Am 16.05.22 um 13:10 schrieb Marek Olšák:
>>>         I forgot to say: The NOALLOC flag causes an allocation
>>>         failure, so there is a kernel bug somewhere.
>>>
>>>         Marek
>>>
>>>         On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 7:06 AM Marek Olšák
>>>         <maraeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>             FYI, I think it's time to merge this because the Mesa
>>>             commits are going to be merged in ~30 minutes if Gitlab
>>>             CI is green, and that includes updated amdgpu_drm.h.
>>>
>>>             Marek
>>>
>>>             On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 2:55 PM Marek Olšák
>>>             <maraeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>                 Ok sounds good.
>>>
>>>                 Marek
>>>
>>>                 On Wed., May 11, 2022, 03:43 Christian König,
>>>                 <ckoenig.leichtzumerken at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>                     It really *is* a NOALLOC feature. In other words
>>>                     there is no latency improvement on reads because
>>>                     the cache is always checked, even with the
>>>                     noalloc flag set.
>>>
>>>                     The only thing it affects is that misses not
>>>                     enter the cache and so don't cause any
>>>                     additional pressure on evicting cache lines.
>>>
>>>                     You might want to double check with the hardware
>>>                     guys, but I'm something like 95% sure that it
>>>                     works this way.
>>>
>>>                     Christian.
>>>
>>>                     Am 11.05.22 um 09:22 schrieb Marek Olšák:
>>>>                     Bypass means that the contents of the cache are
>>>>                     ignored, which decreases latency at the cost of
>>>>                     no coherency between bypassed and normal memory
>>>>                     requests. NOA (noalloc) means that the cache is
>>>>                     checked and can give you cache hits, but misses
>>>>                     are not cached and the overall latency is
>>>>                     higher. I don't know what the hw does, but I
>>>>                     hope it was misnamed and it really means bypass
>>>>                     because there is no point in doing cache
>>>>                     lookups on every memory request if the driver
>>>>                     wants to disable caching to *decrease* latency
>>>>                     in the situations when the cache isn't helping.
>>>>
>>>>                     Marek
>>>>
>>>>                     On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 2:15 AM Lazar, Lijo
>>>>                     <lijo.lazar at amd.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                         On 5/11/2022 11:36 AM, Christian König wrote:
>>>>                         > Mhm, it doesn't really bypass MALL. It
>>>>                         just doesn't allocate any MALL
>>>>                         > entries on write.
>>>>                         >
>>>>                         > How about AMDGPU_VM_PAGE_NO_MALL ?
>>>>
>>>>                         One more - AMDGPU_VM_PAGE_LLC_* [ LLC =
>>>>                         last level cache, * = some sort
>>>>                         of attribute which decides LLC behaviour]
>>>>
>>>>                         Thanks,
>>>>                         Lijo
>>>>
>>>>                         >
>>>>                         > Christian.
>>>>                         >
>>>>                         > Am 10.05.22 um 23:21 schrieb Marek Olšák:
>>>>                         >> A better name would be:
>>>>                         >> AMDGPU_VM_PAGE_BYPASS_MALL
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >> Marek
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >> On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 7:23 AM Christian
>>>>                         König
>>>>                         >> <ckoenig.leichtzumerken at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >>     Add the AMDGPU_VM_NOALLOC flag to
>>>>                         let userspace control MALL
>>>>                         >>     allocation.
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >>     Only compile tested!
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >>  Signed-off-by: Christian König
>>>>                         <christian.koenig at amd.com>
>>>>                         >>     ---
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                           drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c |
>>>>                         2 ++
>>>>                         >>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v10_0.c
>>>>                         | 3 +++
>>>>                         >>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v11_0.c
>>>>                         | 3 +++
>>>>                         >>   include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h        
>>>>                          | 2 ++
>>>>                         >>      4 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >>     diff --git
>>>>                         a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
>>>>                         >>  b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
>>>>                         >>     index bf97d8f07f57..d8129626581f 100644
>>>>                         >>     ---
>>>>                         a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
>>>>                         >>     +++
>>>>                         b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
>>>>                         >>     @@ -650,6 +650,8 @@ uint64_t
>>>>                         amdgpu_gem_va_map_flags(struct
>>>>                         >>     amdgpu_device *adev, uint32_t flags)
>>>>                         >>   pte_flag |= AMDGPU_PTE_WRITEABLE;
>>>>                         >>             if (flags & AMDGPU_VM_PAGE_PRT)
>>>>                         >>   pte_flag |= AMDGPU_PTE_PRT;
>>>>                         >>     +       if (flags &
>>>>                         AMDGPU_VM_PAGE_NOALLOC)
>>>>                         >>     +    pte_flag |= AMDGPU_PTE_NOALLOC;
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >>             if
>>>>                         (adev->gmc.gmc_funcs->map_mtype)
>>>>                         >>   pte_flag |= amdgpu_gmc_map_mtype(adev,
>>>>                         >>     diff --git
>>>>                         a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v10_0.c
>>>>                         >>  b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v10_0.c
>>>>                         >>     index b8c79789e1e4..9077dfccaf3c 100644
>>>>                         >>     ---
>>>>                         a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v10_0.c
>>>>                         >>     +++
>>>>                         b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v10_0.c
>>>>                         >>     @@ -613,6 +613,9 @@ static void
>>>>                         gmc_v10_0_get_vm_pte(struct
>>>>                         >>     amdgpu_device *adev,
>>>>                         >> *flags &= ~AMDGPU_PTE_MTYPE_NV10_MASK;
>>>>                         >> *flags |= (mapping->flags &
>>>>                         AMDGPU_PTE_MTYPE_NV10_MASK);
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >>     +  *flags &= ~AMDGPU_PTE_NOALLOC;
>>>>                         >>     +  *flags |= (mapping->flags &
>>>>                         AMDGPU_PTE_NOALLOC);
>>>>                         >>     +
>>>>                         >>             if (mapping->flags &
>>>>                         AMDGPU_PTE_PRT) {
>>>>                         >>   *flags |= AMDGPU_PTE_PRT;
>>>>                         >>   *flags |= AMDGPU_PTE_SNOOPED;
>>>>                         >>     diff --git
>>>>                         a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v11_0.c
>>>>                         >>  b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v11_0.c
>>>>                         >>     index 8d733eeac556..32ee56adb602 100644
>>>>                         >>     ---
>>>>                         a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v11_0.c
>>>>                         >>     +++
>>>>                         b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v11_0.c
>>>>                         >>     @@ -508,6 +508,9 @@ static void
>>>>                         gmc_v11_0_get_vm_pte(struct
>>>>                         >>     amdgpu_device *adev,
>>>>                         >> *flags &= ~AMDGPU_PTE_MTYPE_NV10_MASK;
>>>>                         >> *flags |= (mapping->flags &
>>>>                         AMDGPU_PTE_MTYPE_NV10_MASK);
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >>     +  *flags &= ~AMDGPU_PTE_NOALLOC;
>>>>                         >>     +  *flags |= (mapping->flags &
>>>>                         AMDGPU_PTE_NOALLOC);
>>>>                         >>     +
>>>>                         >>             if (mapping->flags &
>>>>                         AMDGPU_PTE_PRT) {
>>>>                         >>   *flags |= AMDGPU_PTE_PRT;
>>>>                         >>   *flags |= AMDGPU_PTE_SNOOPED;
>>>>                         >>     diff --git
>>>>                         a/include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h
>>>>                         >>  b/include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h
>>>>                         >>     index 57b9d8f0133a..9d71d6330687 100644
>>>>                         >>     --- a/include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h
>>>>                         >>     +++ b/include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h
>>>>                         >>     @@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ struct
>>>>                         drm_amdgpu_gem_op {
>>>>                         >>      #define AMDGPU_VM_MTYPE_UC      (4
>>>>                         << 5)
>>>>                         >>      /* Use Read Write MTYPE instead of
>>>>                         default MTYPE */
>>>>                         >>      #define AMDGPU_VM_MTYPE_RW      (5
>>>>                         << 5)
>>>>                         >>     +/* don't allocate MALL */
>>>>                         >>     +#define AMDGPU_VM_PAGE_NOALLOC    
>>>>                          (1 << 9)
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >>      struct drm_amdgpu_gem_va {
>>>>                         >>             /** GEM object handle */
>>>>                         >>     --
>>>>                         >>     2.25.1
>>>>                         >>
>>>>                         >
>>>>
>>>
>>
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