[PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu: return the PCIe gen and lanes from the INFO
Marek Olšák
maraeo at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 02:39:16 UTC 2023
On Wed, Jan 11, 2023, 15:50 Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 3:48 PM Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 3:17 PM Marek Olšák <maraeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, it's meant to be like a spec sheet. We are not interested in the
> current bandwidth utilization.
> >
> > After chatting with Marek on IRC and thinking about this more, I think
> > this patch is fine. It's not really meant for bandwidth per se, but
> > rather as a limit to determine what the driver should do in certain
> > cases (i.e., when does it make sense to copy to vram vs not). It's
> > not straightforward for userspace to parse the full topology to
> > determine what links may be slow. I guess one potential pitfall would
> > be that if you pass the device into a VM, the driver may report the
> > wrong values. Generally in a VM the VM doesn't get the full view up
> > to the root port. I don't know if the hypervisors report properly for
> > pcie_bandwidth_available() in a VM or if it just shows the info about
> > the endpoint in the VM.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
>
> Actually:
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h
> index fe7f871e3080..f7fc7325f17f 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h
> @@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ struct drm_amdgpu_info_device {
> __u32 enabled_rb_pipes_mask;
> __u32 num_rb_pipes;
> __u32 num_hw_gfx_contexts;
> - __u32 _pad;
> + __u32 pcie_gen;
> __u64 ids_flags;
> /** Starting virtual address for UMDs. */
> __u64 virtual_address_offset;
> @@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ struct drm_amdgpu_info_device {
> __u64 high_va_max;
> /* gfx10 pa_sc_tile_steering_override */
> __u32 pa_sc_tile_steering_override;
> + __u32 pcie_num_lanes;
> /* disabled TCCs */
> __u64 tcc_disabled_mask;
> __u64 min_engine_clock;
>
> Doesn't that last one need to be added to the end of the structure?
>
There was a hole because one u32 was surrounded by 2 u64s. (unless I missed
some packing #pragma)
Marek
> Alex
>
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > >
> > > Marek
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 10:33 AM Lazar, Lijo <Lijo.Lazar at amd.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> [AMD Official Use Only - General]
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> To clarify, with DPM in place, the current bandwidth will be changing
> based on the load.
> > >>
> > >> If apps/umd already has a way to know the current bandwidth
> utilisation, then possible maximum also could be part of the same API.
> Otherwise, this only looks like duplicate information. We have the same
> information in sysfs DPM nodes.
> > >>
> > >> BTW, I don't know to what extent app/umd really makes use of this.
> Take that memory frequency as an example (I'm reading it as 16GHz). It only
> looks like a spec sheet.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Lijo
> > >> ________________________________
> > >> From: Marek Olšák <maraeo at gmail.com>
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 8:40:00 PM
> > >> To: Lazar, Lijo <Lijo.Lazar at amd.com>
> > >> Cc: amd-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org <amd-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org>
> > >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu: return the PCIe gen and lanes
> from the INFO
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 9:19 AM Lazar, Lijo <lijo.lazar at amd.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 1/4/2023 7:43 PM, Marek Olšák wrote:
> > >> > On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 6:50 AM Lazar, Lijo <lijo.lazar at amd.com
> > >> > <mailto:lijo.lazar at amd.com>> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > On 1/4/2023 4:11 AM, Marek Olšák wrote:
> > >> > > I see. Well, those sysfs files are not usable, and I don't
> think it
> > >> > > would be important even if they were usable, but for
> completeness:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > The ioctl returns:
> > >> > > pcie_gen = 1
> > >> > > pcie_num_lanes = 16
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Theoretical bandwidth from those values: 4.0 GB/s
> > >> > > My DMA test shows this write bandwidth: 3.5 GB/s
> > >> > > It matches the expectation.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Let's see the devices (there is only 1 GPU Navi21 in the
> system):
> > >> > > $ lspci |egrep '(PCI|VGA).*Navi'
> > >> > > 0a:00.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
> Navi
> > >> > 10 XL
> > >> > > Upstream Port of PCI Express Switch (rev c3)
> > >> > > 0b:00.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
> Navi
> > >> > 10 XL
> > >> > > Downstream Port of PCI Express Switch
> > >> > > 0c:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices,
> Inc.
> > >> > > [AMD/ATI] Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] (rev c3)
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Let's read sysfs:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > $ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:0a:00.0/current_link_width
> > >> > > 16
> > >> > > $ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:0b:00.0/current_link_width
> > >> > > 16
> > >> > > $ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:0c:00.0/current_link_width
> > >> > > 16
> > >> > > $ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:0a:00.0/current_link_speed
> > >> > > 2.5 GT/s PCIe
> > >> > > $ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:0b:00.0/current_link_speed
> > >> > > 16.0 GT/s PCIe
> > >> > > $ cat /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:0c:00.0/current_link_speed
> > >> > > 16.0 GT/s PCIe
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Problem 1: None of the speed numbers match 4 GB/s.
> > >> >
> > >> > US bridge = 2.5GT/s means operating at PCIe Gen 1 speed. Total
> > >> > theoretical bandwidth is then derived based on encoding and
> total
> > >> > number
> > >> > of lanes.
> > >> >
> > >> > > Problem 2: Userspace doesn't know the bus index of the
> bridges,
> > >> > and it's
> > >> > > not clear which bridge should be used.
> > >> >
> > >> > In general, modern ones have this arch= US->DS->EP. US is the
> one
> > >> > connected to physical link.
> > >> >
> > >> > > Problem 3: The PCIe gen number is missing.
> > >> >
> > >> > Current link speed is based on whether it's Gen1/2/3/4/5.
> > >> >
> > >> > BTW, your patch makes use of capabilities flags which gives the
> maximum
> > >> > supported speed/width by the device. It may not necessarily
> reflect the
> > >> > current speed/width negotiated. I guess in NV, this info is
> already
> > >> > obtained from PMFW and made available through metrics table.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > It computes the minimum of the device PCIe gen and the
> motherboard/slot
> > >> > PCIe gen to get the final value. These 2 lines do that. The low 16
> bits
> > >> > of the mask contain the device PCIe gen mask. The high 16 bits of
> the
> > >> > mask contain the slot PCIe gen mask.
> > >> > + pcie_gen_mask = adev->pm.pcie_gen_mask & (adev->pm.pcie_gen_mask
> >> 16);
> > >> > + dev_info->pcie_gen = fls(pcie_gen_mask);
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> With DPM in place on some ASICs, how much does this static info help
> for
> > >> upper level apps?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> It helps UMDs make better decisions if they know the maximum
> achievable bandwidth. UMDs also compute the maximum memory bandwidth and
> compute performance (FLOPS). Right now it's printed by Mesa to give users
> detailed information about their GPU. For example:
> > >>
> > >> $ AMD_DEBUG=info glxgears
> > >> Device info:
> > >> name = NAVI21
> > >> marketing_name = AMD Radeon RX 6800
> > >> num_se = 3
> > >> num_rb = 12
> > >> num_cu = 60
> > >> max_gpu_freq = 2475 MHz
> > >> max_gflops = 19008 GFLOPS
> > >> l0_cache_size = 16 KB
> > >> l1_cache_size = 128 KB
> > >> l2_cache_size = 4096 KB
> > >> l3_cache_size = 128 MB
> > >> memory_channels = 16 (TCC blocks)
> > >> memory_size = 16 GB (16384 MB)
> > >> memory_freq = 16 GHz
> > >> memory_bus_width = 256 bits
> > >> memory_bandwidth = 512 GB/s
> > >> pcie_gen = 1
> > >> pcie_num_lanes = 16
> > >> pcie_bandwidth = 4.0 GB/s
> > >>
> > >> Marek
>
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