[PATCH] drm/amdkfd: Insert missing TLB flush on GFX10 and later
Lang Yu
Lang.Yu at amd.com
Wed Sep 13 10:23:48 UTC 2023
On 09/12/ , Felix Kuehling wrote:
> On 2023-09-11 22:52, Lang Yu wrote:
> > On 09/11/ , Harish Kasiviswanathan wrote:
> > > Heavy-weight TLB flush is required after unmap on all GPUs for
> > > correctness and security.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Harish Kasiviswanathan<Harish.Kasiviswanathan at amd.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h | 3 +--
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h
> > > index b315311dfe2a..b9950074aee0 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_priv.h
> > > @@ -1466,8 +1466,7 @@ void kfd_flush_tlb(struct kfd_process_device *pdd, enum TLB_FLUSH_TYPE type);
> > > static inline bool kfd_flush_tlb_after_unmap(struct kfd_dev *dev)
> > > {
> > > - return KFD_GC_VERSION(dev) == IP_VERSION(9, 4, 3) ||
> > > - KFD_GC_VERSION(dev) == IP_VERSION(9, 4, 2) ||
> > > + return KFD_GC_VERSION(dev) > IP_VERSION(9, 4, 2) ||
> > > (KFD_GC_VERSION(dev) == IP_VERSION(9, 4, 1) && dev->sdma_fw_version >= 18) ||
> > > KFD_GC_VERSION(dev) == IP_VERSION(9, 4, 0);
> > > }
> > 1, If TLB_FLUSH_HEAVYWEIGHT is required after unmap on all GPUs
> > as described in commmit message, why we have this whitelist
> > instead of a blacklist?
>
> That was a bug that this patch is fixing. There were specific GPUs and
> firmware versions where the TLB flush after unmap was causing intermittent
> problems in specific tests. This should have always been a blacklist.
>
>
> >
> > 2, kfd_flush_tlb(pdd, TLB_FLUSH_HEAVYWEIGHT) is also called
> > in svm_range_unmap_from_gpus(). Why not add this whitelist there?
>
> There was a patch that used kfd_flush_tlb_after_unmap in the SVM code. But
> you reverted that patch, probably because it caused more problems than it
> solved. SVM really must flush TLBs the way it does because it is so tightly
> integrated with Linux's virtual memory management and because with XNACK,
> memory can be unmapped while GPU work is in progress without preemting
> queues (implicitly flushing TLBs and caches):
>
> commit 515d7cebc2e2d2b4f0a276d26f3b790a83cdfe06
> Author: Lang Yu<Lang.Yu at amd.com>
> Date: Wed Apr 20 10:24:31 2022 +0800
>
> Revert "drm/amdkfd: only allow heavy-weight TLB flush on some ASICs for SVM too"
> This reverts commit 36bf93216ecbe399c40c5e0486f0f0e3a4afa69e.
> It causes SVM regressions on Vega10 with XNACK-ON. Just revert it
> at the moment.
> ./kfdtest --gtest_filter=KFDSVMRangeTest.MigratePolicyTest
> Signed-off-by: Lang Yu<Lang.Yu at amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Philip Yang<Philip.Yang at amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher<alexander.deucher at amd.com>
>
> Regards,
> Felix
Yes, that's because kfd_flush_tlb_after_unmap() return false for Vega10(gfx901).
kfd_flush_tlb(pdd, TLB_FLUSH_HEAVYWEIGHT) is called unconditionally in SVM
for ASICs > IP_VERSION(9, 0, 0) and works well.
So why not relax the condition to KFD_GC_VERSION(dev) > IP_VERSION(9, 0, 0) ?
Regards,
Lang
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lang
> >
> > > --
> > > 2.34.1
> > >
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