[PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu: always allocate cleared VRAM for KFD allocations

Alex Deucher alexander.deucher at amd.com
Tue Mar 26 15:52:02 UTC 2024


This adds allocation latency, but aligns better with user
expectations.  The latency should improve with the drm buddy
clearing patches that Arun has been working on.

Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c
index 0ae9fd844623..f9a4ea082821 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c
@@ -1709,7 +1709,8 @@ int amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm_alloc_memory_of_gpu(
 			alloc_domain = AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT;
 			alloc_flags = 0;
 		} else {
-			alloc_flags = AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_WIPE_ON_RELEASE;
+			alloc_flags = AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_WIPE_ON_RELEASE |
+				AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_CLEARED;
 			alloc_flags |= (flags & KFD_IOC_ALLOC_MEM_FLAGS_PUBLIC) ?
 			AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_CPU_ACCESS_REQUIRED : 0;
 		}
-- 
2.44.0



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