[DPU PATCH 06/11] drm/msm: Remove msm_commit/kthread, use atomic helper commit

Jeykumar Sankaran jsanka at codeaurora.org
Fri Mar 9 01:08:03 UTC 2018


On 2018-03-02 06:56, Sean Paul wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 07:37:10PM -0500, Rob Clark wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 3:37 PM,  <jsanka at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> > On 2018-03-01 07:27, Sean Paul wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 08:07:00PM -0800, jsanka at codeaurora.org
> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On 2018-02-28 11:19, Sean Paul wrote:
>> >>> > Moving further towards switching fully to the the atomic helpers,
> this
>> >>> > patch removes the hand-rolled kthread nonblock commit code and
> uses
>> >>
>> >> the
>> >>>
>> >>> > atomic helpers commit_work model.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > There's still a lot of copypasta here, but it's still needed to
>> >>> > facilitate the swap_state and prepare_fence private functions.
> These
>> >>> > will be sorted out in a follow-on patch.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Change-Id: I9fcba27824ba63d3fab96cb2bc194bfa6f3475b7
>> >>> > Signed-off-by: Sean Paul <seanpaul at chromium.org>
>> >>> > ---
>> >>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c | 199
>> >>
>> >> ++++++-------------------------
>> >>>
>> >>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c    |   1 -
>> >>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h    |   4 -
>> >>> >  3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 169 deletions(-)
>> >>> >
>> >>> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
>> >>> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
>> >>> > index 3a18bd3dc215..7e54eb65d096 100644
>> >>> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
>> >>> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
>> >>> > @@ -21,51 +21,6 @@
>> >>> >  #include "msm_gem.h"
>> >>> >  #include "msm_fence.h"
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -struct msm_commit {
>> >>> > -     struct drm_device *dev;
>> >>> > -     struct drm_atomic_state *state;
>> >>> > -     uint32_t crtc_mask;
>> >>> > -     bool nonblock;
>> >>> > -     struct kthread_work commit_work;
>> >>> > -};
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -/* block until specified crtcs are no longer pending update, and
>> >>> > - * atomically mark them as pending update
>> >>> > - */
>> >>> > -static int start_atomic(struct msm_drm_private *priv, uint32_t
>> >>> > crtc_mask)
>> >>> > -{
>> >>> > -     int ret;
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     spin_lock(&priv->pending_crtcs_event.lock);
>> >>> > -     ret =
> wait_event_interruptible_locked(priv->pending_crtcs_event,
>> >>> > -                     !(priv->pending_crtcs & crtc_mask));
>> >>> > -     if (ret == 0) {
>> >>> > -             DBG("start: %08x", crtc_mask);
>> >>> > -             priv->pending_crtcs |= crtc_mask;
>> >>> > -     }
>> >>> > -     spin_unlock(&priv->pending_crtcs_event.lock);
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     return ret;
>> >>> > -}
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -/* clear specified crtcs (no longer pending update)
>> >>> > - */
>> >>> > -static void end_atomic(struct msm_drm_private *priv, uint32_t
>> >>> > crtc_mask)
>> >>> > -{
>> >>> > -     spin_lock(&priv->pending_crtcs_event.lock);
>> >>> > -     DBG("end: %08x", crtc_mask);
>> >>> > -     priv->pending_crtcs &= ~crtc_mask;
>> >>> > -     wake_up_all_locked(&priv->pending_crtcs_event);
>> >>> > -     spin_unlock(&priv->pending_crtcs_event.lock);
>> >>> > -}
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -static void commit_destroy(struct msm_commit *c)
>> >>> > -{
>> >>> > -     end_atomic(c->dev->dev_private, c->crtc_mask);
>> >>> > -     if (c->nonblock)
>> >>> > -             kfree(c);
>> >>> > -}
>> >>> > -
>> >>> >  static void msm_atomic_wait_for_commit_done(
>> >>> >               struct drm_device *dev,
>> >>> >               struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
>> >>> > @@ -118,6 +73,10 @@ static void msm_atomic_commit_tail(struct
>> >>> > drm_atomic_state *state)
>> >>> >
>> >>> >       msm_atomic_wait_for_commit_done(dev, state);
>> >>> >
>> >>> > +     drm_atomic_helper_commit_hw_done(state);
>> >>> > +
>> >>> > +     drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(dev, state);
>> >>> > +
>> >>> >       drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(dev, state);
>> >>> >
>> >>> >       kms->funcs->complete_commit(kms, state);
>> >>> > @@ -126,109 +85,25 @@ static void msm_atomic_commit_tail(struct
>> >>> > drm_atomic_state *state)
>> >>> >  /* The (potentially) asynchronous part of the commit.  At this
> point
>> >>> >   * nothing can fail short of armageddon.
>> >>> >   */
>> >>> > -static void complete_commit(struct msm_commit *c)
>> >>> > +static void commit_tail(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
>> >>> >  {
>> >>> > -     struct drm_atomic_state *state = c->state;
>> >>> > -     struct drm_device *dev = state->dev;
>> >>> > +     drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_fences(state->dev, state, false);
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -     drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_fences(dev, state, false);
>> >>> > +     drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies(state);
>> >>> >
>> >>> >       msm_atomic_commit_tail(state);
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -     drm_atomic_state_put(state);
>> >>> > -}
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -static void _msm_drm_commit_work_cb(struct kthread_work *work)
>> >>> > -{
>> >>> > -     struct msm_commit *commit =  NULL;
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     if (!work) {
>> >>> > -             DRM_ERROR("%s: Invalid commit work data!\n",
> __func__);
>> >>> > -             return;
>> >>> > -     }
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     commit = container_of(work, struct msm_commit, commit_work);
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     complete_commit(commit);
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     commit_destroy(commit);
>> >>> > -}
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -static struct msm_commit *commit_init(struct drm_atomic_state
> *state,
>> >>> > -             bool nonblock)
>> >>> > -{
>> >>> > -     struct msm_commit *c = kzalloc(sizeof(*c), GFP_KERNEL);
>> >>> > +     drm_atomic_helper_commit_cleanup_done(state);
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -     if (!c)
>> >>> > -             return NULL;
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     c->dev = state->dev;
>> >>> > -     c->state = state;
>> >>> > -     c->nonblock = nonblock;
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     kthread_init_work(&c->commit_work, _msm_drm_commit_work_cb);
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     return c;
>> >>> > +     drm_atomic_state_put(state);
>> >>> >  }
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -/* Start display thread function */
>> >>> > -static void msm_atomic_commit_dispatch(struct drm_device *dev,
>> >>> > -             struct drm_atomic_state *state, struct msm_commit
>> >>> > *commit)
>> >>> > +static void commit_work(struct work_struct *work)
>> >>> >  {
>> >>> > -     struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
>> >>> > -     struct drm_crtc *crtc = NULL;
>> >>> > -     struct drm_crtc_state *new_crtc_state = NULL;
>> >>> > -     int ret = -EINVAL, i = 0, j = 0;
>> >>> > -     bool nonblock;
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     /* cache since work will kfree commit in non-blocking case
> */
>> >>> > -     nonblock = commit->nonblock;
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     for_each_new_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, new_crtc_state, i) {
>> >>> > -             for (j = 0; j < priv->num_crtcs; j++) {
>> >>> > -                     if (priv->disp_thread[j].crtc_id ==
>> >>> > -                                             crtc->base.id) {
>> >>> > -                             if (priv->disp_thread[j].thread) {
>> >>> > -                                     kthread_queue_work(
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > &priv->disp_thread[j].worker,
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > &commit->commit_work);
>> >>> Are there any known proposals floating around to support ASYNC
> commits
>> >>
>> >> for
>> >>>
>> >>> concurrent displays rendering at different FPS? The above kthread
> model
>> >>
>> >> is
>> >>>
>> >>> introduced when we faced some performance road blockers when a
> display
>> >>
>> >> has
>> >>>
>> >>> to wait for an ongoing display commit to complete.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think people have discussed it, I'm not sure if there are any
> patches
>> >> floating
>> >> around. On the surface, it seems easy to just push the commit_work
> into
>> >> the crtc
>> >> commit and have one work item per crtc. However I think the problem
> is
>> >> that there
>> >> could be resources switching between crtcs for a given commit, or
> from one
>> >> commit
>> >> to the next, and synchronizing that becomes a Hard Problem.
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but the start/end atomic functions
> serialize
>> >> the
>> >> incoming commits, right? So the only benefit the kthread provides is
> to
>> >> mitigate
>> >> any blocking calls made on one crtc from blocking a second crtc in
> the
>> >> same
>> >> commit?
>> >>
>> >> Sean
>> >
>> > I am not sure what level of resource (I assume hw blocks) switching we
> can
>> > expect between
>> > two active CRTC's on successive commits. With virtualization in play,
> the
>> > resources allocated to
>> > CRTC / encoder / Connector will remain attached to the components as
> long as
>> > the display is active.
>> > Planes (HW pipes) are one such entity which can move between the
> CRTC's
>> > frequently. Even
>> > with them planes, the hw assignment should remain valid until the
> plane is
>> > detached from
>> > a CRTC before attaching to the next one.
>> 
>> I think a good example to think about is virtualizing hwpipe<->plane
>> mapping, for example, when you need to re-assign hwpipes for the next
>> frame according to what capabilities are needed (yuv, scaling) or gang
>> up two hwpipes for wide buffer scanout (or re-use one hwpipe for two
>> planes).. in mdp5 we keep track of what hwpipes are in use by which
>> planes in driver global atomic state (I have some revived patches from
>> architt to convert this to driver private objs)..
>> 
>> With the atomic model we have serialization in the (to abuse some
>> terms) "top half" (ie. userspace calling into ioctl) by virtue of the
>> modeset locks.  But there is a second half to this.  Because we update
>> the new incoming global state object about what hwpipes are released
>> in atomic_check, if the incoming state is committed/swapped in the
>> "top half" we rely on this state being valid in the "bottom half" (in
>> this case the wq) before pushing the new state to the hw.. which
>> essentially forces us to serialize committing the state in the "bottom
>> half" so things happen in the same order as the "top half" intended.
>> Otherwise we could try to assign a hwpipe to a different crtc while it
>> is still scanning out for it's previous crtc.  If you have a 30Hz
>> display plus a 120Hz display, I guess this is a bit sub-optimal.
> 
> It's still bad even with displays refreshing at the same rate, the 
> worst
> case
> could halve the refresh rate if vblanks aren't in sync.
> 
>> 
>> Maybe the answer is per-crtc wq's for commits plus some sort of
>> fencing scheme to stall things when there are cross-crtc dependencies
>> (ie. commit on crtc B depends on hwpipe released by commit on crtc A)?
>>  This way we don't block updates on the faster display when it isn't
>> required.  I'm not quite sure how that would work.  But perhaps at
>> least we could somehow allow out-of-order commits when two updates
>> don't touch any of the same state obj's.
> 
> Right, for "normal" updates, you could use the fast path. We already 
> have
> needs_modeset, so adding needs_sync wouldn't be too bad. I think I ran
> into this
> with tegra back in Pixel C days and hacked in a per-crtc worker since 
> the
> resources were statically mapped. We'll probably run into this in CrOS 
> as
> we
> expand our explicit sync support in the compositor.
> 
>> 
>> (But I do think this is something we should discuss on dri-devel, and
>> I'd prefer do solve this in the atomic helpers, rather than having
>> userspace workaround different sets of bugs/quirks for each different
>> driver.  It really isn't something that is hw specific, so it doesn't
>> belong in the driver.)
> 
> Agreed, this is a tricky bit of code and it would benefit from being 
> used
> across
> all drivers (as well as all drivers benefiting from it). At any rate, I
> can't
> use multi-display on my development device right now, so I think we'll
> need to
> defer for now.
> 
> Sean
> 
>> 
>> BR,
>> -R
>> 
>> 
>> > "Start atomic" synchronizes the commit cycle for all the CRTC's by
> waiting
>> > for commit complete
>> > of all the previous frames. But per crtc kthreads allows the current
> frame
>> > commits to happen
>> > independently. For android, we needed this model as each commit thread
> need
>> > to wait for input
>> > plane fences before programming the hardware.
>> >
>> > Jeykumar S.
>> >
>> >>
>> >>> > -                                     /* only return zero if work
> is
>> >>> > -                                      * queued successfully.
>> >>> > -                                      */
>> >>> > -                                     ret = 0;
>> >>> > -                             } else {
>> >>> > -                                     DRM_ERROR(" Error for
> crtc_id:
>> >>> > %d\n",
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > priv->disp_thread[j].crtc_id);
>> >>> > -                             }
>> >>> > -                             break;
>> >>> > -                     }
>> >>> > -             }

Care to remove priv->disp_thread and all its references as a part of 
this change?

- Jeykumar S
>> >>> > -             /*
>> >>> > -              * TODO: handle cases where there will be more than
>> >>> > -              * one crtc per commit cycle. Remove this check
> then.
>> >>> > -              * Current assumption is there will be only one crtc
>> >>> > -              * per commit cycle.
>> >>> > -              */
>> >>> > -             if (j < priv->num_crtcs)
>> >>> > -                     break;
>> >>> > -     }
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     if (ret) {
>> >>> > -             /**
>> >>> > -              * this is not expected to happen, but at this point
> the
>> >>> > state
>> >>> > -              * has been swapped, but we couldn't dispatch to a
> crtc
>> >>> > thread.
>> >>> > -              * fallback now to a synchronous complete_commit to
> try
>> >>> > and
>> >>> > -              * ensure that SW and HW state don't get out of
> sync.
>> >>> > -              */
>> >>> > -             DRM_ERROR("failed to dispatch commit to any
> CRTC\n");
>> >>> > -             complete_commit(commit);
>> >>> > -     } else if (!nonblock) {
>> >>> > -             kthread_flush_work(&commit->commit_work);
>> >>> > -     }
>> >>> > -
>> >>> > -     /* free nonblocking commits in this context, after
> processing */
>> >>> > -     if (!nonblock)
>> >>> > -             kfree(commit);
>> >>> > +     struct drm_atomic_state *state = container_of(work,
>> >>> > +                                                   struct
>> >>> > drm_atomic_state,
>> >>> > +                                                   commit_work);
>> >>> > +     commit_tail(state);
>> >>> >  }
>> >>> >
>> >>> >  /**
>> >>> > @@ -247,17 +122,12 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device
> *dev,
>> >>> >               struct drm_atomic_state *state, bool nonblock)
>> >>> >  {
>> >>> >       struct msm_drm_private *priv = dev->dev_private;
>> >>> > -     struct msm_commit *c;
>> >>> >       struct drm_crtc *crtc;
>> >>> >       struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
>> >>> >       struct drm_plane *plane;
>> >>> >       struct drm_plane_state *old_plane_state, *new_plane_state;
>> >>> >       int i, ret;
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -     ret = drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes(dev, state);
>> >>> > -     if (ret)
>> >>> > -             return ret;
>> >>> > -
>> >>> >       /*
>> >>> >        * Note that plane->atomic_async_check() should fail if we
> need
>> >>> >        * to re-assign hwpipe or anything that touches global
> atomic
>> >>> > @@ -265,32 +135,30 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device
> *dev,
>> >>> >        * cases.
>> >>> >        */
>> >>> >       if (state->async_update) {
>> >>> > +             ret = drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes(dev, state);
>> >>> > +             if (ret)
>> >>> > +                     return ret;
>> >>> > +
>> >>> >               drm_atomic_helper_async_commit(dev, state);
>> >>> >               drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(dev, state);
>> >>> >               return 0;
>> >>> >       }
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -     c = commit_init(state, nonblock);
>> >>> > -     if (!c) {
>> >>> > -             ret = -ENOMEM;
>> >>> > -             goto error;
>> >>> > -     }
>> >>> > +     ret = drm_atomic_helper_setup_commit(state, nonblock);
>> >>> > +     if (ret)
>> >>> > +             return ret;
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -     /*
>> >>> > -      * Figure out what crtcs we have:
>> >>> > -      */
>> >>> > -     for_each_new_crtc_in_state(state, crtc, crtc_state, i)
>> >>> > -             c->crtc_mask |= drm_crtc_mask(crtc);
>> >>> > +     INIT_WORK(&state->commit_work, commit_work);
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -     /*
>> >>> > -      * Wait for pending updates on any of the same crtc's and
> then
>> >>> > -      * mark our set of crtc's as busy:
>> >>> > -      */
>> >>> > -     ret = start_atomic(dev->dev_private, c->crtc_mask);
>> >>> > +     ret = drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes(dev, state);
>> >>> >       if (ret)
>> >>> > -             goto err_free;
>> >>> > +             return ret;
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -     BUG_ON(drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(state, false) < 0);
>> >>> > +     if (!nonblock) {
>> >>> > +             ret = drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_fences(dev, state,
>> >>> > true);
>> >>> > +             if (ret)
>> >>> > +                     goto error;
>> >>> > +     }
>> >>> >
>> >>> >       /*
>> >>> >        * This is the point of no return - everything below never
> fails
>> >>> > except
>> >>> > @@ -299,6 +167,8 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
>> >>> >        *
>> >>> >        * swap driver private state while still holding state_lock
>> >>> >        */
>> >>> > +     BUG_ON(drm_atomic_helper_swap_state(state, false) < 0);
>> >>> > +
>> >>> >       if (to_kms_state(state)->state)
>> >>> >               priv->kms->funcs->swap_state(priv->kms, state);
>> >>> >
>> >>> > @@ -329,12 +199,13 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device
> *dev,
>> >>> >        */
>> >>> >
>> >>> >       drm_atomic_state_get(state);
>> >>> > -     msm_atomic_commit_dispatch(dev, state, c);
>> >>> > +     if (nonblock)
>> >>> > +             queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &state->commit_work);
>> >>> > +     else
>> >>> > +             commit_tail(state);
>> >>> >
>> >>> >       return 0;
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -err_free:
>> >>> > -     kfree(c);
>> >>> >  error:
>> >>> >       drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(dev, state);
>> >>> >       return ret;
>> >>> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
>> >>> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
>> >>> > index eda4a2340f93..b354424cccb5 100644
>> >>> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
>> >>> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
>> >>> > @@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev,
> struct
>> >>> > drm_driver *drv)
>> >>> >               goto mdss_init_fail;
>> >>> >
>> >>> >       priv->wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("msm_drm", 0);
>> >>> > -     init_waitqueue_head(&priv->pending_crtcs_event);
>> >>> >
>> >>> >       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->client_event_list);
>> >>> >       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->inactive_list);
>> >>> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
>> >>> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
>> >>> > index cf96a85f4b55..292496b682e8 100644
>> >>> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
>> >>> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.h
>> >>> > @@ -536,10 +536,6 @@ struct msm_drm_private {
>> >>> >
>> >>> >       struct workqueue_struct *wq;
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -     /* crtcs pending async atomic updates: */
>> >>> > -     uint32_t pending_crtcs;
>> >>> > -     wait_queue_head_t pending_crtcs_event;
>> >>> > -
>> >>> >       unsigned int num_planes;
>> >>> >       struct drm_plane *planes[MAX_PLANES];

-- 
Jeykumar S


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