[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 08/21] drm/i915/gem: Disallow bonding of virtual engines

Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com
Wed Apr 28 15:51:19 UTC 2021


On 23/04/2021 23:31, Jason Ekstrand wrote:
> This adds a bunch of complexity which the media driver has never
> actually used.  The media driver does technically bond a balanced engine
> to another engine but the balanced engine only has one engine in the
> sibling set.  This doesn't actually result in a virtual engine.

For historical reference, this is not because uapi was over-engineered 
but because certain SKUs never materialized.

Regards,

Tvrtko

> Unless some userspace badly wants it, there's no good reason to support
> this case.  This makes I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_BOND a total no-op.  We
> leave the validation code in place in case we ever decide we want to do
> something interesting with the bonding information.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Ekstrand <jason at jlekstrand.net>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c   |  18 +-
>   .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c    |   2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h  |   7 -
>   .../drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c  | 100 --------
>   .../drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h  |   4 -
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c  | 229 ------------------
>   6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 353 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
> index e8179918fa306..5f8d0faf783aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
> @@ -1553,6 +1553,12 @@ set_engines__bond(struct i915_user_extension __user *base, void *data)
>   	}
>   	virtual = set->engines->engines[idx]->engine;
>   
> +	if (intel_engine_is_virtual(virtual)) {
> +		drm_dbg(&i915->drm,
> +			"Bonding with virtual engines not allowed\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>   	err = check_user_mbz(&ext->flags);
>   	if (err)
>   		return err;
> @@ -1593,18 +1599,6 @@ set_engines__bond(struct i915_user_extension __user *base, void *data)
>   				n, ci.engine_class, ci.engine_instance);
>   			return -EINVAL;
>   		}
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * A non-virtual engine has no siblings to choose between; and
> -		 * a submit fence will always be directed to the one engine.
> -		 */
> -		if (intel_engine_is_virtual(virtual)) {
> -			err = intel_virtual_engine_attach_bond(virtual,
> -							       master,
> -							       bond);
> -			if (err)
> -				return err;
> -		}
>   	}
>   
>   	return 0;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
> index d640bba6ad9ab..efb2fa3522a42 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
> @@ -3474,7 +3474,7 @@ i915_gem_do_execbuffer(struct drm_device *dev,
>   		if (args->flags & I915_EXEC_FENCE_SUBMIT)
>   			err = i915_request_await_execution(eb.request,
>   							   in_fence,
> -							   eb.engine->bond_execute);
> +							   NULL);
>   		else
>   			err = i915_request_await_dma_fence(eb.request,
>   							   in_fence);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
> index 883bafc449024..68cfe5080325c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
> @@ -446,13 +446,6 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
>   	 */
>   	void		(*submit_request)(struct i915_request *rq);
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * Called on signaling of a SUBMIT_FENCE, passing along the signaling
> -	 * request down to the bonded pairs.
> -	 */
> -	void            (*bond_execute)(struct i915_request *rq,
> -					struct dma_fence *signal);
> -
>   	/*
>   	 * Call when the priority on a request has changed and it and its
>   	 * dependencies may need rescheduling. Note the request itself may
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
> index de124870af44d..b6e2b59f133b7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
> @@ -181,18 +181,6 @@ struct virtual_engine {
>   		int prio;
>   	} nodes[I915_NUM_ENGINES];
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * Keep track of bonded pairs -- restrictions upon on our selection
> -	 * of physical engines any particular request may be submitted to.
> -	 * If we receive a submit-fence from a master engine, we will only
> -	 * use one of sibling_mask physical engines.
> -	 */
> -	struct ve_bond {
> -		const struct intel_engine_cs *master;
> -		intel_engine_mask_t sibling_mask;
> -	} *bonds;
> -	unsigned int num_bonds;
> -
>   	/* And finally, which physical engines this virtual engine maps onto. */
>   	unsigned int num_siblings;
>   	struct intel_engine_cs *siblings[];
> @@ -3307,7 +3295,6 @@ static void rcu_virtual_context_destroy(struct work_struct *wrk)
>   	intel_breadcrumbs_free(ve->base.breadcrumbs);
>   	intel_engine_free_request_pool(&ve->base);
>   
> -	kfree(ve->bonds);
>   	kfree(ve);
>   }
>   
> @@ -3560,42 +3547,6 @@ static void virtual_submit_request(struct i915_request *rq)
>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ve->base.active.lock, flags);
>   }
>   
> -static struct ve_bond *
> -virtual_find_bond(struct virtual_engine *ve,
> -		  const struct intel_engine_cs *master)
> -{
> -	int i;
> -
> -	for (i = 0; i < ve->num_bonds; i++) {
> -		if (ve->bonds[i].master == master)
> -			return &ve->bonds[i];
> -	}
> -
> -	return NULL;
> -}
> -
> -static void
> -virtual_bond_execute(struct i915_request *rq, struct dma_fence *signal)
> -{
> -	struct virtual_engine *ve = to_virtual_engine(rq->engine);
> -	intel_engine_mask_t allowed, exec;
> -	struct ve_bond *bond;
> -
> -	allowed = ~to_request(signal)->engine->mask;
> -
> -	bond = virtual_find_bond(ve, to_request(signal)->engine);
> -	if (bond)
> -		allowed &= bond->sibling_mask;
> -
> -	/* Restrict the bonded request to run on only the available engines */
> -	exec = READ_ONCE(rq->execution_mask);
> -	while (!try_cmpxchg(&rq->execution_mask, &exec, exec & allowed))
> -		;
> -
> -	/* Prevent the master from being re-run on the bonded engines */
> -	to_request(signal)->execution_mask &= ~allowed;
> -}
> -
>   struct intel_context *
>   intel_execlists_create_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
>   			       unsigned int count)
> @@ -3649,7 +3600,6 @@ intel_execlists_create_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
>   
>   	ve->base.schedule = i915_schedule;
>   	ve->base.submit_request = virtual_submit_request;
> -	ve->base.bond_execute = virtual_bond_execute;
>   
>   	INIT_LIST_HEAD(virtual_queue(ve));
>   	ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
> @@ -3747,59 +3697,9 @@ intel_execlists_clone_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs *src)
>   	if (IS_ERR(dst))
>   		return dst;
>   
> -	if (se->num_bonds) {
> -		struct virtual_engine *de = to_virtual_engine(dst->engine);
> -
> -		de->bonds = kmemdup(se->bonds,
> -				    sizeof(*se->bonds) * se->num_bonds,
> -				    GFP_KERNEL);
> -		if (!de->bonds) {
> -			intel_context_put(dst);
> -			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -		}
> -
> -		de->num_bonds = se->num_bonds;
> -	}
> -
>   	return dst;
>   }
>   
> -int intel_virtual_engine_attach_bond(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> -				     const struct intel_engine_cs *master,
> -				     const struct intel_engine_cs *sibling)
> -{
> -	struct virtual_engine *ve = to_virtual_engine(engine);
> -	struct ve_bond *bond;
> -	int n;
> -
> -	/* Sanity check the sibling is part of the virtual engine */
> -	for (n = 0; n < ve->num_siblings; n++)
> -		if (sibling == ve->siblings[n])
> -			break;
> -	if (n == ve->num_siblings)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -
> -	bond = virtual_find_bond(ve, master);
> -	if (bond) {
> -		bond->sibling_mask |= sibling->mask;
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -
> -	bond = krealloc(ve->bonds,
> -			sizeof(*bond) * (ve->num_bonds + 1),
> -			GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!bond)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -
> -	bond[ve->num_bonds].master = master;
> -	bond[ve->num_bonds].sibling_mask = sibling->mask;
> -
> -	ve->bonds = bond;
> -	ve->num_bonds++;
> -
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>   void intel_execlists_show_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   				   struct drm_printer *m,
>   				   void (*show_request)(struct drm_printer *m,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h
> index fd61dae820e9e..80cec37a56ba9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h
> @@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ intel_execlists_create_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
>   struct intel_context *
>   intel_execlists_clone_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs *src);
>   
> -int intel_virtual_engine_attach_bond(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> -				     const struct intel_engine_cs *master,
> -				     const struct intel_engine_cs *sibling);
> -
>   bool
>   intel_engine_in_execlists_submission_mode(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine);
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c
> index 1081cd36a2bd3..f03446d587160 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c
> @@ -4311,234 +4311,6 @@ static int live_virtual_preserved(void *arg)
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> -static int bond_virtual_engine(struct intel_gt *gt,
> -			       unsigned int class,
> -			       struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
> -			       unsigned int nsibling,
> -			       unsigned int flags)
> -#define BOND_SCHEDULE BIT(0)
> -{
> -	struct intel_engine_cs *master;
> -	struct i915_request *rq[16];
> -	enum intel_engine_id id;
> -	struct igt_spinner spin;
> -	unsigned long n;
> -	int err;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * A set of bonded requests is intended to be run concurrently
> -	 * across a number of engines. We use one request per-engine
> -	 * and a magic fence to schedule each of the bonded requests
> -	 * at the same time. A consequence of our current scheduler is that
> -	 * we only move requests to the HW ready queue when the request
> -	 * becomes ready, that is when all of its prerequisite fences have
> -	 * been signaled. As one of those fences is the master submit fence,
> -	 * there is a delay on all secondary fences as the HW may be
> -	 * currently busy. Equally, as all the requests are independent,
> -	 * they may have other fences that delay individual request
> -	 * submission to HW. Ergo, we do not guarantee that all requests are
> -	 * immediately submitted to HW at the same time, just that if the
> -	 * rules are abided by, they are ready at the same time as the
> -	 * first is submitted. Userspace can embed semaphores in its batch
> -	 * to ensure parallel execution of its phases as it requires.
> -	 * Though naturally it gets requested that perhaps the scheduler should
> -	 * take care of parallel execution, even across preemption events on
> -	 * different HW. (The proper answer is of course "lalalala".)
> -	 *
> -	 * With the submit-fence, we have identified three possible phases
> -	 * of synchronisation depending on the master fence: queued (not
> -	 * ready), executing, and signaled. The first two are quite simple
> -	 * and checked below. However, the signaled master fence handling is
> -	 * contentious. Currently we do not distinguish between a signaled
> -	 * fence and an expired fence, as once signaled it does not convey
> -	 * any information about the previous execution. It may even be freed
> -	 * and hence checking later it may not exist at all. Ergo we currently
> -	 * do not apply the bonding constraint for an already signaled fence,
> -	 * as our expectation is that it should not constrain the secondaries
> -	 * and is outside of the scope of the bonded request API (i.e. all
> -	 * userspace requests are meant to be running in parallel). As
> -	 * it imposes no constraint, and is effectively a no-op, we do not
> -	 * check below as normal execution flows are checked extensively above.
> -	 *
> -	 * XXX Is the degenerate handling of signaled submit fences the
> -	 * expected behaviour for userpace?
> -	 */
> -
> -	GEM_BUG_ON(nsibling >= ARRAY_SIZE(rq) - 1);
> -
> -	if (igt_spinner_init(&spin, gt))
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -
> -	err = 0;
> -	rq[0] = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -	for_each_engine(master, gt, id) {
> -		struct i915_sw_fence fence = {};
> -		struct intel_context *ce;
> -
> -		if (master->class == class)
> -			continue;
> -
> -		ce = intel_context_create(master);
> -		if (IS_ERR(ce)) {
> -			err = PTR_ERR(ce);
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -
> -		memset_p((void *)rq, ERR_PTR(-EINVAL), ARRAY_SIZE(rq));
> -
> -		rq[0] = igt_spinner_create_request(&spin, ce, MI_NOOP);
> -		intel_context_put(ce);
> -		if (IS_ERR(rq[0])) {
> -			err = PTR_ERR(rq[0]);
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -		i915_request_get(rq[0]);
> -
> -		if (flags & BOND_SCHEDULE) {
> -			onstack_fence_init(&fence);
> -			err = i915_sw_fence_await_sw_fence_gfp(&rq[0]->submit,
> -							       &fence,
> -							       GFP_KERNEL);
> -		}
> -
> -		i915_request_add(rq[0]);
> -		if (err < 0)
> -			goto out;
> -
> -		if (!(flags & BOND_SCHEDULE) &&
> -		    !igt_wait_for_spinner(&spin, rq[0])) {
> -			err = -EIO;
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -
> -		for (n = 0; n < nsibling; n++) {
> -			struct intel_context *ve;
> -
> -			ve = intel_execlists_create_virtual(siblings, nsibling);
> -			if (IS_ERR(ve)) {
> -				err = PTR_ERR(ve);
> -				onstack_fence_fini(&fence);
> -				goto out;
> -			}
> -
> -			err = intel_virtual_engine_attach_bond(ve->engine,
> -							       master,
> -							       siblings[n]);
> -			if (err) {
> -				intel_context_put(ve);
> -				onstack_fence_fini(&fence);
> -				goto out;
> -			}
> -
> -			err = intel_context_pin(ve);
> -			intel_context_put(ve);
> -			if (err) {
> -				onstack_fence_fini(&fence);
> -				goto out;
> -			}
> -
> -			rq[n + 1] = i915_request_create(ve);
> -			intel_context_unpin(ve);
> -			if (IS_ERR(rq[n + 1])) {
> -				err = PTR_ERR(rq[n + 1]);
> -				onstack_fence_fini(&fence);
> -				goto out;
> -			}
> -			i915_request_get(rq[n + 1]);
> -
> -			err = i915_request_await_execution(rq[n + 1],
> -							   &rq[0]->fence,
> -							   ve->engine->bond_execute);
> -			i915_request_add(rq[n + 1]);
> -			if (err < 0) {
> -				onstack_fence_fini(&fence);
> -				goto out;
> -			}
> -		}
> -		onstack_fence_fini(&fence);
> -		intel_engine_flush_submission(master);
> -		igt_spinner_end(&spin);
> -
> -		if (i915_request_wait(rq[0], 0, HZ / 10) < 0) {
> -			pr_err("Master request did not execute (on %s)!\n",
> -			       rq[0]->engine->name);
> -			err = -EIO;
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -
> -		for (n = 0; n < nsibling; n++) {
> -			if (i915_request_wait(rq[n + 1], 0,
> -					      MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT) < 0) {
> -				err = -EIO;
> -				goto out;
> -			}
> -
> -			if (rq[n + 1]->engine != siblings[n]) {
> -				pr_err("Bonded request did not execute on target engine: expected %s, used %s; master was %s\n",
> -				       siblings[n]->name,
> -				       rq[n + 1]->engine->name,
> -				       rq[0]->engine->name);
> -				err = -EINVAL;
> -				goto out;
> -			}
> -		}
> -
> -		for (n = 0; !IS_ERR(rq[n]); n++)
> -			i915_request_put(rq[n]);
> -		rq[0] = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -	}
> -
> -out:
> -	for (n = 0; !IS_ERR(rq[n]); n++)
> -		i915_request_put(rq[n]);
> -	if (igt_flush_test(gt->i915))
> -		err = -EIO;
> -
> -	igt_spinner_fini(&spin);
> -	return err;
> -}
> -
> -static int live_virtual_bond(void *arg)
> -{
> -	static const struct phase {
> -		const char *name;
> -		unsigned int flags;
> -	} phases[] = {
> -		{ "", 0 },
> -		{ "schedule", BOND_SCHEDULE },
> -		{ },
> -	};
> -	struct intel_gt *gt = arg;
> -	struct intel_engine_cs *siblings[MAX_ENGINE_INSTANCE + 1];
> -	unsigned int class;
> -	int err;
> -
> -	if (intel_uc_uses_guc_submission(&gt->uc))
> -		return 0;
> -
> -	for (class = 0; class <= MAX_ENGINE_CLASS; class++) {
> -		const struct phase *p;
> -		int nsibling;
> -
> -		nsibling = select_siblings(gt, class, siblings);
> -		if (nsibling < 2)
> -			continue;
> -
> -		for (p = phases; p->name; p++) {
> -			err = bond_virtual_engine(gt,
> -						  class, siblings, nsibling,
> -						  p->flags);
> -			if (err) {
> -				pr_err("%s(%s): failed class=%d, nsibling=%d, err=%d\n",
> -				       __func__, p->name, class, nsibling, err);
> -				return err;
> -			}
> -		}
> -	}
> -
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
>   static int reset_virtual_engine(struct intel_gt *gt,
>   				struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
>   				unsigned int nsibling)
> @@ -4712,7 +4484,6 @@ int intel_execlists_live_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
>   		SUBTEST(live_virtual_mask),
>   		SUBTEST(live_virtual_preserved),
>   		SUBTEST(live_virtual_slice),
> -		SUBTEST(live_virtual_bond),
>   		SUBTEST(live_virtual_reset),
>   	};
>   
> 


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