[PATCH 1/1] i915/query: Correlate engine and cpu timestamps with better accuracy
Daniel Vetter
daniel at ffwll.ch
Thu Apr 29 11:15:46 UTC 2021
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 11:43:22AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2021, Umesh Nerlige Ramappa <umesh.nerlige.ramappa at intel.com> wrote:
> > Perf measurements rely on CPU and engine timestamps to correlate
> > events of interest across these time domains. Current mechanisms get
> > these timestamps separately and the calculated delta between these
> > timestamps lack enough accuracy.
> >
> > To improve the accuracy of these time measurements to within a few us,
> > add a query that returns the engine and cpu timestamps captured as
> > close to each other as possible.
>
> Cc: dri-devel, Jason and Daniel for review.
Yeah going forward pls cc: dri-devel on everything touching
gem/core/scheduler and anything related. Review for these is supposed to
be cc: dri-devel, including anything that's in-flight right now.
Thanks, Daniel
>
> >
> > v2: (Tvrtko)
> > - document clock reference used
> > - return cpu timestamp always
> > - capture cpu time just before lower dword of cs timestamp
> >
> > v3: (Chris)
> > - use uncore-rpm
> > - use __query_cs_timestamp helper
> >
> > v4: (Lionel)
> > - Kernel perf subsytem allows users to specify the clock id to be used
> > in perf_event_open. This clock id is used by the perf subsystem to
> > return the appropriate cpu timestamp in perf events. Similarly, let
> > the user pass the clockid to this query so that cpu timestamp
> > corresponds to the clock id requested.
> >
> > v5: (Tvrtko)
> > - Use normal ktime accessors instead of fast versions
> > - Add more uApi documentation
> >
> > v6: (Lionel)
> > - Move switch out of spinlock
> >
> > v7: (Chris)
> > - cs_timestamp is a misnomer, use cs_cycles instead
> > - return the cs cycle frequency as well in the query
> >
> > v8:
> > - Add platform and engine specific checks
> >
> > v9: (Lionel)
> > - Return 2 cpu timestamps in the query - captured before and after the
> > register read
> >
> > v10: (Chris)
> > - Use local_clock() to measure time taken to read lower dword of
> > register and return it to user.
> >
> > v11: (Jani)
> > - IS_GEN deprecated. User GRAPHICS_VER instead.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Umesh Nerlige Ramappa <umesh.nerlige.ramappa at intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c | 145 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h | 48 ++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 193 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c
> > index fed337ad7b68..2594b93901ac 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c
> > @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
> >
> > #include <linux/nospec.h>
> >
> > +#include "gt/intel_engine_pm.h"
> > +#include "gt/intel_engine_user.h"
> > #include "i915_drv.h"
> > #include "i915_perf.h"
> > #include "i915_query.h"
> > @@ -90,6 +92,148 @@ static int query_topology_info(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
> > return total_length;
> > }
> >
> > +typedef u64 (*__ktime_func_t)(void);
> > +static __ktime_func_t __clock_id_to_func(clockid_t clk_id)
> > +{
> > + /*
> > + * Use logic same as the perf subsystem to allow user to select the
> > + * reference clock id to be used for timestamps.
> > + */
> > + switch (clk_id) {
> > + case CLOCK_MONOTONIC:
> > + return &ktime_get_ns;
> > + case CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW:
> > + return &ktime_get_raw_ns;
> > + case CLOCK_REALTIME:
> > + return &ktime_get_real_ns;
> > + case CLOCK_BOOTTIME:
> > + return &ktime_get_boottime_ns;
> > + case CLOCK_TAI:
> > + return &ktime_get_clocktai_ns;
> > + default:
> > + return NULL;
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline int
> > +__read_timestamps(struct intel_uncore *uncore,
> > + i915_reg_t lower_reg,
> > + i915_reg_t upper_reg,
> > + u64 *cs_ts,
> > + u64 *cpu_ts,
> > + __ktime_func_t cpu_clock)
> > +{
> > + u32 upper, lower, old_upper, loop = 0;
> > +
> > + upper = intel_uncore_read_fw(uncore, upper_reg);
> > + do {
> > + cpu_ts[1] = local_clock();
> > + cpu_ts[0] = cpu_clock();
> > + lower = intel_uncore_read_fw(uncore, lower_reg);
> > + cpu_ts[1] = local_clock() - cpu_ts[1];
> > + old_upper = upper;
> > + upper = intel_uncore_read_fw(uncore, upper_reg);
> > + } while (upper != old_upper && loop++ < 2);
> > +
> > + *cs_ts = (u64)upper << 32 | lower;
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int
> > +__query_cs_cycles(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> > + u64 *cs_ts, u64 *cpu_ts,
> > + __ktime_func_t cpu_clock)
> > +{
> > + struct intel_uncore *uncore = engine->uncore;
> > + enum forcewake_domains fw_domains;
> > + u32 base = engine->mmio_base;
> > + intel_wakeref_t wakeref;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + fw_domains = intel_uncore_forcewake_for_reg(uncore,
> > + RING_TIMESTAMP(base),
> > + FW_REG_READ);
> > +
> > + with_intel_runtime_pm(uncore->rpm, wakeref) {
> > + spin_lock_irq(&uncore->lock);
> > + intel_uncore_forcewake_get__locked(uncore, fw_domains);
> > +
> > + ret = __read_timestamps(uncore,
> > + RING_TIMESTAMP(base),
> > + RING_TIMESTAMP_UDW(base),
> > + cs_ts,
> > + cpu_ts,
> > + cpu_clock);
> > +
> > + intel_uncore_forcewake_put__locked(uncore, fw_domains);
> > + spin_unlock_irq(&uncore->lock);
> > + }
> > +
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int
> > +query_cs_cycles(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
> > + struct drm_i915_query_item *query_item)
> > +{
> > + struct drm_i915_query_cs_cycles __user *query_ptr;
> > + struct drm_i915_query_cs_cycles query;
> > + struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
> > + __ktime_func_t cpu_clock;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + if (GRAPHICS_VER(i915) < 6)
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > + query_ptr = u64_to_user_ptr(query_item->data_ptr);
> > + ret = copy_query_item(&query, sizeof(query), sizeof(query), query_item);
> > + if (ret != 0)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + if (query.flags)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + if (query.rsvd)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + cpu_clock = __clock_id_to_func(query.clockid);
> > + if (!cpu_clock)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + engine = intel_engine_lookup_user(i915,
> > + query.engine.engine_class,
> > + query.engine.engine_instance);
> > + if (!engine)
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > + if (GRAPHICS_VER(i915) == 6 &&
> > + query.engine.engine_class != I915_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER)
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > + query.cs_frequency = engine->gt->clock_frequency;
> > + ret = __query_cs_cycles(engine,
> > + &query.cs_cycles,
> > + query.cpu_timestamp,
> > + cpu_clock);
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + if (put_user(query.cs_frequency, &query_ptr->cs_frequency))
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > + if (put_user(query.cpu_timestamp[0], &query_ptr->cpu_timestamp[0]))
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > + if (put_user(query.cpu_timestamp[1], &query_ptr->cpu_timestamp[1]))
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > + if (put_user(query.cs_cycles, &query_ptr->cs_cycles))
> > + return -EFAULT;
> > +
> > + return sizeof(query);
> > +}
> > +
> > static int
> > query_engine_info(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
> > struct drm_i915_query_item *query_item)
> > @@ -424,6 +568,7 @@ static int (* const i915_query_funcs[])(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
> > query_topology_info,
> > query_engine_info,
> > query_perf_config,
> > + query_cs_cycles,
> > };
> >
> > int i915_query_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file)
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
> > index 6a34243a7646..08b00f1709b5 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
> > @@ -2230,6 +2230,10 @@ struct drm_i915_query_item {
> > #define DRM_I915_QUERY_TOPOLOGY_INFO 1
> > #define DRM_I915_QUERY_ENGINE_INFO 2
> > #define DRM_I915_QUERY_PERF_CONFIG 3
> > + /**
> > + * Query Command Streamer timestamp register.
> > + */
> > +#define DRM_I915_QUERY_CS_CYCLES 4
> > /* Must be kept compact -- no holes and well documented */
> >
> > /**
> > @@ -2397,6 +2401,50 @@ struct drm_i915_engine_info {
> > __u64 rsvd1[4];
> > };
> >
> > +/**
> > + * struct drm_i915_query_cs_cycles
> > + *
> > + * The query returns the command streamer cycles and the frequency that can be
> > + * used to calculate the command streamer timestamp. In addition the query
> > + * returns a set of cpu timestamps that indicate when the command streamer cycle
> > + * count was captured.
> > + */
> > +struct drm_i915_query_cs_cycles {
> > + /** Engine for which command streamer cycles is queried. */
> > + struct i915_engine_class_instance engine;
> > +
> > + /** Must be zero. */
> > + __u32 flags;
> > +
> > + /**
> > + * Command streamer cycles as read from the command streamer
> > + * register at 0x358 offset.
> > + */
> > + __u64 cs_cycles;
> > +
> > + /** Frequency of the cs cycles in Hz. */
> > + __u64 cs_frequency;
> > +
> > + /**
> > + * CPU timestamps in ns. cpu_timestamp[0] is captured before reading the
> > + * cs_cycles register using the reference clockid set by the user.
> > + * cpu_timestamp[1] is the time taken in ns to read the lower dword of
> > + * the cs_cycles register.
> > + */
> > + __u64 cpu_timestamp[2];
> > +
> > + /**
> > + * Reference clock id for CPU timestamp. For definition, see
> > + * clock_gettime(2) and perf_event_open(2). Supported clock ids are
> > + * CLOCK_MONOTONIC, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, CLOCK_REALTIME, CLOCK_BOOTTIME,
> > + * CLOCK_TAI.
> > + */
> > + __s32 clockid;
> > +
> > + /** Must be zero. */
> > + __u32 rsvd;
> > +};
> > +
> > /**
> > * struct drm_i915_query_engine_info
> > *
>
> --
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center
--
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch
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