[PATCH 14/46] drm/i915: Expose logical engine instance to user
Matthew Brost
matthew.brost at intel.com
Wed Aug 11 17:55:14 UTC 2021
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 08:53:16AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 06:37:01PM +0000, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 04:30:06PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:29:11PM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > > > Expose logical engine instance to user via query engine info IOCTL. This
> > > > is required for split-frame workloads as these needs to be placed on
> > > > engines in a logically contiguous order. The logical mapping can change
> > > > based on fusing. Rather than having user have knowledge of the fusing we
> > > > simply just expose the logical mapping with the existing query engine
> > > > info IOCTL.
> > > >
> > > > Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> > >
> > > Uapi must have a link to the userspace MR/patch set using this, and to the
> > > igt patch set validating it.
> > >
> >
> > Have an IGT:
> > https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/447008/?series=93071&rev=1
> >
> > Not sure when the media UMD is going to be updated upstream to use this.
> > Does that mean I can't merge this until the media UMD is ready? Seems
> > like it but isn't that a circular dependency? How can the media team
> > develop for a new uAPI that isn't in the kernel yet?
>
> Yes and no. Full explainer here:
>
> https://dri.freedesktop.org/docs/drm/gpu/drm-uapi.html#open-source-userspace-requirements
>
> In the drm subsystem this is pretty much the only rule where if you break
> it the book will be thrown at you with extreme prejudice.
>
Well I don't want a book thrown at, new here and trying to play by the
rules.
> Also wrt circular: If the umd aren't set up to test their branches against
> kernel branches they need to fix their stuff. I know that internally
> that's not been done, and its a disaster, but in upstream there's no room
> for excuses. Both kernel and userspace needs to be in branches until it's
> ready for merging.
>
Ok, looks like a have a few things to learn. I'll coordinate with the
media team on this. Likely won't have links to the UMD in the next spin
but I'll have a branch for them to prep their patches on.
Matt
> > For what it is worth the downstream release is already using this.
>
> Yeah which is another problem, shipping new uapi in downstream before it's
> in upstream is decidedly not great.
> -Daniel
>
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > > Ideally in each patch, since it's way too hard to unfortunately find the
> > > cover letter late on.
> > >
> > > Jason even went as far as making this a hard requirement because he wasted
> > > a bit too much time trying to find the userspace for new uapi:
> > >
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20210804185704.624883-1-jason@jlekstrand.net/
> > >
> > > Cheers, Daniel
> > >
> > > >---
> > > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c | 2 ++
> > > > include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h | 8 +++++++-
> > > > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c
> > > > index e49da36c62fb..8a72923fbdba 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_query.c
> > > > @@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ query_engine_info(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
> > > > for_each_uabi_engine(engine, i915) {
> > > > info.engine.engine_class = engine->uabi_class;
> > > > info.engine.engine_instance = engine->uabi_instance;
> > > > + info.flags = I915_ENGINE_INFO_HAS_LOGICAL_INSTANCE;
> > > > info.capabilities = engine->uabi_capabilities;
> > > > + info.logical_instance = ilog2(engine->logical_mask);
> > > >
> > > > if (copy_to_user(info_ptr, &info, sizeof(info)))
> > > > return -EFAULT;
> > > > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
> > > > index 7f13d241417f..ef72e07fe08c 100644
> > > > --- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
> > > > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
> > > > @@ -2706,14 +2706,20 @@ struct drm_i915_engine_info {
> > > >
> > > > /** @flags: Engine flags. */
> > > > __u64 flags;
> > > > +#define I915_ENGINE_INFO_HAS_LOGICAL_INSTANCE (1 << 0)
> > > >
> > > > /** @capabilities: Capabilities of this engine. */
> > > > __u64 capabilities;
> > > > #define I915_VIDEO_CLASS_CAPABILITY_HEVC (1 << 0)
> > > > #define I915_VIDEO_AND_ENHANCE_CLASS_CAPABILITY_SFC (1 << 1)
> > > >
> > > > + /** @logical_instance: Logical instance of engine */
> > > > + __u16 logical_instance;
> > > > +
> > > > /** @rsvd1: Reserved fields. */
> > > > - __u64 rsvd1[4];
> > > > + __u16 rsvd1[3];
> > > > + /** @rsvd2: Reserved fields. */
> > > > + __u64 rsvd2[3];
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > /**
> > > > --
> > > > 2.28.0
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Daniel Vetter
> > > Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> > > http://blog.ffwll.ch
>
> --
> Daniel Vetter
> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> http://blog.ffwll.ch
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