[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 06/47] drm/i915/guc: Optimize CTB writes and reads
Matthew Brost
matthew.brost at intel.com
Fri Jun 25 20:28:55 UTC 2021
On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 03:09:29PM +0200, Michal Wajdeczko wrote:
>
>
> On 24.06.2021 09:04, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > CTB writes are now in the path of command submission and should be
> > optimized for performance. Rather than reading CTB descriptor values
> > (e.g. head, tail) which could result in accesses across the PCIe bus,
> > store shadow local copies and only read/write the descriptor values when
> > absolutely necessary. Also store the current space in the each channel
> > locally.
> >
Missed two comments, addressed below.
> > Signed-off-by: John Harrison <John.C.Harrison at Intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c | 76 ++++++++++++++---------
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.h | 6 ++
> > 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
> > index 27ec30b5ef47..1fd5c69358ef 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.c
> > @@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ static void guc_ct_buffer_desc_init(struct guc_ct_buffer_desc *desc)
> > static void guc_ct_buffer_reset(struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb)
> > {
> > ctb->broken = false;
> > + ctb->tail = 0;
> > + ctb->head = 0;
> > + ctb->space = CIRC_SPACE(ctb->tail, ctb->head, ctb->size);
> > +
> > guc_ct_buffer_desc_init(ctb->desc);
> > }
> >
> > @@ -383,10 +387,8 @@ static int ct_write(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
> > {
> > struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb = &ct->ctbs.send;
> > struct guc_ct_buffer_desc *desc = ctb->desc;
> > - u32 head = desc->head;
> > - u32 tail = desc->tail;
> > + u32 tail = ctb->tail;
> > u32 size = ctb->size;
> > - u32 used;
> > u32 header;
> > u32 hxg;
> > u32 *cmds = ctb->cmds;
> > @@ -398,25 +400,14 @@ static int ct_write(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
> > if (unlikely(desc->status))
> > goto corrupted;
> >
> > - if (unlikely((tail | head) >= size)) {
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG_GUC
>
> since we are caching tail, we may want to check if it's sill correct:
>
> tail = READ_ONCE(desc->tail);
> if (unlikely(tail != ctb->tail)) {
> CT_ERROR(ct, "Tail was modified %u != %u\n",
> tail, ctb->tail);
> desc->status |= GUC_CTB_STATUS_MISMATCH;
> goto corrupted;
> }
>
> and since we own the tail then we can be more strict:
>
> GEM_BUG_ON(tail > size);
>
> and then finally just check GuC head:
>
> head = READ_ONCE(desc->head);
> if (unlikely(head >= size)) {
> ...
>
> > + if (unlikely((desc->tail | desc->head) >= size)) {
> > CT_ERROR(ct, "Invalid offsets head=%u tail=%u (size=%u)\n",
> > - head, tail, size);
> > + desc->head, desc->tail, size);
> > desc->status |= GUC_CTB_STATUS_OVERFLOW;
> > goto corrupted;
> > }
> > -
> > - /*
> > - * tail == head condition indicates empty. GuC FW does not support
> > - * using up the entire buffer to get tail == head meaning full.
> > - */
> > - if (tail < head)
> > - used = (size - head) + tail;
> > - else
> > - used = tail - head;
> > -
> > - /* make sure there is a space including extra dw for the fence */
> > - if (unlikely(used + len + 1 >= size))
> > - return -ENOSPC;
> > +#endif
> >
> > /*
> > * dw0: CT header (including fence)
> > @@ -457,7 +448,9 @@ static int ct_write(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
> > write_barrier(ct);
> >
> > /* now update descriptor */
> > + ctb->tail = tail;
> > WRITE_ONCE(desc->tail, tail);
> > + ctb->space -= len + 1;
>
> this magic "1" is likely GUC_CTB_MSG_MIN_LEN, right ?
>
> >
> > return 0;
> >
> > @@ -473,7 +466,7 @@ static int ct_write(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
> > * @req: pointer to pending request
> > * @status: placeholder for status
> > *
> > - * For each sent request, Guc shall send bac CT response message.
> > + * For each sent request, GuC shall send back CT response message.
> > * Our message handler will update status of tracked request once
> > * response message with given fence is received. Wait here and
> > * check for valid response status value.
> > @@ -520,24 +513,35 @@ static inline bool ct_deadlocked(struct intel_guc_ct *ct)
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > -static inline bool h2g_has_room(struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb, u32 len_dw)
> > +static inline bool h2g_has_room(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, u32 len_dw)
> > {
> > - struct guc_ct_buffer_desc *desc = ctb->desc;
> > - u32 head = READ_ONCE(desc->head);
> > + struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb = &ct->ctbs.send;
> > + u32 head;
> > u32 space;
> >
> > - space = CIRC_SPACE(desc->tail, head, ctb->size);
> > + if (ctb->space >= len_dw)
> > + return true;
> > +
> > + head = READ_ONCE(ctb->desc->head);
> > + if (unlikely(head > ctb->size)) {
> > + CT_ERROR(ct, "Corrupted descriptor head=%u tail=%u size=%u\n",
> > + ctb->desc->head, ctb->desc->tail, ctb->size);
> > + ctb->desc->status |= GUC_CTB_STATUS_OVERFLOW;
> > + ctb->broken = true;
> > + return false;
> > + }
> > +
> > + space = CIRC_SPACE(ctb->tail, head, ctb->size);
> > + ctb->space = space;
>
> maybe here we could mark stall_time ?
>
> if (space >= len_dw)
> return true;
>
> if (ct->stall_time == KTIME_MAX)
> ct->stall_time = ktime_get();
> return false;
>
> >
> > return space >= len_dw;
>
> btw, maybe to avoid filling CTB to the last dword, this should be
>
> space > len_dw
>
> note the earlier comment:
>
> /*
> * tail == head condition indicates empty. GuC FW does not support
> * using up the entire buffer to get tail == head meaning full.
> */
>
> > }
> >
> > static int has_room_nb(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, u32 len_dw)
> > {
> > - struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb = &ct->ctbs.send;
> > -
> > lockdep_assert_held(&ct->ctbs.send.lock);
> >
> > - if (unlikely(!h2g_has_room(ctb, len_dw))) {
> > + if (unlikely(!h2g_has_room(ct, len_dw))) {
> > if (ct->stall_time == KTIME_MAX)
> > ct->stall_time = ktime_get();
> >
> > @@ -606,10 +610,10 @@ static int ct_send(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
> > */
> > retry:
> > spin_lock_irqsave(&ct->ctbs.send.lock, flags);
> > - if (unlikely(!h2g_has_room(ctb, len + 1))) {
> > + if (unlikely(!h2g_has_room(ct, len + 1))) {
> > if (ct->stall_time == KTIME_MAX)
> > ct->stall_time = ktime_get();
> > - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ct->ctbs.send.lock, flags);
> > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctb->lock, flags);
> >
> > if (unlikely(ct_deadlocked(ct)))
> > return -EIO;
> > @@ -632,7 +636,7 @@ static int ct_send(struct intel_guc_ct *ct,
> >
> > err = ct_write(ct, action, len, fence, 0);
> >
> > - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ct->ctbs.send.lock, flags);
> > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctb->lock, flags);
> >
> > if (unlikely(err))
> > goto unlink;
> > @@ -720,7 +724,7 @@ static int ct_read(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, struct ct_incoming_msg **msg)
> > {
> > struct intel_guc_ct_buffer *ctb = &ct->ctbs.recv;
> > struct guc_ct_buffer_desc *desc = ctb->desc;
> > - u32 head = desc->head;
> > + u32 head = ctb->head;
> > u32 tail = desc->tail;
> > u32 size = ctb->size;
> > u32 *cmds = ctb->cmds;
> > @@ -735,12 +739,21 @@ static int ct_read(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, struct ct_incoming_msg **msg)
> > if (unlikely(desc->status))
> > goto corrupted;
> >
> > - if (unlikely((tail | head) >= size)) {
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG_GUC
>
> as above we may want to check if our cached head was not modified
>
Sure.
> > + if (unlikely((desc->tail | desc->head) >= size)) {
> > CT_ERROR(ct, "Invalid offsets head=%u tail=%u (size=%u)\n",
> > head, tail, size);
> > desc->status |= GUC_CTB_STATUS_OVERFLOW;
> > goto corrupted;
> > }
> > +#else
> > + if (unlikely((tail | ctb->head) >= size)) {
> > + CT_ERROR(ct, "Invalid offsets head=%u tail=%u (size=%u)\n",
> > + head, tail, size);
> > + desc->status |= GUC_CTB_STATUS_OVERFLOW;
> > + goto corrupted;
> > + }
> > +#endif
> >
> > /* tail == head condition indicates empty */
> > available = tail - head;
> > @@ -790,6 +803,7 @@ static int ct_read(struct intel_guc_ct *ct, struct ct_incoming_msg **msg)
> > }
> > CT_DEBUG(ct, "received %*ph\n", 4 * len, (*msg)->msg);
> >
> > + ctb->head = head;
> > /* now update descriptor */
> > WRITE_ONCE(desc->head, head);
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.h
> > index 55ef7c52472f..9924335e2ee6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.h
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_ct.h
> > @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ struct intel_guc;
> > * @desc: pointer to the buffer descriptor
> > * @cmds: pointer to the commands buffer
> > * @size: size of the commands buffer in dwords
> > + * @head: local shadow copy of head in dwords
> > + * @tail: local shadow copy of tail in dwords
> > + * @space: local shadow copy of space in dwords
> > * @broken: flag to indicate if descriptor data is broken
> > */
> > struct intel_guc_ct_buffer {
> > @@ -40,6 +43,9 @@ struct intel_guc_ct_buffer {
> > struct guc_ct_buffer_desc *desc;
> > u32 *cmds;
> > u32 size;
> > + u32 tail;
> > + u32 head;
> > + u32 space;
>
> in later patch this is changing to atomic_t
> maybe we can start with it ?
>
I'd rather leave this as is. It doesn't make to use an atomic here but
G2H credits patch makes it clear why we need an atomic.
Matt
> > bool broken;
> > };
> >
> >
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