[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2 01/21] drm/i915/gt: Ignore TLB invalidations on idle engines
Tvrtko Ursulin
tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com
Mon Jul 18 15:01:56 UTC 2022
On 18/07/2022 15:53, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:16:10 +0100
> Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> On 14/07/2022 13:06, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>>> From: Chris Wilson <chris.p.wilson at intel.com>
>>>
>>> Check if the device is powered down prior to any engine activity,
>>> as, on such cases, all the TLBs were already invalidated, so an
>>> explicit TLB invalidation is not needed, thus reducing the
>>> performance regression impact due to it.
>>>
>>> This becomes more significant with GuC, as it can only do so when
>>> the connection to the GuC is awake.
>>>
>>> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
>>> Fixes: 7938d61591d3 ("drm/i915: Flush TLBs before releasing backing store")
>>
>> Patch itself looks fine but I don't think we closed on the issue of
>> stable/fixes on this patch?
>
> No, because TLB cache invalidation takes time and causes time outs, which
> in turn affects applications and produce Kernel warnings.
>
> There's even open bugs due to TLB timeouts, like this one:
>
> [424.370996] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* rcs0 TLB invalidation did not complete in 4ms!
>
> See:
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/6424
>
> So, while this is a performance regression, it ends causing a
> functional regression.
This test is not even particularly stressful. Fair enough - thanks for
the information.
Acked-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
Is skipping of the ggtt only bound flush the fix for this particular test?
Regards,
Tvrtko
>
> The first part of this series (patches 1-7) are meant to reduce the
> risk of such timeouts by doing TLB invalidation in batch and only
> when really needed (userspace-exposed TLBs for GTs that are powered-on
> and non-edged).
>
> As they're fixing such regressions, it makes sense c/c stable and having
> a fixes tag.
>
>> My position here is that, if the functional issue is only with GuC
>> invalidations, then the tags shouldn't be there (and the huge CC list).
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tvrtko
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris.p.wilson at intel.com>
>>> Cc: Fei Yang <fei.yang at intel.com>
>>> Cc: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti at linux.intel.com>
>>> Cc: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab at kernel.org>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> To avoid mailbombing on a large number of people, only mailing lists were C/C on the cover.
>>> See [PATCH v2 00/21] at: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1657800199.git.mchehab@kernel.org/
>>>
>>> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pages.c | 10 ++++++----
>>> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
>>> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_pm.h | 3 +++
>>> 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pages.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pages.c
>>> index 97c820eee115..6835279943df 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pages.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_pages.c
>>> @@ -6,14 +6,15 @@
>>>
>>> #include <drm/drm_cache.h>
>>>
>>> +#include "gt/intel_gt.h"
>>> +#include "gt/intel_gt_pm.h"
>>> +
>>> #include "i915_drv.h"
>>> #include "i915_gem_object.h"
>>> #include "i915_scatterlist.h"
>>> #include "i915_gem_lmem.h"
>>> #include "i915_gem_mman.h"
>>>
>>> -#include "gt/intel_gt.h"
>>> -
>>> void __i915_gem_object_set_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
>>> struct sg_table *pages,
>>> unsigned int sg_page_sizes)
>>> @@ -217,10 +218,11 @@ __i915_gem_object_unset_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
>>>
>>> if (test_and_clear_bit(I915_BO_WAS_BOUND_BIT, &obj->flags)) {
>>> struct drm_i915_private *i915 = to_i915(obj->base.dev);
>>> + struct intel_gt *gt = to_gt(i915);
>>> intel_wakeref_t wakeref;
>>>
>>> - with_intel_runtime_pm_if_active(&i915->runtime_pm, wakeref)
>>> - intel_gt_invalidate_tlbs(to_gt(i915));
>>> + with_intel_gt_pm_if_awake(gt, wakeref)
>>> + intel_gt_invalidate_tlbs(gt);
>>> }
>>>
>>> return pages;
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
>>> index 68c2b0d8f187..c4d43da84d8e 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt.c
>>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>>>
>>> #include "i915_drv.h"
>>> #include "intel_context.h"
>>> +#include "intel_engine_pm.h"
>>> #include "intel_engine_regs.h"
>>> #include "intel_ggtt_gmch.h"
>>> #include "intel_gt.h"
>>> @@ -924,6 +925,7 @@ void intel_gt_invalidate_tlbs(struct intel_gt *gt)
>>> struct drm_i915_private *i915 = gt->i915;
>>> struct intel_uncore *uncore = gt->uncore;
>>> struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
>>> + intel_engine_mask_t awake, tmp;
>>> enum intel_engine_id id;
>>> const i915_reg_t *regs;
>>> unsigned int num = 0;
>>> @@ -947,26 +949,31 @@ void intel_gt_invalidate_tlbs(struct intel_gt *gt)
>>>
>>> GEM_TRACE("\n");
>>>
>>> - assert_rpm_wakelock_held(&i915->runtime_pm);
>>> -
>>> mutex_lock(>->tlb_invalidate_lock);
>>> intel_uncore_forcewake_get(uncore, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
>>>
>>> spin_lock_irq(&uncore->lock); /* serialise invalidate with GT reset */
>>>
>>> + awake = 0;
>>> for_each_engine(engine, gt, id) {
>>> struct reg_and_bit rb;
>>>
>>> + if (!intel_engine_pm_is_awake(engine))
>>> + continue;
>>> +
>>> rb = get_reg_and_bit(engine, regs == gen8_regs, regs, num);
>>> if (!i915_mmio_reg_offset(rb.reg))
>>> continue;
>>>
>>> intel_uncore_write_fw(uncore, rb.reg, rb.bit);
>>> + awake |= engine->mask;
>>> }
>>>
>>> spin_unlock_irq(&uncore->lock);
>>>
>>> - for_each_engine(engine, gt, id) {
>>> + for_each_engine_masked(engine, gt, awake, tmp) {
>>> + struct reg_and_bit rb;
>>> +
>>> /*
>>> * HW architecture suggest typical invalidation time at 40us,
>>> * with pessimistic cases up to 100us and a recommendation to
>>> @@ -974,12 +981,8 @@ void intel_gt_invalidate_tlbs(struct intel_gt *gt)
>>> */
>>> const unsigned int timeout_us = 100;
>>> const unsigned int timeout_ms = 4;
>>> - struct reg_and_bit rb;
>>>
>>> rb = get_reg_and_bit(engine, regs == gen8_regs, regs, num);
>>> - if (!i915_mmio_reg_offset(rb.reg))
>>> - continue;
>>> -
>>> if (__intel_wait_for_register_fw(uncore,
>>> rb.reg, rb.bit, 0,
>>> timeout_us, timeout_ms,
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_pm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_pm.h
>>> index bc898df7a48c..a334787a4939 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_pm.h
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_pm.h
>>> @@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ static inline void intel_gt_pm_might_put(struct intel_gt *gt)
>>> for (tmp = 1, intel_gt_pm_get(gt); tmp; \
>>> intel_gt_pm_put(gt), tmp = 0)
>>>
>>> +#define with_intel_gt_pm_if_awake(gt, wf) \
>>> + for (wf = intel_gt_pm_get_if_awake(gt); wf; intel_gt_pm_put_async(gt), wf = 0)
>>> +
>>> static inline int intel_gt_pm_wait_for_idle(struct intel_gt *gt)
>>> {
>>> return intel_wakeref_wait_for_idle(>->wakeref);
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