[PATCH 1/2] drm: execution context for GEM buffers v5

Thomas Hellström (Intel) thomas_os at shipmail.org
Wed Jun 21 14:01:55 UTC 2023


On 6/21/23 15:36, Christian König wrote:
> This adds the infrastructure for an execution context for GEM buffers
> which is similar to the existing TTMs execbuf util and intended to replace
> it in the long term.
>
> The basic functionality is that we abstracts the necessary loop to lock
> many different GEM buffers with automated deadlock and duplicate handling.
>
> v2: drop xarray and use dynamic resized array instead, the locking
>      overhead is unecessary and measurable.
> v3: drop duplicate tracking, radeon is really the only one needing that.
> v4: fixes issues pointed out by Danilo, some typos in comments and a
>      helper for lock arrays of GEM objects.
> v5: some suggestions by Boris Brezillon, especially just use one retry
>      macro, drop loop in prepare_array, use flags instead of bool
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian König <christian.koenig at amd.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst |  12 ++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig      |   6 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile     |   2 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c   | 330 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/drm/drm_exec.h       | 120 +++++++++++++
>   5 files changed, 470 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
>   create mode 100644 include/drm/drm_exec.h
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
> index a79fd3549ff8..a52e6f4117d6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
> @@ -493,6 +493,18 @@ DRM Sync Objects
>   .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
>      :export:
>   
> +DRM Execution context
> +=====================
> +
> +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
> +   :doc: Overview
> +
> +.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/drm_exec.h
> +   :internal:
> +
> +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
> +   :export:
> +
>   GPU Scheduler
>   =============
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> index afb3b2f5f425..c2f3d234c89e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> @@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ config DRM_TTM
>   	  GPU memory types. Will be enabled automatically if a device driver
>   	  uses it.
>   
> +config DRM_EXEC
> +	tristate
> +	depends on DRM
> +	help
> +	  Execution context for command submissions
> +
>   config DRM_BUDDY
>   	tristate
>   	depends on DRM
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> index 7a09a89b493b..414855e2a463 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> @@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_ORIENTATION_QUIRKS) += drm_panel_orientation_quirks.o
>   #
>   # Memory-management helpers
>   #
> +#
> +obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_EXEC) += drm_exec.o
>   
>   obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_BUDDY) += drm_buddy.o
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..285bf80740b5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_exec.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,330 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */
> +
> +#include <drm/drm_exec.h>
> +#include <drm/drm_gem.h>
> +#include <linux/dma-resv.h>
> +
> +/**
> + * DOC: Overview
> + *
> + * This component mainly abstracts the retry loop necessary for locking
> + * multiple GEM objects while preparing hardware operations (e.g. command
> + * submissions, page table updates etc..).
> + *
> + * If a contention is detected while locking a GEM object the cleanup procedure
> + * unlocks all previously locked GEM objects and locks the contended one first
> + * before locking any further objects.
> + *
> + * After an object is locked fences slots can optionally be reserved on the
> + * dma_resv object inside the GEM object.
> + *
> + * A typical usage pattern should look like this::
> + *
> + *	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
> + *	struct drm_exec exec;
> + *	unsigned long index;
> + *	int ret;
> + *
> + *	drm_exec_init(&exec, DRM_EXEC_INTERRUPTIBLE_WAIT);
> + *	drm_exec_until_all_locked(&exec) {
> + *		ret = drm_exec_prepare_obj(&exec, boA, 1);
> + *		drm_exec_retry_on_contention(&exec);
> + *		if (ret)
> + *			goto error;
> + *
> + *		ret = drm_exec_prepare_obj(&exec, boB, 1);
> + *		drm_exec_retry_on_contention(&exec);
> + *		if (ret)
> + *			goto error;
> + *	}
> + *
> + *	drm_exec_for_each_locked_object(&exec, index, obj) {
> + *		dma_resv_add_fence(obj->resv, fence, DMA_RESV_USAGE_READ);
> + *		...
> + *	}
> + *	drm_exec_fini(&exec);
> + *
> + * See struct dma_exec for more details.
> + */
> +
> +/* Dummy value used to initially enter the retry loop */
> +#define DRM_EXEC_DUMMY (void*)~0
> +
> +/* Unlock all objects and drop references */
> +static void drm_exec_unlock_all(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
> +	unsigned long index;
> +
> +	drm_exec_for_each_locked_object(exec, index, obj) {
> +		dma_resv_unlock(obj->resv);
> +		drm_gem_object_put(obj);
> +	}
> +
> +	drm_gem_object_put(exec->prelocked);
> +	exec->prelocked = NULL;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_init - initialize a drm_exec object
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object to initialize
> + * @flags: controls locking behavior, see DRM_EXEC_* defines
> + *
> + * Initialize the object and make sure that we can track locked objects.
> + */
> +void drm_exec_init(struct drm_exec *exec, uint32_t flags)
> +{
> +	exec->flags = flags;
> +	exec->objects = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +
> +	/* If allocation here fails, just delay that till the first use */
> +	exec->max_objects = exec->objects ? PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(void *) : 0;
> +	exec->num_objects = 0;
> +	exec->contended = DRM_EXEC_DUMMY;
> +	exec->prelocked = NULL;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_init);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_fini - finalize a drm_exec object
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object to finalize
> + *
> + * Unlock all locked objects, drop the references to objects and free all memory
> + * used for tracking the state.
> + */
> +void drm_exec_fini(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	drm_exec_unlock_all(exec);
> +	kvfree(exec->objects);
> +	if (exec->contended != DRM_EXEC_DUMMY) {
> +		drm_gem_object_put(exec->contended);
> +		ww_acquire_fini(&exec->ticket);
> +	}
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_fini);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_cleanup - cleanup when contention is detected
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object to cleanup
> + *
> + * Cleanup the current state and return true if we should stay inside the retry
> + * loop, false if there wasn't any contention detected and we can keep the
> + * objects locked.
> + */
> +bool drm_exec_cleanup(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	if (likely(!exec->contended)) {
> +		ww_acquire_done(&exec->ticket);
> +		return false;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (likely(exec->contended == DRM_EXEC_DUMMY)) {
> +		exec->contended = NULL;
> +		ww_acquire_init(&exec->ticket, &reservation_ww_class);
> +		return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	drm_exec_unlock_all(exec);
> +	exec->num_objects = 0;
> +	return true;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_cleanup);
> +
> +/* Track the locked object in the array */
> +static int drm_exec_obj_locked(struct drm_exec *exec,
> +			       struct drm_gem_object *obj)
> +{
> +	if (unlikely(exec->num_objects == exec->max_objects)) {
> +		size_t size = exec->max_objects * sizeof(void *);
> +		void *tmp;
> +
> +		tmp = kvrealloc(exec->objects, size, size + PAGE_SIZE,
> +				GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (!tmp)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +		exec->objects = tmp;
> +		exec->max_objects += PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(void *);
> +	}
> +	drm_gem_object_get(obj);
> +	exec->objects[exec->num_objects++] = obj;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* Make sure the contended object is locked first */
> +static int drm_exec_lock_contended(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	struct drm_gem_object *obj = exec->contended;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (likely(!obj))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (exec->flags & DRM_EXEC_INTERRUPTIBLE_WAIT) {
> +		ret = dma_resv_lock_slow_interruptible(obj->resv,
> +						       &exec->ticket);
> +		if (unlikely(ret))
> +			goto error_dropref;
> +	} else {
> +		dma_resv_lock_slow(obj->resv, &exec->ticket);
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = drm_exec_obj_locked(exec, obj);
> +	if (unlikely(ret)) {
> +		dma_resv_unlock(obj->resv);
> +		goto error_dropref;
> +	}
> +
> +	swap(exec->prelocked, obj);

exec->prelocked must be NULL here; no need to swap?

> +
> +error_dropref:
> +	/* Always cleanup the contention so that error handling can kick in */
> +	drm_gem_object_put(obj);
> +	exec->contended = NULL;
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_lock_obj - lock a GEM object for use
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object with the state
> + * @obj: the GEM object to lock
> + *
> + * Lock a GEM object for use and grab a reference to it.
> + *
> + * Returns: -EDEADLK if a contention is detected, -EALREADY when object is
> + * already locked, -ENOMEM when memory allocation failed and zero for success.
> + */
> +int drm_exec_lock_obj(struct drm_exec *exec, struct drm_gem_object *obj)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = drm_exec_lock_contended(exec);
> +	if (unlikely(ret))
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (exec->prelocked == obj) {
> +		drm_gem_object_put(exec->prelocked);
> +		exec->prelocked = NULL;
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (exec->flags & DRM_EXEC_INTERRUPTIBLE_WAIT)
> +		ret = dma_resv_lock_interruptible(obj->resv, &exec->ticket);
> +	else
> +		ret = dma_resv_lock(obj->resv, &exec->ticket);
> +
> +	if (unlikely(ret == -EDEADLK)) {
> +		drm_gem_object_get(obj);
> +		exec->contended = obj;
> +		return -EDEADLK;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (unlikely(ret == -EALREADY) &&
> +	    exec->flags & DRM_EXEC_IGNORE_DUPLICATES)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (unlikely(ret))
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = drm_exec_obj_locked(exec, obj);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto error_unlock;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +error_unlock:
> +	dma_resv_unlock(obj->resv);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_lock_obj);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_unlock_obj - unlock a GEM object in this exec context
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object with the state
> + * @obj: the GEM object to unlock
> + *
> + * Unlock the GEM object and remove it from the collection of locked objects.
> + * Should only be used to unlock the most recently locked objects. It's not time
> + * efficient to unlock objects locked long ago.
> + */
> +void drm_exec_unlock_obj(struct drm_exec *exec, struct drm_gem_object *obj)
> +{
> +	unsigned int i;
> +
> +	for (i = exec->num_objects; i--;) {
> +		if (exec->objects[i] == obj) {
> +			dma_resv_unlock(obj->resv);
> +			for (++i; i < exec->num_objects; ++i)
> +				exec->objects[i - 1] = exec->objects[i];
> +			--exec->num_objects;
> +			drm_gem_object_put(obj);
> +			return;
> +		}
> +
> +	}
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_unlock_obj);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_prepare_obj - prepare a GEM object for use
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object with the state
> + * @obj: the GEM object to prepare
> + * @num_fences: how many fences to reserve
> + *
> + * Prepare a GEM object for use by locking it and reserving fence slots.
> + *
> + * Returns: -EDEADLK if a contention is detected, -EALREADY when object is
> + * already locked, -ENOMEM when memory allocation failed and zero for success.
> + */
> +int drm_exec_prepare_obj(struct drm_exec *exec, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
> +			 unsigned int num_fences)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = drm_exec_lock_obj(exec, obj);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = dma_resv_reserve_fences(obj->resv, num_fences);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		drm_exec_unlock_obj(exec, obj);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_prepare_obj);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_prepare_array - helper to prepare an array of objects
> + * @exec: the drm_exec object with the state
> + * @objects: array of GEM object to prepare
> + * @num_objects: number of GEM objects in the array
> + * @num_fences: number of fences to reserve on each GEM object
> + *
> + * Prepares all GEM objects in an array, handles contention but aports on first
> + * error otherwise. Reserves @num_fences on each GEM object after locking it.
> + *
> + * Returns: -EALREADY when object is already locked, -ENOMEM when memory
> + * allocation failed and zero for success.
> + */
> +int drm_exec_prepare_array(struct drm_exec *exec,
> +			   struct drm_gem_object **objects,
> +			   unsigned int num_objects,
> +			   unsigned int num_fences)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < num_objects; ++i) {
> +		ret = drm_exec_prepare_obj(exec, objects[i], num_fences);
> +		if (unlikely(ret))
> +			return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_exec_prepare_array);
> +
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DRM execution context");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL");
> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_exec.h b/include/drm/drm_exec.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..2a7b09d5101e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/drm/drm_exec.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR MIT */
> +
> +#ifndef __DRM_EXEC_H__
> +#define __DRM_EXEC_H__
> +
> +#include <linux/ww_mutex.h>
> +
> +#define DRM_EXEC_INTERRUPTIBLE_WAIT	BIT(0)
> +#define DRM_EXEC_IGNORE_DUPLICATES	BIT(1)
> +
> +struct drm_gem_object;
> +
> +/**
> + * struct drm_exec - Execution context
> + */
> +struct drm_exec {
> +	/**
> +	 * @flags: Flags to control locking behavior
> +	 */
> +	uint32_t		flags;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @ticket: WW ticket used for acquiring locks
> +	 */
> +	struct ww_acquire_ctx	ticket;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @num_objects: number of objects locked
> +	 */
> +	unsigned int		num_objects;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @max_objects: maximum objects in array
> +	 */
> +	unsigned int		max_objects;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @objects: array of the locked objects
> +	 */
> +	struct drm_gem_object	**objects;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @contended: contended GEM object we backed off for
> +	 */
> +	struct drm_gem_object	*contended;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @prelocked: already locked GEM object due to contention
> +	 */
> +	struct drm_gem_object *prelocked;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_for_each_locked_object - iterate over all the locked objects
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + * @index: unsigned long index for the iteration
> + * @obj: the current GEM object
> + *
> + * Iterate over all the locked GEM objects inside the drm_exec object.
> + */
> +#define drm_exec_for_each_locked_object(exec, index, obj)	\
> +	for (index = 0, obj = (exec)->objects[0];		\
> +	     index < (exec)->num_objects;			\
> +	     ++index, obj = (exec)->objects[index])
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_until_all_locked - loop until all GEM objects are locked
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + *
> + * Core functionality of the drm_exec object. Loops until all GEM objects are
> + * locked and no more contention exists. At the beginning of the loop it is
> + * guaranteed that no GEM object is locked.
> + *
> + * Since labels can't be defined local to the loops body we use a jump pointer
> + * to make sure that the retry is only used from within the loops body.
> + */
> +#define drm_exec_until_all_locked(exec)				\
> +	for (void *__drm_exec_retry_ptr; ({			\
> +		__label__ __drm_exec_retry;			\
> +__drm_exec_retry:						\
> +		__drm_exec_retry_ptr = &&__drm_exec_retry;	\
> +		drm_exec_cleanup(exec);				\
> +	});)
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_retry_on_contention - restart the loop to grap all locks
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + *
> + * Control flow helper to continue when a contention was detected and we need to
> + * clean up and re-start the loop to prepare all GEM objects.
> + */
> +#define drm_exec_retry_on_contention(exec)		\
> +	if (unlikely(drm_exec_is_contended(exec)))	\
> +		goto *__drm_exec_retry_ptr
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_exec_is_contended - check for contention
> + * @exec: drm_exec object
> + *
> + * Returns true if the drm_exec object has run into some contention while
> + * locking a GEM object and needs to clean up.
> + */
> +static inline bool drm_exec_is_contended(struct drm_exec *exec)
> +{
> +	return !!exec->contended;
> +}
> +
> +void drm_exec_init(struct drm_exec *exec, uint32_t flags);
> +void drm_exec_fini(struct drm_exec *exec);
> +bool drm_exec_cleanup(struct drm_exec *exec);
> +int drm_exec_lock_obj(struct drm_exec *exec, struct drm_gem_object *obj);
> +void drm_exec_unlock_obj(struct drm_exec *exec, struct drm_gem_object *obj);
> +int drm_exec_prepare_obj(struct drm_exec *exec, struct drm_gem_object *obj,
> +			 unsigned int num_fences);
> +int drm_exec_prepare_array(struct drm_exec *exec,
> +			   struct drm_gem_object **objects,
> +			   unsigned int num_objects,
> +			   unsigned int num_fences);
> +
> +#endif


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