[PATCH 2/2] drm/panthor: Fix sync-only jobs

Liviu Dudau liviu.dudau at arm.com
Sat Jun 29 12:10:35 UTC 2024


On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 10:52:56AM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:34:57 +0100
> Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau at arm.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 04:55:36PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > A sync-only job is meant to provide a synchronization point on a
> > > queue, so we can't return a NULL fence there, we have to add a signal
> > > operation to the command stream which executes after all other
> > > previously submitted jobs are done.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: de8548813824 ("drm/panthor: Add the scheduler logical block")
> > > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon at collabora.com>  
> > 
> > Took me a bit longer to read, lets blame Friday.
> > 
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > >  include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h          |  5 +++
> > >  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
> > > index 79ffcbc41d78..951ff7e63ea8 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
> > > @@ -458,6 +458,16 @@ struct panthor_queue {
> > >  		/** @seqno: Sequence number of the last initialized fence. */
> > >  		atomic64_t seqno;
> > >  
> > > +		/**
> > > +		 * @last_fence: Fence of the last submitted job.
> > > +		 *
> > > +		 * We return this fence when we get an empty command stream.
> > > +		 * This way, we are guaranteed that all earlier jobs have completed
> > > +		 * when drm_sched_job::s_fence::finished without having to feed
> > > +		 * the CS ring buffer with a dummy job that only signals the fence.
> > > +		 */
> > > +		struct dma_fence *last_fence;
> > > +
> > >  		/**
> > >  		 * @in_flight_jobs: List containing all in-flight jobs.
> > >  		 *
> > > @@ -829,6 +839,9 @@ static void group_free_queue(struct panthor_group *group, struct panthor_queue *
> > >  	panthor_kernel_bo_destroy(queue->ringbuf);
> > >  	panthor_kernel_bo_destroy(queue->iface.mem);
> > >  
> > > +	/* Release the last_fence we were holding, if any. */
> > > +	dma_fence_put(queue->fence_ctx.last_fence);
> > > +
> > >  	kfree(queue);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > @@ -2865,11 +2878,14 @@ queue_run_job(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
> > >  	static_assert(sizeof(call_instrs) % 64 == 0,
> > >  		      "call_instrs is not aligned on a cacheline");
> > >  
> > > -	/* Stream size is zero, nothing to do => return a NULL fence and let
> > > -	 * drm_sched signal the parent.
> > > +	/* Stream size is zero, nothing to do except making sure all previously
> > > +	 * submitted jobs are done before we signal the
> > > +	 * drm_sched_job::s_fence::finished fence.
> > >  	 */
> > > -	if (!job->call_info.size)
> > > -		return NULL;
> > > +	if (!job->call_info.size) {
> > > +		job->done_fence = dma_fence_get(queue->fence_ctx.last_fence);
> > > +		return job->done_fence;  
> > 
> > What happens if the last job's done_fence was cancelled or timed out? Is the
> > sync job's done_fence going to be signalled with the same error?
> 
> It's the same object, so yes, the job will also be considered faulty
> (the error propagated to the job::s_fence::finished fence). I guess
> synchronization jobs are not supposed to fail/timeout in theory, because
> they don't do anything, but I don't think that's an issue in
> practice, because dma_fence errors are never propagated to user-space
> (only the queue status is).
> 
> > 
> > Now that we're returning a fence here, should the job be also added into the
> > in_flight_jobs?
> 
> Yeah, that's done on purpose, such that we don't end up signalling the
> same dma_fence object twice (which is forbidden).

That's the thing I was trying to figure out on Friday: how do we stop the fence
returned as last_fence for the sync job to be signalled after the job's done_fence
has also been signalled. I can't say that I found a good answer, if you can point
me to what I've missed it will be appreciated.

> This makes me realize
> I should probably drop the 'is_cs_empty()' check in
> group_sync_upd_work(), since we're not supposed to have a job with an
> empty CS in the in_flight_jobs list.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
> index 951ff7e63ea8..8bf01b7b1596 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_sched.c
> @@ -2797,9 +2797,6 @@ static void group_sync_upd_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  
>                 spin_lock(&queue->fence_ctx.lock);
>                 list_for_each_entry_safe(job, job_tmp, &queue->fence_ctx.in_flight_jobs, node) {
> -                       if (!job->call_info.size)
> -                               continue;
> -
>                         if (syncobj->seqno < job->done_fence->seqno)
>                                 break;

Looks good to me.

Best regards,
Liviu

> 
> 
> > 
> > If you're happy with depending on the previous job's done_fence and not
> > track the sync job in in_flight_jobs, then you can have my
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau at arm.com>
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Liviu
> > 
> > > +	}
> > >  
> > >  	ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(ptdev->base.dev);
> > >  	if (drm_WARN_ON(&ptdev->base, ret))
> > > @@ -2928,6 +2944,10 @@ queue_run_job(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
> > >  		}
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > +	/* Update the last fence. */
> > > +	dma_fence_put(queue->fence_ctx.last_fence);
> > > +	queue->fence_ctx.last_fence = dma_fence_get(job->done_fence);
> > > +
> > >  	done_fence = dma_fence_get(job->done_fence);
> > >  
> > >  out_unlock:
> > > @@ -3378,10 +3398,15 @@ panthor_job_create(struct panthor_file *pfile,
> > >  		goto err_put_job;
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > -	job->done_fence = kzalloc(sizeof(*job->done_fence), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > -	if (!job->done_fence) {
> > > -		ret = -ENOMEM;
> > > -		goto err_put_job;
> > > +	/* Empty command streams don't need a fence, they'll pick the one from
> > > +	 * the previously submitted job.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (job->call_info.size) {
> > > +		job->done_fence = kzalloc(sizeof(*job->done_fence), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +		if (!job->done_fence) {
> > > +			ret = -ENOMEM;
> > > +			goto err_put_job;
> > > +		}
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > >  	ret = drm_sched_job_init(&job->base,
> > > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h
> > > index aaed8e12ad0b..926b1deb1116 100644
> > > --- a/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h
> > > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h
> > > @@ -802,6 +802,9 @@ struct drm_panthor_queue_submit {
> > >  	 * Must be 64-bit/8-byte aligned (the size of a CS instruction)
> > >  	 *
> > >  	 * Can be zero if stream_addr is zero too.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * When the stream size is zero, the queue submit serves as a
> > > +	 * synchronization point.
> > >  	 */
> > >  	__u32 stream_size;
> > >  
> > > @@ -822,6 +825,8 @@ struct drm_panthor_queue_submit {
> > >  	 * ensure the GPU doesn't get garbage when reading the indirect command
> > >  	 * stream buffers. If you want the cache flush to happen
> > >  	 * unconditionally, pass a zero here.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * Ignored when stream_size is zero.
> > >  	 */
> > >  	__u32 latest_flush;
> > >  
> > > -- 
> > > 2.45.0
> > >   
> > 
> 

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