[PATCH v4 00/11] Preemption support for A7XX
Akhil P Oommen
quic_akhilpo at quicinc.com
Fri Sep 20 16:14:25 UTC 2024
On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 08:39:30AM -0700, Rob Clark wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 12:46 AM Neil Armstrong
> <neil.armstrong at linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 17/09/2024 13:14, Antonino Maniscalco wrote:
> > > This series implements preemption for A7XX targets, which allows the GPU to
> > > switch to an higher priority ring when work is pushed to it, reducing latency
> > > for high priority submissions.
> > >
> > > This series enables L1 preemption with skip_save_restore which requires
> > > the following userspace patches to function:
> > >
> > > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/30544
> > >
> > > A flag is added to `msm_submitqueue_create` to only allow submissions
> > > from compatible userspace to be preempted, therefore maintaining
> > > compatibility.
> > >
> > > Preemption is currently only enabled by default on A750, it can be
> > > enabled on other targets through the `enable_preemption` module
> > > parameter. This is because more testing is required on other targets.
> > >
> > > For testing on other HW it is sufficient to set that parameter to a
> > > value of 1, then using the branch of mesa linked above, `TU_DEBUG=hiprio`
> > > allows to run any application as high priority therefore preempting
> > > submissions from other applications.
> > >
> > > The `msm_gpu_preemption_trigger` and `msm_gpu_preemption_irq` traces
> > > added in this series can be used to observe preemption's behavior as
> > > well as measuring preemption latency.
> > >
> > > Some commits from this series are based on a previous series to enable
> > > preemption on A6XX targets:
> > >
> > > https://lkml.kernel.org/1520489185-21828-1-git-send-email-smasetty@codeaurora.org
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Antonino Maniscalco <antomani103 at gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > > Changes in v4:
> > > - Added missing register in pwrup list
> > > - Removed and rearrange barriers
> > > - Renamed `skip_inline_wptr` to `restore_wptr`
> > > - Track ctx seqno per ring
> > > - Removed secure preempt context
> > > - NOP out postamble to disable it instantly
> > > - Only emit pwrup reglist once
> > > - Document bv_rptr_addr
> > > - Removed unused A6XX_PREEMPT_USER_RECORD_SIZE
> > > - Set name on preempt record buffer
> > > - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240905-preemption-a750-t-v3-0-fd947699f7bc@gmail.com
> > >
> > > Changes in v3:
> > > - Added documentation about preemption
> > > - Use quirks to determine which target supports preemption
> > > - Add a module parameter to force disabling or enabling preemption
> > > - Clear postamble when profiling
> > > - Define A6XX_CP_CONTEXT_SWITCH_CNTL_LEVEL fields in a6xx.xml
> > > - Make preemption records MAP_PRIV
> > > - Removed user ctx record (NON_PRIV) and patch 2/9 as it's not needed
> > > anymore
> > > - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240830-preemption-a750-t-v2-0-86aeead2cd80@gmail.com
> > >
> > > Changes in v2:
> > > - Added preept_record_size for X185 in PATCH 3/7
> > > - Added patches to reset perf counters
> > > - Dropped unused defines
> > > - Dropped unused variable (fixes warning)
> > > - Only enable preemption on a750
> > > - Reject MSM_SUBMITQUEUE_ALLOW_PREEMPT for unsupported targets
> > > - Added Akhil's Reviewed-By tags to patches 1/9,2/9,3/9
> > > - Added Neil's Tested-By tags
> > > - Added explanation for UAPI changes in commit message
> > > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240815-preemption-a750-t-v1-0-7bda26c34037@gmail.com
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Antonino Maniscalco (11):
> > > drm/msm: Fix bv_fence being used as bv_rptr
> > > drm/msm/A6XX: Track current_ctx_seqno per ring
> > > drm/msm: Add a `preempt_record_size` field
> > > drm/msm: Add CONTEXT_SWITCH_CNTL bitfields
> > > drm/msm/A6xx: Implement preemption for A7XX targets
> > > drm/msm/A6xx: Sync relevant adreno_pm4.xml changes
> > > drm/msm/A6xx: Use posamble to reset counters on preemption
> > > drm/msm/A6xx: Add traces for preemption
> > > drm/msm/A6XX: Add a flag to allow preemption to submitqueue_create
> > > drm/msm/A6xx: Enable preemption for A750
> > > Documentation: document adreno preemption
> > >
> > > Documentation/gpu/msm-preemption.rst | 98 +++++
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Makefile | 1 +
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a2xx_gpu.c | 2 +-
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a3xx_gpu.c | 2 +-
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a4xx_gpu.c | 2 +-
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c | 6 +-
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c | 7 +-
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c | 325 ++++++++++++++-
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.h | 174 ++++++++
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_preempt.c | 440 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h | 9 +-
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c | 4 +
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.c | 2 +-
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu.h | 11 -
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gpu_trace.h | 28 ++
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_ringbuffer.h | 18 +
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c | 3 +
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/adreno/a6xx.xml | 7 +-
> > > .../gpu/drm/msm/registers/adreno/adreno_pm4.xml | 39 +-
> > > include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h | 5 +-
> > > 20 files changed, 1117 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
> > > ---
> > > base-commit: 7c626ce4bae1ac14f60076d00eafe71af30450ba
> > > change-id: 20240815-preemption-a750-t-fcee9a844b39
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> >
> > I've been running vulkan-cts (1.3.7.3-0-gd71a36db16d98313c431829432a136dbda692a08 from Yocto)
> > on SM8650-QRD, SM8550-QRD & SM8450-HDK boards with enable_preemption in default value
> > and forced to 1, and I've seen no regression so far
> >
> > On SM8550, I've seen a few:
> > platform 3d6a000.gmu: [drm:a6xx_hfi_send_msg.constprop.0 [msm]] *ERROR* Message HFI_H2F_MSG_GX_BW_PERF_VOTE id 2743 timed out waiting for response
> > platform 3d6a000.gmu: [drm:a6xx_hfi_send_msg.constprop.0 [msm]] *ERROR* Unexpected message id 2743 on the response queue
> > but it's unrelated to preempt
> >
> > and on SM8450:
> > platform 3d6a000.gmu: [drm:a6xx_gmu_set_oob [msm]] *ERROR* Timeout waiting for GMU OOB set GPU_SET: 0x0
> > msm_dpu ae01000.display-controller: [drm:hangcheck_handler [msm]] *ERROR* 7.3.0.1: hangcheck detected gpu lockup rb 0!
> > msm_dpu ae01000.display-controller: [drm:hangcheck_handler [msm]] *ERROR* 7.3.0.1: completed fence: 331235
> > msm_dpu ae01000.display-controller: [drm:hangcheck_handler [msm]] *ERROR* 7.3.0.1: submitted fence: 331236
> > adreno 3d00000.gpu: [drm:a6xx_irq [msm]] *ERROR* gpu fault ring 0 fence 50de4 status 00800005 rb 0000/0699 ib1 0000000000000000/0000 ib2 0000000000000000/0000
> > msm_dpu ae01000.display-controller: [drm:recover_worker [msm]] *ERROR* 7.3.0.1: hangcheck recover!
> > msm_dpu ae01000.display-controller: [drm:recover_worker [msm]] *ERROR* 7.3.0.1: offending task: deqp-vk (/usr/lib/vulkan-cts/deqp-vk)
> > msm_dpu ae01000.display-controller: [drm:recover_worker [msm]] *ERROR* 7.3.0.1: hangcheck recover!
> > leading to a VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST, but again unrelated to preempt support.
>
> I suspect on newer devices we have trouble resetting the GMU, leading
> to (what I assume is happening here) the CPU thinking the GMU is in a
> different state than it is.
>
> Which has led to some stability issues on a660 in mesa CI, if anything
> crashes the gpu in the CI run it tends to kill the rest of the run
> until the board is power cycled.
>
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/msm/-/issues/37
>
> I think we have some work to do on making recovery more robust on
> things newer than early a6xx things.
Is this seen only with a particular scenario or is recovery always
broken? I fixed recovery on 7c3 (a660 based) a couple of year ago,
not sure what exactly regressed. At least I didn't see any issue on
x185.
-Akhil.
>
> BR,
> -R
>
> > So you can also add:
> > Tested-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong at linaro.org> # on SM8550-QRD
> > Tested-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong at linaro.org> # on SM8450-HDK
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Neil
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