[RFC PATCH V2] drm/xe/guc: Use exec queue hints for GT frequency

Souza, Jose jose.souza at intel.com
Thu Jan 9 14:36:13 UTC 2025


On Thu, 2025-01-09 at 17:37 +0530, Tejas Upadhyay wrote:
> Allow user to provide a low latency hint per exec queue. When set,
> KMD sends a hint to GuC which results in special handling for this
> exec queue. SLPC will ramp the GT frequency aggressively every time
> it switches to this exec queue.
> 
> We need to enable the use of SLPC Compute strategy during init, but
> it will apply only to exec queues that set this bit during exec queue
> creation.
> 
> Improvement with this approach as below:
> 
> Before,
> 
> :~$ NEOReadDebugKeys=1 EnableDirectSubmission=0 clpeak --kernel-latency
> Platform: Intel(R) OpenCL Graphics
>   Device: Intel(R) Graphics [0xe20b]
>     Driver version  : 24.52.0 (Linux x64)
>     Compute units   : 160
>     Clock frequency : 2850 MHz
>     Kernel launch latency : 283.16 us
> 
> After,
> 
> :~$ NEOReadDebugKeys=1 EnableDirectSubmission=0 clpeak --kernel-latency
> Platform: Intel(R) OpenCL Graphics
>   Device: Intel(R) Graphics [0xe20b]
>     Driver version  : 24.52.0 (Linux x64)
>     Compute units   : 160
>     Clock frequency : 2850 MHz
> 
>     Kernel launch latency : 63.38 us
> 
> UMD will indicate low latency hint with flag as mentioned below,
> 
> *     struct drm_xe_exec_queue_create exec_queue_create = {
> *          .flags = DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT or 0
> *          .extensions = 0,
> *          .vm_id = vm,
> *          .num_bb_per_exec = 1,
> *          .num_eng_per_bb = 1,
> *          .instances = to_user_pointer(&instance),
> *     };
> *     ioctl(fd, DRM_IOCTL_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_CREATE, &exec_queue_create);
> 
> Link to UMD PR : https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/pull/794
> 
> Note: There is outstanding issue on guc side to be not able to switch to max
> frequency as per strategy indicated by KMD, so for experminet/test result
> hardcoding apporch was taken and passed to guc as policy. Effort on debugging
> from guc side is going on in parallel.
> 
> V2:
>   - DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT 1 is already planned for other hint(Szymon)
>   - Add motivation to description (Lucas)
> 
> Cc:dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc:vinay.belgaumkar at intel.com
> Cc:Michal Mrozek <michal.mrozek at intel.com>
> Cc:Szymon Morek <szymon.morek at intel.com>
> Cc:José Roberto de Souza <jose.souza at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tejas Upadhyay <tejas.upadhyay at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h |  3 +++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c            |  7 ++++---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c                | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c            |  7 +++++++
>  include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h                     |  3 ++-
>  5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h
> index 85abe4f09ae2..c50075b8270f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h
> @@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ struct slpc_task_state_data {
>  	};
>  } __packed;
>  
> +#define SLPC_EXEC_QUEUE_FREQ_REQ_IS_COMPUTE	REG_BIT(28)
> +#define SLPC_OPTIMIZED_STRATEGY_COMPUTE		REG_BIT(0)
> +
>  struct slpc_shared_data_header {
>  	/* Total size in bytes of this shared buffer. */
>  	u32 size;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
> index 8948f50ee58f..7747ba6c4bb8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
> @@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ int xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>  	u32 len;
>  	int err;
>  
> -	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->flags) ||
> +	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->flags &&
> +			 !(args->flags & DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT)) ||
>  	    XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->reserved[0] || args->reserved[1]))
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> @@ -578,7 +579,7 @@ int xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>  
>  		for_each_tile(tile, xe, id) {
>  			struct xe_exec_queue *new;
> -			u32 flags = EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_VM;
> +			u32 flags = args->flags | EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_VM;
>  
>  			if (id)
>  				flags |= EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_BIND_ENGINE_CHILD;
> @@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ int xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>  		}
>  
>  		q = xe_exec_queue_create(xe, vm, logical_mask,
> -					 args->width, hwe, 0,
> +					 args->width, hwe, args->flags,
>  					 args->extensions);
>  		up_read(&vm->lock);
>  		xe_vm_put(vm);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c
> index df7f130fb663..ff0b98ccf1a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c
> @@ -992,6 +992,19 @@ static int pc_init_freqs(struct xe_guc_pc *pc)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static int xe_guc_pc_set_strategy(struct xe_guc_pc *pc, u32 val)
> +{
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	xe_pm_runtime_get(pc_to_xe(pc));
> +	ret = pc_action_set_param(pc,
> +				  SLPC_PARAM_STRATEGIES,
> +				  val);
> +	xe_pm_runtime_put(pc_to_xe(pc));
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * xe_guc_pc_start - Start GuC's Power Conservation component
>   * @pc: Xe_GuC_PC instance
> @@ -1052,6 +1065,9 @@ int xe_guc_pc_start(struct xe_guc_pc *pc)
>  
>  	ret = pc_action_setup_gucrc(pc, GUCRC_FIRMWARE_CONTROL);
>  
> +	/* Enable SLPC Optimized Strategy for compute */
> +	xe_guc_pc_set_strategy(pc, SLPC_OPTIMIZED_STRATEGY_COMPUTE);
> +
>  out:
>  	xe_force_wake_put(gt_to_fw(gt), fw_ref);
>  	return ret;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> index 9c36329fe857..88a1987ac360 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
>  #include <drm/drm_managed.h>
>  
>  #include "abi/guc_actions_abi.h"
> +#include "abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h"
>  #include "abi/guc_klvs_abi.h"
>  #include "regs/xe_lrc_layout.h"
>  #include "xe_assert.h"
> @@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ static void __guc_exec_queue_policy_add_##func(struct exec_queue_policy *policy,
>  MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD(execution_quantum, EXECUTION_QUANTUM)
>  MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD(preemption_timeout, PREEMPTION_TIMEOUT)
>  MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD(priority, SCHEDULING_PRIORITY)
> +MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD(slpc_ctx_freq_req, SLPM_GT_FREQUENCY)
>  #undef MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD
>  
>  static const int xe_exec_queue_prio_to_guc[] = {
> @@ -414,14 +416,19 @@ static void init_policies(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q)
>  	struct exec_queue_policy policy;
>  	enum xe_exec_queue_priority prio = q->sched_props.priority;
>  	u32 timeslice_us = q->sched_props.timeslice_us;
> +	u32 slpc_ctx_freq_req = 0;
>  	u32 preempt_timeout_us = q->sched_props.preempt_timeout_us;
>  
>  	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), exec_queue_registered(q));
>  
> +	if (q->flags & DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT)
> +		slpc_ctx_freq_req |= SLPC_EXEC_QUEUE_FREQ_REQ_IS_COMPUTE;
> +
>  	__guc_exec_queue_policy_start_klv(&policy, q->guc->id);
>  	__guc_exec_queue_policy_add_priority(&policy, xe_exec_queue_prio_to_guc[prio]);
>  	__guc_exec_queue_policy_add_execution_quantum(&policy, timeslice_us);
>  	__guc_exec_queue_policy_add_preemption_timeout(&policy, preempt_timeout_us);
> +	__guc_exec_queue_policy_add_slpc_ctx_freq_req(&policy, slpc_ctx_freq_req);
>  
>  	xe_guc_ct_send(&guc->ct, (u32 *)&policy.h2g,
>  		       __guc_exec_queue_policy_action_size(&policy), 0, 0);
> diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> index f62689ca861a..bd0150d2200c 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> @@ -1097,6 +1097,7 @@ struct drm_xe_vm_bind {
>   *         .engine_class = DRM_XE_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER,
>   *     };
>   *     struct drm_xe_exec_queue_create exec_queue_create = {
> + *          .flags = DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT or 0
>   *          .extensions = 0,
>   *          .vm_id = vm,
>   *          .num_bb_per_exec = 1,
> @@ -1110,7 +1111,6 @@ struct drm_xe_exec_queue_create {
>  #define DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_EXTENSION_SET_PROPERTY		0
>  #define   DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_PRIORITY		0
>  #define   DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_SET_PROPERTY_TIMESLICE		1
> -
>  	/** @extensions: Pointer to the first extension struct, if any */
>  	__u64 extensions;
>  
> @@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ struct drm_xe_exec_queue_create {
>  	/** @vm_id: VM to use for this exec queue */
>  	__u32 vm_id;
>  
> +#define DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT	(0x1 << 1)

we need a way to know if the KMD version running supports it or not.
I think a bit on drm_xe_query_config would do the job.

>  	/** @flags: MBZ */
>  	__u32 flags;
>  



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