[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 1/1] i915/gem_scheduler: Ensure submission order in manycontexts

[John Harrison]

On 7/27/2021 11:20, Matthew Brost wrote:
> With GuC submission contexts can get reordered (compared to submission
> order), if contexts get reordered the sequential nature of the batches
> releasing the next batch's semaphore in function timesliceN() get broken
> resulting in the test taking much longer than if should. e.g. Every
> contexts needs to be timesliced to release the next batch. Corking the
> first submission until all the batches have been submitted should ensure
> submission order.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> ---
>   tests/i915/gem_exec_schedule.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tests/i915/gem_exec_schedule.c b/tests/i915/gem_exec_schedule.c
> index f03842478..41f2591a5 100644
> --- a/tests/i915/gem_exec_schedule.c
> +++ b/tests/i915/gem_exec_schedule.c
> @@ -597,12 +597,13 @@ static void timesliceN(int i915, const intel_ctx_cfg_t *cfg,
>   	struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2 execbuf  = {
>   		.buffers_ptr = to_user_pointer(&obj),
>   		.buffer_count = 1,
> -		.flags = engine | I915_EXEC_FENCE_OUT,
> +		.flags = engine | I915_EXEC_FENCE_OUT | I915_EXEC_FENCE_SUBMIT,
>   	};
>   	uint32_t *result =
>   		gem_mmap__device_coherent(i915, obj.handle, 0, sz, PROT_READ);
>   	const intel_ctx_t *ctx;
>   	int fence[count];
> +	IGT_CORK_FENCE(cork);
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * Create a pair of interlocking batches, that ping pong
> @@ -614,6 +615,17 @@ static void timesliceN(int i915, const intel_ctx_cfg_t *cfg,
>   	igt_require(gem_scheduler_has_timeslicing(i915));
>   	igt_require(intel_gen(intel_get_drm_devid(i915)) >= 8);
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * With GuC submission contexts can get reordered (compared to
> +	 * submission order), if contexts get reordered the sequential
> +	 * nature of the batches releasing the next batch's semaphore gets
> +	 * broken resulting in the test taking much longer than it should (e.g.
> +	 * every context needs to be timesliced to release the next batch).
> +	 * Corking the first submission until all batches have been
> +	 * submitted should ensure submission order.
> +	 */
> +	execbuf.rsvd2 = igt_cork_plug(&cork, i915);
> +
>   	/* No coupling between requests; free to timeslice */
>   
>   	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> @@ -624,8 +636,10 @@ static void timesliceN(int i915, const intel_ctx_cfg_t *cfg,
>   		intel_ctx_destroy(i915, ctx);
>   
>   		fence[i] = execbuf.rsvd2 >> 32;
> +		execbuf.rsvd2 >>= 32;
This means you are passing fence_out[A] as fenc_in[B]? I.e. this patch 
is also changing the behaviour to make each batch dependent upon the 
previous one. That change is not mentioned in the new comment. It is 
also the exact opposite of the comment immediately above the loop - 'No 
coupling between requests'.

John.


>   	}
>   
> +	igt_cork_unplug(&cork);
>   	gem_sync(i915, obj.handle);
>   	gem_close(i915, obj.handle);
>