[PATCH i-g-t v3 01/10] tests/intel/xe_drm_fdinfo: Extend mercy to the upper end

[Nirmoy Das]

On 8/28/2024 4:44 PM, Nirmoy Das wrote:
>
> On 8/27/2024 6:54 PM, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
>> When we are processing the fdinfo of each client, the gpu time is read
>> first, and then later all the exec queues are accumulated. It's thus
>> possible that the total gpu time is smaller than the time reported in
>> the exec queues. A preemption in the middle of second sample would
>> exaggerate the problem:
>>                   total_cycles          cycles
>>     s1: read exec queues times            *
>>     s1: read gpu time        |        *
>>     .                |        *
>>     .                |        *
>>     .                |        *
>>     -> xe_spin_end()        |        *
>>     s2: read exec queues times    |
>>     s2: read gpu time        |
>>
>> There's nothing guaranteeing and atomic read between the gpu time and
>> exec_queue time in either s1 or s2. Due to the call to xe_spin_end(),
>> in which exec_queue tick stops and gpu tick continues, it's much more
>> likely delta_total_cycles > cycles. However, if there was any additional
>> delay between the readout in s1, it could also go the other way.
>>
>> In a more realistic situation, as reported in CI:
>>
>>     (xe_drm_fdinfo:1072) DEBUG: rcs: sample 1: cycles 29223333, 
>> total_cycles 5801623069
>>     (xe_drm_fdinfo:1072) DEBUG: rcs: sample 2: cycles 38974256, 
>> total_cycles 5811276365
>>     (xe_drm_fdinfo:1072) DEBUG: rcs: percent: 101.000000
>>
>> Extend the same mercy to the upper end as we did to the lower end.
>> This also matches the tolerance applied on the i915 side in
>> tests/intel/drm_fdinfo.c:__assert_within_epsilon().
>>
>> v2: Fix the commit message since the problem is actually on sample1, not
>>      sample2
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi at intel.com>
>
> LGTM thanks for the detailed description.
>
> Reviewed-by: Nirmoy.das at intel.com

I was too quick.


Reviewed-by: Nirmoy Das <nirmoy.das at intel.com>
>
>> ---
>>   tests/intel/xe_drm_fdinfo.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tests/intel/xe_drm_fdinfo.c b/tests/intel/xe_drm_fdinfo.c
>> index 4696c6495..e3a99a2dc 100644
>> --- a/tests/intel/xe_drm_fdinfo.c
>> +++ b/tests/intel/xe_drm_fdinfo.c
>> @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ check_results(struct pceu_cycles *s1, struct 
>> pceu_cycles *s2,
>>       igt_debug("%s: percent: %f\n", engine_map[class], percent);
>>         if (flags & TEST_BUSY)
>> -        igt_assert(percent >= 95 && percent <= 100);
>> +        igt_assert(percent >= 95 && percent <= 105);
>>       else
>>           igt_assert(!percent);
>>   }