[PATCH 06/10] drm/i915/execlists: Force preemption

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Sat Oct 19 08:15:59 UTC 2019


If the preempted context takes too long to relinquish control, e.g. it
is stuck inside a shader with arbitration disabled, evict that context
with an engine reset. This ensures that preemptions are reasonably
responsive, providing a tighter QoS for the more important context at
the cost of flagging unresponsive contexts more frequently (i.e. instead
of using an ~10s hangcheck, we now evict at ~100ms).  The challenge of
lies in picking a timeout that can be reasonably serviced by HW for
typical workloads, balancing the existing clients against the needs for
responsiveness.

Note that coupled with timeslicing, this will lead to rapid GPU "hang"
detection with multiple active contexts vying for GPU time.

The preempt timeout can be adjusted per-engine using,

	/sys/class/drm/card?/engine/*/preempt_timeout_ms

v2: Couple in sysfs control of preemption timeout

Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.profile         |  15 +++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h       |   9 ++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c    |   5 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c |  47 +++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h |   6 ++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c          |  92 +++++++++++++++--
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c       | 100 +++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h           |   2 +-
 8 files changed, 266 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.profile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.profile
index b8df80bc0b47..00bd37aa88d3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.profile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.profile
@@ -43,3 +43,18 @@ config DRM_I915_TIMESLICE_DURATION
 	  /sys/class/drm/card?/engine/*/timeslice_duration_ms
 
 	  May be 0 to disable timeslicing.
+
+config DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT
+	int "Preempt timeout (ms, jiffy granularity)"
+	default 100 # milliseconds
+	help
+	  How long to wait (in milliseconds) for a preemption event to occur
+	  when submitting a new context via execlists. If the current context
+	  does not hit an arbitration point and yield to HW before the timer
+	  expires, the HW will be reset to allow the more important context
+	  to execute.
+
+	  This is adjustable via
+	  /sys/class/drm/card?/engine/*/preempt_timeout_ms
+
+	  May be 0 to disable the timeout.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
index 393481374f96..ef4b8fdc0a24 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
@@ -534,4 +534,13 @@ intel_engine_has_timeslices(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 	return intel_engine_has_semaphores(engine);
 }
 
+static inline bool
+intel_engine_has_preempt_reset(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	if (!CONFIG_DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT)
+		return 0;
+
+	return intel_engine_has_preemption(engine);
+}
+
 #endif /* _INTEL_RINGBUFFER_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index b93dbed67fe7..a9f6a7badd7d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ static int intel_engine_setup(struct intel_gt *gt, enum intel_engine_id id)
 
 	engine->props.timeslice_duration_ms =
 		CONFIG_DRM_I915_TIMESLICE_DURATION;
+	engine->props.preempt_timeout_ms =
+		CONFIG_DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT;
 
 	/*
 	 * To be overridden by the backend on setup. However to facilitate
@@ -1321,10 +1323,11 @@ static void intel_engine_print_registers(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		unsigned int idx;
 		u8 read, write;
 
-		drm_printf(m, "\tExeclist tasklet queued? %s (%s), timeslice? %s\n",
+		drm_printf(m, "\tExeclist tasklet queued? %s (%s), preempt? %s, timeslice? %s\n",
 			   yesno(test_bit(TASKLET_STATE_SCHED,
 					  &engine->execlists.tasklet.state)),
 			   enableddisabled(!atomic_read(&engine->execlists.tasklet.count)),
+			   repr_timer(&engine->execlists.preempt),
 			   repr_timer(&engine->execlists.timer));
 
 		read = execlists->csb_head;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c
index 78d1def2711e..d54f79018387 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c
@@ -175,6 +175,49 @@ timeslice_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 static struct kobj_attribute timeslice_duration_attr =
 __ATTR(timeslice_duration_ms, 0644, timeslice_show, timeslice_store);
 
+static ssize_t
+preempt_timeout_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+		     char *buf)
+{
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = kobj_to_engine(kobj);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", engine->props.preempt_timeout_ms);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+preempt_timeout_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+		      const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = kobj_to_engine(kobj);
+	unsigned long long timeout;
+	int err;
+
+	err = kstrtoull(buf, 0, &timeout);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	if (timeout > jiffies_to_msecs(MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	WRITE_ONCE(engine->props.preempt_timeout_ms, timeout);
+
+	if (READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.pending[0])) {
+		struct timer_list *t = &engine->execlists.preempt;
+
+		if (!timeout) {
+			cancel_timer(t);
+		} else {
+			timeout = msecs_to_jiffies_timeout(timeout);
+			mod_timer(t, jiffies + timeout);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static struct kobj_attribute preempt_timeout_attr =
+__ATTR(preempt_timeout_ms, 0644, preempt_timeout_show, preempt_timeout_store);
+
 static void kobj_engine_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
 	kfree(kobj);
@@ -239,6 +282,10 @@ void intel_engines_add_sysfs(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 		    sysfs_create_file(kobj, &timeslice_duration_attr.attr))
 			goto err_engine;
 
+		if (intel_engine_has_preempt_reset(engine) &&
+		    sysfs_create_file(kobj, &preempt_timeout_attr.attr))
+			goto err_engine;
+
 		if (0) {
 err_object:
 			kobject_put(kobj);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
index 89a9616e8539..0c35728f66e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ struct intel_engine_execlists {
 	 */
 	struct timer_list timer;
 
+	/**
+	 * @preempt: reset the current context if it fails to give way
+	 */
+	struct timer_list preempt;
+
 	/**
 	 * @default_priolist: priority list for I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL
 	 */
@@ -545,6 +550,7 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 
 	struct {
 		unsigned long timeslice_duration_ms;
+		unsigned long preempt_timeout_ms;
 	} props;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index a2ba5865e3e1..4cb5770334d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1419,6 +1419,25 @@ static void record_preemption(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
 	(void)I915_SELFTEST_ONLY(execlists->preempt_hang.count++);
 }
 
+static unsigned long active_preempt_timeout(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	struct i915_request *rq;
+
+	rq = last_active(&engine->execlists);
+	if (!rq)
+		return 0;
+
+	return READ_ONCE(engine->props.preempt_timeout_ms);
+}
+
+static void set_preempt_timeout(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	if (!intel_engine_has_preempt_reset(engine))
+		return;
+
+	__set_timer(&engine->execlists.preempt, active_preempt_timeout(engine));
+}
+
 static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
@@ -1795,6 +1814,8 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 
 		memset(port + 1, 0, (last_port - port) * sizeof(*port));
 		execlists_submit_ports(engine);
+
+		set_preempt_timeout(engine);
 	} else {
 skip_submit:
 		ring_set_paused(engine, 0);
@@ -2032,6 +2053,43 @@ static void __execlists_submission_tasklet(struct intel_engine_cs *const engine)
 	}
 }
 
+static noinline void preempt_reset(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	const unsigned int bit = I915_RESET_ENGINE + engine->id;
+	unsigned long *lock = &engine->gt->reset.flags;
+
+	if (i915_modparams.reset < 3)
+		return;
+
+	if (test_and_set_bit(bit, lock))
+		return;
+
+	/* Mark this tasklet as disabled to avoid waiting for it to complete */
+	tasklet_disable_nosync(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+
+	GEM_TRACE("%s: preempt timeout %lu+%ums\n",
+		  engine->name,
+		  engine->props.preempt_timeout_ms,
+		  jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - engine->execlists.preempt.expires));
+	intel_engine_reset(engine, "preemption time out");
+
+	tasklet_enable(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+	clear_and_wake_up_bit(bit, lock);
+}
+
+static bool preempt_timeout(const struct intel_engine_cs *const engine)
+{
+	const struct timer_list *t = &engine->execlists.preempt;
+
+	if (!CONFIG_DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT)
+		return false;
+
+	if (!timer_expired(t))
+		return false;
+
+	return READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.pending[0]);
+}
+
 /*
  * Check the unread Context Status Buffers and manage the submission of new
  * contexts to the ELSP accordingly.
@@ -2039,23 +2097,39 @@ static void __execlists_submission_tasklet(struct intel_engine_cs *const engine)
 static void execlists_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_cs * const engine = (struct intel_engine_cs *)data;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	bool timeout = preempt_timeout(engine);
 
 	process_csb(engine);
-	if (!READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.pending[0])) {
+	if (!READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.pending[0]) || timeout) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->active.lock, flags);
 		__execlists_submission_tasklet(engine);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->active.lock, flags);
+
+		/* Recheck after serialising with direct-submission */
+		if (timeout && preempt_timeout(engine))
+			preempt_reset(engine);
 	}
 }
 
-static void execlists_submission_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+static void __execlists_kick(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
 {
-	struct intel_engine_cs *engine =
-		from_timer(engine, timer, execlists.timer);
-
 	/* Kick the tasklet for some interrupt coalescing and reset handling */
-	tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+	tasklet_hi_schedule(&execlists->tasklet);
+}
+
+#define execlists_kick(t, member) \
+	__execlists_kick(container_of(t, struct intel_engine_execlists, member))
+
+static void execlists_timeslice(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+	execlists_kick(timer, timer);
+}
+
+static void execlists_preempt(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+	execlists_kick(timer, preempt);
 }
 
 static void queue_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
@@ -3504,6 +3578,7 @@ gen12_emit_fini_breadcrumb_rcs(struct i915_request *request, u32 *cs)
 static void execlists_park(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	cancel_timer(&engine->execlists.timer);
+	cancel_timer(&engine->execlists.preempt);
 }
 
 void intel_execlists_set_default_submission(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
@@ -3621,7 +3696,8 @@ int intel_execlists_submission_setup(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	tasklet_init(&engine->execlists.tasklet,
 		     execlists_submission_tasklet, (unsigned long)engine);
-	timer_setup(&engine->execlists.timer, execlists_submission_timer, 0);
+	timer_setup(&engine->execlists.timer, execlists_timeslice, 0);
+	timer_setup(&engine->execlists.preempt, execlists_preempt, 0);
 
 	logical_ring_default_vfuncs(engine);
 	logical_ring_default_irqs(engine);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
index 7190204fb0fb..e63f36e392ff 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
@@ -1711,6 +1711,105 @@ static int live_preempt_hang(void *arg)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int live_preempt_timeout(void *arg)
+{
+	struct intel_gt *gt = arg;
+	struct i915_gem_context *ctx_hi, *ctx_lo;
+	struct igt_spinner spin_lo;
+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
+	enum intel_engine_id id;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	/*
+	 * Check that we force preemption to occur by cancelling the previous
+	 * context if it refuses to yield the GPU.
+	 */
+	if (!CONFIG_DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!HAS_LOGICAL_RING_PREEMPTION(gt->i915))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!intel_has_reset_engine(gt))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (igt_spinner_init(&spin_lo, gt))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ctx_hi = kernel_context(gt->i915);
+	if (!ctx_hi)
+		goto err_spin_lo;
+	ctx_hi->sched.priority =
+		I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_CONTEXT_MAX_USER_PRIORITY);
+
+	ctx_lo = kernel_context(gt->i915);
+	if (!ctx_lo)
+		goto err_ctx_hi;
+	ctx_lo->sched.priority =
+		I915_USER_PRIORITY(I915_CONTEXT_MIN_USER_PRIORITY);
+
+	for_each_engine(engine, gt, id) {
+		unsigned long saved_timeout;
+		struct i915_request *rq;
+
+		if (!intel_engine_has_preemption(engine))
+			continue;
+
+		rq = spinner_create_request(&spin_lo, ctx_lo, engine,
+					    MI_NOOP); /* preemption disabled */
+		if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(rq);
+			goto err_ctx_lo;
+		}
+
+		i915_request_add(rq);
+		if (!igt_wait_for_spinner(&spin_lo, rq)) {
+			intel_gt_set_wedged(gt);
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto err_ctx_lo;
+		}
+
+		rq = igt_request_alloc(ctx_hi, engine);
+		if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
+			igt_spinner_end(&spin_lo);
+			err = PTR_ERR(rq);
+			goto err_ctx_lo;
+		}
+
+		/* Flush the previous CS ack before changing timeouts */
+		while (READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.pending[0]))
+			cpu_relax();
+
+		saved_timeout = engine->props.preempt_timeout_ms;
+		engine->props.preempt_timeout_ms = 1; /* in ms, -> 1 jiffie */
+
+		i915_request_get(rq);
+		i915_request_add(rq);
+
+		intel_engine_flush_submission(engine);
+		engine->props.preempt_timeout_ms = saved_timeout;
+
+		if (i915_request_wait(rq, 0, HZ / 10) < 0) {
+			intel_gt_set_wedged(gt);
+			i915_request_put(rq);
+			err = -ETIME;
+			goto err_ctx_lo;
+		}
+
+		igt_spinner_end(&spin_lo);
+		i915_request_put(rq);
+	}
+
+	err = 0;
+err_ctx_lo:
+	kernel_context_close(ctx_lo);
+err_ctx_hi:
+	kernel_context_close(ctx_hi);
+err_spin_lo:
+	igt_spinner_fini(&spin_lo);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int random_range(struct rnd_state *rnd, int min, int max)
 {
 	return i915_prandom_u32_max_state(max - min, rnd) + min;
@@ -2612,6 +2711,7 @@ int intel_execlists_live_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 		SUBTEST(live_suppress_wait_preempt),
 		SUBTEST(live_chain_preempt),
 		SUBTEST(live_preempt_hang),
+		SUBTEST(live_preempt_timeout),
 		SUBTEST(live_preempt_smoke),
 		SUBTEST(live_virtual_engine),
 		SUBTEST(live_virtual_mask),
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
index d29ade3b7de6..56058978bb27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct drm_printer;
 	param(char *, dmc_firmware_path, NULL) \
 	param(int, mmio_debug, -IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG_MMIO)) \
 	param(int, edp_vswing, 0) \
-	param(int, reset, 2) \
+	param(int, reset, 3) \
 	param(unsigned int, inject_load_failure, 0) \
 	param(int, fastboot, -1) \
 	param(int, enable_dpcd_backlight, 0) \
-- 
2.24.0.rc0



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