[PATCH 22/34] drm/i915/execlists: Force preemption

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Sun Sep 22 18:18:51 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.

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         | 12 ++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c    |  2 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c | 31 +++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h |  4 ++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c          | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h           |  2 +-
 6 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.profile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.profile
index 48df8889a88a..3184e8491333 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.profile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.profile
@@ -25,3 +25,15 @@ config DRM_I915_SPIN_REQUEST
 	  May be 0 to disable the initial spin. In practice, we estimate
 	  the cost of enabling the interrupt (if currently disabled) to be
 	  a few microseconds.
+
+config DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT
+	int "Preempt timeout (ms)"
+	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.
+
+	  May be 0 to disable the timeout.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
index f451d5076bde..12855947bc9b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ static int intel_engine_setup(struct intel_gt *gt, enum intel_engine_id id)
 	engine->instance = info->instance;
 	__sprint_engine_name(engine);
 
+	engine->props.preempt_timeout = CONFIG_DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT;
+
 	/*
 	 * To be overridden by the backend on setup. However to facilitate
 	 * cleanup on error during setup, we always provide the destroy vfunc.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c
index cbe9ec59beeb..5aa3b67bd6cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_sysfs.c
@@ -45,10 +45,36 @@ mmio_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 	return sprintf(buf, "0x%x\n", kobj_to_engine(kobj)->mmio_base);
 }
 
+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);
+}
+
+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 timeout;
+	int err;
+
+	err = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &timeout);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	engine->props.preempt_timeout = timeout;
+	return count;
+}
+
 static struct kobj_attribute name_attr = __ATTR(name, 0444, name_show, NULL);
 static struct kobj_attribute class_attr = __ATTR(class, 0444, class_show, NULL);
 static struct kobj_attribute inst_attr = __ATTR(instance, 0444, inst_show, NULL);
 static struct kobj_attribute mmio_attr = __ATTR(mmio_base, 0444, mmio_show, NULL);
+static struct kobj_attribute preempt_timeout_attr =
+__ATTR(preempt_timeout_ms, 0600, preempt_timeout_show, preempt_timeout_store);
 
 static void kobj_engine_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 {
@@ -109,6 +135,11 @@ void intel_engines_add_sysfs(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 		if (sysfs_create_files(kobj, files))
 			goto err_engine;
 
+		if (CONFIG_DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT &&
+		    intel_engine_has_preemption(engine) &&
+		    sysfs_create_file(kobj, &preempt_timeout_attr.attr))
+			goto err_engine;
+
 		if (0) {
 err_engine:
 			dev_err(kdev, "Failed to add sysfs engine '%s'\n",
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
index 943f0663837e..b144704d2f21 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
 		 */
 		ktime_t total;
 	} stats;
+
+	struct {
+		unsigned long preempt_timeout;
+	} props;
 };
 
 static inline bool
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
index 1133665746c5..ff39cd84722a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_lrc.c
@@ -1375,6 +1375,29 @@ static void record_preemption(struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists)
 	(void)I915_SELFTEST_ONLY(execlists->preempt_hang.count++);
 }
 
+static void set_preempt_timeout(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
+{
+	unsigned long timeout;
+
+	if (!CONFIG_DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT)
+		return;
+
+	timeout = READ_ONCE(engine->props.preempt_timeout);
+	if (!timeout)
+		return;
+
+	timeout = msecs_to_jiffies_timeout(timeout);
+	/*
+	 * Paranoia to make sure the compiler computes the timeout before
+	 * loading 'jiffies' as jiffies is volatile and may be updated in
+	 * the background by a timer tick. All to reduce the complexity
+	 * of the addition and reduce the risk of losing a jiffie.
+	 */
+	barrier();
+
+	mod_timer(&engine->execlists.timer, jiffies + timeout);
+}
+
 static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 {
 	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
@@ -1711,6 +1734,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
 		execlists->switch_priority_hint =
 			switch_prio(engine, *execlists->pending);
 		execlists_submit_ports(engine);
+		set_preempt_timeout(engine);
 	} else {
 		ring_set_paused(engine, 0);
 	}
@@ -1940,6 +1964,37 @@ static void __execlists_submission_tasklet(struct intel_engine_cs *const engine)
 		execlists_dequeue(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);
+
+	intel_engine_reset(engine, "preemption time out");
+
+	tasklet_enable(&engine->execlists.tasklet);
+	clear_and_wake_up_bit(bit, lock);
+}
+
+static bool preempt_timeout(struct intel_engine_cs *const engine)
+{
+	if (!CONFIG_DRM_I915_PREEMPT_TIMEOUT)
+		return false;
+
+	if (!intel_engine_has_preemption(engine))
+		return false;
+
+	return !timer_pending(&engine->execlists.timer);
+}
+
 /*
  * Check the unread Context Status Buffers and manage the submission of new
  * contexts to the ELSP accordingly.
@@ -1954,6 +2009,9 @@ static void execlists_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->active.lock, flags);
 		__execlists_submission_tasklet(engine);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->active.lock, flags);
+	} else {
+		if (preempt_timeout(engine))
+			preempt_reset(engine);
 	}
 }
 
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) \
-- 
2.23.0



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