[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 09/18] drm/i915: possibly invalidate TLB before context switch

[Daniel Vetter]

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 01:39:49PM -0700, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> From http://intellinuxgraphics.org/documentation/SNB/IHD_OS_Vol1_Part3.pdf
> 
> [DevSNB] If Flush TLB invalidation Mode is enabled it’s the driver’s
> responsibility to invalidate the TLBs at least once after the previous
> context switch after any GTT mappings changed (including new GTT
> entries).  This can be done by a pipelined PIPE_CONTROL with TLB inv bit
> set immediately before MI_SET_CONTEXT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net>

Hm, I've beend decently confused about the meaning of
GFX_TLB_INVALIDATE_ALWAYS - it actually means that we flush tlbs on every
full flush (i.e. always) when it's reset. And we don't set this so this
workaround is pretty much just informational. I'm hence wondering whether
a big comment wouldn't be better?

-Daniel

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c |   12 ++++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h |    4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
> index e892364..392e782 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
> @@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ static int init_render_ring(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring)
>  			return ret;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen == 6)
> +		ring->itlb_before_ctx_switch =
> +			!!(I915_READ(GFX_MODE) & GFX_TLB_INVALIDATE_ALWAYS);
> +
>  	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 6) {
>  		I915_WRITE(INSTPM,
>  			   INSTPM_FORCE_ORDERING << 16 | INSTPM_FORCE_ORDERING);
> @@ -927,6 +931,14 @@ int intel_ring_mi_set_context(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring,
>  {
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	if (IS_GEN6(ring->dev) && ring->itlb_before_ctx_switch) {
> +		/* w/a: If Flush TLB Invalidation Mode is enabled, driver must
> +		 * do a TLB invalidation prior to MI_SET_CONTEXT
> +		 */
> +		gen6_render_ring_flush(ring, 0, 0);
> +	}
> +
> +
>  	ret = intel_ring_begin(ring, 6);
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> index 0ed98bb..e404e52 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> @@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ struct  intel_ring_buffer {
>  	wait_queue_head_t irq_queue;
>  	drm_local_map_t map;
>  
> +	/**
> +	 * Do an explicit TLB flush before MI_SET_CONTEXT
> +	 */
> +	bool itlb_before_ctx_switch;
>  	struct i915_hw_context *default_context;
>  	struct drm_i915_gem_object *last_context_obj;
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.9.4
> 
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