[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 3/3] drm/i915: Boost GPU frequency if we detect outstanding pageflips
Daniel Vetter
daniel at ffwll.ch
Tue Jun 17 23:16:24 CEST 2014
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 01:46:56PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> If we hit a vblank and see that have a pageflip queue but not yet
> processed, ensure that the GPU is running at maximum in order to clear
> the backlog. Pageflips are only queued for the following vblank, if we
> miss it, there will be a visible stutter. Boosting the GPU frequency
> doesn't prevent us from missing the target vblank, but it should help
> the subsequent frames hitting theirs.
>
> v2: Reorder vblank vs flip-complete so that we only check for a missed
> flip after processing the completion events, and avoid spurious boosts.
>
> v3: Rename missed_vblank
> v4: Rebase
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
Found one more: boost_work never gets cancelled. Probably not want we
want. I guess the best place is in the gt powersave suspend function, since
at that point interrupts are no more.
First patch from this series is merged now.
-Daniel
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c | 6 ++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> index 10dd80a12658..33ed0c6b8a9c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> @@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ struct intel_gen6_power_mgmt {
>
> bool enabled;
> struct delayed_work delayed_resume_work;
> + struct work_struct boost_work;
>
> /*
> * Protects RPS/RC6 register access and PCU communication.
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
> index 5261c145e633..89a4d01fefb4 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
> @@ -9326,6 +9326,7 @@ void intel_check_page_flip(struct drm_device *dev, int pipe)
> struct drm_crtc *crtc = dev_priv->pipe_to_crtc_mapping[pipe];
> struct intel_crtc *intel_crtc = to_intel_crtc(crtc);
> unsigned long flags;
> + bool missed_vblank;
>
> if (crtc == NULL)
> return;
> @@ -9336,7 +9337,12 @@ void intel_check_page_flip(struct drm_device *dev, int pipe)
> intel_crtc->unpin_work->flip_queued_vblank, drm_vblank_count(dev, pipe));
> page_flip_completed(intel_crtc);
> }
> + missed_vblank = (intel_crtc->unpin_work != NULL &&
> + drm_vblank_count(dev, pipe) - intel_crtc->unpin_work->flip_queued_vblank > 1);
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->event_lock, flags);
> +
> + if (missed_vblank)
> + intel_queue_rps_boost(dev);
> }
>
> static int intel_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> index 10665716eb10..2e3c65812e72 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> @@ -969,6 +969,7 @@ void ironlake_teardown_rc6(struct drm_device *dev);
> void gen6_update_ring_freq(struct drm_device *dev);
> void gen6_rps_idle(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
> void gen6_rps_boost(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
> +void intel_queue_rps_boost(struct drm_device *dev);
> void intel_aux_display_runtime_get(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
> void intel_aux_display_runtime_put(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
> void intel_runtime_pm_get(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> index b06f896740b5..ab760e5abc9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> @@ -6722,6 +6722,19 @@ int vlv_freq_opcode(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv, int val)
> return DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(4 * mul * val, dev_priv->mem_freq) + 0xbd - 6;
> }
>
> +static void __intel_rps_boost_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> + gen6_rps_boost(container_of(work, struct drm_i915_private, rps.boost_work));
> +}
> +
> +void intel_queue_rps_boost(struct drm_device *dev)
> +{
> + struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = to_i915(dev);
> +
> + if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 6)
> + queue_work(dev_priv->wq, &dev_priv->rps.boost_work);
> +}
> +
> void intel_pm_setup(struct drm_device *dev)
> {
> struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
> @@ -6730,6 +6743,8 @@ void intel_pm_setup(struct drm_device *dev)
>
> INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dev_priv->rps.delayed_resume_work,
> intel_gen6_powersave_work);
> + INIT_WORK(&dev_priv->rps.boost_work,
> + __intel_rps_boost_work);
>
> dev_priv->pm.suspended = false;
> dev_priv->pm.irqs_disabled = false;
> --
> 2.0.0
>
--
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
+41 (0) 79 365 57 48 - http://blog.ffwll.ch
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