[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 02/55] drm/i915: Reserve ring buffer space for i915_add_request() commands

Tomas Elf tomas.elf at intel.com
Tue Jun 2 11:14:30 PDT 2015


On 29/05/2015 17:43, John.C.Harrison at Intel.com wrote:
> From: John Harrison <John.C.Harrison at Intel.com>
>
> It is a bad idea for i915_add_request() to fail. The work will already have been
> send to the ring and will be processed, but there will not be any tracking or
> management of that work.
>
> The only way the add request call can fail is if it can't write its epilogue
> commands to the ring (cache flushing, seqno updates, interrupt signalling). The
> reasons for that are mostly down to running out of ring buffer space and the
> problems associated with trying to get some more. This patch prevents that
> situation from happening in the first place.
>
> When a request is created, it marks sufficient space as reserved for the
> epilogue commands. Thus guaranteeing that by the time the epilogue is written,
> there will be plenty of space for it. Note that a ring_begin() call is required
> to actually reserve the space (and do any potential waiting). However, that is
> not currently done at request creation time. This is because the ring_begin()
> code can allocate a request. Hence calling begin() from the request allocation
> code would lead to infinite recursion! Later patches in this series remove the
> need for begin() to do the allocate. At that point, it becomes safe for the
> allocate to call begin() and really reserve the space.
>
> Until then, there is a potential for insufficient space to be available at the
> point of calling i915_add_request(). However, that would only be in the case
> where the request was created and immediately submitted without ever calling
> ring_begin() and adding any work to that request. Which should never happen. And
> even if it does, and if that request happens to fall down the tiny window of
> opportunity for failing due to being out of ring space then does it really
> matter because the request wasn't doing anything in the first place?
>
> v2: Updated the 'reserved space too small' warning to include the offending
> sizes. Added a 'cancel' operation to clean up when a request is abandoned. Added
> re-initialisation of tracking state after a buffer wrap to keep the sanity
> checks accurate.
>
> For: VIZ-5115
> Signed-off-by: John Harrison <John.C.Harrison at Intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h         |    1 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c         |   37 +++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c        |    9 ++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c |   68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h |   10 +++++
>   5 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> index 0347eb9..eba1857 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> @@ -2187,6 +2187,7 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_request {
>
>   int i915_gem_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
>   			   struct intel_context *ctx);
> +void i915_gem_request_cancel(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req);
>   void i915_gem_request_free(struct kref *req_ref);
>
>   static inline uint32_t
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> index 68f1d1e..6f51416 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> @@ -2485,6 +2485,13 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
>   	} else
>   		ringbuf = ring->buffer;
>
> +	/*
> +	 * To ensure that this call will not fail, space for its emissions
> +	 * should already have been reserved in the ring buffer. Let the ring
> +	 * know that it is time to use that space up.
> +	 */
> +	intel_ring_reserved_space_use(ringbuf);
> +
>   	request_start = intel_ring_get_tail(ringbuf);
>   	/*
>   	 * Emit any outstanding flushes - execbuf can fail to emit the flush
> @@ -2567,6 +2574,9 @@ int __i915_add_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
>   			   round_jiffies_up_relative(HZ));
>   	intel_mark_busy(dev_priv->dev);
>
> +	/* Sanity check that the reserved size was large enough. */
> +	intel_ring_reserved_space_end(ringbuf);
> +
>   	return 0;
>   }
>
> @@ -2666,6 +2676,26 @@ int i915_gem_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
>   	if (ret)
>   		goto err;
>
> +	/*
> +	 * Reserve space in the ring buffer for all the commands required to
> +	 * eventually emit this request. This is to guarantee that the
> +	 * i915_add_request() call can't fail. Note that the reserve may need
> +	 * to be redone if the request is not actually submitted straight
> +	 * away, e.g. because a GPU scheduler has deferred it.
> +	 *
> +	 * Note further that this call merely notes the reserve request. A
> +	 * subsequent call to *_ring_begin() is required to actually ensure
> +	 * that the reservation is available. Without the begin, if the
> +	 * request creator immediately submitted the request without adding
> +	 * any commands to it then there might not actually be sufficient
> +	 * room for the submission commands. Unfortunately, the current
> +	 * *_ring_begin() implementations potentially call back here to
> +	 * i915_gem_request_alloc(). Thus calling _begin() here would lead to
> +	 * infinite recursion! Until that back call path is removed, it is
> +	 * necessary to do a manual _begin() outside.
> +	 */
> +	intel_ring_reserved_space_reserve(req->ringbuf, MIN_SPACE_FOR_ADD_REQUEST);
> +
>   	ring->outstanding_lazy_request = req;
>   	return 0;
>
> @@ -2674,6 +2704,13 @@ err:
>   	return ret;
>   }
>
> +void i915_gem_request_cancel(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
> +{
> +	intel_ring_reserved_space_cancel(req->ringbuf);
> +
> +	i915_gem_request_unreference(req);
> +}
> +
>   struct drm_i915_gem_request *
>   i915_gem_find_active_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
>   {
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
> index 6a5ed07..e62d396 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
> @@ -687,6 +687,9 @@ static int logical_ring_wait_for_space(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
>   	unsigned space;
>   	int ret;
>
> +	/* The whole point of reserving space is to not wait! */
> +	WARN_ON(ringbuf->reserved_in_use);
> +
>   	if (intel_ring_space(ringbuf) >= bytes)
>   		return 0;
>
> @@ -747,6 +750,9 @@ static int logical_ring_wrap_buffer(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
>   	uint32_t __iomem *virt;
>   	int rem = ringbuf->size - ringbuf->tail;
>
> +	/* Can't wrap if space has already been reserved! */
> +	WARN_ON(ringbuf->reserved_in_use);
> +
>   	if (ringbuf->space < rem) {
>   		int ret = logical_ring_wait_for_space(ringbuf, ctx, rem);
>
> @@ -770,6 +776,9 @@ static int logical_ring_prepare(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf,
>   {
>   	int ret;
>
> +	if (!ringbuf->reserved_in_use)
> +		bytes += ringbuf->reserved_size;
> +
>   	if (unlikely(ringbuf->tail + bytes > ringbuf->effective_size)) {
>   		ret = logical_ring_wrap_buffer(ringbuf, ctx);
>   		if (unlikely(ret))
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
> index d934f85..74c2222 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.c
> @@ -2103,6 +2103,9 @@ static int ring_wait_for_space(struct intel_engine_cs *ring, int n)
>   	unsigned space;
>   	int ret;
>
> +	/* The whole point of reserving space is to not wait! */
> +	WARN_ON(ringbuf->reserved_in_use);
> +
>   	if (intel_ring_space(ringbuf) >= n)
>   		return 0;
>
> @@ -2130,6 +2133,9 @@ static int intel_wrap_ring_buffer(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
>   	struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf = ring->buffer;
>   	int rem = ringbuf->size - ringbuf->tail;
>
> +	/* Can't wrap if space has already been reserved! */
> +	WARN_ON(ringbuf->reserved_in_use);
> +
>   	if (ringbuf->space < rem) {
>   		int ret = ring_wait_for_space(ring, rem);
>   		if (ret)
> @@ -2180,16 +2186,74 @@ int intel_ring_alloc_request_extras(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
>   	return 0;
>   }
>
> -static int __intel_ring_prepare(struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
> -				int bytes)
> +void intel_ring_reserved_space_reserve(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf, int size)
> +{
> +	/* NB: Until request management is fully tidied up and the OLR is
> +	 * removed, there are too many ways for get false hits on this
> +	 * anti-recursion check! */
> +	/*WARN_ON(ringbuf->reserved_size);*/
> +	WARN_ON(ringbuf->reserved_in_use);
> +
> +	ringbuf->reserved_size = size;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Really need to call _begin() here but that currently leads to
> +	 * recursion problems! This will be fixed later but for now just
> +	 * return and hope for the best. Note that there is only a real
> +	 * problem if the create of the request never actually calls _begin()
> +	 * but if they are not submitting any work then why did they create
> +	 * the request in the first place?
> +	 */
> +}
> +
> +void intel_ring_reserved_space_cancel(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf)
> +{
> +	WARN_ON(ringbuf->reserved_in_use);
> +
> +	ringbuf->reserved_size   = 0;
> +	ringbuf->reserved_in_use = false;
> +}
> +
> +void intel_ring_reserved_space_use(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf)
> +{
> +	WARN_ON(ringbuf->reserved_in_use);
> +
> +	ringbuf->reserved_in_use = true;
> +	ringbuf->reserved_tail   = ringbuf->tail;
> +}
> +
> +void intel_ring_reserved_space_end(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf)
> +{
> +	WARN_ON(!ringbuf->reserved_in_use);
> +	WARN(ringbuf->tail > ringbuf->reserved_tail + ringbuf->reserved_size,
> +	     "request reserved size too small: %d vs %d!\n",
> +	     ringbuf->tail - ringbuf->reserved_tail, ringbuf->reserved_size);
> +
> +	ringbuf->reserved_size   = 0;
> +	ringbuf->reserved_in_use = false;
> +}
> +
> +static int __intel_ring_prepare(struct intel_engine_cs *ring, int bytes)
>   {
>   	struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf = ring->buffer;
>   	int ret;
>
> +	if (!ringbuf->reserved_in_use)
> +		bytes += ringbuf->reserved_size;
> +
>   	if (unlikely(ringbuf->tail + bytes > ringbuf->effective_size)) {
> +		WARN_ON(ringbuf->reserved_in_use);
> +
>   		ret = intel_wrap_ring_buffer(ring);
>   		if (unlikely(ret))
>   			return ret;
> +
> +		if(ringbuf->reserved_size) {
> +			uint32_t size = ringbuf->reserved_size;
> +
> +			intel_ring_reserved_space_cancel(ringbuf);
> +			intel_ring_reserved_space_reserve(ringbuf, size);
> +		}
>   	}
>
>   	if (unlikely(ringbuf->space < bytes)) {
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> index 39f6dfc..39f795c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> @@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ struct intel_ringbuffer {
>   	int space;
>   	int size;
>   	int effective_size;
> +	int reserved_size;
> +	int reserved_tail;
> +	bool reserved_in_use;
>
>   	/** We track the position of the requests in the ring buffer, and
>   	 * when each is retired we increment last_retired_head as the GPU
> @@ -450,4 +453,11 @@ intel_ring_get_request(struct intel_engine_cs *ring)
>   	return ring->outstanding_lazy_request;
>   }
>
> +#define MIN_SPACE_FOR_ADD_REQUEST	128

1. As far as I know ILK is still broken when using this size.

2. Once we get a size that works we need a comment here saying that this 
is an empirically established constant but that it gets the job done.
	

> +
> +void intel_ring_reserved_space_reserve(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf, int size);
> +void intel_ring_reserved_space_cancel(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf);
> +void intel_ring_reserved_space_use(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf);
> +void intel_ring_reserved_space_end(struct intel_ringbuffer *ringbuf);
> +
>   #endif /* _INTEL_RINGBUFFER_H_ */
>

3. We still need a decent comment outlining the relationship between 
these functions, when they are used and what their respective purposes 
are etc. See comment in last patch series for more details.

Thanks,
Tomas



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