[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 09/16] drm/i915: Limit ring synchronisation (sw sempahores) RPS boosts

[Daniel Vetter]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 01:41:20PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Ring switches can occur many times per frame, and are often out of
> control, causing frequent RPS boosting for no practical benefit. Treat
> the sw semaphore synchronisation as a separate client and only allow it
> to boost once per busy/idle cycle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c |  1 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h     | 34 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c     |  7 +++++--
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c     |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> index 2cbb3e9266f0..1d68e3ecaa00 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> @@ -2311,6 +2311,7 @@ static int i915_rps_boost_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
>  			   list_empty(&file_priv->rps_boost) ? "" : ", active");
>  		rcu_read_unlock();
>  	}
> +	seq_printf(m, "Semaphore boosts: %d\n", dev_priv->rps.semaphores.rps_boosts);
>  	seq_printf(m, "Kernel boosts: %d\n", dev_priv->rps.boosts);
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->rps.hw_lock);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> index caee59bf94ba..415a8e756e48 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> @@ -272,6 +272,22 @@ struct drm_i915_private;
>  struct i915_mm_struct;
>  struct i915_mmu_object;
>  
> +struct drm_i915_file_private {
> +	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv;
> +	struct drm_file *file;
> +
> +	struct {
> +		spinlock_t lock;
> +		struct list_head request_list;
> +	} mm;
> +	struct idr context_idr;
> +
> +	struct list_head rps_boost;
> +	struct intel_engine_cs *bsd_ring;
> +
> +	unsigned rps_boosts;
> +};
> +
>  enum intel_dpll_id {
>  	DPLL_ID_PRIVATE = -1, /* non-shared dpll in use */
>  	/* real shared dpll ids must be >= 0 */
> @@ -1054,6 +1070,8 @@ struct intel_gen6_power_mgmt {
>  	struct list_head clients;
>  	unsigned boosts;
>  
> +	struct drm_i915_file_private semaphores;

Still not in favour of reusing the entire file_private here. Imo
extracting the rps_* stuff from that into a separate struct would be
better and much less confusing.
-Daniel

> +
>  	/* manual wa residency calculations */
>  	struct intel_rps_ei up_ei, down_ei;
>  
> @@ -2191,22 +2209,6 @@ static inline void i915_gem_request_assign(struct drm_i915_gem_request **pdst,
>   * a later patch when the call to i915_seqno_passed() is obsoleted...
>   */
>  
> -struct drm_i915_file_private {
> -	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv;
> -	struct drm_file *file;
> -
> -	struct {
> -		spinlock_t lock;
> -		struct list_head request_list;
> -	} mm;
> -	struct idr context_idr;
> -
> -	struct list_head rps_boost;
> -	struct intel_engine_cs *bsd_ring;
> -
> -	unsigned rps_boosts;
> -};
> -
>  /*
>   * A command that requires special handling by the command parser.
>   */
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> index d60eca03e306..90c33912ffd5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> @@ -3036,9 +3036,12 @@ __i915_gem_object_sync(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	if (!i915_semaphore_is_enabled(obj->base.dev)) {
> +		struct drm_i915_private *i915 = to_i915(obj->base.dev);
>  		ret = __i915_wait_request(rq,
> -					  atomic_read(&to_i915(obj->base.dev)->gpu_error.reset_counter),
> -					  to_i915(obj->base.dev)->mm.interruptible, NULL, NULL);
> +					  atomic_read(&i915->gpu_error.reset_counter),
> +					  i915->mm.interruptible,
> +					  NULL,
> +					  &i915->rps.semaphores);
>  		if (ret)
>  			return ret;
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> index a7516ed24eee..8dc158adba14 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> @@ -6861,6 +6861,7 @@ void intel_pm_setup(struct drm_device *dev)
>  	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&dev_priv->rps.delayed_resume_work,
>  			  intel_gen6_powersave_work);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->rps.clients);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_priv->rps.semaphores.rps_boost);
>  
>  	dev_priv->pm.suspended = false;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.1.4
> 
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch