[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: Reorganise legacy context switch to cope with late failure

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Wed Apr 13 15:05:05 UTC 2016


hw_flags)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -static inline bool skip_rcs_switch(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> -				   struct intel_context *from,
> +static inline bool skip_rcs_switch(struct intel_context *from,
>  				   struct intel_context *to)
>  {
>  	if (to->remap_slice)
>  		return false;
>  
> -	if (to->ppgtt && from == to &&
> -	    !(intel_engine_flag(engine) & to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings))
> -		return true;
> +	if (!to->legacy_hw_ctx.initialized)
> +		return false;
>  
> -	return false;
> +	if (to->ppgtt && to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings & (1 << RCS))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	return to == from;
>  }
>  
>  static bool
> @@ -643,18 +644,12 @@ needs_pd_load_pre(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct intel_context *to)
>  }
>  
>  static bool
> -needs_pd_load_post(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct intel_context *to,
> -		   u32 hw_flags)
> +needs_pd_load_post(struct intel_context *to, u32 hw_flags)
>  {
> -	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = engine->dev->dev_private;
> -
>  	if (!to->ppgtt)
>  		return false;
>  
> -	if (!IS_GEN8(engine->dev))
> -		return false;
> -
> -	if (engine != &dev_priv->engine[RCS])
> +	if (!IS_GEN8(to->i915))
>  		return false;
>  
>  	if (hw_flags & MI_RESTORE_INHIBIT)

Above hunk might be better in the previous patch, but meh.

> @@ -667,12 +662,11 @@ static int do_rcs_switch(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
>  {
>  	struct intel_context *to = req->ctx;
>  	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = req->engine;
> -	struct intel_context *from = engine->last_context;
> -	u32 hw_flags = 0;
> -	bool uninitialized = false;
> +	struct intel_context *from;
> +	u32 hw_flags;
>  	int ret, i;
>  
> -	if (skip_rcs_switch(engine, from, to))
> +	if (skip_rcs_switch(engine->last_context, to))
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	/* Trying to pin first makes error handling easier. */
> @@ -686,9 +680,23 @@ static int do_rcs_switch(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
>  	 * Pin can switch back to the default context if we end up calling into
>  	 * evict_everything - as a last ditch gtt defrag effort that also
>  	 * switches to the default context. Hence we need to reload from here.
> +	 *
> +	 * XXX: Doing so is painfully broken!

Why the XXX addition here? I thought the point of this patch is to fix
this ...

>  	 */
>  	from = engine->last_context;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Clear this page out of any CPU caches for coherent swap-in/out. Note
> +	 * that thanks to write = false in this call and us not setting any gpu
> +	 * write domains when putting a context object onto the active list
> +	 * (when switching away from it), this won't block.
> +	 *
> +	 * XXX: We need a real interface to do this instead of trickery.
> +	 */
> +	ret = i915_gem_object_set_to_gtt_domain(to->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state, false);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto unpin_out;
> +
>  	if (needs_pd_load_pre(engine, to)) {
>  		/* Older GENs and non render rings still want the load first,
>  		 * "PP_DCLV followed by PP_DIR_BASE register through Load
> @@ -700,70 +708,36 @@ static int do_rcs_switch(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
>  			goto unpin_out;
>  
>  		/* Doing a PD load always reloads the page dirs */
> -		to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings &= ~intel_engine_flag(engine);
> +		to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings &= ~(1 << RCS);

Superflous change for the imo worse.

>  	}
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Clear this page out of any CPU caches for coherent swap-in/out. Note
> -	 * that thanks to write = false in this call and us not setting any gpu
> -	 * write domains when putting a context object onto the active list
> -	 * (when switching away from it), this won't block.
> -	 *
> -	 * XXX: We need a real interface to do this instead of trickery.
> -	 */
> -	ret = i915_gem_object_set_to_gtt_domain(to->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state, false);
> -	if (ret)
> -		goto unpin_out;
> -
> -	if (!to->legacy_hw_ctx.initialized || i915_gem_context_is_default(to)) {
> -		hw_flags |= MI_RESTORE_INHIBIT;
> +	if (!to->legacy_hw_ctx.initialized || i915_gem_context_is_default(to))
>  		/* NB: If we inhibit the restore, the context is not allowed to
>  		 * die because future work may end up depending on valid address
>  		 * space. This means we must enforce that a page table load
>  		 * occur when this occurs. */
> -	} else if (to->ppgtt &&
> -		   (intel_engine_flag(engine) & to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings)) {
> -		hw_flags |= MI_FORCE_RESTORE;
> -		to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings &= ~intel_engine_flag(engine);
> -	}
> +		hw_flags = MI_RESTORE_INHIBIT;
> +	else if (to->ppgtt && to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings & (1 << RCS))
> +		hw_flags = MI_FORCE_RESTORE;
> +	else
> +		hw_flags = 0;
>  
>  	/* We should never emit switch_mm more than once */
>  	WARN_ON(needs_pd_load_pre(engine, to) &&
> -		needs_pd_load_post(engine, to, hw_flags));
> -
> -	ret = mi_set_context(req, hw_flags);
> -	if (ret)
> -		goto unpin_out;
> +		needs_pd_load_post(to, hw_flags));
>  
> -	/* GEN8 does *not* require an explicit reload if the PDPs have been
> -	 * setup, and we do not wish to move them.
> -	 */
> -	if (needs_pd_load_post(engine, to, hw_flags)) {
> -		trace_switch_mm(engine, to);
> -		ret = to->ppgtt->switch_mm(to->ppgtt, req);
> -		/* The hardware context switch is emitted, but we haven't
> -		 * actually changed the state - so it's probably safe to bail
> -		 * here. Still, let the user know something dangerous has
> -		 * happened.
> -		 */
> +	if (to != from || (hw_flags & MI_FORCE_RESTORE)) {
> +		ret = mi_set_context(req, hw_flags);
>  		if (ret) {
> -			DRM_ERROR("Failed to change address space on context switch\n");
> +			/* Force the reload of this and the previous mm */
> +			if (needs_pd_load_pre(engine, to))
> +				to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings |= 1 << RCS;
> +			if (from && needs_pd_load_pre(engine, from))
> +				from->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings |= 1 << RCS;
>  			goto unpin_out;
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	for (i = 0; i < MAX_L3_SLICES; i++) {
> -		if (!(to->remap_slice & (1<<i)))
> -			continue;
> -
> -		ret = i915_gem_l3_remap(req, i);
> -		/* If it failed, try again next round */
> -		if (ret)
> -			DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("L3 remapping failed\n");
> -		else
> -			to->remap_slice &= ~(1<<i);
> -	}
> -
>  	/* The backing object for the context is done after switching to the
>  	 * *next* context. Therefore we cannot retire the previous context until
>  	 * the next context has already started running. In fact, the below code
> @@ -786,19 +760,46 @@ static int do_rcs_switch(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
>  		i915_gem_object_ggtt_unpin(from->legacy_hw_ctx.rcs_state);
>  		i915_gem_context_unreference(from);
>  	}
> -
> -	uninitialized = !to->legacy_hw_ctx.initialized;
> -	to->legacy_hw_ctx.initialized = true;
> -
>  	i915_gem_context_reference(to);
>  	engine->last_context = to;
>  
> -	if (uninitialized) {
> +	/* GEN8 does *not* require an explicit reload if the PDPs have been
> +	 * setup, and we do not wish to move them.
> +	 */
> +	if (needs_pd_load_post(to, hw_flags)) {
> +		trace_switch_mm(engine, to);
> +		ret = to->ppgtt->switch_mm(to->ppgtt, req);
> +		/* The hardware context switch is emitted, but we haven't
> +		 * actually changed the state - so it's probably safe to bail
> +		 * here. Still, let the user know something dangerous has
> +		 * happened.
> +		 */
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +
> +		to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings &= ~(1 << RCS);
> +	}
> +	if (hw_flags & MI_FORCE_RESTORE)
> +		to->ppgtt->pd_dirty_rings &= ~(1 << RCS);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < MAX_L3_SLICES; i++) {
> +		if (!(to->remap_slice & (1<<i)))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		ret = i915_gem_l3_remap(req, i);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +
> +		to->remap_slice &= ~(1<<i);
> +	}
> +
> +	if (!to->legacy_hw_ctx.initialized) {
>  		if (engine->init_context) {
>  			ret = engine->init_context(req);
>  			if (ret)
> -				DRM_ERROR("ring init context: %d\n", ret);
> +				return ret;
>  		}
> +		to->legacy_hw_ctx.initialized = true;

Otherwise Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>

>  	}
>  
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 2.8.0.rc3
> 

-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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