[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 09/14] drm/i915: Store the execution priority on the context

[Tvrtko Ursulin]

On 14/11/2016 08:56, Chris Wilson wrote:
> In order to support userspace defining different levels of importance to
> different contexts, and in particular the preferred order of execution,
> store a priority value on each context. By default, the kernel's
> context, which is used for idling and other background tasks, is given
> minimum priority (all user contexts will execute first).
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h         | 1 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c | 1 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> index ab4ad5522cf5..fb3e850f5d3a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> @@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ struct i915_gem_context {
>  	/* Unique identifier for this context, used by the hw for tracking */
>  	unsigned int hw_id;
>  	u32 user_handle;
> +	int priority; /* greater priorities are serviced first */
>
>  	u32 ggtt_alignment;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
> index 6dd475735f0a..1f94b8d6d83d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
> @@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ int i915_gem_context_init(struct drm_device *dev)
>  		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
>  	}
>
> +	ctx->priority = I915_PRIORITY_MIN; /* lowest priority; idle task */
>  	dev_priv->kernel_context = ctx;
>
>  	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("%s context support initialized\n",
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
> index 13574a1e29b1..b9b5253cf3cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_request.c
> @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ void __i915_add_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request, bool flush_caches)
>  	 * run at the earliest possible convenience.
>  	 */
>  	if (engine->schedule)
> -		engine->schedule(request, 0);
> +		engine->schedule(request, request->ctx->priority);
>
>  	local_bh_disable();
>  	i915_sw_fence_commit(&request->submit);
>

Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>

Regards,

Tvrtko