[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 15/15] drm/i915/guc: Split hw submission for replay after GPU reset

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Mon Nov 28 16:06:42 UTC 2016


On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 03:55:42PM +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> 
> On 28/11/2016 14:19, Chris Wilson wrote:
> >On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 02:02:33PM +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> >>
> >>On 25/11/2016 09:30, Chris Wilson wrote:
> >>>Something I missed before sending off the partial series was that the
> >>>non-scheduler guc reset path was broken (in the full series, this is
> >>>pushed to the execlists reset handler). The issue is that after a reset,
> >>>we have to refill the GuC workqueues, which we do by resubmitting the
> >>>requests. However, if we already have submitted them, the fences within
> >>>them have already been used and triggering them again is an error.
> >>>Instead, just repopulate the guc workqueue.
> >>>
> >>>[  115.858560] [IGT] gem_busy: starting subtest hang-render
> >>>[  135.839867] [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 9:0:0xe757fefe, in gem_busy [1716], reason: Hang on render ring, action: reset
> >>>[  135.839902] drm/i915: Resetting chip after gpu hang
> >>>[  135.839957] [drm] RC6 on
> >>>[  135.858351] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> >>>[  135.858357] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 45 at drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_sw_fence.c:108 i915_sw_fence_complete+0x25/0x30
> >>>[  135.858357] Modules linked in: rfcomm bnep binfmt_misc nls_iso8859_1 input_leds snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core btusb btrtl snd_hwdep snd_pcm 8250_dw snd_seq_midi hid_lenovo snd_seq_midi_event snd_rawmidi iwlwifi x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp snd_seq crct10dif_pclmul snd_seq_device hci_uart snd_timer crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel idma64 aesni_intel virt_dma btbcm snd btqca aes_x86_64 btintel lrw cfg80211 bluetooth gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper cryptd soundcore intel_lpss_pci intel_pch_thermal intel_lpss_acpi intel_lpss acpi_als mfd_core kfifo_buf acpi_pad industrialio autofs4 hid_plantronics usbhid dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log sdhci_pci ahci sdhci libahci i2c_hid hid
> >>>[  135.858389] CPU: 2 PID: 45 Comm: kworker/2:1 Tainted: G        W       4.9.0-rc4+ #238
> >>>[  135.858389] Hardware name:                  /NUC6i3SYB, BIOS SYSKLi35.86A.0024.2015.1027.2142 10/27/2015
> >>>[  135.858392] Workqueue: events_long i915_hangcheck_elapsed
> >>>[  135.858394]  ffffc900001bf9b8 ffffffff812bb238 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> >>>[  135.858396]  ffffc900001bf9f8 ffffffff8104f621 0000006c00000000 ffff8808296137f8
> >>>[  135.858398]  0000000000000a00 ffff8808457a0000 ffff880845764e60 ffff880845760000
> >>>[  135.858399] Call Trace:
> >>>[  135.858403]  [<ffffffff812bb238>] dump_stack+0x4d/0x65
> >>>[  135.858405]  [<ffffffff8104f621>] __warn+0xc1/0xe0
> >>>[  135.858406]  [<ffffffff8104f748>] warn_slowpath_null+0x18/0x20
> >>>[  135.858408]  [<ffffffff813f8c15>] i915_sw_fence_complete+0x25/0x30
> >>>[  135.858410]  [<ffffffff813f8fad>] i915_sw_fence_commit+0xd/0x30
> >>>[  135.858412]  [<ffffffff8142e591>] __i915_gem_request_submit+0xe1/0xf0
> >>>[  135.858413]  [<ffffffff8142e5c8>] i915_gem_request_submit+0x28/0x40
> >>>[  135.858415]  [<ffffffff814433e7>] i915_guc_submit+0x47/0x210
> >>>[  135.858417]  [<ffffffff81443e98>] i915_guc_submission_enable+0x468/0x540
> >>>[  135.858419]  [<ffffffff81442495>] intel_guc_setup+0x715/0x810
> >>>[  135.858421]  [<ffffffff8142b6b4>] i915_gem_init_hw+0x114/0x2a0
> >>>[  135.858423]  [<ffffffff813eeaa8>] i915_reset+0xe8/0x120
> >>>[  135.858424]  [<ffffffff813f3937>] i915_reset_and_wakeup+0x157/0x180
> >>>[  135.858426]  [<ffffffff813f79db>] i915_handle_error+0x1ab/0x230
> >>>[  135.858428]  [<ffffffff812c760d>] ? scnprintf+0x4d/0x90
> >>>[  135.858430]  [<ffffffff81435985>] i915_hangcheck_elapsed+0x275/0x3d0
> >>>[  135.858432]  [<ffffffff810668cf>] process_one_work+0x12f/0x410
> >>>[  135.858433]  [<ffffffff81066bf3>] worker_thread+0x43/0x4d0
> >>>[  135.858435]  [<ffffffff81066bb0>] ? process_one_work+0x410/0x410
> >>>[  135.858436]  [<ffffffff81066bb0>] ? process_one_work+0x410/0x410
> >>>[  135.858438]  [<ffffffff8106bbb4>] kthread+0xd4/0xf0
> >>>[  135.858440]  [<ffffffff8106bae0>] ? kthread_park+0x60/0x60
> >>>
> >>>v2: Only resubmit submitted requests
> >>>v3: Don't forget the pending requests have reserved space.
> >>>
> >>>Fixes: d55ac5bf97c6 ("drm/i915: Defer transfer onto execution timeline to actual hw submission")
> >>>Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> >>>Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> >>>---
> >>>drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++--------------
> >>>1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>>diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
> >>>index 00b5fa871644..e12ff881d38d 100644
> >>>--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
> >>>+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_guc_submission.c
> >>>@@ -602,12 +602,9 @@ static int guc_ring_doorbell(struct i915_guc_client *gc)
> >>>}
> >>>
> >>>/**
> >>>- * i915_guc_submit() - Submit commands through GuC
> >>>+ * __i915_guc_submit() - Submit commands through GuC
> >>> * @rq:		request associated with the commands
> >>> *
> >>>- * Return:	0 on success, otherwise an errno.
> >>>- * 		(Note: nonzero really shouldn't happen!)
> >>>- *
> >>> * The caller must have already called i915_guc_wq_reserve() above with
> >>> * a result of 0 (success), guaranteeing that there is space in the work
> >>> * queue for the new request, so enqueuing the item cannot fail.
> >>>@@ -619,7 +616,7 @@ static int guc_ring_doorbell(struct i915_guc_client *gc)
> >>> * The only error here arises if the doorbell hardware isn't functioning
> >>> * as expected, which really shouln't happen.
> >>> */
> >>>-static void i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
> >>>+static void __i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
> >>>{
> >>>	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = rq->i915;
> >>>	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
> >>>@@ -628,17 +625,6 @@ static void i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
> >>>	struct i915_guc_client *client = guc->execbuf_client;
> >>>	int b_ret;
> >>>
> >>>-	/* We keep the previous context alive until we retire the following
> >>>-	 * request. This ensures that any the context object is still pinned
> >>>-	 * for any residual writes the HW makes into it on the context switch
> >>>-	 * into the next object following the breadcrumb. Otherwise, we may
> >>>-	 * retire the context too early.
> >>>-	 */
> >>>-	rq->previous_context = engine->last_context;
> >>>-	engine->last_context = rq->ctx;
> >>>-
> >>>-	i915_gem_request_submit(rq);
> >>>-
> >>>	spin_lock(&client->wq_lock);
> >>>	guc_wq_item_append(client, rq);
> >>>
> >>>@@ -658,6 +644,23 @@ static void i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
> >>>	spin_unlock(&client->wq_lock);
> >>>}
> >>>
> >>>+static void i915_guc_submit(struct drm_i915_gem_request *rq)
> >>>+{
> >>>+	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
> >>>+
> >>>+	/* We keep the previous context alive until we retire the following
> >>>+	 * request. This ensures that any the context object is still pinned
> >>>+	 * for any residual writes the HW makes into it on the context switch
> >>>+	 * into the next object following the breadcrumb. Otherwise, we may
> >>>+	 * retire the context too early.
> >>>+	 */
> >>>+	rq->previous_context = engine->last_context;
> >>>+	engine->last_context = rq->ctx;
> >>>+
> >>>+	i915_gem_request_submit(rq);
> >>>+	__i915_guc_submit(rq);
> >>>+}
> >>>+
> >>>/*
> >>> * Everything below here is concerned with setup & teardown, and is
> >>> * therefore not part of the somewhat time-critical batch-submission
> >>>@@ -1556,7 +1559,7 @@ int i915_guc_submission_enable(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
> >>>		/* Replay the current set of previously submitted requests */
> >>>		list_for_each_entry(rq, &engine->timeline->requests, link) {
> >>>			client->wq_rsvd += sizeof(struct guc_wq_item);
> >>>-			i915_guc_submit(rq);
> >>>+			__i915_guc_submit(rq);
> >>>		}
> >>>	}
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>The only thing bothering me here is how this interacts with the
> >>common, or "execlist" part of the reset.
> >
> >Also applies to ringbuffer (some parts at least).
> >
> >>Copying Mika in hope he can help here. :)
> >>
> >>I see that i915_gem_reset_engine runs before this GuC wq refill and
> >>does some magic with the requests on the engine->timeline->requests
> >>lists.
> >>
> >>Would it be possible to somehow better integrate the two things?
> >
> >I thought they were nicely separated. The common work to disable the
> >guilty context is handled by the core reset function. The specific work
> >required to restart and replay the requests handled by the different
> >backends.
> >
> >i915_gem_reset_engine: is for disabling the guilty context
> >engine->reset: updates the context / ring for restarting past a hung
> >batch (if required)
> >engine->init: starts the engine, processing the pending requests if any
> >
> >engine->reset is a bad name, since we have per-engine resets as well,
> >but I haven't a better verb yet for handling the request bumping after a
> >reset.
> 
> Yes but final part of the reset when GuC is enabled, is not in any
> of those and is not even called from i915_gem_reset. It happens
> later via i915_gem_init_hw in i915_guc_submission_enable.

Which is the init_hw...
 
> I was wondering if that is the most logical way of doing it - does
> it belong with the GEM reset, or the hardware reset?

It's just GuC not fitting in very well.
 
> For example could we, for GuC, not use reset_common_ring but add
> guc_reset_engine (yes, why did you name it ring when we went to
> engines?).

It was already called ring, I just cut'n'sed. :)

> But I see that the ordering of operations would make it very
> problematic, since GuC is not setup until later following a reset.
> 
> So it all becomes very complicated and since it also predates this
> patch it doesn't matter. Just confused me a little bit, and probably
> will again in the future. :)

Yes, I think with care we could remove the GuC special casing. Just
the discontent hasn't yet boiled over into anger with a bug to justify
some gutting.
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre


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