[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 11/17] drm/i915: disable GTT cache for 2M/1G pages

[Ville Syrjälä]

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 09:29:42AM +0100, Matthew Auld wrote:
> When SW enables the use of 2M/1G pages, it must disable the GTT cache.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld at intel.com>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> index ef0e9f8d4dbd..b39b8d394179 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> @@ -8178,10 +8178,10 @@ static void broadwell_init_clock_gating(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * WaGttCachingOffByDefault:bdw
> -	 * GTT cache may not work with big pages, so if those
> -	 * are ever enabled GTT cache may need to be disabled.
> +	 * The GTT cache must be disabled if the system is planning to use
> +	 * 2M/1G pages.
>  	 */
> -	I915_WRITE(HSW_GTT_CACHE_EN, GTT_CACHE_EN_ALL);
> +	I915_WRITE(HSW_GTT_CACHE_EN, 0);
>  
>  	/* WaKVMNotificationOnConfigChange:bdw */
>  	I915_WRITE(CHICKEN_PAR2_1, I915_READ(CHICKEN_PAR2_1)
> @@ -8457,10 +8457,10 @@ static void cherryview_init_clock_gating(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
>  	gen8_set_l3sqc_credits(dev_priv, 38, 2);
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * GTT cache may not work with big pages, so if those
> -	 * are ever enabled GTT cache may need to be disabled.
> +	 * The GTT cache must be disabled if the system is planning to use
> +	 * 2M/1G pages.
>  	 */
> -	I915_WRITE(HSW_GTT_CACHE_EN, GTT_CACHE_EN_ALL);
> +	I915_WRITE(HSW_GTT_CACHE_EN, 0);
>  }

Should we perhaps have a modparam to make it easier to evaluate
whether big pages are actually beneficial or not? If so, it should also
affect whether we enable the the GTT cache or not.

>  
>  static void g4x_init_clock_gating(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
> -- 
> 2.9.4
> 
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Ville Syrjälä
Intel OTC