[Intel-gfx] [RFC 00/17] Per-context and per-client engine busyness

[Chris Wilson]

Quoting Lionel Landwerlin (2017-10-26 10:50:57)
> On 26/10/17 08:34, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> > On 25/10/2017 18:38, Chris Wilson wrote:
> >> Quoting Chris Wilson (2017-10-25 16:47:13)
> >>> Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2017-10-25 16:36:15)
> >>>> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> >>> I've prototyped a quick demo of intel-client-top which produces output like:
> >>>
> >>>       neverball[  6011]:  rcs0:  41.01%  bcs0:   0.00%  vcs0:   0.00%  vecs0:   0.00%
> >>>            Xorg[  5664]:  rcs0:  31.16%  bcs0:   0.00%  vcs0:   0.00%  vecs0:   0.00%
> >>>           xfwm4[  5727]:  rcs0:   0.00%  bcs0:   0.00%  vcs0:   0.00%  vecs0:   0.00%
> >> +1
> >> +2 for a graph ;)
> > Where are those placement students when you need them! :)
> 
> I won't be your student, but I could like to wire this into gputop.

See intel_gpu_overlay for a set of graphs where this would fit in nicely
(but not neatly). It's certainly not a robust user-friendly UI (or code),
but for measuring kernel-level activity, there's nothing else that tries
to put all the information in the same place. Hint ;)
-Chris