[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v4] drm/i915: Skip object locking around a no-op set-domain ioctl

[Chris Wilson]

If we are already in the desired write domain of a set-domain ioctl,
then there is nothing for us to do and we can quickly return back to
userspace, avoiding any lock contention. By recognising that the
write_domain is always a subset of the read_domains, and excluding the
no-op case of requiring 0 read_domains in the ioctl, we can infer if the
current write_domain matches the target read_domains, there is nothing
for us to do.

Secondary aspect of this is that we undo the arbitrary fetching and
potential flushing of all pages for a set-domain(.write=CPU) call on a
fresh object -- which was introduced simply because we do the get-pages
before taking the struct_mutex.

References: 40e62d5d6be8 ("drm/i915: Acquire the backing storage outside of struct_mutex in set-domain")
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Auld <matthew.william.auld at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 1a684b7e8c09..85a19b906e72 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1484,17 +1484,37 @@ i915_gem_set_domain_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	if ((write_domain | read_domains) & I915_GEM_GPU_DOMAINS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* Having something in the write domain implies it's in the read
+	/*
+	 * Having something in the write domain implies it's in the read
 	 * domain, and only that read domain.  Enforce that in the request.
 	 */
-	if (write_domain != 0 && read_domains != write_domain)
+	if (write_domain && read_domains != write_domain)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!read_domains)
+		return 0;
+
 	obj = i915_gem_object_lookup(file, args->handle);
 	if (!obj)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	/* Try to flush the object off the GPU without holding the lock.
+	/*
+	 * Already in the desired target write domain? Nothing for us to!
+	 *
+	 * We apply a little bit of cunning here to catch a broader set of
+	 * no-ops. If obj->write_domain is set, we must be in the same
+	 * obj->read_domains, and only that domain. Therefore, if that
+	 * obj->write_domain matches the request read_domains, we are
+	 * already in the same read/write domain and can skip the operation,
+	 * without having to further check the requested write_domain.
+	 */
+	if (READ_ONCE(obj->write_domain) == read_domains) {
+		err = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Try to flush the object off the GPU without holding the lock.
 	 * We will repeat the flush holding the lock in the normal manner
 	 * to catch cases where we are gazumped.
 	 */
-- 
2.20.1