[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v6 3/3] drm/i915: Predictive governor to control slice/subslice/eu

Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com
Tue Nov 26 10:51:22 UTC 2019


On 26/11/2019 04:51, Ankit Navik wrote:
> High resolution timer is used for predictive governor to control
> eu/slice/subslice based on workloads.
> 
> param is provided to enable/disable/update timer configuration
> 
> V2:
>   * Fix code style.
>   * Move predictive_load_timer into a drm_i915_private
>     structure.
>   * Make generic function to set optimum config. (Tvrtko Ursulin)
> 
> V3:
>   * Rebase.
>   * Fix race condition for predictive load set.
>   * Add slack to start hrtimer for more power efficient. (Tvrtko Ursulin)
> 
> V4:
>   * Fix data type and initialization of mutex to protect predictive load
>     state.
>   * Move predictive timer init to i915_gem_init_early. (Tvrtko Ursulin)
>   * Move debugfs to kernel parameter.
> 
> V5:
>   * Rebase.
>   * Remove mutex for pred_timer
> 
> V6:
>   * Rebase.
>   * Fix warnings.
> 
> Cc: Vipin Anand <vipin.anand at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ankit Navik <ankit.p.navik at intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile       |   1 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.c | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.h |  31 +++++++++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h     |   4 ++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c     |   4 ++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c  |   4 ++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h  |   1 +
>   7 files changed, 149 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.h
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
> index e0fd10c..c1a98f3 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
> @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ obj-y += gt/
>   gt-y += \
>   	gt/intel_breadcrumbs.o \
>   	gt/intel_context.o \
> +	gt/intel_deu.o \
>   	gt/intel_engine_cs.o \
>   	gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.o \
>   	gt/intel_engine_pm.o \
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..6c5b01c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright © 2019 Intel Corporation
> + *
> + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> + * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
> + * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> + * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
> + * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> + * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> + *
> + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
> + * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
> + * Software.
> + *
> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
> + * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
> + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> + * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
> + * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> + *
> + * Authors:
> + *    Ankit Navik <ankit.p.navik at intel.com>
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * DOC: Dynamic EU Control (DEU)
> + *
> + * DEU tries to re-configure EU allocation during runtime by predictive load
> + * calculation of command queue to gain power saving.
> + * It is transparent to user space and completely handled in the kernel.
> + */
> +
> +#include "intel_deu.h"
> +#include "i915_drv.h"
> +#include "gem/i915_gem_context.h"
> +
> +/*
> + * Anything above threshold is considered as HIGH load, less is considered
> + * as LOW load and equal is considered as MEDIUM load.
> + *
> + * The threshold value of three active requests pending.
> + */
> +#define PENDING_THRESHOLD_MEDIUM 3
> +
> +#define SLACK_TIMER_NSEC 1000000 /* Timer range in nano second */
> +
> +enum hrtimer_restart predictive_load_cb(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
> +{
> +	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv =
> +			container_of(hrtimer, typeof(*dev_priv), pred_timer);
> +	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
> +	enum gem_load_type load_type;
> +	unsigned int req_pending;
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry(ctx, &dev_priv->gem.contexts.list, link) {
> +		req_pending = atomic_read(&ctx->req_cnt);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Transitioning to low state whenever pending request is zero
> +		 * would cause vacillation between low and high state.
> +		 */
> +		if (req_pending == 0)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		if (req_pending > PENDING_THRESHOLD_MEDIUM)
> +			load_type = LOAD_TYPE_HIGH;
> +		else if (req_pending == PENDING_THRESHOLD_MEDIUM)
> +			load_type = LOAD_TYPE_MEDIUM;
> +		else
> +			load_type = LOAD_TYPE_LOW;
> +
> +		i915_gem_context_set_load_type(ctx, load_type);
> +	}

Now ideally we don't want to iterate contexts from a timer for more than 
one reason. Most interesting one is that the configuration you are 
setting here is not actually applied until __execlists_update_reg_state. 
Which runs only when contexts is getting pinned (or re-pinned).

You mentioned you did some experiment where you did something on context 
pinning and that it did not work so well. I don't know what that was 
though. I don't think that was ever posted?

What I am thinking is this: You drop the timer altogether. Instead in 
__execlists_update_reg_state you look at your gem_context->req_cnt and 
implement your logic there.

You convert your selected configuration to struct intel_sseu (so counts 
to bitmasks) and pass it to intel_sseu_make_rpcs which does the right thing.

> +
> +	hrtimer_forward_now(hrtimer,
> +			    ms_to_ktime(dev_priv->predictive_load_enable));
> +
> +	return HRTIMER_RESTART;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * intel_deu_init - Initialize dynamic EU
> + * @dev_priv: i915 device instance
> + *
> + * This function is called at driver load
> + */
> +void intel_deu_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
> +{
> +	dev_priv->predictive_load_enable = i915_modparams.deu_enable;
> +	hrtimer_init(&dev_priv->pred_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
> +	dev_priv->pred_timer.function = predictive_load_cb;
> +
> +	if (dev_priv->predictive_load_enable) {
> +		if (!hrtimer_active(&dev_priv->pred_timer))
> +			hrtimer_start_range_ns(&dev_priv->pred_timer,
> +			ms_to_ktime(dev_priv->predictive_load_enable),
> +			SLACK_TIMER_NSEC,
> +			HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
> +	} else {
> +		hrtimer_cancel(&dev_priv->pred_timer);

Why do you need to stop something which hasn't been started?

And more importantly, who stops the timer on driver unload?

> +	}
> +}
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..3b4b16f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_deu.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright © 2019 Intel Corporation
> + *
> + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> + * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
> + * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> + * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
> + * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> + * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> + *
> + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
> + * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
> + * Software.
> + *
> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
> + * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
> + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> + * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
> + * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef __INTEL_DEU_H__
> +#define __INTEL_DEU_H__
> +
> +struct drm_i915_private;
> +
> +void intel_deu_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv);
> +
> +#endif /* __INTEL_DEU_H__ */
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> index 3064ddf..5553537 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> @@ -1002,6 +1002,8 @@ struct drm_i915_private {
>   	/* optimal slice/subslice/EU configration state */
>   	struct i915_sseu_optimum_config *opt_config;
>   
> +	/* protects predictive load state */
> +	struct hrtimer pred_timer;
>   	int predictive_load_enable;
>   
>   	unsigned int fsb_freq, mem_freq, is_ddr3;
> @@ -1768,6 +1770,8 @@ long i915_compat_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
>   #endif
>   extern const struct dev_pm_ops i915_pm_ops;
>   
> +extern enum hrtimer_restart predictive_load_cb(struct hrtimer *hrtimer);
> +
>   int i915_driver_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent);
>   void i915_driver_remove(struct drm_i915_private *i915);
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> index 61395b0..ee711ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>   #include "gem/i915_gem_context.h"
>   #include "gem/i915_gem_ioctls.h"
>   #include "gem/i915_gem_pm.h"
> +#include "gt/intel_deu.h"
>   #include "gt/intel_context.h"
>   #include "gt/intel_engine_user.h"
>   #include "gt/intel_gt.h"
> @@ -1416,6 +1417,9 @@ void i915_gem_init_early(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
>   	i915_gem_init__mm(dev_priv);
>   
>   	spin_lock_init(&dev_priv->fb_tracking.lock);
> +
> +	/* Dynamic EU timer initialization for predictive load */
> +	intel_deu_init(dev_priv);
>   }
>   
>   void i915_gem_cleanup_early(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> index 1dd1f36..a5a3a6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> @@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ i915_param_named_unsafe(disable_power_well, int, 0400,
>   
>   i915_param_named_unsafe(enable_ips, int, 0600, "Enable IPS (default: true)");
>   
> +i915_param_named_unsafe(deu_enable, int, 0600,
> +	"Enable dynamic EU control for power savings "
> +	"(0=disable deu predictive timer [default], 150=optimal deu predictive timer)"); > +
>   i915_param_named(fastboot, int, 0600,
>   	"Try to skip unnecessary mode sets at boot time "
>   	"(0=disabled, 1=enabled) "
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
> index 31b88f2..cf0903b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.h
> @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ struct drm_printer;
>   	param(int, disable_power_well, -1) \
>   	param(int, enable_ips, 1) \
>   	param(int, invert_brightness, 0) \
> +	param(int, deu_enable, 0) \
>   	param(int, enable_guc, 0) \
>   	param(int, guc_log_level, -1) \
>   	param(char *, guc_firmware_path, NULL) \
> 

Regards,

Tvrtko


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