[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915/ggtt: Add generic i915_ggtt ballooning support

[Chris Wilson]

Quoting Michal Wajdeczko (2020-08-02 16:34:09)
> Reserving part of the GGTT for the GuC requires same steps
> as in VGT GGTT ballooning. Add generic GGTT ballooning
> helpers to intel_ggtt.c to avoid code duplication.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko at intel.com>
> Cc: Xiong Zhang <xiong.y.zhang at intel.com>
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h  |  4 ++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vgpu.c     | 64 +++++---------------------
>  3 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c
> index 33a3f627ddb1..7001252b4703 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_ggtt.c
> @@ -462,29 +462,17 @@ static void ggtt_unbind_vma(struct i915_address_space *vm, struct i915_vma *vma)
>  
>  static int ggtt_reserve_guc_top(struct i915_ggtt *ggtt)
>  {
> -       u64 size;
> -       int ret;
> -
>         if (!intel_uc_uses_guc(&ggtt->vm.gt->uc))
>                 return 0;
>  
>         GEM_BUG_ON(ggtt->vm.total <= GUC_GGTT_TOP);
> -       size = ggtt->vm.total - GUC_GGTT_TOP;
> -
> -       ret = i915_gem_gtt_reserve(&ggtt->vm, &ggtt->uc_fw, size,
> -                                  GUC_GGTT_TOP, I915_COLOR_UNEVICTABLE,
> -                                  PIN_NOEVICT);
> -       if (ret)
> -               drm_dbg(&ggtt->vm.i915->drm,
> -                       "Failed to reserve top of GGTT for GuC\n");
> -
> -       return ret;
> +       return i915_ggtt_balloon(ggtt, GUC_GGTT_TOP, ggtt->vm.total,
> +                                &ggtt->uc_fw);

I still don't buy this, this is definitely not "ballooning". And I'm yet
to be convinced that ballooning is a central concept to the i915_ggtt
itself and not a client coordination facility on top.
-Chris