[Intel-gfx] [RFC 4/4] drm/i915/gt: Pipelined page migration

Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com
Tue Dec 1 09:26:05 UTC 2020


On 30/11/2020 16:44, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2020-11-30 16:26:44)
>>
>> On 30/11/2020 16:21, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>> Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2020-11-30 16:07:44)
>>>>
>>>> On 30/11/2020 13:39, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>>>> Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2020-11-30 13:12:55)
>>>>>> On 28/11/2020 18:40, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>>>>>> If we pipeline the PTE updates and then do the copy of those pages
>>>>>>> within a single unpreemptible command packet, we can submit the copies
>>>>>>> and leave them to be scheduled without having to synchronously wait
>>>>>>> under a global lock.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>      drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile                 |   1 +
>>>>>>>      drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h        |   1 +
>>>>>>>      drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c       | 370 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>      drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.h       |  33 ++
>>>>>>>      drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_migrate.c    | 105 +++++
>>>>>>>      .../drm/i915/selftests/i915_live_selftests.h  |   1 +
>>>>>>>      6 files changed, 511 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>      create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c
>>>>>>>      create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.h
>>>>>>>      create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_migrate.c
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
>>>>>>> index e5574e506a5c..0b2e12c87f9d 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
>>>>>>> @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ gt-y += \
>>>>>>>          gt/intel_gtt.o \
>>>>>>>          gt/intel_llc.o \
>>>>>>>          gt/intel_lrc.o \
>>>>>>> +     gt/intel_migrate.o \
>>>>>>>          gt/intel_mocs.o \
>>>>>>>          gt/intel_ppgtt.o \
>>>>>>>          gt/intel_rc6.o \
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
>>>>>>> index ac58fcda4927..079d26b47a97 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine.h
>>>>>>> @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ intel_write_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int reg, u32 value)
>>>>>>>      #define I915_GEM_HWS_PREEMPT_ADDR   (I915_GEM_HWS_PREEMPT * sizeof(u32))
>>>>>>>      #define I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO          0x40
>>>>>>>      #define I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO_ADDR             (I915_GEM_HWS_SEQNO * sizeof(u32))
>>>>>>> +#define I915_GEM_HWS_MIGRATE         (0x42 * sizeof(u32))
>>>>>>>      #define I915_GEM_HWS_SCRATCH                0x80
>>>>>>>      
>>>>>>>      #define I915_HWS_CSB_BUF0_INDEX             0x10
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c
>>>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>>>> index 000000000000..4d7bd32eb8d4
>>>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_migrate.c
>>>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,370 @@
>>>>>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
>>>>>>> +/*
>>>>>>> + * Copyright © 2020 Intel Corporation
>>>>>>> + */
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +#include "i915_drv.h"
>>>>>>> +#include "intel_context.h"
>>>>>>> +#include "intel_gt.h"
>>>>>>> +#include "intel_gtt.h"
>>>>>>> +#include "intel_lrc.h" /* virtual engine */
>>>>>>> +#include "intel_migrate.h"
>>>>>>> +#include "intel_ring.h"
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +#define CHUNK_SZ SZ_8M /* ~1ms at 8GiB/s preemption delay */
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +static void insert_pte(struct i915_address_space *vm,
>>>>>>> +                    struct i915_page_table *pt,
>>>>>>> +                    void *data)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> +     u64 *offset = data;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +     vm->insert_page(vm, px_dma(pt), *offset, I915_CACHE_NONE, 0);
>>>>>>> +     *offset += PAGE_SIZE;
>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +static struct i915_address_space *migrate_vm(struct intel_gt *gt)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> +     struct i915_vm_pt_stash stash = {};
>>>>>>> +     struct i915_ppgtt *vm;
>>>>>>> +     u64 offset, sz;
>>>>>>> +     int err;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +     vm = i915_ppgtt_create(gt);
>>>>>>> +     if (IS_ERR(vm))
>>>>>>> +             return ERR_CAST(vm);
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +     if (!vm->vm.allocate_va_range || !vm->vm.foreach) {
>>>>>>> +             err = -ENODEV;
>>>>>>> +             goto err_vm;
>>>>>>> +     }
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +     /*
>>>>>>> +      * We copy in 8MiB chunks. Each PDE covers 2MiB, so we need
>>>>>>> +      * 4x2 page directories for source/destination.
>>>>>>> +      */
>>>>>>> +     sz = 2 * CHUNK_SZ;
>>>>>>> +     offset = sz;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +     /*
>>>>>>> +      * We need another page directory setup so that we can write
>>>>>>> +      * the 8x512 PTE in each chunk.
>>>>>>> +      */
>>>>>>> +     sz += (sz >> 12) * sizeof(u64);
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +     err = i915_vm_alloc_pt_stash(&vm->vm, &stash, sz);
>>>>>>> +     if (err)
>>>>>>> +             goto err_vm;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +     err = i915_vm_pin_pt_stash(&vm->vm, &stash);
>>>>>>> +     if (err) {
>>>>>>> +             i915_vm_free_pt_stash(&vm->vm, &stash);
>>>>>>> +             goto err_vm;
>>>>>>> +     }
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +     vm->vm.allocate_va_range(&vm->vm, &stash, 0, sz);
>>>>>>> +     i915_vm_free_pt_stash(&vm->vm, &stash);
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +     /* Now allow the GPU to rewrite the PTE via its own ppGTT */
>>>>>>> +     vm->vm.foreach(&vm->vm, 0, sz, insert_pte, &offset);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is just making the [0 - sz) gva point to the allocated sz bytes of
>>>>>> backing store?
>>>>>
>>>>> Not quite, we are pointing [offset, sz) to the page directories
>>>>> themselves. When we write into that range, we are modifying the PTE of
>>>>> this ppGTT. (Breaking the fourth wall, allowing the non-privileged
>>>>> context to update its own page tables.)
>>>>
>>>> Confusing, so first step is here making [0, sz) gva ptes point to pte
>>>> backing store.
>>>>
>>>> Which means emit_pte when called from intel_context_migrate_pages is
>>>> emitting sdw which will write into [0, sz] gva, effectively placing the
>>>> src and dest object content at those location.
>>>>
>>>> Then blit copies the data.
>>>>
>>>> What happens if context is re-used? Gva's no longer point to PTEs so
>>>> how? Is a step to re-initialize after use missing? More sdw after the
>>>> blit copy to make it point back to ptes?
>>>
>>> Every chunk starts with writing the PTEs used by the chunk. Within the
>>> chunk, the GPU commands are not preemptible, so the PTEs cannot be
>>> replaced before they are consumed.
>>>
>>> We do leave the PTE pointing to stale pages after the blit, but since
>>> the vm is only used by first rewriting the PTE, those dangling PTE
>>> should never be chased.
>>>
>>> So each chunk does a fixed copy between the same pair of addresses
>>> within the vm; the magic is in rewriting the PTE to point at the pages
>>> of interest for the chunk.
>>
>> Isn't the vm getting potentially re-used on the fall-back path, if
>> virtual engine creation fails? In which case dangling PTEs would be
>> written to. Or I am still missing something?
> 
> The same vm is used by all contexts (only one is created).

Right, true. I'll try again because the overall scheme is still 
confusing me..

Migrate_vm makes [0, 2 * CHUNK_SZ) point to PTE backing store for the 
same range.

Src emit_pte writes up to [0, CHUNK_SZ) effectively re-writing PTEs for 
the same range

Dest emit_pte same for the destination range

Virtual address [0, 2 * CHUNK_SZ) ptes now point to src and dest objects 
backing store.

Blit copy emits blitter commands to copy between src and dest.

Now second copy comes and calls emit_pte which again writes to [0, 
CHUNK_SZ) virtual range. How does that end up in the PTE backing store 
and not previous object backing store?

Regards,

Tvrtko



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