[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/5] drm/i915: Remove i915_request.lock requirement for execution callbacks

Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com
Thu Jul 16 12:40:07 UTC 2020


On 16/07/2020 12:33, Chris Wilson wrote:
> We are using the i915_request.lock to serialise adding an execution
> callback with __i915_request_submit. However, if we use an atomic
> llist_add to serialise multiple waiters and then check to see if the
> request is already executing, we can remove the irq-spinlock.
> 
> v2: Avoid using the irq_work when outside of the irq-spinlocks, where we
> can execute the callbacks immediately.
> v3: Pay close attention to the order of setting ACTIVE on retirement, we
> need to ensure the request is signaled and breadcrumbs detached before
> we finish removing the request from the engine.
> 
> Fixes: 1d9221e9d395 ("drm/i915: Skip signaling a signaled request")
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c | 121 ++++++++++++++++------------
>   1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
> index 781a6783affe..2ef17b11ca4b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
> @@ -186,30 +186,34 @@ static void irq_execute_cb_hook(struct irq_work *wrk)
>   	irq_execute_cb(wrk);
>   }
>   
> -static void __notify_execute_cb(struct i915_request *rq)
> +static __always_inline void
> +__notify_execute_cb(struct i915_request *rq, bool (*fn)(struct irq_work *wrk))
>   {
>   	struct execute_cb *cb, *cn;
>   
> -	lockdep_assert_held(&rq->lock);
> -
> -	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_request_is_active(rq));
>   	if (llist_empty(&rq->execute_cb))
>   		return;
>   
> -	llist_for_each_entry_safe(cb, cn, rq->execute_cb.first, work.llnode)
> -		irq_work_queue(&cb->work);
> +	llist_for_each_entry_safe(cb, cn,
> +				  llist_del_all(&rq->execute_cb),
> +				  work.llnode)
> +		fn(&cb->work);
> +}
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * XXX Rollback on __i915_request_unsubmit()
> -	 *
> -	 * In the future, perhaps when we have an active time-slicing scheduler,
> -	 * it will be interesting to unsubmit parallel execution and remove
> -	 * busywaits from the GPU until their master is restarted. This is
> -	 * quite hairy, we have to carefully rollback the fence and do a
> -	 * preempt-to-idle cycle on the target engine, all the while the
> -	 * master execute_cb may refire.
> -	 */
> -	init_llist_head(&rq->execute_cb);
> +static void __notify_execute_cb_irq(struct i915_request *rq)
> +{
> +	__notify_execute_cb(rq, irq_work_queue);
> +}
> +
> +static bool irq_work_imm(struct irq_work *wrk)
> +{
> +	wrk->func(wrk);
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
> +static void __notify_execute_cb_imm(struct i915_request *rq)
> +{
> +	__notify_execute_cb(rq, irq_work_imm);
>   }
>   
>   static inline void
> @@ -274,9 +278,14 @@ static void remove_from_engine(struct i915_request *rq)
>   		locked = engine;
>   	}
>   	list_del_init(&rq->sched.link);
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&locked->active.lock);
> +
>   	clear_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_PQUEUE, &rq->fence.flags);
>   	clear_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_HOLD, &rq->fence.flags);
> -	spin_unlock_irq(&locked->active.lock);
> +
> +	/* Prevent further __await_execution() registering a cb, then flush */
> +	set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_ACTIVE, &rq->fence.flags);
> +	__notify_execute_cb_imm(rq);
>   }
>   
>   bool i915_request_retire(struct i915_request *rq)
> @@ -288,6 +297,7 @@ bool i915_request_retire(struct i915_request *rq)
>   
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_sw_fence_signaled(&rq->submit));
>   	trace_i915_request_retire(rq);
> +	i915_request_mark_complete(rq);
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * We know the GPU must have read the request to have
> @@ -305,16 +315,7 @@ bool i915_request_retire(struct i915_request *rq)
>   		__i915_request_fill(rq, POISON_FREE);
>   	rq->ring->head = rq->postfix;
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * We only loosely track inflight requests across preemption,
> -	 * and so we may find ourselves attempting to retire a _completed_
> -	 * request that we have removed from the HW and put back on a run
> -	 * queue.
> -	 */
> -	remove_from_engine(rq);
> -
>   	spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock);
> -	i915_request_mark_complete(rq);
>   	if (!i915_request_signaled(rq))
>   		dma_fence_signal_locked(&rq->fence);
>   	if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT, &rq->fence.flags))
> @@ -323,13 +324,21 @@ bool i915_request_retire(struct i915_request *rq)
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&rq->engine->gt->rps.num_waiters));
>   		atomic_dec(&rq->engine->gt->rps.num_waiters);
>   	}
> -	if (!test_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_ACTIVE, &rq->fence.flags)) {
> -		set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_ACTIVE, &rq->fence.flags);
> -		__notify_execute_cb(rq);
> -	}
> -	GEM_BUG_ON(!llist_empty(&rq->execute_cb));
>   	spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * We only loosely track inflight requests across preemption,
> +	 * and so we may find ourselves attempting to retire a _completed_
> +	 * request that we have removed from the HW and put back on a run
> +	 * queue.
> +	 *
> +	 * As we set I915_FENCE_FLAG_ACTIVE on the request, this should be
> +	 * after removing the breadcrumb and signaling it, so that we do not
> +	 * inadvertently attach the breadcrumb to a completed request.
> +	 */
> +	remove_from_engine(rq);
> +	GEM_BUG_ON(!llist_empty(&rq->execute_cb));
> +
>   	remove_from_client(rq);
>   	__list_del_entry(&rq->link); /* poison neither prev/next (RCU walks) */
>   
> @@ -357,12 +366,6 @@ void i915_request_retire_upto(struct i915_request *rq)
>   	} while (i915_request_retire(tmp) && tmp != rq);
>   }
>   
> -static void __llist_add(struct llist_node *node, struct llist_head *head)
> -{
> -	node->next = head->first;
> -	head->first = node;
> -}
> -
>   static struct i915_request * const *
>   __engine_active(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   {
> @@ -460,18 +463,24 @@ __await_execution(struct i915_request *rq,
>   		cb->work.func = irq_execute_cb_hook;
>   	}
>   
> -	spin_lock_irq(&signal->lock);
> -	if (i915_request_is_active(signal) || __request_in_flight(signal)) {
> -		if (hook) {
> -			hook(rq, &signal->fence);
> -			i915_request_put(signal);
> -		}
> -		i915_sw_fence_complete(cb->fence);
> -		kmem_cache_free(global.slab_execute_cbs, cb);
> -	} else {
> -		__llist_add(&cb->work.llnode, &signal->execute_cb);
> +	/*
> +	 * Register the callback first, then see if the signaler is already
> +	 * active. This ensures that if we race with the
> +	 * __notify_execute_cb from i915_request_submit() and we are not
> +	 * included in that list, we get a second bite of the cherry and
> +	 * execute it ourselves. After this point, a future
> +	 * i915_request_submit() will notify us.
> +	 *
> +	 * In i915_request_retire() we set the ACTIVE bit on a completed
> +	 * request (then flush the execute_cb). So by registering the
> +	 * callback first, then checking the ACTIVE bit, we serialise with
> +	 * the completed/retired request.
> +	 */
> +	if (llist_add(&cb->work.llnode, &signal->execute_cb)) {
> +		if (i915_request_is_active(signal) ||
> +		    __request_in_flight(signal))
> +			__notify_execute_cb_imm(signal);
>   	}
> -	spin_unlock_irq(&signal->lock);
>   
>   	return 0;
>   }
> @@ -587,18 +596,28 @@ bool __i915_request_submit(struct i915_request *request)
>   		clear_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_PQUEUE, &request->fence.flags);
>   	}
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * XXX Rollback bonded-execution on __i915_request_unsubmit()?
> +	 *
> +	 * In the future, perhaps when we have an active time-slicing scheduler,
> +	 * it will be interesting to unsubmit parallel execution and remove
> +	 * busywaits from the GPU until their master is restarted. This is
> +	 * quite hairy, we have to carefully rollback the fence and do a
> +	 * preempt-to-idle cycle on the target engine, all the while the
> +	 * master execute_cb may refire.
> +	 */
> +	__notify_execute_cb_irq(request);
> +
>   	/* We may be recursing from the signal callback of another i915 fence */
>   	if (!i915_request_signaled(request)) {
>   		spin_lock_nested(&request->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
>   
> -		__notify_execute_cb(request);
>   		if (test_bit(DMA_FENCE_FLAG_ENABLE_SIGNAL_BIT,
>   			     &request->fence.flags) &&
>   		    !i915_request_enable_breadcrumb(request))
>   			intel_engine_signal_breadcrumbs(engine);
>   
>   		spin_unlock(&request->lock);
> -		GEM_BUG_ON(!llist_empty(&request->execute_cb));
>   	}
>   
>   	return result;
> 

Looks okay.

Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>

Regards,

Tvrtko


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