[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/guc: Log engine resets

Matthew Brost matthew.brost at intel.com
Mon Dec 20 17:55:37 UTC 2021


On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 03:00:53PM +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> 
> On 17/12/2021 16:22, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 12:15:53PM +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 14/12/2021 15:07, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> > > > From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Log engine resets done by the GuC firmware in the similar way it is done
> > > > by the execlists backend.
> > > > 
> > > > This way we have notion of where the hangs are before the GuC gains
> > > > support for proper error capture.
> > > 
> > > Ping - any interest to log this info?
> > > 
> > > All there currently is a non-descriptive "[drm] GPU HANG: ecode
> > > 12:0:00000000".
> > > 
> > 
> > Yea, this could be helpful. One suggestion below.
> > 
> > > Also, will GuC be reporting the reason for the engine reset at any point?
> > > 
> > 
> > We are working on the error state capture, presumably the registers will
> > give a clue what caused the hang.
> > 
> > As for the GuC providing a reason, that isn't defined in the interface
> > but that is decent idea to provide a hint in G2H what the issue was. Let
> > me run that by the i915 GuC developers / GuC firmware team and see what
> > they think.
> > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Tvrtko
> > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> > > > Cc: John Harrison <John.C.Harrison at Intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >    drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> > > >    1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> > > > index 97311119da6f..51512123dc1a 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> > > > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> > > >    #include "gt/intel_context.h"
> > > >    #include "gt/intel_engine_pm.h"
> > > >    #include "gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.h"
> > > > +#include "gt/intel_engine_user.h"
> > > >    #include "gt/intel_gpu_commands.h"
> > > >    #include "gt/intel_gt.h"
> > > >    #include "gt/intel_gt_clock_utils.h"
> > > > @@ -3934,9 +3935,18 @@ static void capture_error_state(struct intel_guc *guc,
> > > >    {
> > > >    	struct intel_gt *gt = guc_to_gt(guc);
> > > >    	struct drm_i915_private *i915 = gt->i915;
> > > > -	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = __context_to_physical_engine(ce);
> > > > +	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = ce->engine;
> > > >    	intel_wakeref_t wakeref;
> > > > +	if (intel_engine_is_virtual(engine)) {
> > > > +		drm_notice(&i915->drm, "%s class, engines 0x%x; GuC engine reset\n",
> > > > +			   intel_engine_class_repr(engine->class),
> > > > +			   engine->mask);
> > > > +		engine = guc_virtual_get_sibling(engine, 0);
> > > > +	} else {
> > > > +		drm_notice(&i915->drm, "%s GuC engine reset\n", engine->name);
> > 
> > Probably include the guc_id of the context too then?
> 
> Is the guc id stable and useful on its own - who would be the user?
> 

Techincally not stable, but in practice it is. The user could be
corresponding the context that was reset to a GuC log.

More debug info is typically better.

Matt

> Regards,
> 
> Tvrtko


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