[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 08/41] drm/i915: Improve DFS for priority inheritance

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Tue Jan 26 16:51:46 UTC 2021


Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2021-01-26 16:42:37)
> 
> On 26/01/2021 16:26, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2021-01-26 16:22:58)
> >>
> >>
> >> On 25/01/2021 14:01, Chris Wilson wrote:
> >>> The core of the scheduling algorithm is that we compute the topological
> >>> order of the fence DAG. Knowing that we have a DAG, we should be able to
> >>> use a DFS to compute the topological sort in linear time. However,
> >>> during the conversion of the recursive algorithm into an iterative one,
> >>> the memoization of how far we had progressed down a branch was
> >>> forgotten. The result was that instead of running in linear time, it was
> >>> running in geometric time and could easily run for a few hundred
> >>> milliseconds given a wide enough graph, not the microseconds as required.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> >>> ---
> >>>    drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++-----------
> >>>    1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
> >>> index 4802c9b1081d..9139a91f0aa3 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
> >>> @@ -234,6 +234,26 @@ void __i915_priolist_free(struct i915_priolist *p)
> >>>        kmem_cache_free(global.slab_priorities, p);
> >>>    }
> >>>    
> >>> +static struct i915_request *
> >>> +stack_push(struct i915_request *rq,
> >>> +        struct i915_request *stack,
> >>> +        struct list_head *pos)
> >>> +{
> >>> +     stack->sched.dfs.prev = pos;
> >>> +     rq->sched.dfs.next = (struct list_head *)stack;
> >>> +     return rq;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static struct i915_request *
> >>> +stack_pop(struct i915_request *rq,
> >>> +       struct list_head **pos)
> >>> +{
> >>> +     rq = (struct i915_request *)rq->sched.dfs.next;
> >>> +     if (rq)
> >>> +             *pos = rq->sched.dfs.prev;
> >>> +     return rq;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>>    static inline bool need_preempt(int prio, int active)
> >>>    {
> >>>        /*
> >>> @@ -298,11 +318,10 @@ static void ipi_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
> >>>    static void __i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
> >>>    {
> >>>        struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
> >>> -     struct i915_request *rn;
> >>> +     struct list_head *pos = &rq->sched.signalers_list;
> >>>        struct list_head *plist;
> >>> -     LIST_HEAD(dfs);
> >>>    
> >>> -     list_add(&rq->sched.dfs, &dfs);
> >>> +     plist = i915_sched_lookup_priolist(engine, prio);
> >>>    
> >>>        /*
> >>>         * Recursively bump all dependent priorities to match the new request.
> >>> @@ -322,40 +341,31 @@ static void __i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
> >>>         * end result is a topological list of requests in reverse order, the
> >>>         * last element in the list is the request we must execute first.
> >>>         */
> >>> -     list_for_each_entry(rq, &dfs, sched.dfs) {
> >>> -             struct i915_dependency *p;
> >>> -
> >>> -             /* Also release any children on this engine that are ready */
> >>> -             GEM_BUG_ON(rq->engine != engine);
> >>> -
> >>> -             for_each_signaler(p, rq) {
> >>> +     rq->sched.dfs.next = NULL;
> >>> +     do {
> >>> +             list_for_each_continue(pos, &rq->sched.signalers_list) {
> >>> +                     struct i915_dependency *p =
> >>> +                             list_entry(pos, typeof(*p), signal_link);
> >>>                        struct i915_request *s =
> >>>                                container_of(p->signaler, typeof(*s), sched);
> >>>    
> >>> -                     GEM_BUG_ON(s == rq);
> >>> -
> >>>                        if (rq_prio(s) >= prio)
> >>>                                continue;
> >>>    
> >>>                        if (__i915_request_is_complete(s))
> >>>                                continue;
> >>>    
> >>> -                     if (s->engine != rq->engine) {
> >>> +                     if (s->engine != engine) {
> >>>                                ipi_priority(s, prio);
> >>>                                continue;
> >>>                        }
> >>>    
> >>> -                     list_move_tail(&s->sched.dfs, &dfs);
> >>> +                     /* Remember our position along this branch */
> >>> +                     rq = stack_push(s, rq, pos);
> >>> +                     pos = &rq->sched.signalers_list;
> >>>                }
> >>> -     }
> >>>    
> >>> -     plist = i915_sched_lookup_priolist(engine, prio);
> >>> -
> >>> -     /* Fifo and depth-first replacement ensure our deps execute first */
> >>> -     list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(rq, rn, &dfs, sched.dfs) {
> >>> -             GEM_BUG_ON(rq->engine != engine);
> >>> -
> >>> -             INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->sched.dfs);
> >>> +             RQ_TRACE(rq, "set-priority:%d\n", prio);
> >>>                WRITE_ONCE(rq->sched.attr.priority, prio);
> >>>    
> >>>                /*
> >>> @@ -369,12 +379,13 @@ static void __i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
> >>>                if (!i915_request_is_ready(rq))
> >>>                        continue;
> >>>    
> >>> +             GEM_BUG_ON(rq->engine != engine);
> >>>                if (i915_request_in_priority_queue(rq))
> >>>                        list_move_tail(&rq->sched.link, plist);
> >>>    
> >>>                /* Defer (tasklet) submission until after all updates. */
> >>>                kick_submission(engine, rq, prio);
> >>> -     }
> >>> +     } while ((rq = stack_pop(rq, &pos)));
> >>>    }
> >>>    
> >>>    void i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
> >>> @@ -444,7 +455,6 @@ void i915_sched_node_init(struct i915_sched_node *node)
> >>>        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&node->signalers_list);
> >>>        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&node->waiters_list);
> >>>        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&node->link);
> >>> -     INIT_LIST_HEAD(&node->dfs);
> >>>    
> >>>        node->ipi_link = NULL;
> >>>    
> >>>
> >>
> >> Pen and paper was needed here but it looks good.
> > 
> > If you highlight the areas that need more commentary, I guess
> > a theory-of-operation for stack_push/stack_pop?
> 
> At some point I wanted to suggest you change dfs.list_head abuse to 
> explicit rq and list head pointer to better represent how there are two 
> pieces of information tracked in there.

Ok. While writing it I thought some places continued to use it as a
struct list_head, but it appears that this is the only user.
I'll give it a whirl.
-Chris


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