[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 22/41] drm/i915: Fair low-latency scheduling

Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com
Thu Jan 28 11:35:59 UTC 2021


On 25/01/2021 14:01, Chris Wilson wrote:
> The first "scheduler" was a topographical sorting of requests into
> priority order. The execution order was deterministic, the earliest
> submitted, highest priority request would be executed first. Priority
> inheritance ensured that inversions were kept at bay, and allowed us to
> dynamically boost priorities (e.g. for interactive pageflips).
> 
> The minimalistic timeslicing scheme was an attempt to introduce fairness
> between long running requests, by evicting the active request at the end
> of a timeslice and moving it to the back of its priority queue (while
> ensuring that dependencies were kept in order). For short running
> requests from many clients of equal priority, the scheme is still very
> much FIFO submission ordering, and as unfair as before.
> 
> To impose fairness, we need an external metric that ensures that clients
> are interpersed, so we don't execute one long chain from client A before
> executing any of client B. This could be imposed by the clients
> themselves by using fences based on an external clock, that is they only
> submit work for a "frame" at frame-intervals, instead of submitting as
> much work as they are able to. The standard SwapBuffers approach is akin
> to double bufferring, where as one frame is being executed, the next is
> being submitted, such that there is always a maximum of two frames per
> client in the pipeline and so ideally maintains consistent input-output
> latency. Even this scheme exhibits unfairness under load as a single
> client will execute two frames back to back before the next, and with
> enough clients, deadlines will be missed.
> 
> The idea introduced by BFS/MuQSS is that fairness is introduced by
> metering with an external clock. Every request, when it becomes ready to
> execute is assigned a virtual deadline, and execution order is then
> determined by earliest deadline. Priority is used as a hint, rather than
> strict ordering, where high priority requests have earlier deadlines,
> but not necessarily earlier than outstanding work. Thus work is executed
> in order of 'readiness', with timeslicing to demote long running work.
> 
> The Achille's heel of this scheduler is its strong preference for
> low-latency and favouring of new queues. Whereas it was easy to dominate
> the old scheduler by flooding it with many requests over a short period
> of time, the new scheduler can be dominated by a 'synchronous' client
> that waits for each of its requests to complete before submitting the
> next. As such a client has no history, it is always considered
> ready-to-run and receives an earlier deadline than the long running
> requests. This is compensated for by refreshing the current execution's
> deadline and by disallowing preemption for timeslice shuffling.
> 
> In contrast, one key advantage of disconnecting the sort key from the
> priority value is that we can freely adjust the deadline to compensate
> for other factors. This is used in conjunction with submitting requests
> ahead-of-schedule that then busywait on the GPU using semaphores. Since
> we don't want to spend a timeslice busywaiting instead of doing real
> work when available, we deprioritise work by giving the semaphore waits
> a later virtual deadline. The priority deboost is applied to semaphore
> workloads after they miss a semaphore wait and a new context is pending.
> The request is then restored to its normal priority once the semaphores
> are signaled so that it not unfairly penalised under contention by
> remaining at a far future deadline. This is a much improved and cleaner
> version of commit f9e9e9de58c7 ("drm/i915: Prioritise non-busywait
> semaphore workloads").
> 
> To check the impact on throughput (often the downfall of latency
> sensitive schedulers), we used gem_wsim to simulate various transcode
> workloads with different load balancers, and varying the number of
> competing [heterogenous] clients. On Kabylake gt3e running at fixed
> clocks,
> 
> +delta%------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |       a                                                                |
> |       a                                                                |
> |       a                                                                |
> |       a                                                                |
> |       aa                                                               |
> |      aaa                                                               |
> |      aaaa                                                              |
> |     aaaaaa                                                             |
> |     aaaaaa                                                             |
> |     aaaaaa   a                a                                        |
> | aa  aaaaaa a a      a  a   aa a       a         a       a             a|
> ||______M__A__________|                                                  |
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>      N           Min           Max        Median          Avg       Stddev
>    108    -4.6326643     47.797855 -0.00069639128     2.116185   7.6764049

+47% is aggregate throughput or 47% less variance between worst-best 
clients from the group?

> 
> Reviewing the same workloads on Tigerlake,
> 
> +delta%------------------------------------------------------------------+
> |       a                                                                |
> |       a                                                                |
> |       a                                                                |
> |       aa a                                                             |
> |       aaaa                                                             |
> |       aaaa                                                             |
> |    aaaaaaa                                                             |
> |    aaaaaaa                                                             |
> |    aaaaaaa      a   a   aa  a         a                         a      |
> | aaaaaaaaaa a aa a a a aaaa aa   a     a        aa               a     a|
> ||_______M____A_____________|                                            |
> +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>      N           Min           Max        Median          Avg       Stddev
>    108     -4.258712      46.83081    0.36853159    4.1415662     9.461689
> 
> The expectation is that by deliberately increasing the number of context
> switches to improve fairness between clients, throughput will be
> diminished. What we do see is are small fluctations around no change,
> with the median result being improved throughput. The dramatic
> improvement is from reintroducing the improved no-semaphore boosting,
> which avoids accidentally preventing scheduling of ready workloads due
> to busy spinners.
> 
> This scheduler is based on MuQSS by Dr Con Kolivas.
> 
> Testcase: igt/gem_exec_fair
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c     |   2 -
>   .../gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c  |   1 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c     |   4 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h  |  14 -
>   .../drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c  | 205 ++++-----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c  |  30 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c  |   5 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c        |   1 +
>   .../gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c |   5 -
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_priolist_types.h    |   7 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c           |  14 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c         | 433 +++++++++++++-----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h         |  16 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h   |  23 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c |   1 +
>   .../gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_scheduler.c   | 136 ++++++
>   16 files changed, 630 insertions(+), 267 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
> index 2f9a8960144b..8372c8bc4ca5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_cs.c
> @@ -573,8 +573,6 @@ void intel_engine_init_execlists(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   	memset(execlists->pending, 0, sizeof(execlists->pending));
>   	execlists->active =
>   		memset(execlists->inflight, 0, sizeof(execlists->inflight));
> -
> -	execlists->queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
>   }
>   
>   static void cleanup_status_page(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c
> index 0b026cde9f09..2d1f0a4da13c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_heartbeat.c
> @@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ static int __intel_engine_pulse(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   	if (IS_ERR(rq))
>   		return PTR_ERR(rq);
>   
> +	rq->sched.deadline = 0;
>   	__set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_SENTINEL, &rq->fence.flags);
>   
>   	heartbeat_commit(rq, &attr);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c
> index 205feeaf0e76..2427d9e01be9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_pm.c
> @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ static bool switch_to_kernel_context(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   	i915_request_add_active_barriers(rq);
>   
>   	/* Install ourselves as a preemption barrier */
> +	rq->sched.deadline = 0;
>   	rq->sched.attr.priority = I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER;
>   	if (likely(!__i915_request_commit(rq))) { /* engine should be idle! */
>   		/*
> @@ -271,9 +272,6 @@ static int __engine_park(struct intel_wakeref *wf)
>   	intel_engine_park_heartbeat(engine);
>   	intel_breadcrumbs_park(engine->breadcrumbs);
>   
> -	/* Must be reset upon idling, or we may miss the busy wakeup. */
> -	GEM_BUG_ON(engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint != INT_MIN);
> -
>   	if (engine->park)
>   		engine->park(engine);
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
> index 76d561c2c6aa..b5bef848a2d5 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_engine_types.h
> @@ -223,20 +223,6 @@ struct intel_engine_execlists {
>   	 */
>   	unsigned int port_mask;
>   
> -	/**
> -	 * @queue_priority_hint: Highest pending priority.
> -	 *
> -	 * When we add requests into the queue, or adjust the priority of
> -	 * executing requests, we compute the maximum priority of those
> -	 * pending requests. We can then use this value to determine if
> -	 * we need to preempt the executing requests to service the queue.
> -	 * However, since the we may have recorded the priority of an inflight
> -	 * request we wanted to preempt but since completed, at the time of
> -	 * dequeuing the priority hint may no longer may match the highest
> -	 * available request priority.
> -	 */
> -	int queue_priority_hint;
> -
>   	struct rb_root_cached virtual;
>   
>   	/**
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
> index 129144dd86b0..8f12068465bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ struct virtual_engine {
>   	 */
>   	struct ve_node {
>   		struct rb_node rb;
> -		int prio;
> +		u64 deadline;
>   	} nodes[I915_NUM_ENGINES];
>   
>   	/*
> @@ -246,25 +246,12 @@ static void ring_set_paused(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int state)
>   
>   static int rq_prio(const struct i915_request *rq)
>   {
> -	return READ_ONCE(rq->sched.attr.priority);
> +	return rq->sched.attr.priority;
>   }
>   
> -static int effective_prio(const struct i915_request *rq)
> +static u64 rq_deadline(const struct i915_request *rq)
>   {
> -	int prio = rq_prio(rq);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * If this request is special and must not be interrupted at any
> -	 * cost, so be it. Note we are only checking the most recent request
> -	 * in the context and so may be masking an earlier vip request. It
> -	 * is hoped that under the conditions where nopreempt is used, this
> -	 * will not matter (i.e. all requests to that context will be
> -	 * nopreempt for as long as desired).
> -	 */
> -	if (i915_request_has_nopreempt(rq))
> -		prio = I915_PRIORITY_UNPREEMPTABLE;
> -
> -	return prio;
> +	return rq->sched.deadline;
>   }
>   
>   static struct i915_request *first_request(struct i915_sched_engine *se)
> @@ -283,61 +270,61 @@ static struct i915_request *first_request(struct i915_sched_engine *se)
>   	return NULL;
>   }
>   
> -static int queue_prio(struct i915_sched_engine *se)
> +static struct i915_request *first_virtual(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   {
> -	struct i915_request *rq;
> +	struct rb_node *rb;
>   
> -	rq = first_request(se);
> -	if (!rq)
> -		return INT_MIN;
> +	rb = rb_first_cached(&engine->execlists.virtual);
> +	if (!rb)
> +		return NULL;
>   
> -	return rq_prio(rq);
> +	return READ_ONCE(rb_entry(rb,
> +				  struct virtual_engine,
> +				  nodes[engine->id].rb)->request);
>   }
>   
> -static int virtual_prio(const struct intel_engine_execlists *el)
> +static const struct i915_request *
> +next_elsp_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, const struct i915_request *rq)
>   {
> -	struct rb_node *rb = rb_first_cached(&el->virtual);
> +	if (list_is_last(&rq->sched.link, &engine->active.requests))
> +		return NULL;
>   
> -	return rb ? rb_entry(rb, struct ve_node, rb)->prio : INT_MIN;
> +	return list_next_entry(rq, sched.link);
> +}
> +
> +static bool
> +dl_before(const struct i915_request *next, const struct i915_request *prev)
> +{
> +	return !prev || (next && rq_deadline(next) < rq_deadline(prev));
>   }
>   
>   static bool need_preempt(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   			 const struct i915_request *rq)
>   {
> -	int last_prio;
> +	const struct i915_request *first = NULL;
> +	const struct i915_request *next;
>   
>   	if (!intel_engine_has_semaphores(engine))
>   		return false;
>   
>   	/*
> -	 * Check if the current priority hint merits a preemption attempt.
> -	 *
> -	 * We record the highest value priority we saw during rescheduling
> -	 * prior to this dequeue, therefore we know that if it is strictly
> -	 * less than the current tail of ESLP[0], we do not need to force
> -	 * a preempt-to-idle cycle.
> -	 *
> -	 * However, the priority hint is a mere hint that we may need to
> -	 * preempt. If that hint is stale or we may be trying to preempt
> -	 * ourselves, ignore the request.
> -	 *
> -	 * More naturally we would write
> -	 *      prio >= max(0, last);
> -	 * except that we wish to prevent triggering preemption at the same
> -	 * priority level: the task that is running should remain running
> -	 * to preserve FIFO ordering of dependencies.
> +	 * If this request is special and must not be interrupted at any
> +	 * cost, so be it. Note we are only checking the most recent request
> +	 * in the context and so may be masking an earlier vip request. It
> +	 * is hoped that under the conditions where nopreempt is used, this
> +	 * will not matter (i.e. all requests to that context will be
> +	 * nopreempt for as long as desired).
>   	 */
> -	last_prio = max(effective_prio(rq), I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 1);
> -	if (engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint <= last_prio)
> +	if (i915_request_has_nopreempt(rq))
>   		return false;
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * Check against the first request in ELSP[1], it will, thanks to the
>   	 * power of PI, be the highest priority of that context.
>   	 */
> -	if (!list_is_last(&rq->sched.link, &engine->active.requests) &&
> -	    rq_prio(list_next_entry(rq, sched.link)) > last_prio)
> -		return true;
> +	next = next_elsp_request(engine, rq);
> +	if (dl_before(next, first))
> +		first = next;
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * If the inflight context did not trigger the preemption, then maybe
> @@ -349,8 +336,31 @@ static bool need_preempt(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   	 * ELSP[0] or ELSP[1] as, thanks again to PI, if it was the same
>   	 * context, it's priority would not exceed ELSP[0] aka last_prio.
>   	 */
> -	return max(virtual_prio(&engine->execlists),
> -		   queue_prio(&engine->active)) > last_prio;
> +	next = first_request(&engine->active);
> +	if (dl_before(next, first))
> +		first = next;
> +
> +	next = first_virtual(engine);
> +	if (dl_before(next, first))
> +		first = next;
> +
> +	if (!dl_before(first, rq))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * While a request may have been queued that has an earlier deadline
> +	 * than is currently running, we only allow it to perform an urgent
> +	 * preemption if it also has higher priority. The cost of frequently
> +	 * switching between contexts is noticeable, so we try to keep
> +	 * the deadline shuffling only to timeslice boundaries.
> +	 */
> +	ENGINE_TRACE(engine,
> +		     "preempt for first=%llx:%llu, dl=%llu, prio=%d?\n",
> +		     first->fence.context,
> +		     first->fence.seqno,
> +		     rq_deadline(first),
> +		     rq_prio(first));
> +	return rq_prio(first) > max(rq_prio(rq), I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL - 1);
>   }
>   
>   __maybe_unused static bool
> @@ -367,7 +377,7 @@ assert_priority_queue(const struct i915_request *prev,
>   	if (i915_request_is_active(prev))
>   		return true;
>   
> -	return rq_prio(prev) >= rq_prio(next);
> +	return rq_deadline(prev) <= rq_deadline(next);
>   }
>   
>   static void
> @@ -549,9 +559,12 @@ static void __execlists_schedule_out(struct i915_request * const rq,
>   	 * If we have just completed this context, the engine may now be
>   	 * idle and we want to re-enter powersaving.
>   	 */
> -	if (intel_timeline_is_last(ce->timeline, rq) &&
> -	    __i915_request_is_complete(rq))
> -		intel_engine_add_retire(engine, ce->timeline);
> +	if (__i915_request_is_complete(rq)) {
> +		if (!intel_timeline_is_last(ce->timeline, rq))
> +			i915_request_update_deadline(list_next_entry(rq, link));

Comment here explaining why it is important to update the deadline for 
the following request once previous completes?

And this is just for the last request of the coalesced bunch right?

> +		else
> +			intel_engine_add_retire(engine, ce->timeline);
> +	}
>   
>   	ccid = ce->lrc.ccid;
>   	ccid >>= GEN11_SW_CTX_ID_SHIFT - 32;
> @@ -661,14 +674,14 @@ dump_port(char *buf, int buflen, const char *prefix, struct i915_request *rq)
>   	if (!rq)
>   		return "";
>   
> -	snprintf(buf, buflen, "%sccid:%x %llx:%lld%s prio %d",
> +	snprintf(buf, buflen, "%sccid:%x %llx:%lld%s dl:%llu",
>   		 prefix,
>   		 rq->context->lrc.ccid,
>   		 rq->fence.context, rq->fence.seqno,
>   		 __i915_request_is_complete(rq) ? "!" :
>   		 __i915_request_has_started(rq) ? "*" :
>   		 "",
> -		 rq_prio(rq));
> +		 rq_deadline(rq));
>   
>   	return buf;
>   }
> @@ -1191,11 +1204,11 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   	if (last) {
>   		if (need_preempt(engine, last)) {
>   			ENGINE_TRACE(engine,
> -				     "preempting last=%llx:%lld, prio=%d, hint=%d\n",
> +				     "preempting last=%llx:%llu, dl=%llu, prio=%d\n",
>   				     last->fence.context,
>   				     last->fence.seqno,
> -				     last->sched.attr.priority,
> -				     execlists->queue_priority_hint);
> +				     rq_deadline(last),
> +				     rq_prio(last));
>   			record_preemption(execlists);
>   
>   			/*
> @@ -1217,11 +1230,11 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   			last = NULL;
>   		} else if (timeslice_expired(engine, last)) {
>   			ENGINE_TRACE(engine,
> -				     "expired:%s last=%llx:%lld, prio=%d, hint=%d, yield?=%s\n",
> +				     "expired:%s last=%llx:%llu, deadline=%llu, now=%llu, yield?=%s\n",
>   				     yesno(timer_expired(&execlists->timer)),
>   				     last->fence.context, last->fence.seqno,
> -				     rq_prio(last),
> -				     execlists->queue_priority_hint,
> +				     rq_deadline(last),
> +				     i915_sched_to_ticks(ktime_get()),
>   				     yesno(timeslice_yield(execlists, last)));
>   
>   			/*
> @@ -1292,7 +1305,7 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->engine != &ve->base);
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->context != &ve->context);
>   
> -		if (unlikely(rq_prio(rq) < queue_prio(&engine->active))) {
> +		if (!dl_before(rq, first_request(&engine->active))) {
>   			spin_unlock(&ve->base.active.lock);
>   			break;
>   		}
> @@ -1304,16 +1317,15 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   		}
>   
>   		ENGINE_TRACE(engine,
> -			     "virtual rq=%llx:%lld%s, new engine? %s\n",
> +			     "virtual rq=%llx:%lld%s, dl %llx, new engine? %s\n",
>   			     rq->fence.context,
>   			     rq->fence.seqno,
>   			     __i915_request_is_complete(rq) ? "!" :
>   			     __i915_request_has_started(rq) ? "*" :
>   			     "",
> +			     rq_deadline(rq),
>   			     yesno(engine != ve->siblings[0]));
> -
>   		WRITE_ONCE(ve->request, NULL);
> -		WRITE_ONCE(ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint, INT_MIN);
>   
>   		rb = &ve->nodes[engine->id].rb;
>   		rb_erase_cached(rb, &execlists->virtual);
> @@ -1404,6 +1416,10 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   				if (rq->execution_mask != engine->mask)
>   					goto done;
>   
> +				if (unlikely(dl_before(first_virtual(engine),
> +						       rq)))
> +					goto done;
> +
>   				/*
>   				 * If GVT overrides us we only ever submit
>   				 * port[0], leaving port[1] empty. Note that we
> @@ -1440,24 +1456,6 @@ static void execlists_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   	}
>   done:
>   	*port++ = i915_request_get(last);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * Here be a bit of magic! Or sleight-of-hand, whichever you prefer.
> -	 *
> -	 * We choose the priority hint such that if we add a request of greater
> -	 * priority than this, we kick the submission tasklet to decide on
> -	 * the right order of submitting the requests to hardware. We must
> -	 * also be prepared to reorder requests as they are in-flight on the
> -	 * HW. We derive the priority hint then as the first "hole" in
> -	 * the HW submission ports and if there are no available slots,
> -	 * the priority of the lowest executing request, i.e. last.
> -	 *
> -	 * When we do receive a higher priority request ready to run from the
> -	 * user, see queue_request(), the priority hint is bumped to that
> -	 * request triggering preemption on the next dequeue (or subsequent
> -	 * interrupt for secondary ports).
> -	 */
> -	execlists->queue_priority_hint = queue_prio(&engine->active);
>   	spin_unlock(&engine->active.lock);
>   
>   	/*
> @@ -2631,10 +2629,6 @@ static void execlists_reset_rewind(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, bool stalled)
>   
>   static void nop_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
>   {
> -	struct intel_engine_cs * const engine = (struct intel_engine_cs *)data;
> -
> -	/* The driver is wedged; don't process any more events. */
> -	WRITE_ONCE(engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint, INT_MIN);
>   }
>   
>   static void execlists_reset_cancel(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
> @@ -2701,16 +2695,12 @@ static void execlists_reset_cancel(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   			rq->engine = engine;
>   			__i915_request_submit(rq);
>   			i915_request_put(rq);
> -
> -			ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
>   		}
>   		spin_unlock(&ve->base.active.lock);
>   	}
>   
>   	/* Remaining _unready_ requests will be nop'ed when submitted */
>   
> -	execlists->queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
> -
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(__tasklet_is_enabled(&engine->active.tasklet));
>   	engine->active.tasklet.func = nop_submission_tasklet;
>   
> @@ -3115,7 +3105,8 @@ static const struct intel_context_ops virtual_context_ops = {
>   	.destroy = virtual_context_destroy,
>   };
>   
> -static intel_engine_mask_t virtual_submission_mask(struct virtual_engine *ve)
> +static intel_engine_mask_t
> +virtual_submission_mask(struct virtual_engine *ve, u64 *deadline)
>   {
>   	struct i915_request *rq;
>   	intel_engine_mask_t mask;
> @@ -3132,9 +3123,11 @@ static intel_engine_mask_t virtual_submission_mask(struct virtual_engine *ve)
>   		mask = ve->siblings[0]->mask;
>   	}
>   
> -	ENGINE_TRACE(&ve->base, "rq=%llx:%lld, mask=%x, prio=%d\n",
> +	*deadline = rq_deadline(rq);
> +
> +	ENGINE_TRACE(&ve->base, "rq=%llx:%llu, mask=%x, dl=%llu\n",
>   		     rq->fence.context, rq->fence.seqno,
> -		     mask, ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint);
> +		     mask, *deadline);
>   
>   	return mask;
>   }
> @@ -3142,12 +3135,12 @@ static intel_engine_mask_t virtual_submission_mask(struct virtual_engine *ve)
>   static void virtual_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
>   {
>   	struct virtual_engine * const ve = (struct virtual_engine *)data;
> -	const int prio = READ_ONCE(ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint);
>   	intel_engine_mask_t mask;
>   	unsigned int n;
> +	u64 deadline;
>   
>   	rcu_read_lock();
> -	mask = virtual_submission_mask(ve);
> +	mask = virtual_submission_mask(ve, &deadline);
>   	rcu_read_unlock();
>   	if (unlikely(!mask))
>   		return;
> @@ -3180,7 +3173,8 @@ static void virtual_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
>   			 */
>   			first = rb_first_cached(&sibling->execlists.virtual) ==
>   				&node->rb;
> -			if (prio == node->prio || (prio > node->prio && first))
> +			if (deadline == node->deadline ||
> +			    (deadline < node->deadline && first))
>   				goto submit_engine;
>   
>   			rb_erase_cached(&node->rb, &sibling->execlists.virtual);
> @@ -3194,7 +3188,7 @@ static void virtual_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
>   
>   			rb = *parent;
>   			other = rb_entry(rb, typeof(*other), rb);
> -			if (prio > other->prio) {
> +			if (deadline < other->deadline) {
>   				parent = &rb->rb_left;
>   			} else {
>   				parent = &rb->rb_right;
> @@ -3209,8 +3203,8 @@ static void virtual_submission_tasklet(unsigned long data)
>   
>   submit_engine:
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(RB_EMPTY_NODE(&node->rb));
> -		node->prio = prio;
> -		if (first && prio > sibling->execlists.queue_priority_hint)
> +		node->deadline = deadline;
> +		if (first)
>   			i915_sched_kick(&sibling->active);
>   
>   unlock_engine:
> @@ -3246,7 +3240,9 @@ static void virtual_submit_request(struct i915_request *rq)
>   		i915_request_put(ve->request);
>   	}
>   
> -	ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint = rq_prio(rq);
> +	rq->sched.deadline =
> +		min(rq->sched.deadline,
> +		    i915_scheduler_next_virtual_deadline(rq_prio(rq)));
>   	ve->request = i915_request_get(rq);
>   
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(virtual_queue(ve)));
> @@ -3349,7 +3345,6 @@ intel_execlists_create_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
>   	ve->base.bond_execute = virtual_bond_execute;
>   
>   	INIT_LIST_HEAD(virtual_queue(ve));
> -	ve->base.execlists.queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
>   	tasklet_init(&ve->base.active.tasklet,
>   		     virtual_submission_tasklet,
>   		     (unsigned long)ve);
> @@ -3533,10 +3528,6 @@ void intel_execlists_show_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   		show_request(m, last, "\t\t", 0);
>   	}
>   
> -	if (execlists->queue_priority_hint != INT_MIN)
> -		drm_printf(m, "\t\tQueue priority hint: %d\n",
> -			   READ_ONCE(execlists->queue_priority_hint));
> -
>   	last = NULL;
>   	count = 0;
>   	for_each_priolist(pl, &engine->active.queue) {
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c
> index d2036e16274d..730b7ea920ec 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_execlists.c
> @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ semaphore_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct i915_vma *vma, int idx)
>   static int
>   release_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   	      struct i915_vma *vma,
> -	      int idx, int prio)
> +	      int idx, u64 deadline)
>   {
>   	struct i915_request *rq;
>   	u32 *cs;
> @@ -892,10 +892,7 @@ release_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   	i915_request_get(rq);
>   	i915_request_add(rq);
>   
> -	local_bh_disable();
> -	i915_request_set_priority(rq, prio);
> -	local_bh_enable(); /* kick tasklet */
> -
> +	i915_request_set_deadline(rq, deadline);

I am thinking some underscores to this API could be beneficial to 
emphasise how high level callers should not use it on their requests. 
Thinking about things like tests and in kernel clients - my 
understanding is API is not for them.

>   	i915_request_put(rq);
>   
>   	return 0;
> @@ -909,6 +906,7 @@ slice_semaphore_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *outer,
>   	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
>   	struct i915_request *head;
>   	enum intel_engine_id id;
> +	long timeout;
>   	int err, i, n = 0;
>   
>   	head = semaphore_queue(outer, vma, n++);
> @@ -932,12 +930,16 @@ slice_semaphore_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *outer,
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> -	err = release_queue(outer, vma, n, I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER);
> +	err = release_queue(outer, vma, n, 0);
>   	if (err)
>   		goto out;
>   
> -	if (i915_request_wait(head, 0,
> -			      2 * outer->gt->info.num_engines * (count + 2) * (count + 3)) < 0) {
> +	/* Expected number of pessimal slices required */
> +	timeout = outer->gt->info.num_engines * (count + 2) * (count + 3);
> +	timeout *= 4; /* safety factor, including bucketing */
> +	timeout += HZ / 2; /* and include the request completion */
> +
> +	if (i915_request_wait(head, 0, timeout) < 0) {
>   		pr_err("%s: Failed to slice along semaphore chain of length (%d, %d)!\n",
>   		       outer->name, count, n);
>   		GEM_TRACE_DUMP();
> @@ -1042,6 +1044,8 @@ create_rewinder(struct intel_context *ce,
>   		err = i915_request_await_dma_fence(rq, &wait->fence);
>   		if (err)
>   			goto err;
> +
> +		i915_request_set_deadline(rq, rq_deadline(wait));
>   	}
>   
>   	cs = intel_ring_begin(rq, 14);
> @@ -1318,6 +1322,7 @@ static int live_timeslice_queue(void *arg)
>   			goto err_heartbeat;
>   		}
>   		i915_request_set_priority(rq, I915_PRIORITY_MAX);
> +		i915_request_set_deadline(rq, 0);
>   		err = wait_for_submit(engine, rq, HZ / 2);
>   		if (err) {
>   			pr_err("%s: Timed out trying to submit semaphores\n",
> @@ -1340,10 +1345,9 @@ static int live_timeslice_queue(void *arg)
>   		}
>   
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_completed(rq));
> -		GEM_BUG_ON(execlists_active(&engine->execlists) != rq);
>   
>   		/* Queue: semaphore signal, matching priority as semaphore */
> -		err = release_queue(engine, vma, 1, effective_prio(rq));
> +		err = release_queue(engine, vma, 1, rq_deadline(rq));
>   		if (err)
>   			goto err_rq;
>   
> @@ -1454,6 +1458,7 @@ static int live_timeslice_nopreempt(void *arg)
>   			goto out_spin;
>   		}
>   
> +		rq->sched.deadline = 0;
>   		rq->sched.attr.priority = I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER;
>   		i915_request_get(rq);
>   		i915_request_add(rq);
> @@ -1817,6 +1822,7 @@ static int live_late_preempt(void *arg)
>   
>   	/* Make sure ctx_lo stays before ctx_hi until we trigger preemption. */
>   	ctx_lo->sched.priority = 1;
> +	ctx_hi->sched.priority = I915_PRIORITY_MIN;
>   
>   	for_each_engine(engine, gt, id) {
>   		struct igt_live_test t;
> @@ -2981,6 +2987,9 @@ static int live_preempt_gang(void *arg)
>   		while (rq) { /* wait for each rq from highest to lowest prio */
>   			struct i915_request *n = list_next_entry(rq, mock.link);
>   
> +			/* With deadlines, no strict priority ordering */
> +			i915_request_set_deadline(rq, 0);
> +
>   			if (err == 0 && i915_request_wait(rq, 0, HZ / 5) < 0) {
>   				struct drm_printer p =
>   					drm_info_printer(engine->i915->drm.dev);
> @@ -3203,6 +3212,7 @@ static int preempt_user(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   	i915_request_add(rq);
>   
>   	i915_request_set_priority(rq, I915_PRIORITY_MAX);
> +	i915_request_set_deadline(rq, 0);
>   
>   	if (i915_request_wait(rq, 0, HZ / 2) < 0)
>   		err = -ETIME;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
> index 3d3f41b1271a..df799379333f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_hangcheck.c
> @@ -1010,7 +1010,10 @@ static int __igt_reset_engines(struct intel_gt *gt,
>   					break;
>   				}
>   
> -				if (i915_request_wait(rq, 0, HZ / 5) < 0) {
> +				/* With deadlines, no strict priority */
> +				i915_request_set_deadline(rq, 0);
> +
> +				if (i915_request_wait(rq, 0, HZ / 2) < 0) {
>   					struct drm_printer p =
>   						drm_info_printer(gt->i915->drm.dev);
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
> index 0a40f6b574f8..62916bf2cde9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/selftest_lrc.c
> @@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ poison_registers(struct intel_context *ce,
>   
>   	intel_ring_advance(rq, cs);
>   
> +	rq->sched.deadline = 0;
>   	rq->sched.attr.priority = I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER;
>   err_rq:
>   	i915_request_add(rq);
> 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 8d0c6cd277b3..4de9c459eb75 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> @@ -220,8 +220,6 @@ static void __guc_dequeue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   		i915_priolist_advance(&engine->active.queue, pl);
>   	}
>   done:
> -	execlists->queue_priority_hint =
> -		pl != &engine->active.queue.sentinel ? pl->priority : INT_MIN;
>   	if (submit) {
>   		*port = schedule_in(last, port - execlists->inflight);
>   		*++port = NULL;
> @@ -318,7 +316,6 @@ static void guc_reset_rewind(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, bool stalled)
>   
>   static void guc_reset_cancel(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   {
> -	struct intel_engine_execlists * const execlists = &engine->execlists;
>   	struct i915_request *rq, *rn;
>   	struct i915_priolist *p;
>   	unsigned long flags;
> @@ -361,8 +358,6 @@ static void guc_reset_cancel(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   
>   	/* Remaining _unready_ requests will be nop'ed when submitted */
>   
> -	execlists->queue_priority_hint = INT_MIN;
> -
>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->active.lock, flags);
>   }
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_priolist_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_priolist_types.h
> index 1200c3df6a4a..8a8cef0fcb48 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_priolist_types.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_priolist_types.h
> @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ enum {
>   
>   	/* Interactive workload, scheduled for immediate pageflipping */
>   	I915_PRIORITY_DISPLAY,
> +
> +	__I915_PRIORITY_KERNEL__
>   };
>   
>   /* Smallest priority value that cannot be bumped. */
> @@ -35,8 +37,7 @@ enum {
>    * i.e. nothing can have higher priority and force us to usurp the
>    * active request.
>    */
> -#define I915_PRIORITY_UNPREEMPTABLE INT_MAX
> -#define I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER (I915_PRIORITY_UNPREEMPTABLE - 1)
> +#define I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER INT_MAX
>   
>   #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>   #define I915_PRIOLIST_HEIGHT 12
> @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ enum {
>   
>   struct i915_priolist {
>   	struct list_head requests;
> -	int priority;
> +	u64 deadline;
>   
>   	int level;
>   	struct i915_priolist *next[I915_PRIOLIST_HEIGHT];
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
> index df2ab39b394d..e4c0c810b77e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
> @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ bool __i915_request_submit(struct i915_request *request)
>   	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = request->engine;
>   	bool result = false;
>   
> -	RQ_TRACE(request, "\n");
> +	RQ_TRACE(request, "dl %llu\n", request->sched.deadline);
>   
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());
>   	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->active.lock);
> @@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ semaphore_notify(struct i915_sw_fence *fence, enum i915_sw_fence_notify state)
>   
>   	switch (state) {
>   	case FENCE_COMPLETE:
> +		i915_request_update_deadline(rq);

This will pull the deadline in or push out in practice?

>   		break;
>   
>   	case FENCE_FREE:
> @@ -1879,14 +1880,15 @@ long i915_request_wait(struct i915_request *rq,
>   	return timeout;
>   }
>   
> -static int print_sched_attr(const struct i915_sched_attr *attr,
> -			    char *buf, int x, int len)
> +static int print_sched(const struct i915_sched_node *node,
> +		       char *buf, int x, int len)
>   {
> -	if (attr->priority == I915_PRIORITY_INVALID)
> +	if (node->attr.priority == I915_PRIORITY_INVALID)
>   		return x;
>   
>   	x += snprintf(buf + x, len - x,
> -		      " prio=%d", attr->priority);
> +		      " prio=%d, dl=%llu",
> +		      node->attr.priority, node->deadline);
>   
>   	return x;
>   }
> @@ -1966,7 +1968,7 @@ void i915_request_show(struct drm_printer *m,
>   	 *      from the lists
>   	 */
>   
> -	x = print_sched_attr(&rq->sched.attr, buf, x, sizeof(buf));
> +	x = print_sched(&rq->sched, buf, x, sizeof(buf));
>   
>   	drm_printf(m, "%s%.*s%c %llx:%lld%s%s %s @ %dms: %s\n",
>   		   prefix, indent, "                ",
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
> index 74000d3eebb1..7ba816e83b55 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.c
> @@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ static void node_put(struct i915_sched_node *node)
>   	i915_request_put(container_of(node, struct i915_request, sched));
>   }
>   
> +static inline u64 rq_deadline(const struct i915_request *rq)
> +{
> +	return READ_ONCE(rq->sched.deadline);
> +}
> +
>   static inline int rq_prio(const struct i915_request *rq)
>   {
>   	return READ_ONCE(rq->sched.attr.priority);
> @@ -46,6 +51,14 @@ static int ipi_get_prio(struct i915_request *rq)
>   	return xchg(&rq->sched.ipi_priority, I915_PRIORITY_INVALID);
>   }
>   
> +static u64 ipi_get_deadline(struct i915_request *rq)
> +{
> +	if (READ_ONCE(rq->sched.ipi_deadline) == I915_DEADLINE_NEVER)
> +		return I915_DEADLINE_NEVER;
> +
> +	return xchg64(&rq->sched.ipi_deadline, I915_DEADLINE_NEVER);
> +}
> +
>   static void ipi_schedule(struct work_struct *wrk)
>   {
>   	struct i915_sched_ipi *ipi = container_of(wrk, typeof(*ipi), work);
> @@ -53,9 +66,11 @@ static void ipi_schedule(struct work_struct *wrk)
>   
>   	do {
>   		struct i915_request *rn = xchg(&rq->sched.ipi_link, NULL);
> +		u64 deadline;
>   		int prio;
>   
>   		prio = ipi_get_prio(rq);
> +		deadline = ipi_get_deadline(rq);
>   
>   		/*
>   		 * For cross-engine scheduling to work we rely on one of two
> @@ -80,6 +95,7 @@ static void ipi_schedule(struct work_struct *wrk)
>   		 */
>   		local_bh_disable();
>   		i915_request_set_priority(rq, prio);
> +		i915_request_set_deadline(rq, deadline);
>   		local_bh_enable();
>   
>   		i915_request_put(rq);
> @@ -98,7 +114,7 @@ static void init_priolist(struct i915_priolist_root *const root)
>   	struct i915_priolist *pl = &root->sentinel;
>   
>   	memset_p((void **)pl->next, pl, ARRAY_SIZE(pl->next));
> -	pl->priority = INT_MIN;
> +	pl->deadline = I915_DEADLINE_NEVER;
>   	pl->level = -1;
>   }
>   
> @@ -250,7 +266,7 @@ static inline unsigned int random_level(struct i915_priolist_root *root)
>   }
>   
>   static struct list_head *
> -lookup_priolist(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
> +lookup_priolist(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, u64 deadline)
>   {
>   	struct i915_priolist *update[I915_PRIOLIST_HEIGHT];
>   	struct i915_sched_engine * const se = &engine->active;
> @@ -258,12 +274,13 @@ lookup_priolist(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
>   	struct i915_priolist *pl, *tmp;
>   	int lvl;
>   
> +	GEM_BUG_ON(deadline == I915_DEADLINE_NEVER);
>   	lockdep_assert_held(&se->lock);
>   	if (unlikely(se->no_priolist))
> -		prio = I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL;
> +		deadline = 0;
>   
>   	for_each_priolist(pl, root) { /* recycle any empty elements before us */
> -		if (pl->priority >= prio || !list_empty(&pl->requests))
> +		if (pl->deadline >= deadline || !list_empty(&pl->requests))
>   			break;
>   
>   		i915_priolist_advance(root, pl);
> @@ -273,14 +290,14 @@ lookup_priolist(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
>   	pl = &root->sentinel;
>   	lvl = pl->level;
>   	while (lvl >= 0) {
> -		while (tmp = pl->next[lvl], tmp->priority >= prio)
> +		while (tmp = pl->next[lvl], tmp->deadline <= deadline)
>   			pl = tmp;
> -		if (pl->priority == prio)
> +		if (pl->deadline == deadline)
>   			goto out;
>   		update[lvl--] = pl;
>   	}
>   
> -	if (prio == I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL) {
> +	if (!deadline) {
>   		pl = &se->default_priolist;
>   	} else if (!pl_empty(&root->sentinel.requests)) {
>   		pl = pl_pop(&root->sentinel.requests);
> @@ -288,7 +305,7 @@ lookup_priolist(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
>   		pl = kmem_cache_alloc(global.slab_priorities, GFP_ATOMIC);
>   		/* Convert an allocation failure to a priority bump */
>   		if (unlikely(!pl)) {
> -			prio = I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL; /* recurses just once */
> +			deadline = 0; /* recurses just once */
>   
>   			/*
>   			 * To maintain ordering with all rendering, after an
> @@ -304,7 +321,7 @@ lookup_priolist(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> -	pl->priority = prio;
> +	pl->deadline = deadline;
>   	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pl->requests);
>   
>   	lvl = random_level(root);
> @@ -332,7 +349,7 @@ lookup_priolist(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, int prio)
>   		chk = &root->sentinel;
>   		lvl = chk->level;
>   		do {
> -			while (tmp = chk->next[lvl], tmp->priority >= prio)
> +			while (tmp = chk->next[lvl], tmp->deadline <= deadline)
>   				chk = tmp;
>   		} while (--lvl >= 0);
>   
> @@ -352,7 +369,7 @@ static void remove_priolist(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   	struct i915_priolist *pl, *tmp;
>   	struct i915_priolist *old =
>   		container_of(plist, struct i915_priolist, requests);
> -	int prio = old->priority;
> +	u64 deadline = old->deadline;
>   	int lvl;
>   
>   	lockdep_assert_held(&se->lock);
> @@ -362,11 +379,11 @@ static void remove_priolist(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   	lvl = pl->level;
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(lvl < 0);
>   
> -	if (prio != I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL)
> +	if (deadline)
>   		pl_push(old, &pl->requests);
>   
>   	do {
> -		while (tmp = pl->next[lvl], tmp->priority > prio)
> +		while (tmp = pl->next[lvl], tmp->deadline < deadline)
>   			pl = tmp;
>   		if (lvl <= old->level) {
>   			pl->next[lvl] = old->next[lvl];
> @@ -389,7 +406,7 @@ void i915_priolist_advance(struct i915_priolist_root *root,
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(pl != s->next[0]);
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(pl == s);
>   
> -	if (pl->priority != I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL)
> +	if (pl->deadline)
>   		pl_push(pl, &s->requests);
>   
>   	lvl = pl->level;
> @@ -423,53 +440,245 @@ stack_pop(struct i915_request *rq,
>   	return rq;
>   }
>   
> -static inline bool need_preempt(int prio, int active)
> +static void ipi_deadline(struct i915_request *rq, u64 deadline)
>   {
> -	/*
> -	 * Allow preemption of low -> normal -> high, but we do
> -	 * not allow low priority tasks to preempt other low priority
> -	 * tasks under the impression that latency for low priority
> -	 * tasks does not matter (as much as background throughput),
> -	 * so kiss.
> -	 */
> -	return prio >= max(I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL, active);
> +	u64 old = READ_ONCE(rq->sched.ipi_deadline);
> +
> +	do {
> +		if (deadline >= old)
> +			return;
> +	} while (!try_cmpxchg64(&rq->sched.ipi_deadline, &old, deadline));
> +
> +	__ipi_add(rq);
>   }
>   
> -static void kick_submission(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> -			    const struct i915_request *rq,
> -			    int prio)
> +static bool is_first_priolist(const struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> +			      const struct list_head *requests)
>   {
> -	const struct i915_request *inflight;
> +	return requests == &engine->active.queue.sentinel.next[0]->requests;
> +}
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * We only need to kick the tasklet once for the high priority
> -	 * new context we add into the queue.
> -	 */
> -	if (prio <= engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint)
> +static bool __i915_request_set_deadline(struct i915_request *rq, u64 deadline)
> +{
> +	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
> +	struct list_head *pos = &rq->sched.signalers_list;
> +	struct list_head *plist;
> +
> +	if (unlikely(!i915_request_in_priority_queue(rq))) {
> +		rq->sched.deadline = deadline;
> +		return false;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* Fifo and depth-first replacement ensure our deps execute first */
> +	plist = lookup_priolist(engine, deadline);
> +
> +	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);
> +
> +			if (rq_deadline(s) <= deadline)
> +				continue;
> +
> +			if (__i915_request_is_complete(s))
> +				continue;
> +
> +			if (s->engine != engine) {
> +				ipi_deadline(s, deadline);
> +				continue;
> +			}
> +
> +			/* Remember our position along this branch */
> +			rq = stack_push(s, rq, pos);
> +			pos = &rq->sched.signalers_list;
> +		}
> +
> +		RQ_TRACE(rq, "set-deadline:%llu\n", deadline);
> +		WRITE_ONCE(rq->sched.deadline, deadline);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Once the request is ready, it will be placed into the
> +		 * priority lists and then onto the HW runlist. Before the
> +		 * request is ready, it does not contribute to our preemption
> +		 * decisions and we can safely ignore it, as it will, and
> +		 * any preemption required, be dealt with upon submission.
> +		 * See engine->submit_request()
> +		 */
> +		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->engine != engine);
> +		if (i915_request_in_priority_queue(rq)) {
> +			struct list_head *prev = rq->sched.link.prev;
> +
> +			list_move_tail(&rq->sched.link, plist);
> +			if (list_empty(prev))
> +				remove_priolist(engine, prev);
> +		}
> +	} while ((rq = stack_pop(rq, &pos)));
> +
> +	return is_first_priolist(engine, plist);
> +}
> +
> +void i915_request_set_deadline(struct i915_request *rq, u64 deadline)
> +{
> +	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
> +	unsigned long flags;
> +
> +	if (deadline >= rq_deadline(rq))
>   		return;
>   
> -	/* Nothing currently active? We're overdue for a submission! */
> -	inflight = execlists_active(&engine->execlists);
> -	if (!inflight)
> -		return;
> +	engine = lock_engine_irqsave(rq, flags);
> +	if (!intel_engine_has_scheduler(engine))
> +		goto unlock;
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * If we are already the currently executing context, don't
> -	 * bother evaluating if we should preempt ourselves.
> -	 */
> -	if (inflight->context == rq->context)
> -		return;
> +	if (deadline >= rq_deadline(rq))
> +		goto unlock;
>   
> -	ENGINE_TRACE(engine,
> -		     "bumping queue-priority-hint:%d for rq:%llx:%lld, inflight:%llx:%lld prio %d\n",
> -		     prio,
> -		     rq->fence.context, rq->fence.seqno,
> -		     inflight->fence.context, inflight->fence.seqno,
> -		     inflight->sched.attr.priority);
> +	if (__i915_request_is_complete(rq))
> +		goto unlock;
>   
> -	engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint = prio;
> -	if (need_preempt(prio, rq_prio(inflight)))
> +	rcu_read_lock();
> +	if (__i915_request_set_deadline(rq, deadline))
>   		i915_sched_kick(&engine->active);
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
> +	GEM_BUG_ON(rq_deadline(rq) != deadline);
> +
> +unlock:
> +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->active.lock, flags);
> +}
> +
> +static u64 prio_slice(int prio)
> +{
> +	u64 slice;
> +	int sf;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * This is the central heuristic to the virtual deadlines. By
> +	 * imposing that each task takes an equal amount of time, we
> +	 * let each client have an equal slice of the GPU time. By
> +	 * bringing the virtual deadline forward, that client will then
> +	 * have more GPU time, and vice versa a lower priority client will
> +	 * have a later deadline and receive less GPU time.
> +	 *
> +	 * In BFS/MuQSS, the prio_ratios[] are based on the task nice range of
> +	 * [-20, 20], with each lower priority having a ~10% longer deadline,
> +	 * with the note that the proportion of CPU time between two clients
> +	 * of different priority will be the square of the relative prio_slice.
> +	 *
> +	 * In contrast, this prio_slice() curve was chosen because it gave good
> +	 * results with igt/gem_exec_schedule. It may not be the best choice!
> +	 *
> +	 * With a 1ms scheduling quantum:
> +	 *
> +	 *   MAX USER:  ~32us deadline
> +	 *   0:         ~16ms deadline

Interesting centre/default point. Relates to 60Hz? If so how about 
exporting some sysfs controls?

> +	 *   MIN_USER: 1000ms deadline
> +	 */
> +
> +	if (prio >= __I915_PRIORITY_KERNEL__)
> +		return INT_MAX - prio;
> +
> +	slice = __I915_PRIORITY_KERNEL__ - prio;
> +	if (prio >= 0)
> +		sf = 20 - 6;
> +	else
> +		sf = 20 - 1;
> +
> +	return slice << sf;
> +}
> +
> +static u64 virtual_deadline(u64 kt, int priority)
> +{
> +	return i915_sched_to_ticks(kt + prio_slice(priority));
> +}
> +
> +u64 i915_scheduler_next_virtual_deadline(int priority)
> +{
> +	return virtual_deadline(ktime_get_mono_fast_ns(), priority);
> +}
> +
> +static u64 signal_deadline(const struct i915_request *rq)
> +{
> +	u64 last = ktime_get_mono_fast_ns();
> +	const struct i915_dependency *p;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Find the earliest point at which we will become 'ready',
> +	 * which we infer from the deadline of all active signalers.
> +	 * We will position ourselves at the end of that chain of work.
> +	 */
> +
> +	rcu_read_lock();
> +	for_each_signaler(p, rq) {
> +		const struct i915_request *s =
> +			container_of(p->signaler, typeof(*s), sched);
> +		u64 deadline;
> +		int prio;
> +
> +		if (__i915_request_is_complete(s))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		if (s->timeline == rq->timeline &&
> +		    __i915_request_has_started(s))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		prio = rq_prio(s);
> +		if (prio < rq_prio(rq))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		deadline = rq_deadline(s);
> +		if (deadline == I915_DEADLINE_NEVER) /* retired & reused */
> +			continue;
> +
> +		deadline = i915_sched_to_ns(deadline);
> +		if (p->flags & I915_DEPENDENCY_WEAK)
> +			deadline -= prio_slice(prio);
> +
> +		last = max(last, deadline);
> +	}
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> +	return last;
> +}
> +
> +static int adj_prio(const struct i915_request *rq)
> +{
> +	int prio = rq_prio(rq);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Deprioritize semaphore waiters. We only want to run these if there
> +	 * is nothing ready to run first.
> +	 *
> +	 * Note by giving a more distant deadline (due to a lower priority)
> +	 * we do not prevent them from having a slice of the GPU, and if there
> +	 * is still contention at that point, we expect to immediately yield
> +	 * on the semaphore.
> +	 *
> +	 * When all semaphores are signaled, we will update the request
> +	 * to remove the semaphore penalty.
> +	 */
> +	if (!i915_sw_fence_signaled(&rq->semaphore))
> +		prio -= __I915_PRIORITY_KERNEL__;
> +
> +	return prio;
> +}
> +
> +static u64 earliest_deadline(const struct i915_request *rq)
> +{
> +	return virtual_deadline(signal_deadline(rq), rq_prio(rq));
> +}
> +
> +static bool set_earliest_deadline(struct i915_request *rq, u64 old)
> +{
> +	u64 dl;
> +
> +	/* Recompute our deadlines and promote after a priority change */
> +	dl = min(earliest_deadline(rq), rq_deadline(rq));
> +	if (dl >= old)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	return __i915_request_set_deadline(rq, dl);
>   }
>   
>   static void ipi_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
> @@ -484,13 +693,11 @@ static void ipi_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
>   	__ipi_add(rq);
>   }
>   
> -static void __i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
> +static bool __i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
>   {
>   	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
>   	struct list_head *pos = &rq->sched.signalers_list;
> -	struct list_head *plist;
> -
> -	plist = lookup_priolist(engine, prio);
> +	bool kick = false;
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * Recursively bump all dependent priorities to match the new request.
> @@ -512,6 +719,8 @@ static void __i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
>   	 */
>   	rq->sched.dfs.next = NULL;
>   	do {
> +		struct i915_request *next;
> +
>   		list_for_each_continue(pos, &rq->sched.signalers_list) {
>   			struct i915_dependency *p =
>   				list_entry(pos, typeof(*p), signal_link);
> @@ -537,6 +746,8 @@ static void __i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
>   		RQ_TRACE(rq, "set-priority:%d\n", prio);
>   		WRITE_ONCE(rq->sched.attr.priority, prio);
>   
> +		next = stack_pop(rq, &pos);
> +
>   		/*
>   		 * Once the request is ready, it will be placed into the
>   		 * priority lists and then onto the HW runlist. Before the
> @@ -545,21 +756,15 @@ static void __i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
>   		 * any preemption required, be dealt with upon submission.
>   		 * See engine->submit_request()
>   		 */
> -		if (!i915_request_is_ready(rq))
> -			continue;
> -
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->engine != engine);
> -		if (i915_request_in_priority_queue(rq)) {
> -			struct list_head *prev = rq->sched.link.prev;
> +		if (i915_request_is_ready(rq) &&
> +		    set_earliest_deadline(rq, rq_deadline(rq)))

Inside here it walks the signalers list for rq, while this is inside the 
loop which already walks the whole signalers tree for each rq. I wonder 
if there is scope to somehow eliminate this another sub-walk. But to be 
honest it makes my head spin how to do it so probably best to leave it 
for later, if even possible.

> +			kick = true;
>   
> -			list_move_tail(&rq->sched.link, plist);
> -			if (list_empty(prev))
> -				remove_priolist(engine, prev);
> -		}
> +		rq = next;
> +	} while (rq);
>   
> -		/* Defer (tasklet) submission until after all updates. */
> -		kick_submission(engine, rq, prio);
> -	} while ((rq = stack_pop(rq, &pos)));
> +	return kick;
>   }
>   
>   void i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
> @@ -608,13 +813,9 @@ void i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *rq, int prio)
>   	if (__i915_request_is_complete(rq))
>   		goto unlock;
>   
> -	if (!intel_engine_has_scheduler(engine)) {
> -		rq->sched.attr.priority = prio;
> -		goto unlock;
> -	}
> -
>   	rcu_read_lock();
> -	__i915_request_set_priority(rq, prio);
> +	if (__i915_request_set_priority(rq, prio))
> +		i915_sched_kick(&engine->active);
>   	rcu_read_unlock();
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(rq_prio(rq) != prio);
>   
> @@ -628,12 +829,13 @@ void __intel_engine_defer_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   	struct list_head *pos = &rq->sched.waiters_list;
>   	struct i915_request *rn;
>   	LIST_HEAD(dfs);
> -	int prio;
> +	u64 deadline;
>   
>   	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->active.lock);
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(!test_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_PQUEUE, &rq->fence.flags));
>   
> -	prio = rq_prio(rq);
> +	deadline = max(rq_deadline(rq),
> +		       i915_scheduler_next_virtual_deadline(adj_prio(rq)));
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * When we defer a request, we must maintain its order with respect
> @@ -660,30 +862,32 @@ void __intel_engine_defer_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   				   __i915_request_has_started(w) &&
>   				   !__i915_request_is_complete(rq));
>   
> +			/* An unready waiter imposes no deadline */
>   			if (!i915_request_in_priority_queue(w))
>   				continue;
>   
>   			/*
> -			 * We also need to reorder within the same priority.
> +			 * We also need to reorder within the same deadline.
>   			 *
>   			 * This is unlike priority-inheritance, where if the
>   			 * signaler already has a higher priority [earlier
>   			 * deadline] than us, we can ignore as it will be
>   			 * scheduled first. If a waiter already has the
> -			 * same priority, we still have to push it to the end
> +			 * same deadline, we still have to push it to the end
>   			 * of the list. This unfortunately means we cannot
>   			 * use the rq_deadline() itself as a 'visited' bit.
>   			 */
> -			if (rq_prio(w) < prio)
> +			if (rq_deadline(w) > deadline)
>   				continue;
>   
> -			GEM_BUG_ON(rq_prio(w) != prio);
> -
>   			/* Remember our position along this branch */
>   			rq = stack_push(w, rq, pos);
>   			pos = &rq->sched.waiters_list;
>   		}
>   
> +		RQ_TRACE(rq, "set-deadline:%llu\n", deadline);
> +		WRITE_ONCE(rq->sched.deadline, deadline);
> +
>   		/* Note list is reversed for waiters wrt signal hierarchy */
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(rq->engine != engine);
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_request_in_priority_queue(rq));
> @@ -693,31 +897,18 @@ void __intel_engine_defer_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   		clear_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_PQUEUE, &rq->fence.flags);
>   	} while ((rq = stack_pop(rq, &pos)));
>   
> -	pos = lookup_priolist(engine, prio);
> +	pos = lookup_priolist(engine, deadline);
>   	list_for_each_entry_safe(rq, rn, &dfs, sched.link) {
>   		set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_PQUEUE, &rq->fence.flags);
>   		list_add_tail(&rq->sched.link, pos);
>   	}
>   }
>   
> -static void queue_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> -			  struct i915_request *rq)
> +static bool
> +queue_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine, struct i915_request *rq)
>   {
> -	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&rq->sched.link));
> -	list_add_tail(&rq->sched.link, lookup_priolist(engine, rq_prio(rq)));
>   	set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_PQUEUE, &rq->fence.flags);
> -}
> -
> -static bool submit_queue(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> -			 const struct i915_request *rq)
> -{
> -	struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists = &engine->execlists;
> -
> -	if (rq_prio(rq) <= execlists->queue_priority_hint)
> -		return false;
> -
> -	execlists->queue_priority_hint = rq_prio(rq);
> -	return true;
> +	return set_earliest_deadline(rq, I915_DEADLINE_NEVER);
>   }
>   
>   static bool hold_request(const struct i915_request *rq)
> @@ -757,6 +948,7 @@ void i915_request_enqueue(struct i915_request *rq)
>   {
>   	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
>   	struct i915_sched_engine *se = &engine->active;
> +	u64 dl = earliest_deadline(rq);
>   	unsigned long flags;
>   	bool kick = false;
>   
> @@ -769,11 +961,11 @@ void i915_request_enqueue(struct i915_request *rq)
>   		list_add_tail(&rq->sched.link, &se->hold);
>   		i915_request_set_hold(rq);
>   	} else {
> -		queue_request(engine, rq);
> -
> -		GEM_BUG_ON(i915_sched_is_idle(&engine->active));
> -
> -		kick = submit_queue(engine, rq);
> +		set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_PQUEUE, &rq->fence.flags);
> +		kick = __i915_request_set_deadline(rq,
> +						   min(dl, rq_deadline(rq)));
> +		GEM_BUG_ON(rq_deadline(rq) == I915_DEADLINE_NEVER);
> +		GEM_BUG_ON(i915_sched_is_idle(se));
>   	}
>   
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(list_empty(&rq->sched.link));
> @@ -786,8 +978,8 @@ struct i915_request *
>   __intel_engine_rewind_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   {
>   	struct i915_request *rq, *rn, *active = NULL;
> +	u64 deadline = I915_DEADLINE_NEVER;
>   	struct list_head *pl;
> -	int prio = I915_PRIORITY_INVALID;
>   
>   	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->active.lock);
>   
> @@ -801,13 +993,20 @@ __intel_engine_rewind_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
>   
>   		__i915_request_unsubmit(rq);
>   
> -		GEM_BUG_ON(rq_prio(rq) == I915_PRIORITY_INVALID);
> -		if (rq_prio(rq) != prio) {
> -			prio = rq_prio(rq);
> -			pl = lookup_priolist(engine, prio);
> +		if (__i915_request_has_started(rq)) {
> +			u64 deadline =
> +				i915_scheduler_next_virtual_deadline(rq_prio(rq));
> +			rq->sched.deadline = min(rq_deadline(rq), deadline);
> +		}
> +		GEM_BUG_ON(rq_deadline(rq) == I915_DEADLINE_NEVER);
> +
> +		if (rq_deadline(rq) != deadline) {
> +			deadline = rq_deadline(rq);
> +			pl = lookup_priolist(engine, deadline);
>   		}
>   		GEM_BUG_ON(i915_sched_is_idle(&engine->active));
>   
> +		GEM_BUG_ON(i915_request_in_priority_queue(rq));
>   		list_move(&rq->sched.link, pl);
>   		set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_PQUEUE, &rq->fence.flags);
>   
> @@ -907,14 +1106,10 @@ void __intel_engine_resume_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   				   struct i915_request *rq)
>   {
>   	LIST_HEAD(list);
> +	bool submit = false;
>   
>   	lockdep_assert_held(&engine->active.lock);
>   
> -	if (rq_prio(rq) > engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint) {
> -		engine->execlists.queue_priority_hint = rq_prio(rq);
> -		i915_sched_kick(&engine->active);
> -	}
> -
>   	if (!i915_request_on_hold(rq))
>   		return;
>   
> @@ -936,7 +1131,7 @@ void __intel_engine_resume_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   		i915_request_clear_hold(rq);
>   		list_del_init(&rq->sched.link);
>   
> -		queue_request(engine, rq);
> +		submit |= queue_request(engine, rq);
>   
>   		/* Also release any children on this engine that are ready */
>   		for_each_waiter(p, rq) {
> @@ -966,6 +1161,18 @@ void __intel_engine_resume_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   
>   		rq = list_first_entry_or_null(&list, typeof(*rq), sched.link);
>   	} while (rq);
> +
> +	if (submit)
> +		i915_sched_kick(&engine->active);
> +}
> +
> +void i915_request_update_deadline(struct i915_request *rq)
> +{
> +	if (!i915_request_in_priority_queue(rq))
> +		return;
> +
> +	/* Recompute our deadlines and promote after a priority change */
> +	i915_request_set_deadline(rq, earliest_deadline(rq));
>   }
>   
>   void intel_engine_resume_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> @@ -992,10 +1199,12 @@ void i915_sched_node_init(struct i915_sched_node *node)
>   void i915_sched_node_reinit(struct i915_sched_node *node)
>   {
>   	node->attr.priority = I915_PRIORITY_INVALID;
> +	node->deadline = I915_DEADLINE_NEVER;
>   	node->semaphores = 0;
>   	node->flags = 0;
>   
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(node->ipi_link);
> +	node->ipi_deadline = I915_DEADLINE_NEVER;
>   	node->ipi_priority = I915_PRIORITY_INVALID;
>   
>   	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&node->signalers_list));
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h
> index bca89a58d953..e04d7eeb1b36 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler.h
> @@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ void i915_sched_park_engine(struct i915_sched_engine *se);
>   void i915_sched_fini_engine(struct i915_sched_engine *se);
>   
>   void i915_request_set_priority(struct i915_request *request, int prio);
> +void i915_request_set_deadline(struct i915_request *request, u64 deadline);
> +
> +void i915_request_update_deadline(struct i915_request *request);
> +
> +u64 i915_scheduler_next_virtual_deadline(int priority);
>   
>   void i915_request_enqueue(struct i915_request *request);
>   
> @@ -54,11 +59,14 @@ bool intel_engine_suspend_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   void intel_engine_resume_request(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   				 struct i915_request *rq);
>   
> -void __i915_priolist_free(struct i915_priolist *p);
> -static inline void i915_priolist_free(struct i915_priolist *p)
> +static inline u64 i915_sched_to_ticks(ktime_t kt)
>   {
> -	if (p->priority != I915_PRIORITY_NORMAL)
> -		__i915_priolist_free(p);
> +	return ktime_to_ns(kt) >> I915_SCHED_DEADLINE_SHIFT;
> +}
> +
> +static inline u64 i915_sched_to_ns(u64 deadline)
> +{
> +	return deadline << I915_SCHED_DEADLINE_SHIFT;
>   }
>   
>   static inline bool i915_sched_is_idle(const struct i915_sched_engine *se)
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
> index e64750be4e77..72cb726ad75e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
> @@ -72,7 +72,30 @@ struct i915_sched_node {
>   #define I915_SCHED_HAS_EXTERNAL_CHAIN	BIT(0)
>   	unsigned long semaphores;
>   
> +	/**
> +	 * @deadline: [virtual] deadline
> +	 *
> +	 * When the request is ready for execution, it is given a quota
> +	 * (the engine's timeslice) and a virtual deadline. The virtual
> +	 * deadline is derived from the current time:
> +	 *     ktime_get() + (prio_ratio * timeslice)
> +	 *
> +	 * Requests are then executed in order of deadline completion.
> +	 * Requests with earlier deadlines than currently executing on
> +	 * the engine will preempt the active requests.
> +	 *
> +	 * By treating it as a virtual deadline, we use it as a hint for
> +	 * when it is appropriate for a request to start with respect to
> +	 * all other requests in the system. It is not a hard deadline, as
> +	 * we allow requests to miss them, and we do not account for the
> +	 * request runtime.
> +	 */
> +	u64 deadline;
> +#define I915_SCHED_DEADLINE_SHIFT 19 /* i.e. roughly 500us buckets */
> +#define I915_DEADLINE_NEVER U64_MAX
> +
>   	struct i915_request *ipi_link;
> +	u64 ipi_deadline;
>   	int ipi_priority;
>   };
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
> index d2a678a2497e..382f2d490959 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_request.c
> @@ -2130,6 +2130,7 @@ static int measure_preemption(struct intel_context *ce)
>   
>   		intel_ring_advance(rq, cs);
>   		rq->sched.attr.priority = I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER;
> +		rq->sched.deadline = 0;
>   
>   		elapsed[i - 1] = ENGINE_READ_FW(ce->engine, RING_TIMESTAMP);
>   		i915_request_add(rq);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_scheduler.c
> index de5b1443129b..8ea6763bf6a6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_scheduler.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_scheduler.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,40 @@
>   #include "selftests/igt_spinner.h"
>   #include "selftests/i915_random.h"
>   
> +static int mock_scheduler_slices(void *dummy)
> +{
> +	u64 min, max, normal, kernel;
> +
> +	min = prio_slice(I915_PRIORITY_MIN);
> +	pr_info("%8s slice: %lluus\n", "min", min >> 10);
> +
> +	normal = prio_slice(0);
> +	pr_info("%8s slice: %lluus\n", "normal", normal >> 10);
> +
> +	max = prio_slice(I915_PRIORITY_MAX);
> +	pr_info("%8s slice: %lluus\n", "max", max >> 10);
> +
> +	kernel = prio_slice(I915_PRIORITY_BARRIER);
> +	pr_info("%8s slice: %lluus\n", "kernel", kernel >> 10);
> +
> +	if (kernel != 0) {
> +		pr_err("kernel prio slice should be 0\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (max >= normal) {
> +		pr_err("maximum prio slice should be shorter than normal\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (min <= normal) {
> +		pr_err("minimum prio slice should be longer than normal\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>   static int mock_skiplist_levels(void *dummy)
>   {
>   	struct i915_priolist_root root = {};
> @@ -54,6 +88,7 @@ static int mock_skiplist_levels(void *dummy)
>   int i915_scheduler_mock_selftests(void)
>   {
>   	static const struct i915_subtest tests[] = {
> +		SUBTEST(mock_scheduler_slices),
>   		SUBTEST(mock_skiplist_levels),
>   	};
>   
> @@ -560,6 +595,53 @@ static int igt_priority_chains(void *arg)
>   	return igt_schedule_chains(arg, igt_priority);
>   }
>   
> +static bool igt_deadline(struct i915_request *rq,
> +			 unsigned long v, unsigned long e)
> +{
> +	i915_request_set_deadline(rq, 0);
> +	GEM_BUG_ON(rq_deadline(rq) != 0);
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
> +static int igt_deadline_chains(void *arg)
> +{
> +	return igt_schedule_chains(arg, igt_deadline);
> +}
> +
> +static bool igt_defer(struct i915_request *rq, unsigned long v, unsigned long e)
> +{
> +	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
> +
> +	/* XXX No generic means to unwind incomplete requests yet */
> +	if (!i915_request_in_priority_queue(rq))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	if (!intel_engine_has_preemption(engine))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	spin_lock_irq(&engine->active.lock);
> +
> +	/* Push all the requests to the same deadline */
> +	__i915_request_set_deadline(rq, 0);
> +	GEM_BUG_ON(rq_deadline(rq) != 0);
> +
> +	/* Then the very first request must be the one everyone depends on */
> +	rq = list_first_entry(lookup_priolist(engine, 0),
> +			      typeof(*rq), sched.link);
> +	GEM_BUG_ON(rq->engine != engine);
> +
> +	/* Deferring the first request will then have to defer all requests */
> +	__intel_engine_defer_request(engine, rq);
> +
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&engine->active.lock);
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
> +static int igt_deadline_defer(void *arg)
> +{
> +	return igt_schedule_chains(arg, igt_defer);
> +}
> +
>   static struct i915_request *
>   __write_timestamp(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
>   		  struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
> @@ -781,13 +863,22 @@ static int igt_priority_cycle(void *arg)
>   	return __igt_schedule_cycle(arg, igt_priority);
>   }
>   
> +static int igt_deadline_cycle(void *arg)
> +{
> +	return __igt_schedule_cycle(arg, igt_deadline);
> +}
> +
>   int i915_scheduler_live_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
>   {
>   	static const struct i915_subtest tests[] = {
> +		SUBTEST(igt_deadline_chains),
>   		SUBTEST(igt_priority_chains),
>   
>   		SUBTEST(igt_schedule_cycle),
> +		SUBTEST(igt_deadline_cycle),
>   		SUBTEST(igt_priority_cycle),
> +
> +		SUBTEST(igt_deadline_defer),
>   	};
>   
>   	return i915_subtests(tests, i915);
> @@ -923,9 +1014,54 @@ static int sparse_priority(void *arg)
>   	return sparse(arg, set_priority);
>   }
>   
> +static u64 __set_deadline(struct i915_request *rq, u64 deadline)
> +{
> +	u64 dt;
> +
> +	preempt_disable();
> +	dt = ktime_get_raw_fast_ns();
> +	i915_request_set_deadline(rq, deadline);
> +	dt = ktime_get_raw_fast_ns() - dt;
> +	preempt_enable();
> +
> +	return dt;
> +}
> +
> +static bool set_deadline(struct i915_request *rq,
> +			 unsigned long v, unsigned long e)
> +{
> +	report("set-deadline", v, e, __set_deadline(rq, 0));
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
> +static int single_deadline(void *arg)
> +{
> +	return single(arg, set_deadline);
> +}
> +
> +static int wide_deadline(void *arg)
> +{
> +	return wide(arg, set_deadline);
> +}
> +
> +static int inv_deadline(void *arg)
> +{
> +	return inv(arg, set_deadline);
> +}
> +
> +static int sparse_deadline(void *arg)
> +{
> +	return sparse(arg, set_deadline);
> +}
> +
>   int i915_scheduler_perf_selftests(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
>   {
>   	static const struct i915_subtest tests[] = {
> +		SUBTEST(single_deadline),
> +		SUBTEST(wide_deadline),
> +		SUBTEST(inv_deadline),
> +		SUBTEST(sparse_deadline),
> +
>   		SUBTEST(single_priority),
>   		SUBTEST(wide_priority),
>   		SUBTEST(inv_priority),
> 

Numbers talk for themselves (who hasn't played with intel_gpu_top and 
clients stats enough probably can't appreciate how bad current code can 
schedule), design looks elegant, code is tidy. I'd say go for it and 
tweak/fix in situ if something pops up. So r-b in waiting effectively, 
just want to finish the series.

Regards,

Tvrtko





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