[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 17/47] drm/i915/guc: Extend deregistration fence to schedule disable

John Harrison john.c.harrison at intel.com
Mon Jul 12 17:54:02 UTC 2021


On 7/9/2021 20:36, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 03:59:11PM -0700, John Harrison wrote:
>> On 6/24/2021 00:04, Matthew Brost wrote:
>>> Extend the deregistration context fence to fence whne a GuC context has
>>> scheduling disable pending.
>>>
>>> Cc: John Harrison <john.c.harrison at intel.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>    .../gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c | 37 +++++++++++++++----
>>>    1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> 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 0386ccd5a481..0a6ccdf32316 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
>>> @@ -918,7 +918,19 @@ static void guc_context_sched_disable(struct intel_context *ce)
>>>    		goto unpin;
>>>    	spin_lock_irqsave(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * We have to check if the context has been pinned again as another pin
>>> +	 * operation is allowed to pass this function. Checking the pin count
>>> +	 * here synchronizes this function with guc_request_alloc ensuring a
>>> +	 * request doesn't slip through the 'context_pending_disable' fence.
>>> +	 */
>> The pin count is an atomic so doesn't need the spinlock. Also the above
> How about?
>
> /*
>   * We have to check if the context has been pinned again as another pin
>   * operation is allowed to pass this function. Checking the pin count,
>   * within ce->guc_state.lock, synchronizes this function with
>   * guc_request_alloc ensuring a request doesn't slip through the
>   * 'context_pending_disable' fence. Checking within the spin lock (can't
>   * sleep) ensures another process doesn't pin this context and generate
>   * a request before we set the 'context_pending_disable' flag here.
>   */
>
> Matt
Sounds good. With that added in:
Reviewed-by: John Harrison <John.C.Harrison at Intel.com>

>
>> comment 'checking the pin count here synchronizes ...' seems wrong. Isn't
>> the point that acquiring the spinlock is what synchronises with
>> guc_request_alloc? So the comment should be before the spinlock acquire and
>> should mention using the spinlock for this purpose?
>>
>> John.
>>
>>
>>> +	if (unlikely(atomic_add_unless(&ce->pin_count, -2, 2))) {
>>> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
>>> +		return;
>>> +	}
>>>    	guc_id = prep_context_pending_disable(ce);
>>> +
>>>    	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
>>>    	with_intel_runtime_pm(runtime_pm, wakeref)
>>> @@ -1123,19 +1135,22 @@ static int guc_request_alloc(struct i915_request *rq)
>>>    out:
>>>    	/*
>>>    	 * We block all requests on this context if a G2H is pending for a
>>> -	 * context deregistration as the GuC will fail a context registration
>>> -	 * while this G2H is pending. Once a G2H returns, the fence is released
>>> -	 * that is blocking these requests (see guc_signal_context_fence).
>>> +	 * schedule disable or context deregistration as the GuC will fail a
>>> +	 * schedule enable or context registration if either G2H is pending
>>> +	 * respectfully. Once a G2H returns, the fence is released that is
>>> +	 * blocking these requests (see guc_signal_context_fence).
>>>    	 *
>>> -	 * We can safely check the below field outside of the lock as it isn't
>>> -	 * possible for this field to transition from being clear to set but
>>> +	 * We can safely check the below fields outside of the lock as it isn't
>>> +	 * possible for these fields to transition from being clear to set but
>>>    	 * converse is possible, hence the need for the check within the lock.
>>>    	 */
>>> -	if (likely(!context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce)))
>>> +	if (likely(!context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce) &&
>>> +		   !context_pending_disable(ce)))
>>>    		return 0;
>>>    	spin_lock_irqsave(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
>>> -	if (context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce)) {
>>> +	if (context_wait_for_deregister_to_register(ce) ||
>>> +	    context_pending_disable(ce)) {
>>>    		i915_sw_fence_await(&rq->submit);
>>>    		list_add_tail(&rq->guc_fence_link, &ce->guc_state.fences);
>>> @@ -1484,10 +1499,18 @@ int intel_guc_sched_done_process_msg(struct intel_guc *guc,
>>>    	if (context_pending_enable(ce)) {
>>>    		clr_context_pending_enable(ce);
>>>    	} else if (context_pending_disable(ce)) {
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * Unpin must be done before __guc_signal_context_fence,
>>> +		 * otherwise a race exists between the requests getting
>>> +		 * submitted + retired before this unpin completes resulting in
>>> +		 * the pin_count going to zero and the context still being
>>> +		 * enabled.
>>> +		 */
>>>    		intel_context_sched_disable_unpin(ce);
>>>    		spin_lock_irqsave(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
>>>    		clr_context_pending_disable(ce);
>>> +		__guc_signal_context_fence(ce);
>>>    		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ce->guc_state.lock, flags);
>>>    	}



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