[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2 4/5] drm/i915/mtl: Add hardware-level lock for steering

[Balasubramani Vivekanandan]

On 28.11.2022 15:30, Matt Roper wrote:
> Starting with MTL, the driver needs to not only protect the steering
> control register from simultaneous software accesses, but also protect
> against races with hardware/firmware agents.  The hardware provides a
> dedicated locking mechanism to support this via the MTL_STEER_SEMAPHORE
> register.  Reading the register acts as a 'trylock' operation; the read
> will return 0x1 if the lock is acquired or 0x0 if something else is
> already holding the lock; once acquired, writing 0x1 to the register
> will release the lock.
> 
> We'll continue to grab the software lock as well, just so lockdep can
> track our locking; assuming the hardware lock is behaving properly,
> there should never be any contention on the software lock in this case.
> 
> v2:
>  - Extend hardware semaphore timeout and add a taint for CI if it ever
>    happens (this would imply misbehaving hardware/firmware).  (Mika)
>  - Add "MTL_" prefix to new steering semaphore register.  (Mika)
> 
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper at intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Balasubramani Vivekanandan <balasubramani.vivekanandan at intel.com>

Regards,
Bala

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c  | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c
> index aa070ae57f11..087e4ac5b68d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c
> @@ -347,10 +347,9 @@ static u32 rw_with_mcr_steering(struct intel_gt *gt,
>   * @flags: storage to save IRQ flags to
>   *
>   * Performs locking to protect the steering for the duration of an MCR
> - * operation.  Depending on the platform, this may be a software lock
> - * (gt->mcr_lock) or a hardware lock (i.e., a register that synchronizes
> - * access not only for the driver, but also for external hardware and
> - * firmware agents).
> + * operation.  On MTL and beyond, a hardware lock will also be taken to
> + * serialize access not only for the driver, but also for external hardware and
> + * firmware agents.
>   *
>   * Context: Takes gt->mcr_lock.  uncore->lock should *not* be held when this
>   *          function is called, although it may be acquired after this
> @@ -359,12 +358,40 @@ static u32 rw_with_mcr_steering(struct intel_gt *gt,
>  void intel_gt_mcr_lock(struct intel_gt *gt, unsigned long *flags)
>  {
>  	unsigned long __flags;
> +	int err = 0;
>  
>  	lockdep_assert_not_held(&gt->uncore->lock);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Starting with MTL, we need to coordinate not only with other
> +	 * driver threads, but also with hardware/firmware agents.  A dedicated
> +	 * locking register is used.
> +	 */
> +	if (GRAPHICS_VER(gt->i915) >= IP_VER(12, 70))
> +		err = wait_for(intel_uncore_read_fw(gt->uncore,
> +						    MTL_STEER_SEMAPHORE) == 0x1, 100);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Even on platforms with a hardware lock, we'll continue to grab
> +	 * a software spinlock too for lockdep purposes.  If the hardware lock
> +	 * was already acquired, there should never be contention on the
> +	 * software lock.
> +	 */
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&gt->mcr_lock, __flags);
>  
>  	*flags = __flags;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * In theory we should never fail to acquire the HW semaphore; this
> +	 * would indicate some hardware/firmware is misbehaving and not
> +	 * releasing it properly.
> +	 */
> +	if (err == -ETIMEDOUT) {
> +		drm_err_ratelimited(&gt->i915->drm,
> +				    "GT%u hardware MCR steering semaphore timed out",
> +				    gt->info.id);
> +		add_taint_for_CI(gt->i915, TAINT_WARN);  /* CI is now unreliable */
> +	}
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -379,6 +406,9 @@ void intel_gt_mcr_lock(struct intel_gt *gt, unsigned long *flags)
>  void intel_gt_mcr_unlock(struct intel_gt *gt, unsigned long flags)
>  {
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gt->mcr_lock, flags);
> +
> +	if (GRAPHICS_VER(gt->i915) >= IP_VER(12, 70))
> +		intel_uncore_write_fw(gt->uncore, MTL_STEER_SEMAPHORE, 0x1);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h
> index 784152548472..1618d46cb8c7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h
> @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
>  #define GMD_ID_MEDIA				_MMIO(MTL_MEDIA_GSI_BASE + 0xd8c)
>  
>  #define MCFG_MCR_SELECTOR			_MMIO(0xfd0)
> +#define MTL_STEER_SEMAPHORE			_MMIO(0xfd0)
>  #define MTL_MCR_SELECTOR			_MMIO(0xfd4)
>  #define SF_MCR_SELECTOR				_MMIO(0xfd8)
>  #define GEN8_MCR_SELECTOR			_MMIO(0xfdc)
> -- 
> 2.38.1
>