[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 13/15] drm/i915/uapi: add NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS hint

[Matthew Auld]

If set, force the allocation to be placed in the mappable portion of
LMEM. One big restriction here is that system memory must be given as a
potential placement for the object, that way we can always spill the
object into system memory if we can't make space.

XXX: Still needs IGTs. Including now just for the sake of having more
complete picture.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld at intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jon Bloomfield <jon.bloomfield at intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c | 26 ++++++++++++------
 include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h                | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c
index ecb8c2feec46..6d4a637ec654 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_create.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ struct create_ext {
 	struct drm_i915_private *i915;
 	struct intel_memory_region *placements[INTEL_REGION_UNKNOWN];
 	unsigned int n_placements;
+	unsigned int placement_mask;
 	unsigned long flags;
 };
 
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ static int set_placements(struct drm_i915_gem_create_ext_memory_regions *args,
 	for (i = 0; i < args->num_regions; i++)
 		ext_data->placements[i] = placements[i];
 
+	ext_data->placement_mask = mask;
 	return 0;
 
 out_dump:
@@ -408,7 +410,7 @@ i915_gem_create_ext_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (args->flags)
+	if (args->flags & ~I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = i915_user_extensions(u64_to_user_ptr(args->extensions),
@@ -424,13 +426,21 @@ i915_gem_create_ext_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		ext_data.n_placements = 1;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * TODO: add a userspace hint to force CPU_ACCESS for the object, which
-	 * can override this.
-	 */
-	if (ext_data.n_placements > 1 ||
-	    ext_data.placements[0]->type != INTEL_MEMORY_SYSTEM)
-		ext_data.flags |= I915_BO_ALLOC_GPU_ONLY;
+	if (args->flags & I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS) {
+		if (ext_data.n_placements == 1)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		/*
+		 * We always need to be able to spill to system memory, if we
+		 * can't place in the mappable part of LMEM.
+		 */
+		if (!(ext_data.placement_mask & BIT(INTEL_REGION_SMEM)))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		if (ext_data.n_placements > 1 ||
+		    ext_data.placements[0]->type != INTEL_MEMORY_SYSTEM)
+			ext_data.flags |= I915_BO_ALLOC_GPU_ONLY;
+	}
 
 	obj = __i915_gem_object_create_user_ext(i915, args->size,
 						ext_data.placements,
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
index 914ebd9290e5..925685bd261e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
@@ -3157,7 +3157,36 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_create_ext {
 	 * Object handles are nonzero.
 	 */
 	__u32 handle;
-	/** @flags: MBZ */
+	/**
+	 * @flags: Optional flags.
+	 *
+	 * Supported values:
+	 *
+	 * I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS - Signal to the kernel that
+	 * the object will need to be accessed via the CPU.
+	 *
+	 * Only valid when placing objects in I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE, and
+	 * only strictly required on platforms where only some of the device
+	 * memory is directly visible or mappable through the CPU, like on DG2+.
+	 *
+	 * One of the placements MUST also be I915_MEMORY_CLASS_SYSTEM, to
+	 * ensure we can always spill the allocation to system memory, if we
+	 * can't place the object in the mappable part of
+	 * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE.
+	 *
+	 * Note that buffers that need to be captured with EXEC_OBJECT_CAPTURE,
+	 * will need to enable this hint, if the object can also be placed in
+	 * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE, starting from DG2+. The execbuf call will
+	 * throw an error otherwise. This also means that such objects will need
+	 * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_SYSTEM set as a possible placement.
+	 *
+	 * Without this hint, the kernel will assume that non-mappable
+	 * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE is preferred for this object. Note that the
+	 * kernel can still migrate the object to the mappable part, as a last
+	 * resort, if userspace ever CPU faults this object, but this might be
+	 * expensive, and so ideally should be avoided.
+	 */
+#define I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS (1 << 0)
 	__u32 flags;
 	/**
 	 * @extensions: The chain of extensions to apply to this object.
-- 
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