[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2 05/21] drm/i915/gt: Skip TLB invalidations once wedged

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:45:22 +0100
Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> On 14/07/2022 13:06, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > From: Chris Wilson <chris.p.wilson at intel.com>
> > 
> > Skip all further TLB invalidations once the device is wedged and
> > had been reset, as, on such cases, it can no longer process instructions
> > on the GPU and the user no longer has access to the TLB's in each engine.
> > 
> > That helps to reduce the performance regression introduced by TLB
> > invalidate logic.
> > 
> > Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> > Fixes: 7938d61591d3 ("drm/i915: Flush TLBs before releasing backing store")  
> 
> Is the claim of a performance regression this solved based on a wedged 
> GPU which does not work any more to the extend where mmio tlb 
> invalidation requests keep timing out? If so please clarify in the 
> commit text and then it looks good to me. Even if it is IMO a very 
> borderline situation to declare something a fix.

Indeed this helps on a borderline situation: if GT is wedged, TLB 
invalidation will timeout, so it makes sense to keep the patch with a
comment like:

    drm/i915/gt: Skip TLB invalidations once wedged
    
    Skip all further TLB invalidations once the device is wedged and
    had been reset, as, on such cases, it can no longer process instructions
    on the GPU and the user no longer has access to the TLB's in each engine.
    
    So, an attempt to do a TLB cache invalidation will produce a timeout.
    
    That helps to reduce the performance regression introduced by TLB
    invalidate logic.

Regards,
Mauro