[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 12/17] drm/i915/vm_bind: Implement I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER3 ioctl

Matthew Auld matthew.auld at intel.com
Wed Oct 12 10:32:18 UTC 2022


On 10/10/2022 07:58, Niranjana Vishwanathapura wrote:
> Implement new execbuf3 ioctl (I915_GEM_EXECBUFFER3) which only
> works in vm_bind mode. The vm_bind mode only works with
> this new execbuf3 ioctl.
> 
> The new execbuf3 ioctl will not have any list of objects to validate
> bind as all required objects binding would have been requested by the
> userspace before submitting the execbuf3.
> 
> Legacy features like relocations etc are not supported by execbuf3.
> 
> v2: Add more input validity checks.
> v3: batch_address is a VA (not an array) if num_batches=1,
>      minor cleanup
> 
> Signed-off-by: Niranjana Vishwanathapura <niranjana.vishwanathapura at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti at linux.intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile                 |   1 +
>   .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer3.c   | 580 ++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ioctls.h    |   2 +
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_driver.c            |   1 +
>   include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h                   |  61 ++
>   5 files changed, 645 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer3.c
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
> index 3564307699ea..94520b79e7e7 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Makefile
> @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ gem-y += \
>   	gem/i915_gem_domain.o \
>   	gem/i915_gem_execbuffer_common.o \
>   	gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.o \
> +	gem/i915_gem_execbuffer3.o \
>   	gem/i915_gem_internal.o \
>   	gem/i915_gem_object.o \
>   	gem/i915_gem_lmem.o \
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer3.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..1f38f658066a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer3.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,580 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
> +/*
> + * Copyright © 2022 Intel Corporation
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/dma-resv.h>
> +#include <linux/uaccess.h>
> +
> +#include <drm/drm_syncobj.h>
> +
> +#include "gt/intel_context.h"
> +#include "gt/intel_gpu_commands.h"
> +#include "gt/intel_gt.h"
> +
> +#include "i915_drv.h"
> +#include "i915_gem_context.h"
> +#include "i915_gem_execbuffer_common.h"
> +#include "i915_gem_ioctls.h"
> +#include "i915_gem_vm_bind.h"
> +#include "i915_trace.h"
> +
> +#define __EXEC3_ENGINE_PINNED		BIT_ULL(32)
> +#define __EXEC3_INTERNAL_FLAGS		(~0ull << 32)
> +
> +/* Catch emission of unexpected errors for CI! */
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_DEBUG_GEM)
> +#undef EINVAL
> +#define EINVAL ({ \
> +	DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("EINVAL at %s:%d\n", __func__, __LINE__); \
> +	22; \
> +})
> +#endif
> +
> +/**
> + * DOC: User command execution with execbuf3 ioctl
> + *
> + * A VM in VM_BIND mode will not support older execbuf mode of binding.
> + * The execbuf ioctl handling in VM_BIND mode differs significantly from the
> + * older execbuf2 ioctl (See struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2).
> + * Hence, a new execbuf3 ioctl has been added to support VM_BIND mode. (See
> + * struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer3). The execbuf3 ioctl will not accept any
> + * execlist. Hence, no support for implicit sync.
> + *
> + * The new execbuf3 ioctl only works in VM_BIND mode and the VM_BIND mode only
> + * works with execbuf3 ioctl for submission.
> + *
> + * The execbuf3 ioctl directly specifies the batch addresses instead of as
> + * object handles as in execbuf2 ioctl. The execbuf3 ioctl will also not
> + * support many of the older features like in/out/submit fences, fence array,
> + * default gem context etc. (See struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer3).
> + *
> + * In VM_BIND mode, VA allocation is completely managed by the user instead of
> + * the i915 driver. Hence all VA assignment, eviction are not applicable in
> + * VM_BIND mode. Also, for determining object activeness, VM_BIND mode will not
> + * be using the i915_vma active reference tracking. It will instead check the
> + * dma-resv object's fence list for that.
> + *
> + * So, a lot of code supporting execbuf2 ioctl, like relocations, VA evictions,
> + * vma lookup table, implicit sync, vma active reference tracking etc., are not
> + * applicable for execbuf3 ioctl.

I guess EXEC_CAPTURE is also now gone? Is that expected? We ofc don't 
have the list of objects so perhaps doesn't make sense any more. Just 
double checking...


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