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

Niranjana Vishwanathapura niranjana.vishwanathapura at intel.com
Wed Oct 12 15:21:22 UTC 2022


On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:32:18AM +0100, Matthew Auld wrote:
>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...

Yah, instead will have a VM_BIND_CAPTURE flag for user to request for capture
during vm_bind call. It is not implemented yet.

Niranjana



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