[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Split GAM and MSLICE steering

Kumar Valsan, Prathap prathap.kumar.valsan at intel.com
Wed Sep 21 16:58:08 UTC 2022


On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 07:53:40AM -0700, Matt Roper wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 10:02:32AM +0100, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> > 
> > On 16/09/2022 02:43, Matt Roper wrote:
> > > Although the bspec lists several MMIO ranges as "MSLICE," it turns out
> > > that a subset of these are of a "GAM" subclass that has unique rules and
> > > doesn't followed regular mslice steering behavior.
> > > 
> > >   * Xe_HP SDV:  GAM ranges must always be steered to 0,0.  These
> > >     registers share the regular steering control register (0xFDC) with
> > >     other steering types
> > > 
> > >   * DG2:  GAM ranges must always be steered to 1,0.  GAM registers have a
> > >     dedicated steering control register (0xFE0) so we can set the value
> > >     once at startup and rely on implicit steering.  Technically the
> > >     hardware default should already be set to 1,0 properly, but it never
> > >     hurts to ensure that in the driver.
> > 
> > Do you have any data on whether the "technically should" holds in practice?
> > What would be the consequences of some platform/machine surprising us here?
> 
> The bspec indicates the hardware default value is already the necessary
> 1,0 value; I'm mostly paranoid about some kind of boot firmware wiping
> it to 0,0 by accident.  I don't have any evidence that has ever actually
> happened, but explicitly re-programming it to 1,0 in the patch here is a
> defensive measure just to be safe.
> 
> If we didn't have this patch _and_ some firmware screwed up the GAM
> steering target, then presumably we might read back garbage or 0 from
> GAM registers in places where we should have received a real value.
Will firmware ever touch the steering target registers. As i was going
through the respective hsd. The software driver impact is marked as none
so wondering if this change is really required ?

Thanks,
Prathap
> 
> 
> Matt
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Tvrtko
> > 
> > > 
> > > Bspec: 66534
> > > Signed-off-by: Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper at intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c      | 24 +++++++++++++++++++--
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h     |  1 +
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_types.h    |  1 +
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_workarounds.c | 10 +++++++++
> > >   4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c
> > > index e79405a45312..a2047a68ea7a 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_mcr.c
> > > @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static const char * const intel_steering_types[] = {
> > >   	"L3BANK",
> > >   	"MSLICE",
> > >   	"LNCF",
> > > +	"GAM",
> > >   	"INSTANCE 0",
> > >   };
> > > @@ -48,14 +49,23 @@ static const struct intel_mmio_range icl_l3bank_steering_table[] = {
> > >   	{},
> > >   };
> > > +/*
> > > + * Although the bspec lists more "MSLICE" ranges than shown here, some of those
> > > + * are of a "GAM" subclass that has special rules.  Thus we use a separate
> > > + * GAM table farther down for those.
> > > + */
> > >   static const struct intel_mmio_range xehpsdv_mslice_steering_table[] = {
> > > -	{ 0x004000, 0x004AFF },
> > > -	{ 0x00C800, 0x00CFFF },
> > >   	{ 0x00DD00, 0x00DDFF },
> > >   	{ 0x00E900, 0x00FFFF }, /* 0xEA00 - OxEFFF is unused */
> > >   	{},
> > >   };
> > > +static const struct intel_mmio_range xehpsdv_gam_steering_table[] = {
> > > +	{ 0x004000, 0x004AFF },
> > > +	{ 0x00C800, 0x00CFFF },
> > > +	{},
> > > +};
> > > +
> > >   static const struct intel_mmio_range xehpsdv_lncf_steering_table[] = {
> > >   	{ 0x00B000, 0x00B0FF },
> > >   	{ 0x00D800, 0x00D8FF },
> > > @@ -114,9 +124,15 @@ void intel_gt_mcr_init(struct intel_gt *gt)
> > >   	} else if (IS_DG2(i915)) {
> > >   		gt->steering_table[MSLICE] = xehpsdv_mslice_steering_table;
> > >   		gt->steering_table[LNCF] = dg2_lncf_steering_table;
> > > +		/*
> > > +		 * No need to hook up the GAM table since it has a dedicated
> > > +		 * steering control register on DG2 and can use implicit
> > > +		 * steering.
> > > +		 */
> > >   	} else if (IS_XEHPSDV(i915)) {
> > >   		gt->steering_table[MSLICE] = xehpsdv_mslice_steering_table;
> > >   		gt->steering_table[LNCF] = xehpsdv_lncf_steering_table;
> > > +		gt->steering_table[GAM] = xehpsdv_gam_steering_table;
> > >   	} else if (GRAPHICS_VER(i915) >= 11 &&
> > >   		   GRAPHICS_VER_FULL(i915) < IP_VER(12, 50)) {
> > >   		gt->steering_table[L3BANK] = icl_l3bank_steering_table;
> > > @@ -351,6 +367,10 @@ static void get_nonterminated_steering(struct intel_gt *gt,
> > >   		*group = __ffs(gt->info.mslice_mask) << 1;
> > >   		*instance = 0;	/* unused */
> > >   		break;
> > > +	case GAM:
> > > +		*group = IS_DG2(gt->i915) ? 1 : 0;
> > > +		*instance = 0;
> > > +		break;
> > >   	case INSTANCE0:
> > >   		/*
> > >   		 * There are a lot of MCR types for which instance (0, 0)
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h
> > > index 2275ee47da95..2343b26e0e21 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_regs.h
> > > @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
> > >   #define MCFG_MCR_SELECTOR			_MMIO(0xfd0)
> > >   #define SF_MCR_SELECTOR				_MMIO(0xfd8)
> > >   #define GEN8_MCR_SELECTOR			_MMIO(0xfdc)
> > > +#define GAM_MCR_SELECTOR			_MMIO(0xfe0)
> > >   #define   GEN8_MCR_SLICE(slice)			(((slice) & 3) << 26)
> > >   #define   GEN8_MCR_SLICE_MASK			GEN8_MCR_SLICE(3)
> > >   #define   GEN8_MCR_SUBSLICE(subslice)		(((subslice) & 3) << 24)
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_types.h
> > > index f19c2de77ff6..30003d68fd51 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_types.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gt_types.h
> > > @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ enum intel_steering_type {
> > >   	L3BANK,
> > >   	MSLICE,
> > >   	LNCF,
> > > +	GAM,
> > >   	/*
> > >   	 * On some platforms there are multiple types of MCR registers that
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_workarounds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_workarounds.c
> > > index 6d2003d598e6..d04652a3b4e5 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_workarounds.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_workarounds.c
> > > @@ -1181,6 +1181,9 @@ xehp_init_mcr(struct intel_gt *gt, struct i915_wa_list *wal)
> > >   		gt->steering_table[MSLICE] = NULL;
> > >   	}
> > > +	if (IS_XEHPSDV(gt->i915) && slice_mask & BIT(0))
> > > +		gt->steering_table[GAM] = NULL;
> > > +
> > >   	slice = __ffs(slice_mask);
> > >   	subslice = intel_sseu_find_first_xehp_dss(sseu, GEN_DSS_PER_GSLICE, slice) %
> > >   		GEN_DSS_PER_GSLICE;
> > > @@ -1198,6 +1201,13 @@ xehp_init_mcr(struct intel_gt *gt, struct i915_wa_list *wal)
> > >   	 */
> > >   	__set_mcr_steering(wal, MCFG_MCR_SELECTOR, 0, 2);
> > >   	__set_mcr_steering(wal, SF_MCR_SELECTOR, 0, 2);
> > > +
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * On DG2, GAM registers have a dedicated steering control register
> > > +	 * and must always be programmed to a hardcoded groupid of "1."
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (IS_DG2(gt->i915))
> > > +		__set_mcr_steering(wal, GAM_MCR_SELECTOR, 1, 0);
> > >   }
> > >   static void
> 
> -- 
> Matt Roper
> Graphics Software Engineer
> VTT-OSGC Platform Enablement
> Intel Corporation


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