[Intel-xe] [RFC PATCH 04/10] drm/sched: Add generic scheduler message interface

[Luben Tuikov]

On 2023-04-03 20:22, Matthew Brost wrote:
> Add generic schedule message interface which sends messages to backend
> from the drm_gpu_scheduler main submission thread. The idea is some of
> these messages modify some state in drm_sched_entity which is also
> modified during submission. By scheduling these messages and submission
> in the same thread their is not race changing states in
> drm_sched_entity.

"... there is no race when changing ..." or better yet,
"... we eliminate races due to drm_sched_entity state changes."

> 
> This interface will be used in XE, new Intel GPU driver, to cleanup,

"Xe"?

Regards,
Luben

> suspend, resume, and change scheduling properties of a drm_sched_entity.
> 
> The interface is designed to be generic and extendable with only the
> backend understanding the messages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h            | 29 ++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
> index 2795021efe7b..9dc3378e9c5e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.c
> @@ -1055,6 +1055,54 @@ drm_sched_pick_best(struct drm_gpu_scheduler **sched_list,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_pick_best);
>  
> +/**
> + * drm_sched_add_msg - add scheduler message
> + *
> + * @sched: scheduler instance
> + * @msg: message to be added
> + *
> + * Can and will pass an jobs waiting on dependencies or in a runnable queue.
> + * Messages processing will stop if schedule run wq is stopped and resume when
> + * run wq is started.
> + */
> +void drm_sched_add_msg(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched,
> +		       struct drm_sched_msg *msg)
> +{
> +	spin_lock(&sched->job_list_lock);
> +	list_add_tail(&msg->link, &sched->msgs);
> +	spin_unlock(&sched->job_list_lock);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Same as above in drm_sched_run_wq_queue, try to kick worker if
> +	 * paused, harmless if this races
> +	 */
> +	if (!sched->pause_run_wq)
> +		queue_work(sched->run_wq, &sched->work_run);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_sched_add_msg);
> +
> +/**
> + * drm_sched_get_msg - get scheduler message
> + *
> + * @sched: scheduler instance
> + *
> + * Returns NULL or message
> + */
> +static struct drm_sched_msg *
> +drm_sched_get_msg(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched)
> +{
> +	struct drm_sched_msg *msg;
> +
> +	spin_lock(&sched->job_list_lock);
> +	msg = list_first_entry_or_null(&sched->msgs,
> +				       struct drm_sched_msg, link);
> +	if (msg)
> +		list_del(&msg->link);
> +	spin_unlock(&sched->job_list_lock);
> +
> +	return msg;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * drm_sched_main - main scheduler thread
>   *
> @@ -1068,6 +1116,7 @@ static void drm_sched_main(struct work_struct *w)
>  
>  	while (!READ_ONCE(sched->pause_run_wq)) {
>  		struct drm_sched_entity *entity;
> +		struct drm_sched_msg *msg;
>  		struct drm_sched_fence *s_fence;
>  		struct drm_sched_job *sched_job;
>  		struct dma_fence *fence;
> @@ -1075,12 +1124,16 @@ static void drm_sched_main(struct work_struct *w)
>  
>  		cleanup_job = drm_sched_get_cleanup_job(sched);
>  		entity = drm_sched_select_entity(sched);
> +		msg = drm_sched_get_msg(sched);
>  
>  		if (cleanup_job)
>  			sched->ops->free_job(cleanup_job);
>  
> +		if (msg)
> +			sched->ops->process_msg(msg);
> +
>  		if (!entity) {
> -			if (!cleanup_job)
> +			if (!cleanup_job && !msg)
>  				break;
>  			continue;
>  		}
> @@ -1089,7 +1142,7 @@ static void drm_sched_main(struct work_struct *w)
>  
>  		if (!sched_job) {
>  			complete_all(&entity->entity_idle);
> -			if (!cleanup_job)
> +			if (!cleanup_job && !msg)
>  				break;
>  			continue;
>  		}
> @@ -1181,6 +1234,7 @@ int drm_sched_init(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched,
>  
>  	init_waitqueue_head(&sched->job_scheduled);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sched->pending_list);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sched->msgs);
>  	spin_lock_init(&sched->job_list_lock);
>  	atomic_set(&sched->hw_rq_count, 0);
>  	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sched->work_tdr, drm_sched_job_timedout);
> diff --git a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
> index 3e421f5a710c..18172ae63ab7 100644
> --- a/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
> +++ b/include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
> @@ -398,6 +398,23 @@ enum drm_gpu_sched_stat {
>  	DRM_GPU_SCHED_STAT_ENODEV,
>  };
>  
> +/**
> + * struct drm_sched_msg - an in-band (relative to GPU scheduler run queue)
> + * message
> + *
> + * Generic enough for backend defined messages, backend can expand if needed.
> + */
> +struct drm_sched_msg {
> +	/** @link: list link into the gpu scheduler list of messages */
> +	struct list_head		link;
> +	/**
> +	 * @private_data: opaque pointer to message private data (backend defined)
> +	 */
> +	void				*private_data;
> +	/** @opcode: opcode of message (backend defined) */
> +	unsigned int			opcode;
> +};
> +
>  /**
>   * struct drm_sched_backend_ops - Define the backend operations
>   *	called by the scheduler
> @@ -475,6 +492,12 @@ struct drm_sched_backend_ops {
>           * and it's time to clean it up.
>  	 */
>  	void (*free_job)(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job);
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * @process_msg: Process a message. Allowed to block, it is this
> +	 * function's responsibility to free message if dynamically allocated.
> +	 */
> +	void (*process_msg)(struct drm_sched_msg *msg);
>  };
>  
>  /**
> @@ -486,6 +509,7 @@ struct drm_sched_backend_ops {
>   * @timeout: the time after which a job is removed from the scheduler.
>   * @name: name of the ring for which this scheduler is being used.
>   * @sched_rq: priority wise array of run queues.
> + * @msgs: list of messages to be processed in @work_run
>   * @job_scheduled: once @drm_sched_entity_do_release is called the scheduler
>   *                 waits on this wait queue until all the scheduled jobs are
>   *                 finished.
> @@ -493,7 +517,7 @@ struct drm_sched_backend_ops {
>   * @job_id_count: used to assign unique id to the each job.
>   * @run_wq: workqueue used to queue @work_run
>   * @timeout_wq: workqueue used to queue @work_tdr
> - * @work_run: schedules jobs and cleans up entities
> + * @work_run: schedules jobs, cleans up jobs, and processes messages
>   * @work_tdr: schedules a delayed call to @drm_sched_job_timedout after the
>   *            timeout interval is over.
>   * @pending_list: the list of jobs which are currently in the job queue.
> @@ -517,6 +541,7 @@ struct drm_gpu_scheduler {
>  	long				timeout;
>  	const char			*name;
>  	struct drm_sched_rq		sched_rq[DRM_SCHED_PRIORITY_COUNT];
> +	struct list_head		msgs;
>  	wait_queue_head_t		job_scheduled;
>  	atomic_t			hw_rq_count;
>  	atomic64_t			job_id_count;
> @@ -570,6 +595,8 @@ void drm_sched_entity_modify_sched(struct drm_sched_entity *entity,
>  
>  void drm_sched_job_cleanup(struct drm_sched_job *job);
>  void drm_sched_wakeup(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
> +void drm_sched_add_msg(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched,
> +		       struct drm_sched_msg *msg);
>  void drm_sched_run_wq_stop(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
>  void drm_sched_run_wq_start(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched);
>  void drm_sched_stop(struct drm_gpu_scheduler *sched, struct drm_sched_job *bad);