[Intel-xe] [RFC 1/5] drm/xe/uapi: Add support for cache and coherency mode

Souza, Jose jose.souza at intel.com
Tue Sep 5 15:30:10 UTC 2023


On Tue, 2023-09-05 at 10:04 +0100, Matthew Auld wrote:
> On 04/09/2023 21:00, Souza, Jose wrote:
> > On Tue, 2023-08-29 at 17:28 +0100, Matthew Auld wrote:
> > > From: Pallavi Mishra <pallavi.mishra at intel.com>
> > > 
> > > Allow userspace to specify the CPU caching mode to use for system memory
> > > in addition to coherency modes during object creation. Modify gem create
> > > handler and introduce xe_bo_create_user to replace xe_bo_create. In a
> > > later patch we will support setting the pat_index as part of vm_bind,
> > > where expectation is that the coherency mode extracted from the
> > > pat_index must match the one set at object creation.
> > > 
> > > Co-authored-by: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld at intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Pallavi Mishra <pallavi.mishra at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com>
> > > Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>
> > > Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper at intel.com>
> > > Cc: José Roberto de Souza <jose.souza at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Filip Hazubski <filip.hazubski at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Carl Zhang <carl.zhang at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Effie Yu <effie.yu at intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c       | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.h       |  3 +-
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h | 10 ++++
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_dma_buf.c  |  5 +-
> > >   include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h        | 47 +++++++++++++++-
> > >   5 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
> > > index 1ab682d61e3c..f60090fe8cd2 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
> > > @@ -339,6 +339,15 @@ static struct ttm_tt *xe_ttm_tt_create(struct ttm_buffer_object *ttm_bo,
> > >   		extra_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(xe_device_ccs_bytes(xe, bo->size),
> > >   					   PAGE_SIZE);
> > >   
> > > +	if (bo->smem_caching) {
> > > +		if (bo->smem_caching == XE_GEM_CACHING_WB)
> > > +			caching = ttm_cached;
> > > +		else if (bo->smem_caching == XE_GEM_CACHING_WC)
> > > +			caching = ttm_write_combined;
> > > +		else if (bo->smem_caching == XE_GEM_CACHING_UC)
> > > +			caching = ttm_uncached;
> > > +	}
> > 
> > why not a switch/case?
> 
> Will fix.
> 
> > 
> > > +
> > >   	/*
> > >   	 * Display scanout is always non-coherent with the CPU cache.
> > >   	 *
> > > @@ -1183,9 +1192,10 @@ void xe_bo_free(struct xe_bo *bo)
> > >   	kfree(bo);
> > >   }
> > >   
> > > -struct xe_bo *__xe_bo_create_locked(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_bo *bo,
> > > +struct xe_bo *___xe_bo_create_locked(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_bo *bo,
> > >   				    struct xe_tile *tile, struct dma_resv *resv,
> > >   				    struct ttm_lru_bulk_move *bulk, size_t size,
> > > +				    u16 smem_caching, u16 coh_mode,
> > >   				    enum ttm_bo_type type, u32 flags)
> > >   {
> > >   	struct ttm_operation_ctx ctx = {
> > > @@ -1223,6 +1233,8 @@ struct xe_bo *__xe_bo_create_locked(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_bo *bo,
> > >   	bo->tile = tile;
> > >   	bo->size = size;
> > >   	bo->flags = flags;
> > > +	bo->smem_caching = smem_caching;
> > > +	bo->coh_mode = coh_mode;
> > >   	bo->ttm.base.funcs = &xe_gem_object_funcs;
> > >   	bo->props.preferred_mem_class = XE_BO_PROPS_INVALID;
> > >   	bo->props.preferred_gt = XE_BO_PROPS_INVALID;
> > > @@ -1306,10 +1318,11 @@ static int __xe_bo_fixed_placement(struct xe_device *xe,
> > >   }
> > >   
> > >   struct xe_bo *
> > > -xe_bo_create_locked_range(struct xe_device *xe,
> > > -			  struct xe_tile *tile, struct xe_vm *vm,
> > > -			  size_t size, u64 start, u64 end,
> > > -			  enum ttm_bo_type type, u32 flags)
> > > +__xe_bo_create_locked(struct xe_device *xe,
> > > +		      struct xe_tile *tile, struct xe_vm *vm,
> > > +		      size_t size, u64 start, u64 end,
> > > +		      u16 smem_caching, u16 coh_mode,
> > > +		      enum ttm_bo_type type, u32 flags)
> > >   {
> > >   	struct xe_bo *bo = NULL;
> > >   	int err;
> > > @@ -1330,10 +1343,11 @@ xe_bo_create_locked_range(struct xe_device *xe,
> > >   		}
> > >   	}
> > >   
> > > -	bo = __xe_bo_create_locked(xe, bo, tile, vm ? &vm->resv : NULL,
> > > +	bo = ___xe_bo_create_locked(xe, bo, tile, vm ? &vm->resv : NULL,
> > >   				   vm && !xe_vm_in_fault_mode(vm) &&
> > >   				   flags & XE_BO_CREATE_USER_BIT ?
> > >   				   &vm->lru_bulk_move : NULL, size,
> > > +				   smem_caching, coh_mode,
> > >   				   type, flags);
> > >   	if (IS_ERR(bo))
> > >   		return bo;
> > > @@ -1367,11 +1381,31 @@ xe_bo_create_locked_range(struct xe_device *xe,
> > >   	return ERR_PTR(err);
> > >   }
> > >   
> > > +struct xe_bo *
> > > +xe_bo_create_locked_range(struct xe_device *xe,
> > > +			  struct xe_tile *tile, struct xe_vm *vm,
> > > +			  size_t size, u64 start, u64 end,
> > > +			  enum ttm_bo_type type, u32 flags)
> > > +{
> > > +	return __xe_bo_create_locked(xe, tile, vm, size, 0, ~0ULL, 0, 0, type, flags);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > >   struct xe_bo *xe_bo_create_locked(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_tile *tile,
> > >   				  struct xe_vm *vm, size_t size,
> > >   				  enum ttm_bo_type type, u32 flags)
> > >   {
> > > -	return xe_bo_create_locked_range(xe, tile, vm, size, 0, ~0ULL, type, flags);
> > > +	return __xe_bo_create_locked(xe, tile, vm, size, 0, ~0ULL, 0, 0, type, flags);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +struct xe_bo *xe_bo_create_user(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_tile *tile,
> > > +				struct xe_vm *vm, size_t size,
> > > +				enum ttm_bo_type type,
> > > +				u16 smem_caching, u16 coh_mode,
> > > +				u32 flags)
> > > +{
> > > +	return __xe_bo_create_locked(xe, tile, vm, size, 0, ~0ULL,
> > > +				     smem_caching, coh_mode, type,
> > > +				     flags | XE_BO_CREATE_USER_BIT);
> > >   }
> > >   
> > >   struct xe_bo *xe_bo_create(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_tile *tile,
> > > @@ -1754,11 +1788,11 @@ int xe_gem_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
> > >   	struct ww_acquire_ctx ww;
> > >   	struct xe_vm *vm = NULL;
> > >   	struct xe_bo *bo;
> > > -	unsigned int bo_flags = XE_BO_CREATE_USER_BIT;
> > > +	unsigned int bo_flags;
> > >   	u32 handle;
> > >   	int err;
> > >   
> > > -	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->extensions) || XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->pad) ||
> > > +	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->extensions) ||
> > >   	    XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->reserved[0] || args->reserved[1]))
> > >   		return -EINVAL;
> > >   
> > > @@ -1811,8 +1845,38 @@ int xe_gem_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
> > >   		bo_flags |= XE_BO_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS;
> > >   	}
> > >   
> > > -	bo = xe_bo_create(xe, NULL, vm, args->size, ttm_bo_type_device,
> > > -			  bo_flags);
> > > +	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->coh_mode > 2))
> > 
> > This will not allow XE_GEM_COHERENCY_2WAY, also would be better to use XE_GEM_COHERENCY_XX instead of a magic number.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> > 
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->smem_caching > 2))
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > 
> > Same here, this will not allow XE_GEM_CACHING_UC
> 
> Pallavi also noticed this. Fixed locally.
> 
> > 
> > > +
> > > +        if (bo_flags & XE_BO_CREATE_SYSTEM_BIT) {
> > > +		if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, !args->coh_mode))
> > > +			return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +		if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, !args->smem_caching))
> > > +			return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +		if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, !IS_DGFX(xe) &&
> > > +				 bo_flags & XE_BO_SCANOUT_BIT &&
> > > +				 args->smem_caching == XE_GEM_CACHING_WB))
> > > +			return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > +		if (args->coh_mode == XE_GEM_COHERENCY_NONE) {
> > > +			if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->smem_caching == XE_GEM_CACHING_WB))
> > > +				return -EINVAL;
> > > +		} else if (args->coh_mode == XE_GEM_COHERENCY_2WAY) {
> > > +			if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->smem_caching != XE_GEM_CACHING_WB))
> > > +				return -EINVAL;
> > > +		}
> > > +	} else if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->smem_caching)) {
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	bo = xe_bo_create_user(xe, NULL, vm, args->size,
> > > +			       args->smem_caching, args->coh_mode,
> > > +			       ttm_bo_type_device, bo_flags);
> > >   	if (IS_ERR(bo)) {
> > >   		err = PTR_ERR(bo);
> > >   		goto out_vm;
> > > @@ -2093,10 +2157,11 @@ int xe_bo_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file_priv,
> > >   	args->size = ALIGN(mul_u32_u32(args->pitch, args->height),
> > >   			   page_size);
> > >   
> > > -	bo = xe_bo_create(xe, NULL, NULL, args->size, ttm_bo_type_device,
> > > -			  XE_BO_CREATE_VRAM_IF_DGFX(xe_device_get_root_tile(xe)) |
> > > -			  XE_BO_CREATE_USER_BIT | XE_BO_SCANOUT_BIT |
> > > -			  XE_BO_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS);
> > > +	bo = xe_bo_create_user(xe, NULL, NULL, args->size, ttm_bo_type_device,
> > > +			       XE_GEM_CACHING_WC, XE_GEM_COHERENCY_NONE,
> > > +			       XE_BO_CREATE_VRAM_IF_DGFX(xe_device_get_root_tile(xe)) |
> > > +			       XE_BO_CREATE_USER_BIT | XE_BO_SCANOUT_BIT |
> > > +			       XE_BO_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS);
> > >   	if (IS_ERR(bo))
> > >   		return PTR_ERR(bo);
> > >   
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.h
> > > index 0823dda0f31b..2311ef3ffaf1 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.h
> > > @@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ struct sg_table;
> > >   struct xe_bo *xe_bo_alloc(void);
> > >   void xe_bo_free(struct xe_bo *bo);
> > >   
> > > -struct xe_bo *__xe_bo_create_locked(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_bo *bo,
> > > +struct xe_bo *___xe_bo_create_locked(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_bo *bo,
> > >   				    struct xe_tile *tile, struct dma_resv *resv,
> > >   				    struct ttm_lru_bulk_move *bulk, size_t size,
> > > +				    u16 smem_caching, u16 coh_mode,
> > >   				    enum ttm_bo_type type, u32 flags);
> > >   struct xe_bo *
> > >   xe_bo_create_locked_range(struct xe_device *xe,
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h
> > > index f6ee920303af..a98ba5bed499 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo_types.h
> > > @@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ struct xe_bo {
> > >   	struct llist_node freed;
> > >   	/** @created: Whether the bo has passed initial creation */
> > >   	bool created;
> > > +	/**
> > > +	 * @coh_mode: Coherency setting. Currently only used for userspace
> > > +	 * objects.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	u16 coh_mode;
> > > +	/**
> > > +	 * @smem_caching: Caching mode for smem. Currently only used for
> > > +	 * userspace objects.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	u16 smem_caching;
> > >   };
> > >   
> > >   #endif
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_dma_buf.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_dma_buf.c
> > > index 975dee1f770f..8ba7daf011bc 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_dma_buf.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_dma_buf.c
> > > @@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ xe_dma_buf_init_obj(struct drm_device *dev, struct xe_bo *storage,
> > >   	int ret;
> > >   
> > >   	dma_resv_lock(resv, NULL);
> > > -	bo = __xe_bo_create_locked(xe, storage, NULL, resv, NULL, dma_buf->size,
> > > -				   ttm_bo_type_sg, XE_BO_CREATE_SYSTEM_BIT);
> > > +	bo = ___xe_bo_create_locked(xe, storage, NULL, resv, NULL, dma_buf->size,
> > > +				    0, 0, /* Will require 1way or 2way for vm_bind */
> > > +				    ttm_bo_type_sg, XE_BO_CREATE_SYSTEM_BIT);
> > >   	if (IS_ERR(bo)) {
> > >   		ret = PTR_ERR(bo);
> > >   		goto error;
> > > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> > > index 86f16d50e9cc..64bc66d4b550 100644
> > > --- a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> > > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> > > @@ -461,8 +461,51 @@ struct drm_xe_gem_create {
> > >   	 */
> > >   	__u32 handle;
> > >   
> > > -	/** @pad: MBZ */
> > > -	__u32 pad;
> > > +	/**
> > > +	 * @coh_mode: The coherency mode for this object. This will limit the
> > > +	 * possible @smem_caching values.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * Supported values:
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * XE_GEM_COHERENCY_NONE: GPU access is assumed to be not coherent with
> > > +	 * CPU. CPU caches are not snooped.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * XE_GEM_COHERENCY_1WAY: GPU access is coherent with CPU (CPU caches
> > > +	 * are snooped) until GPU acquires. The acquire by the GPU is not
> > > +	 * tracked by CPU caches.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * XE_GEM_COHERENCY_2WAY: Fully coherent between GPU and CPU. Fully
> > > +	 * tracked by CPU caches. Both CPU and GPU caches are snooped.
> > > +	 */
> > > +#define XE_GEM_COHERENCY_NONE                  1
> > > +#define XE_GEM_COHERENCY_1WAY                  2
> > > +#define XE_GEM_COHERENCY_2WAY                  3
> > > +	__u16 coh_mode;
> > 
> > Why coh_mode is necessary in the create uAPI?
> 
> With this it becomes an immutable creation time property of the BO. At 
> creation time this limits the values userspace can choose for 
> smem_caching (and anything invalid can already be rejected here). Since 
> this is a property of the BO it then becomes natural that vm_binding it 
> will need to use compatible coh_mode for the pat_index, which then also 
> prevents mixing modes.
> 
> > It is not actually used in this patch and at the end the series it is only used to check if the coh_mode of the pat_index in the vm_bind is equal to
> > coh_mode set in gem create.
> 
> In this patch it is also used to restrict the possible smem_caching 
> values depending on the coh_mode and at creation time rejects anything 
> that KMD considers invalid, for example NONE + WB.
> 
> > I guess it is not allowed to bind the same bo in 2 different addresses with different coh_mode, is that right?
> 
> Correct, the coh_mode must be compatible. Although if this become NONE 
> and AT_LEAST_1WAY this might change slightly.
> 
> > 
> > If so we still could remove it from the gem create uAPI, set coh_mode in gem_bo in the first bind of this bo and then check if equal in the subsequent
> > binds.
> 
> Yeah, I think that would also work. Although the KMD would now need to 
> consider what locking is needed to protect coh_mode, previously we had 
> zero locking as per the api. Also given some object, the KMD in some 
> cases no longer knows what the coh_mode will be (currently doesn't 
> matter but maybe it does in the future?). Also with such an API should 
> the unmap also reset things, assuming there are no remaining binds?
> 
> Assumption here is that UMD knows at BO creation time the suitable 
> coh_mode and doesn't need to mix modes when binding, so locking it down 
> by making it an immutable creation time property seems reasonable. I 
> think the API and implementation will also be slightly simpler in the end.
> 
> Does Mesa need more flexibility here?

Okay, if it involves locking and more complexity leave as is.

> 
> > 
> > > +
> > > +	/**
> > > +	 * @smem_caching: The CPU caching mode to select for system memory.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * Supported values:
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * XE_GEM_CACHING_WB: Allocate the pages with write-back caching.  On
> > > +	 * iGPU this can't be used for scanout surfaces. The @coh_mode must
> > > +	 * either be XE_GEM_COHERENCY_1WAY or XE_GEM_COHERENCY_2WAY.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * XE_GEM_CACHING_WC: Allocate the pages as write-combined. This is
> > > +	 * uncached. The @coh_mode must be XE_GEM_COHERENCY_NONE or
> > > +	 * XE_GEM_COHERENCY_1WAY. Scanout surfaces should likely use this on
> > > +	 * igpu.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * XE_GEM_CACHING_UC: Allocate the pages as uncached. The @coh_mode must
> > > +	 * be XE_GEM_COHERENCY_NONE or XE_GEM_COHERENCY_1WAY. Scanout surfaces
> > > +	 * are permitted to use this.
> > > +	 *
> > > +	 * MUST be left as zero for VRAM-only objects.
> > > +	 */
> > > +#define XE_GEM_CACHING_WB                      1
> > > +#define XE_GEM_CACHING_WC                      2
> > > +#define XE_GEM_CACHING_UC                      3
> > > +	__u16 smem_caching;
> > >   
> > >   	/** @reserved: Reserved */
> > >   	__u64 reserved[2];
> > 



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