[PATCH v5 2/5] drm/xe/vf: Document SRIOV VF restore flow

Tomasz Lis tomasz.lis at intel.com
Tue Oct 29 19:39:53 UTC 2024


This adds a documentation chapter, containing high level flow
of VF restore procedure.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Lis <tomasz.lis at intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sriov_vf.h | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 93 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sriov_vf.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sriov_vf.h
index 7b8622cff2b7..22683dd643f8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sriov_vf.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sriov_vf.h
@@ -8,6 +8,99 @@
 
 struct xe_device;
 
+/**
+ * DOC: VF restore procedure in PF KMD and VF KMD
+ *
+ * Restoring previously saved state of a VF is one of core features of
+ * SR-IOV. All major VM Management applications allow saving and restoring
+ * the VM state, and doing that to a VM which uses SRIOV VF as one of
+ * the accessible devices requires support from KMD on both PF and VF side.
+ * VMM initiates all required operations through VFIO module, which then
+ * translates them into PF KMD calls. This description will focus on these
+ * calls, leaving out the module which initiates these steps (VFIO).
+ *
+ * In order to start the restore procedure, GuC needs to keep the VF in
+ * proper state. The PF driver can ensure VF entered this state by
+ * performing Function Level Reset on said VF. The FLR procedure ends with
+ * GuC sending message `GUC_PF_NOTIFY_VF_FLR_DONE`, and then the actual
+ * restore can begin.
+ *
+ * During VF Restore, state of several resources is restored. These may
+ * include local memory content (system memory is restored by VMM itself),
+ * values of MMIO registers, stateless compression metadata and others.
+ * The final resource which also needs restoring is state of the VF
+ * submission maintained within GuC. For that, `GUC_PF_OPCODE_VF_RESTORE`
+ * message is used, with reference to the state blob to be consumed by
+ * GuC.
+ *
+ * Next, when VFIO is asked to set the VM into running state, the PF driver
+ * sends `GUC_PF_TRIGGER_VF_RESUME` to GuC. When sent after restore, this
+ * changes VF state within GuC to `VF_RESFIX_BLOCKED` rather than the
+ * usual `VF_RUNNING`. At this point GuC triggers an interrupt to inform
+ * the VF KMD within the VM that it was migrated.
+ *
+ * As soon as Virtual GPU of the VM starts, the VF driver within receives
+ * the MIGRATED interrupt and schedules post-migration recovery worker.
+ * That worker queries GuC for new provisioning (using MMIO communication),
+ * and applies fixups to any non-virtualized resources used by the VF.
+ *
+ * When the VF driver is ready to continue operation on the newly connected
+ * hardware, it sends `VF2GUC_NOTIFY_RESFIX_DONE` which causes it to
+ * enter the long awaited `VF_RUNNING` state, and therefore start handling
+ * CTB messages and scheduling workloads from the VF::
+ *
+ *      PF                             GuC                              VF
+ *     [ ]                             [ ]                              |
+ *     [ ] GUC_PF_NOTIFY_VF_FLR_DONE   [ ]                              |
+ *     [ ] <---------------------------[ ]                              |
+ *     [ ]                              |                               |
+ *     [ ] PF loads resources from the  |                               |
+ *     [ ]------- saved image supplied  |                               |
+ *     [ ]      |                       |                               |
+ *     [ ] <-----                       |                               |
+ *     [ ]                              |                               |
+ *     [ ] GUC_PF_OPCODE_VF_RESTORE     |                               |
+ *     [ ]---------------------------> [ ]                              |
+ *     [ ]                             [ ]  GuC loads contexts and CTB  |
+ *     [ ]                             [ ]------- state from image      |
+ *     [ ]                             [ ]      |                       |
+ *     [ ] success                     [ ] <-----                       |
+ *     [ ] <---------------------------[ ]                              |
+ *     [ ]                              |                               |
+ *     [ ] GUC_PF_TRIGGER_VF_RESUME     |                               |
+ *     [ ]---------------------------> [ ]                              |
+ *     [ ]                             [ ]  GuC sets new VF state to    |
+ *     [ ]                             [ ]------- VF_RESFIX_BLOCKED     |
+ *     [ ]                             [ ]      |                       |
+ *     [ ]                             [ ] <-----                       |
+ *     [ ]                             [ ]                              |
+ *     [ ]                             [ ] GUC_INTR_SW_INT_0            |
+ *     [ ] success                     [ ]---------------------------> [ ]
+ *     [ ] <---------------------------[ ]                             [ ]
+ *      |                               |      VF2GUC_QUERY_SINGLE_KLV [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ] <---------------------------[ ]
+ *      |                              [ ]                             [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ]        new VF provisioning  [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ]---------------------------> [ ]
+ *      |                               |                              [ ]
+ *      |                               |       VF driver applies post [ ]
+ *      |                               |      migration fixups -------[ ]
+ *      |                               |                       |      [ ]
+ *      |                               |                       -----> [ ]
+ *      |                               |                              [ ]
+ *      |                               |    VF2GUC_NOTIFY_RESFIX_DONE [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ] <---------------------------[ ]
+ *      |                              [ ]                             [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ]  GuC sets new VF state to   [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ]------- VF_READY             [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ]      |                      [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ] <-----                      [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ]                     success [ ]
+ *      |                              [ ]---------------------------> [ ]
+ *      |                               |                               |
+ *      |                               |                               |
+ */
+
 void xe_sriov_vf_init_early(struct xe_device *xe);
 void xe_sriov_vf_start_migration_recovery(struct xe_device *xe);
 
-- 
2.25.1



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