[PATCH v2 17/32] drm/xe/uapi: Add madvise interface

[Souza, Jose]

On Thu, 2025-04-17 at 11:19 -0700, José Roberto de Souza wrote:
> On Mon, 2025-04-07 at 15:47 +0530, Himal Prasad Ghimiray wrote:
> > This commit introduces a new madvise interface to support
> > driver-specific ioctl operations. The madvise interface allows for more
> > efficient memory management by providing hints to the driver about the
> > expected memory usage and pte update policy for gpuvma.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Himal Prasad Ghimiray <himal.prasad.ghimiray at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 97 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> > index 9c08738c3b91..aaf515df3a83 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> > @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ extern "C" {
> >   *  - &DRM_IOCTL_XE_EXEC
> >   *  - &DRM_IOCTL_XE_WAIT_USER_FENCE
> >   *  - &DRM_IOCTL_XE_OBSERVATION
> > + *  - &DRM_IOCTL_XE_MADVISE
> >   */
> >  
> >  /*
> > @@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ extern "C" {
> >  #define DRM_XE_EXEC			0x09
> >  #define DRM_XE_WAIT_USER_FENCE		0x0a
> >  #define DRM_XE_OBSERVATION		0x0b
> > +#define DRM_XE_MADVISE			0x0c
> >  
> >  /* Must be kept compact -- no holes */
> >  
> > @@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ extern "C" {
> >  #define DRM_IOCTL_XE_EXEC			DRM_IOW(DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_XE_EXEC, struct drm_xe_exec)
> >  #define DRM_IOCTL_XE_WAIT_USER_FENCE		DRM_IOWR(DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_XE_WAIT_USER_FENCE, struct drm_xe_wait_user_fence)
> >  #define DRM_IOCTL_XE_OBSERVATION		DRM_IOW(DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_XE_OBSERVATION, struct drm_xe_observation_param)
> > +#define DRM_IOCTL_XE_MADVISE			DRM_IOWR(DRM_COMMAND_BASE + DRM_XE_MADVISE, struct drm_xe_madvise)
> >  
> >  /**
> >   * DOC: Xe IOCTL Extensions
> > @@ -1965,6 +1968,100 @@ struct drm_xe_query_eu_stall {
> >  	__u64 sampling_rates[];
> >  };
> >  
> > +struct drm_xe_madvise_ops {
> > +	/** @start: start of the virtual address range */
> > +	__u64 start;
> > +
> > +	/** @size: size of the virtual address range */
> > +	__u64 range;
> > +
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_PREFERRED_LOC	0
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_ATOMIC		1
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_PAT		2
> 
> In my opinion we should drop DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_PAT as we can already change the PAT index by unbinding and binding the VM with the wanted PAT index.
> Similar for DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_ATOMIC and DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_PREFERRED_LOC, we could have those properties in vm bind uAPI and if needed to change we could
> unbind and bind the VMA with the updated attributes.

Ah and if it is chosen to move forward with those I think would be nice to have drm_xe_sync so we could synchronize the update of this attributes with
previous submissions and future ones.

> 
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_PURGEABLE_STATE	3
> 
> Mesa can make use of DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_PURGEABLE_STATE but not the other ones, so you will need other UMDs to land those.
> 
> > +	/** @type: type of attribute */
> > +	__u32 type;
> > +
> > +	/** @pad: MBZ */
> > +	__u32 pad;
> > +
> > +	union {
> > +		struct {
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_ATOMIC_UNDEFINED	0
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_ATOMIC_DEVICE	1
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_ATOMIC_GLOBAL	2
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_ATOMIC_CPU		3
> > +		/** @val: value of atomic operation*/
> > +			__u32 val;
> > +
> > +		/** @reserved: Reserved */
> > +			__u32 reserved;
> > +		} atomic;
> > +
> > +		struct {
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_PURGEABLE_STATE_WILLNEED	0
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_PURGEABLE_STATE_DONTNEED	1
> > +#define DRM_XE_VMA_PURGEABLE_STATE_PURGED	2
> > +		/** @val: value for DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_PURGEABLE_STATE */
> > +			__u32 val;
> > +
> > +		/** @reserved: Reserved */
> > +			__u32 reserved;
> > +		} purge_state_val;
> > +
> > +		struct {
> > +			/** @pat_index */
> > +			__u32 val;
> > +
> > +			/** @reserved: Reserved */
> > +			__u32 reserved;
> > +		} pat_index;
> > +
> > +		/** @preferred_mem_loc: preferred memory location */
> > +		struct {
> > +			__u32 devmem_fd;
> > +
> > +#define MIGRATE_ALL_PAGES 0
> > +#define MIGRATE_ONLY_SYSTEM_PAGES 1
> > +			__u32 migration_policy;
> > +		} preferred_mem_loc;
> > +	};
> > +
> > +	/** @reserved: Reserved */
> > +	__u64 reserved[2];
> > +};
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * struct drm_xe_madvise - Input of &DRM_IOCTL_XE_MADVISE
> > + *
> > + * Set memory attributes to a virtual address range
> > + */
> > +struct drm_xe_madvise {
> > +	/** @extensions: Pointer to the first extension struct, if any */
> > +	__u64 extensions;
> > +
> > +	/** @vm_id: vm_id of the virtual range */
> > +	__u32 vm_id;
> > +
> > +	/** @num_ops: number of madvises in ioctl */
> > +	__u32 num_ops;
> > +
> > +	union {
> > +		/** @ops: used if num_ops == 1 */
> > +		struct drm_xe_madvise_ops ops;
> > +
> > +		/**
> > +		 * @vector_of_ops: userptr to array of struct
> > +		 * drm_xe_vm_madvise_op if num_ops > 1
> > +		 */
> > +		__u64 vector_of_ops;
> > +	};
> > +
> > +	/** @reserved: Reserved */
> > +	__u64 reserved[2];
> > +
> > +};
> > +
> >  #if defined(__cplusplus)
> >  }
> >  #endif