[PATCH] drm/xe: Add WA BB to capture active context utilization

Umesh Nerlige Ramappa umesh.nerlige.ramappa at intel.com
Fri Apr 25 20:40:46 UTC 2025


On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 12:50:54PM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 12:10:39PM -0700, Umesh Nerlige Ramappa wrote:
>
>One more nit...
>
>> Context Timestamp (CTX_TIMESTAMP) in the lrc accumulates the run ticks
>> of the context, but only gets updated when the context switches out. In
>> order to check how long a context has been active before it switches
>> out, two things are required:
>>
>> (1) Determine if the context is running:
>>
>> To do so, we program the wa bb to set an initial value for CTX_TIMESTAMP
>> in the lrc. The value chosen is 1 since 0 is the initial value when the
>> lrc is initialized. During a query, we just check for this value to
>> determine if the context is active. If the context switched out, it
>> would overwrite this location with the actual CTX_TIMESTAMP MMIO value.
>> Note that wa bb will run after the context has been restored, so reusing
>> this lrc location will not clobber anything.
>>
>> (2) Calculate the time that the context has been active for:
>>
>> The CTX_TIMESTAMP ticks only when the context is active. If a context is
>> active, we just use the CTX_TIMESTAMP MMIO as the new value of
>> utilization. While doing so, we need to read the CTX_TIMESTAMP MMIO
>> for the specific engine instance. Since we do not know which instance
>> the context is running on until it is scheduled, we also read the
>> ENGINE_ID MMIO in the wa bb and store it in the PPHSWP.
>>
>> Using the above 2 instructions in a WA BB, capture active context
>> utilization.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Umesh Nerlige Ramappa <umesh.nerlige.ramappa at intel.com>
>> ---
>>  .../gpu/drm/xe/instructions/xe_mi_commands.h  |   4 +
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_engine_regs.h      |   4 +
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_lrc_layout.h       |   1 +
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c                   | 168 +++++++++++++++++-
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc_types.h             |   6 +
>>  5 files changed, 181 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/instructions/xe_mi_commands.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/instructions/xe_mi_commands.h
>> index eba582058d55..9153a7cd2ceb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/instructions/xe_mi_commands.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/instructions/xe_mi_commands.h
>> @@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
>>  #define MI_LOAD_REGISTER_MEM		(__MI_INSTR(0x29) | XE_INSTR_NUM_DW(4))
>>  #define   MI_LRM_USE_GGTT		REG_BIT(22)
>>
>> +#define MI_STORE_REGISTER_MEM		(__MI_INSTR(0x24) | XE_INSTR_NUM_DW(4))
>> +#define   MI_SRM_USE_GGTT		REG_BIT(22)
>> +#define   MI_SRM_ADD_CS_OFFSET		REG_BIT(19)
>> +
>>  #define MI_LOAD_REGISTER_REG		(__MI_INSTR(0x2a) | XE_INSTR_NUM_DW(3))
>>  #define   MI_LRR_DST_CS_MMIO		REG_BIT(19)
>>  #define   MI_LRR_SRC_CS_MMIO		REG_BIT(18)
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_engine_regs.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_engine_regs.h
>> index da713634d6a0..cc698136a6f6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_engine_regs.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_engine_regs.h
>> @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
>>  #define XEHPC_BCS8_RING_BASE			0x3ee000
>>  #define GSCCS_RING_BASE				0x11a000
>>
>> +#define ENGINE_ID(base)				XE_REG((base) + 0x8c)
>> +#define   ENGINE_INSTANCE_ID			REG_GENMASK(9, 4)
>> +#define   ENGINE_CLASS_ID			REG_GENMASK(2, 0)
>> +
>>  #define RING_TAIL(base)				XE_REG((base) + 0x30)
>>  #define   TAIL_ADDR				REG_GENMASK(20, 3)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_lrc_layout.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_lrc_layout.h
>> index 57944f90bbf6..210be0ef12f2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_lrc_layout.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/regs/xe_lrc_layout.h
>> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
>>  #define CTX_RING_TAIL			(0x06 + 1)
>>  #define CTX_RING_START			(0x08 + 1)
>>  #define CTX_RING_CTL			(0x0a + 1)
>> +#define CTX_BB_PER_CTX_PTR		(0x12 + 1)
>>  #define CTX_TIMESTAMP			(0x22 + 1)
>>  #define CTX_INDIRECT_RING_STATE		(0x26 + 1)
>>  #define CTX_PDP0_UDW			(0x30 + 1)
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c
>> index 855c8acaf3f1..11eabe4216ef 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c
>> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>>  #include "xe_hw_fence.h"
>>  #include "xe_map.h"
>>  #include "xe_memirq.h"
>> +#include "xe_mmio.h"
>>  #include "xe_sriov.h"
>>  #include "xe_trace_lrc.h"
>>  #include "xe_vm.h"
>> @@ -654,6 +655,7 @@ u32 xe_lrc_pphwsp_offset(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>>  #define LRC_START_SEQNO_PPHWSP_OFFSET (LRC_SEQNO_PPHWSP_OFFSET + 8)
>>  #define LRC_CTX_JOB_TIMESTAMP_OFFSET (LRC_START_SEQNO_PPHWSP_OFFSET + 8)
>>  #define LRC_PARALLEL_PPHWSP_OFFSET 2048
>> +#define LRC_ENGINE_ID_PPHWSP_OFFSET 2096
>>
>>  u32 xe_lrc_regs_offset(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>>  {
>> @@ -697,11 +699,21 @@ static inline u32 __xe_lrc_parallel_offset(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>>  	return xe_lrc_pphwsp_offset(lrc) + LRC_PARALLEL_PPHWSP_OFFSET;
>>  }
>>
>> +static inline u32 __xe_lrc_engine_id_offset(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>> +{
>> +	return xe_lrc_pphwsp_offset(lrc) + LRC_ENGINE_ID_PPHWSP_OFFSET;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static u32 __xe_lrc_ctx_timestamp_offset(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>>  {
>>  	return __xe_lrc_regs_offset(lrc) + CTX_TIMESTAMP * sizeof(u32);
>>  }
>>
>> +static u32 __xe_lrc_bb_per_ctx_ptr_offset(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>> +{
>> +	return __xe_lrc_regs_offset(lrc) + CTX_BB_PER_CTX_PTR * sizeof(u32);
>> +}
>> +
>>  static inline u32 __xe_lrc_indirect_ring_offset(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>>  {
>>  	/* Indirect ring state page is at the very end of LRC */
>> @@ -731,6 +743,8 @@ DECL_MAP_ADDR_HELPERS(ctx_job_timestamp)
>>  DECL_MAP_ADDR_HELPERS(ctx_timestamp)
>>  DECL_MAP_ADDR_HELPERS(parallel)
>>  DECL_MAP_ADDR_HELPERS(indirect_ring)
>> +DECL_MAP_ADDR_HELPERS(bb_per_ctx_ptr)
>> +DECL_MAP_ADDR_HELPERS(engine_id)
>>
>>  #undef DECL_MAP_ADDR_HELPERS
>>
>> @@ -880,6 +894,58 @@ static void xe_lrc_finish(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>>  	xe_bo_unpin(lrc->bo);
>>  	xe_bo_unlock(lrc->bo);
>>  	xe_bo_put(lrc->bo);
>> +	xe_bo_unpin_map_no_vm(lrc->bb_per_ctx_bo);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * xe_lrc_setup_utilization() - Setup wa bb to assist in calculating active
>> + * context run ticks.
>> + * @lrc: Pointer to the lrc.
>> + *
>> + * Context Timestamp (CTX_TIMESTAMP) in the lrc accumulates the run ticks of the
>> + * context, but only gets updated when the context switches out. In order to
>> + * check how long a context has been running before it switches out, two things
>> + * are required:
>> + *
>> + * (1) Determine if the context is running
>> + * To do so, we program the wa bb to set an initial value for CTX_TIMESTAMP in
>> + * the lrc. The value chosen is 1 since 0 is the initial value when the lrc is
>> + * initialized. During a query, we just check for this value to determine if the
>> + * context is active. If the context switched out, it would overwrite this
>> + * location with the actual CTX_TIMESTAMP MMIO value. Note that wa bb will run
>> + * after the context has been restored, so reusing this lrc location will not
>> + * clobber anything.
>> + *
>> + * (2) Calculate the time that the context has been running for
>> + * The CTX_TIMESTAMP ticks only when the context is active. If a context is
>> + * active, we just use the CTX_TIMESTAMP MMIO as the new value of utilization.
>> + * While doing so, we need to read the CTX_TIMESTAMP MMIO from the specific
>> + * engine instance. Since we do not know which instance the context is running
>> + * on until it is scheduled, we also read the ENGINE_ID MMIO in the wa bb and
>> + * store it in the PPHSWP.
>> + */
>> +
>> +static void xe_lrc_setup_utilization(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>> +{
>> +	u32 *cmd;
>> +
>> +	cmd = lrc->bb_per_ctx_bo->vmap.vaddr;
>> +
>> +	*cmd++ = MI_STORE_REGISTER_MEM | MI_SRM_USE_GGTT | MI_SRM_ADD_CS_OFFSET;
>> +	*cmd++ = ENGINE_ID(0).addr;
>> +	*cmd++ = __xe_lrc_engine_id_ggtt_addr(lrc);
>> +	*cmd++ = 0;
>> +
>> +        *cmd++ = MI_STORE_DATA_IMM | MI_SDI_GGTT | MI_SDI_NUM_DW(1);
>> +        *cmd++ = __xe_lrc_ctx_timestamp_ggtt_addr(lrc);
>> +        *cmd++ = 0;
>> +        *cmd++ = 1;
>> +
>> +	*cmd++ = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_END;
>> +
>> +	xe_lrc_write_ctx_reg(lrc, CTX_BB_PER_CTX_PTR,
>> +			     xe_bo_ggtt_addr(lrc->bb_per_ctx_bo) | 1);

The bb_per_ctx_ptr is used here. Not sure if there was a better way to 
write to the LRC field.


>> +
>>  }
>>
>>  #define PVC_CTX_ASID		(0x2e + 1)
>> @@ -900,6 +966,7 @@ static int xe_lrc_init(struct xe_lrc *lrc, struct xe_hw_engine *hwe,
>>  	int err;
>>
>>  	kref_init(&lrc->refcount);
>> +	lrc->gt = gt;
>>  	lrc->flags = 0;
>>  	lrc_size = ring_size + xe_gt_lrc_size(gt, hwe->class);
>>  	if (xe_gt_has_indirect_ring_state(gt))
>> @@ -920,6 +987,14 @@ static int xe_lrc_init(struct xe_lrc *lrc, struct xe_hw_engine *hwe,
>>  	if (IS_ERR(lrc->bo))
>>  		return PTR_ERR(lrc->bo);
>>
>> +	lrc->bb_per_ctx_bo = xe_bo_create_pin_map(xe, tile, NULL, SZ_4K,
>> +						  ttm_bo_type_kernel,
>> +						  bo_flags);
>> +	if (IS_ERR(lrc->bb_per_ctx_bo)) {
>> +		err = PTR_ERR(lrc->bb_per_ctx_bo);
>> +		goto err_lrc_finish;
>> +	}
>> +
>>  	lrc->size = lrc_size;
>>  	lrc->tile = gt_to_tile(hwe->gt);
>>  	lrc->ring.size = ring_size;
>> @@ -1026,6 +1101,8 @@ static int xe_lrc_init(struct xe_lrc *lrc, struct xe_hw_engine *hwe,
>>  	map = __xe_lrc_start_seqno_map(lrc);
>>  	xe_map_write32(lrc_to_xe(lrc), &map, lrc->fence_ctx.next_seqno - 1);
>>
>> +	xe_lrc_setup_utilization(lrc);
>> +
>>  	return 0;
>>
>>  err_lrc_finish:
>> @@ -1245,6 +1322,21 @@ struct iosys_map xe_lrc_parallel_map(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>>  	return __xe_lrc_parallel_map(lrc);
>>  }
>>
>> +/**
>> + * xe_lrc_engine_id() - Read engine id value
>> + * @lrc: Pointer to the lrc.
>> + *
>> + * Returns: context id value
>> + */
>> +static u32 xe_lrc_engine_id(struct xe_lrc *lrc)
>> +{
>> +	struct xe_device *xe = lrc_to_xe(lrc);
>> +	struct iosys_map map;
>> +
>> +	map = __xe_lrc_engine_id_map(lrc);
>> +	return xe_map_read32(xe, &map);
>> +}
>> +
>>  static int instr_dw(u32 cmd_header)
>>  {
>>  	/* GFXPIPE "SINGLE_DW" opcodes are a single dword */
>> @@ -1792,21 +1884,93 @@ void xe_lrc_snapshot_free(struct xe_lrc_snapshot *snapshot)
>>  	kfree(snapshot);
>>  }
>>
>> +static u32 get_ctx_timestamp(struct xe_lrc *lrc, u32 engine_id)
>> +{
>> +	static u32 base[XE_ENGINE_CLASS_MAX][XE_HW_ENGINE_MAX_INSTANCE] = {
>> +		{
>> +			RENDER_RING_BASE,
>> +		},
>> +		{
>> +			BSD_RING_BASE,
>> +			BSD2_RING_BASE,
>> +			BSD3_RING_BASE,
>> +			BSD4_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHP_BSD5_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHP_BSD6_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHP_BSD7_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHP_BSD8_RING_BASE,
>> +		},
>> +		{
>> +			VEBOX_RING_BASE,
>> +			VEBOX2_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHP_VEBOX3_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHP_VEBOX4_RING_BASE,
>> +		},
>> +		{
>> +			BLT_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHPC_BCS1_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHPC_BCS2_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHPC_BCS3_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHPC_BCS4_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHPC_BCS5_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHPC_BCS6_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHPC_BCS7_RING_BASE,
>> +			XEHPC_BCS8_RING_BASE,
>> +		},
>> +		{ 0 },
>> +		{
>> +			COMPUTE0_RING_BASE,
>> +			COMPUTE1_RING_BASE,
>> +			COMPUTE2_RING_BASE,
>> +			COMPUTE3_RING_BASE,
>> +		},
>> +	};
>> +	u32 c = REG_FIELD_GET(ENGINE_CLASS_ID, engine_id);
>> +	u32 i = REG_FIELD_GET(ENGINE_INSTANCE_ID, engine_id);
>> +	u32 mmio_base = base[c][i];
>> +
>> +	if (xe_gt_WARN_ONCE(lrc->gt, !mmio_base,
>> +			    "Unexpected engine c:i %d:%d for context utilization\n",
>> +			    c, i))
>> +		return 0;
>> +
>> +	return xe_mmio_read32(&lrc->gt->mmio, RING_CTX_TIMESTAMP(mmio_base));
>> +}
>> +
>>  /**
>>   * xe_lrc_update_timestamp() - Update ctx timestamp
>>   * @lrc: Pointer to the lrc.
>>   * @old_ts: Old timestamp value
>>   *
>>   * Populate @old_ts current saved ctx timestamp, read new ctx timestamp and
>> - * update saved value.
>> + * update saved value. With support for active contexts, the calculation may be
>> + * slightly racy, so follow a read-again logic to ensure that the context is
>> + * still active before returning the right timestamp.
>>   *
>>   * Returns: New ctx timestamp value
>>   */
>>  u32 xe_lrc_update_timestamp(struct xe_lrc *lrc, u32 *old_ts)
>>  {
>> +	u32 ctx_lrc, ctx_reg, engine_id;
>> +
>>  	*old_ts = lrc->ctx_timestamp;
>>
>> -	lrc->ctx_timestamp = xe_lrc_ctx_timestamp(lrc);
>> +	ctx_lrc = xe_lrc_ctx_timestamp(lrc);
>> +	if (ctx_lrc == 1) {
>> +		engine_id = xe_lrc_engine_id(lrc);
>> +		ctx_reg = get_ctx_timestamp(lrc, engine_id);
>> +		if (!ctx_reg)
>> +			lrc->ctx_timestamp = *old_ts;
>> +		else
>> +			lrc->ctx_timestamp = ctx_reg;
>> +
>> +		/* read lrc again to ensure context is still active */
>> +		ctx_lrc = xe_lrc_ctx_timestamp(lrc);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/* If context switched out, just use the lrc value */
>> +	if (ctx_lrc != 1)
>> +		lrc->ctx_timestamp = ctx_lrc;
>>
>>  	trace_xe_lrc_update_timestamp(lrc, *old_ts);
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc_types.h
>> index 71ecb453f811..1c973d71ba98 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc_types.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc_types.h
>> @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ struct xe_lrc {
>>  	/** @tile: tile which this LRC belongs to */
>>  	struct xe_tile *tile;
>>
>> +	/** @gt: gt which this LRC belongs to */
>> +	struct xe_gt *gt;
>> +
>
>You don't need to store the tile then. The tile can be dervived via gt_to_tile().

ok, I will drop the tile.

Thanks,
Umesh
>
>Matt
>
>>  	/** @flags: LRC flags */
>>  #define XE_LRC_FLAG_INDIRECT_RING_STATE		0x1
>>  	u32 flags;
>> @@ -53,6 +56,9 @@ struct xe_lrc {
>>
>>  	/** @ctx_timestamp: readout value of CTX_TIMESTAMP on last update */
>>  	u32 ctx_timestamp;
>> +
>> +	/** @bb_per_ctx_bo: buffer object for per context batch wa buffer */
>> +	struct xe_bo *bb_per_ctx_bo;
>>  };
>>
>>  struct xe_lrc_snapshot;
>> --
>> 2.43.0
>>


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