[PATCH V7] drm/xe/uapi: Use hint for guc to set GT frequency

Upadhyay, Tejas tejas.upadhyay at intel.com
Fri Feb 7 06:18:09 UTC 2025



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Belgaumkar, Vinay <vinay.belgaumkar at intel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2025 1:39 AM
> To: Upadhyay, Tejas <tejas.upadhyay at intel.com>; intel-
> xe at lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: Mrozek, Michal <michal.mrozek at intel.com>; Morek, Szymon
> <szymon.morek at intel.com>; Souza, Jose <jose.souza at intel.com>; Auld,
> Matthew <matthew.auld at intel.com>; Vivi, Rodrigo <rodrigo.vivi at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V7] drm/xe/uapi: Use hint for guc to set GT frequency
> 
> 
> On 1/27/2025 3:07 AM, Tejas Upadhyay wrote:
> > Allow user to provide a low latency hint. When set, KMD sends a hint
> > to GuC which results in special handling for that process.
> > SLPC will ramp the GT frequency aggressively every time it switches to
> > this process.
> s/it/GuC
> >
> > We need to enable the use of SLPC Compute strategy during init, but it
> > will apply only to processes that set this bit during process
> > creation.
> >
> > Improvement with this approach as below:
> >
> > Before,
> >
> > :~$ NEOReadDebugKeys=1 EnableDirectSubmission=0 clpeak
> > --kernel-latency
> > Platform: Intel(R) OpenCL Graphics
> >    Device: Intel(R) Graphics [0xe20b]
> >      Driver version  : 24.52.0 (Linux x64)
> >      Compute units   : 160
> >      Clock frequency : 2850 MHz
> >      Kernel launch latency : 283.16 us
> >
> > After,
> >
> > :~$ NEOReadDebugKeys=1 EnableDirectSubmission=0 clpeak
> > --kernel-latency
> > Platform: Intel(R) OpenCL Graphics
> >    Device: Intel(R) Graphics [0xe20b]
> >      Driver version  : 24.52.0 (Linux x64)
> >      Compute units   : 160
> >      Clock frequency : 2850 MHz
> >
> >      Kernel launch latency : 63.38 us
> >
> > UMD Compute PR : https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/pull/794
> > UMD Mesa PR :
> > https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/33214
> >
> > v7(Jose):
> >    - Update UMD PR
> >    - applicable to all gpus
> > V6:
> >    - init flags, remove redundant flags check (MAuld)
> > V5:
> >    - Move uapi doc to documentation and GuC ABI specific change (Rodrigo)
> >    - Modify logic to restrict exec queue flags (MAuld)
> > V4:
> >    - To make it clear, dont use exec queue word (Vinay)
> >    - Correct typo in description of flag (Jose/Vinay)
> >    - rename set_strategy api and replace ctx with exec queue(Vinay)
> >    - Start with 0th bit to indentify user flags (Jose)
> > V3:
> >    - Conver user flag to kernel internal flag and use (Oak)
> >    - Support query config for use to check kernel support (Jose)
> >    - Dont need to take runtime pm (Vinay)
> > V2:
> >    - DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT 1 is already planned for
> other hint(Szymon)
> >    - Add motivation to description (Lucas)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tejas Upadhyay <tejas.upadhyay at intel.com>
> > ---
> >   Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst                | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h |  3 +++
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c            | 10 +++++++---
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h      |  2 ++
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c                | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c            |  8 ++++++++
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_query.c                 |  2 ++
> >   include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h                     |  7 ++++++-
> >   8 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst
> > b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst index b75cc9a70d1f..234c38ef26e3
> > 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst
> > @@ -583,3 +583,21 @@ dma-buf interoperability
> >
> >   Please see Documentation/userspace-api/dma-buf-alloc-exchange.rst for
> >   information on how dma-buf is integrated and exposed within DRM.
> > +
> > +Low latency hint by user
> > +========================
> > +
> > +Allow users to provide a hint to kernel for cases demanding low latency
> profile.
> > +
> extra line?
> > +user need to indicate low latency hint with flag while creating exec
> > +queue
> "User needs"
> > +as mentioned below,
> > +
> > +     struct drm_xe_exec_queue_create exec_queue_create = {
> > +          .flags = DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT
> > +          .extensions = 0,
> > +          .vm_id = vm,
> > +          .num_bb_per_exec = 1,
> > +          .num_eng_per_bb = 1,
> > +          .instances = to_user_pointer(&instance),
> > +     };
> > +     ioctl(fd, DRM_IOCTL_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_CREATE, &exec_queue_create);
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h
> > index 85abe4f09ae2..b28c8fa061f7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h
> > @@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ struct slpc_task_state_data {
> >   	};
> >   } __packed;
> >
> > +#define SLPC_CTX_FREQ_REQ_IS_COMPUTE		REG_BIT(28)
> > +#define SLPC_OPTIMIZED_STRATEGY_COMPUTE		REG_BIT(0)
> > +
> >   struct slpc_shared_data_header {
> >   	/* Total size in bytes of this shared buffer. */
> >   	u32 size;
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
> > index 8948f50ee58f..0c116faaccf7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue.c
> > @@ -549,11 +549,12 @@ int xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(struct
> drm_device *dev, void *data,
> >   	struct xe_tile *tile;
> >   	struct xe_exec_queue *q = NULL;
> >   	u32 logical_mask;
> > +	u32 flags = 0;
> >   	u32 id;
> >   	u32 len;
> >   	int err;
> >
> > -	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->flags) ||
> > +	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->flags &
> > +~DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT) ||
> >   	    XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->reserved[0] || args->reserved[1]))
> >   		return -EINVAL;
> >
> > @@ -570,6 +571,9 @@ int xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(struct drm_device
> *dev, void *data,
> >   	if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, eci[0].gt_id >= xe->info.gt_count))
> >   		return -EINVAL;
> >
> > +	if (args->flags & DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT)
> > +		flags |= EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_LOW_LATENCY;
> > +
> >   	if (eci[0].engine_class == DRM_XE_ENGINE_CLASS_VM_BIND) {
> >   		if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->width != 1) ||
> >   		    XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, args->num_placements != 1) || @@ -
> 578,8
> > +582,8 @@ int xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void
> > *data,
> >
> >   		for_each_tile(tile, xe, id) {
> >   			struct xe_exec_queue *new;
> > -			u32 flags = EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_VM;
> >
> > +			flags |= EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_VM;
> >   			if (id)
> >   				flags |=
> EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_BIND_ENGINE_CHILD;
> >
> > @@ -626,7 +630,7 @@ int xe_exec_queue_create_ioctl(struct drm_device
> *dev, void *data,
> >   		}
> >
> >   		q = xe_exec_queue_create(xe, vm, logical_mask,
> > -					 args->width, hwe, 0,
> > +					 args->width, hwe, flags,
> >   					 args->extensions);
> >   		up_read(&vm->lock);
> >   		xe_vm_put(vm);
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
> > index 5af5419cec7a..b6fdc7ca687e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec_queue_types.h
> > @@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct xe_exec_queue {
> >   #define EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_BIND_ENGINE_CHILD	BIT(3)
> >   /* kernel exec_queue only, set priority to highest level */
> >   #define EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_HIGH_PRIORITY		BIT(4)
> > +/* flag to indicate low latency hint to guc */
> > +#define EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_LOW_LATENCY		BIT(5)
> >
> >   	/**
> >   	 * @flags: flags for this exec queue, should statically setup aside
> > from ban diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c index 44b5211066ef..e926f89e4ce9
> > 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_pc.c
> > @@ -1014,6 +1014,17 @@ static int slpc_set_policies(struct xe_guc_pc *pc)
> >   	return 0;
> >   }
> >
> > +static int pc_action_set_strategy(struct xe_guc_pc *pc, u32 val) {
> > +	int ret = 0;
> > +
> > +	ret = pc_action_set_param(pc,
> > +				  SLPC_PARAM_STRATEGIES,
> > +				  val);
> > +
> > +	return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> >   /**
> >    * xe_guc_pc_start - Start GuC's Power Conservation component
> >    * @pc: Xe_GuC_PC instance
> > @@ -1077,6 +1088,11 @@ int xe_guc_pc_start(struct xe_guc_pc *pc)
> >   	}
> >
> >   	ret = pc_action_setup_gucrc(pc, GUCRC_FIRMWARE_CONTROL);
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		goto out;
> > +
> > +	/* Enable SLPC Optimized Strategy for compute */
> > +	ret = pc_action_set_strategy(pc,
> SLPC_OPTIMIZED_STRATEGY_COMPUTE);
> >
> >   out:
> >   	xe_force_wake_put(gt_to_fw(gt), fw_ref); diff --git
> > a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> > index 913c74d6e2ae..f2ce3086838c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
> > @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> >   #include <drm/drm_managed.h>
> >
> >   #include "abi/guc_actions_abi.h"
> > +#include "abi/guc_actions_slpc_abi.h"
> >   #include "abi/guc_klvs_abi.h"
> >   #include "regs/xe_lrc_layout.h"
> >   #include "xe_assert.h"
> > @@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ static void
> __guc_exec_queue_policy_add_##func(struct exec_queue_policy *policy,
> >   MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD(execution_quantum,
> EXECUTION_QUANTUM)
> >   MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD(preemption_timeout,
> PREEMPTION_TIMEOUT)
> >   MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD(priority, SCHEDULING_PRIORITY)
> > +MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD(slpc_exec_queue_freq_req,
> > +SLPM_GT_FREQUENCY)
> >   #undef MAKE_EXEC_QUEUE_POLICY_ADD
> >
> >   static const int xe_exec_queue_prio_to_guc[] = { @@ -414,14 +416,20
> > @@ static void init_policies(struct xe_guc *guc, struct xe_exec_queue *q)
> >   	struct exec_queue_policy policy;
> >   	enum xe_exec_queue_priority prio = q->sched_props.priority;
> >   	u32 timeslice_us = q->sched_props.timeslice_us;
> > +	u32 slpc_exec_queue_freq_req = 0;
> >   	u32 preempt_timeout_us = q->sched_props.preempt_timeout_us;
> >
> >   	xe_gt_assert(guc_to_gt(guc), exec_queue_registered(q));
> >
> > +	if (q->flags & EXEC_QUEUE_FLAG_LOW_LATENCY)
> > +		slpc_exec_queue_freq_req |=
> SLPC_CTX_FREQ_REQ_IS_COMPUTE;
> > +
> >   	__guc_exec_queue_policy_start_klv(&policy, q->guc->id);
> >   	__guc_exec_queue_policy_add_priority(&policy,
> xe_exec_queue_prio_to_guc[prio]);
> >   	__guc_exec_queue_policy_add_execution_quantum(&policy,
> timeslice_us);
> >   	__guc_exec_queue_policy_add_preemption_timeout(&policy,
> > preempt_timeout_us);
> > +	__guc_exec_queue_policy_add_slpc_exec_queue_freq_req(&policy,
> > +
> slpc_exec_queue_freq_req);
> >
> >   	xe_guc_ct_send(&guc->ct, (u32 *)&policy.h2g,
> >   		       __guc_exec_queue_policy_action_size(&policy), 0, 0); diff
> > --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_query.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_query.c
> > index c059639613f7..64acb3488406 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_query.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_query.c
> > @@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ static int query_config(struct xe_device *xe, struct
> drm_xe_device_query *query)
> >   	if (xe_device_get_root_tile(xe)->mem.vram.usable_size)
> >   		config->info[DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_FLAGS] =
> >   			DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_FLAG_HAS_VRAM;
> > +	config->info[DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_FLAGS] |=
> > +			DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_FLAG_HAS_LOW_LATENCY;
> >   	config->info[DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_MIN_ALIGNMENT] =
> >   		xe->info.vram_flags & XE_VRAM_FLAGS_NEED64K ? SZ_64K :
> SZ_4K;
> >   	config->info[DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_VA_BITS] = xe->info.va_bits;
> diff
> > --git a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h index
> > e2160330ad01..decbb3b2df36 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/xe_drm.h
> > @@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ struct drm_xe_query_mem_regions {
> >    *
> >    *    - %DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_FLAG_HAS_VRAM - Flag is set if the
> device
> >    *      has usable VRAM
> > + *    - %DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_FLAG_HAS_LOW_LATENCY - Flag is set if
> the device
> > + *      has low latency hint support
> >    *  - %DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_MIN_ALIGNMENT - Minimal memory
> alignment
> >    *    required by this device, typically SZ_4K or SZ_64K
> >    *  - %DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_VA_BITS - Maximum bits of a virtual
> > address @@ -409,6 +411,7 @@ struct drm_xe_query_config {
> >   #define DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_REV_AND_DEVICE_ID	0
> >   #define DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_FLAGS			1
> >   	#define DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_FLAG_HAS_VRAM	(1 << 0)
> > +	#define DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_FLAG_HAS_LOW_LATENCY	(1 <<
> 1)
> >   #define DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_MIN_ALIGNMENT		2
> >   #define DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_VA_BITS			3
> >   #define DRM_XE_QUERY_CONFIG_MAX_EXEC_QUEUE_PRIORITY	4
> > @@ -1124,6 +1127,7 @@ struct drm_xe_vm_bind {
> >    *         .engine_class = DRM_XE_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER,
> >    *     };
> >    *     struct drm_xe_exec_queue_create exec_queue_create = {
> > + *          .flags = DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT
> 
> Should we add a separate example here so it is clear that this flag is to be used
> only for low latency work? This should not be used as default due to power
> implications.

Sure, make sense I added separate example below and kept original as is, sent out v8.

Tejas 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Vinay.
> 
> >    *          .extensions = 0,
> >    *          .vm_id = vm,
> >    *          .num_bb_per_exec = 1,
> > @@ -1150,7 +1154,8 @@ struct drm_xe_exec_queue_create {
> >   	/** @vm_id: VM to use for this exec queue */
> >   	__u32 vm_id;
> >
> > -	/** @flags: MBZ */
> > +#define DRM_XE_EXEC_QUEUE_LOW_LATENCY_HINT	(1 << 0)
> > +	/** @flags: flags to use for this exec queue */
> >   	__u32 flags;
> >
> >   	/** @exec_queue_id: Returned exec queue ID */


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