[PATCH 2/2] RFC drm/xe: Enable Boot Survivability mode

Riana Tauro riana.tauro at intel.com
Tue Jan 7 14:18:34 UTC 2025


Hi Rodrigo / Jani

On 12/16/2024 11:16 PM, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 12:42:11PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, Riana Tauro <riana.tauro at intel.com> wrote:
>>> Enable boot survivability mode if pcode initialization fails and
>>> if boot status indicates a failure. In this mode, drm card is not
>>> exposed and driver probe returns success after loading the bare minimum
>>> to allow firmware to be flashed via mei.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Riana Tauro <riana.tauro at intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c             |  9 +++++++--
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c                | 13 +++++++++++++
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c |  3 +++
>>>   3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
>>> index 56d4ffb650da..50ed980e1db9 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c
>>> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
>>>   #include "xe_pm.h"
>>>   #include "xe_query.h"
>>>   #include "xe_sriov.h"
>>> +#include "xe_survivability_mode.h"
>>>   #include "xe_tile.h"
>>>   #include "xe_ttm_stolen_mgr.h"
>>>   #include "xe_ttm_sys_mgr.h"
>>> @@ -585,8 +586,12 @@ int xe_device_probe_early(struct xe_device *xe)
>>>   	update_device_info(xe);
>>>   
>>>   	err = xe_pcode_probe_early(xe);
>>> -	if (err)
>>> -		return err;
>>> +	if (err) {
>>> +		if (xe->info.platform == XE_BATTLEMAGE && xe_survivability_mode_required(xe))
>>
>> Why the platform check here? Doesn't this stuff belong abstracted inside
>> the survivability mode?
> 
> Indeed. Moving inside xe_survivability_mode_required() itself sounds the right thing
> to do.
> Also, it could be IS_DGFX && GRAPHICS_VER >= 30 instead of platform check...

Had checked this, but graphics ver is set in xe_info_init. Survivability 
mode is set in device_probe_early, that's why i used platform check. 
Should i move setting graphics ver earlier too?
> 
>>
>>> +			xe_survivability_mode_init(xe);
>>> +
>>> +		return xe->survivability.mode ? 0 : err;
>>
>> Is it a good idea to start looking at survivability guts from all over
>> the place? I mean xe->survivability.mode. Even its value should be an
>> implementation detail, and this is using it to decide whether the
>> previous call succeeded.
>>
>> I think this would benefit from hiding stuff better and providing
>> interfaces. This is one of the things i915 sucks at, and it's really
>> hard and tedious work to fix afterwards.
>>
>> Just imagine xe->survavibility is an opaque pointer (even if it isn't)
>> and implement stuff based on that. It will make a world of difference in
>> future maintainability.
> 
> indeed...
> 
> bool xe_survivability_mode_on()
> {
> 	return  xe->survivability.mode;
> }
> 
> would be enough I believe...
Sure. Will fix this

Thanks,
Riana Tauro
> 
>>
>>
>> BR,
>> Jani.
>>
>>
>>> +	}
>>>   
>>>   	err = wait_for_lmem_ready(xe);
>>>   	if (err)
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
>>> index 7d146e3e8e21..b9dcd36de06d 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pci.c
>>> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>>>   #include "xe_pm.h"
>>>   #include "xe_sriov.h"
>>>   #include "xe_step.h"
>>> +#include "xe_survivability_mode.h"
>>>   #include "xe_tile.h"
>>>   
>>>   enum toggle_d3cold {
>>> @@ -768,6 +769,9 @@ static void xe_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>>>   	if (IS_SRIOV_PF(xe))
>>>   		xe_pci_sriov_configure(pdev, 0);
>>>   
>>> +	if (xe->survivability.mode)
>>> +		return xe_survivability_mode_remove(xe);
>>> +
>>>   	xe_device_remove(xe);
>>>   	xe_pm_runtime_fini(xe);
>>>   	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
>>> @@ -840,6 +844,15 @@ static int xe_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>>>   		return err;
>>>   
>>>   	err = xe_device_probe_early(xe);
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * In Boot Survivability mode, no drm card is exposed
>>> +	 * and driver is loaded with bare minimum to allow
>>> +	 * for firmware to be flashed through mei
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (!err && xe->survivability.mode)
>>> +		return 0;
>>> +
>>>   	if (err)
>>>   		return err;
>>>   
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c
>>> index 7e36989efd68..6c1e79b5c15f 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_survivability_mode.c
>>> @@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ bool xe_survivability_mode_required(struct xe_device *xe)
>>>    */
>>>   void xe_survivability_mode_remove(struct xe_device *xe)
>>>   {
>>> +	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(xe->drm.dev);
>>> +
>>>   	sysfs_remove_files(&xe->drm.dev->kobj, survivability_attrs);
>>> +	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
>>>   }
>>>   
>>>   /**
>>
>> -- 
>> Jani Nikula, Intel



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