[PATCH v5 11/23] drm/xe/svm : Add svm ranges migration policy on atomic access

Ghimiray, Himal Prasad himal.prasad.ghimiray at intel.com
Wed Jul 30 04:59:11 UTC 2025



On 29-07-2025 09:34, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 07:05:14PM +0530, Himal Prasad Ghimiray wrote:
>> If the platform does not support atomic access on system memory, and the
>> ranges are in system memory, but the user requires atomic accesses on
>> the VMA, then migrate the ranges to VRAM. Apply this policy for prefetch
>> operations as well.
>>
>> v2
>> - Drop unnecessary vm_dbg
>>
>> v3 (Matthew Brost)
>> - fix atomic policy
>> - prefetch shouldn't have any impact of atomic
>> - bo can be accessed from vma, avoid duplicate parameter
>>
>> v4 (Matthew Brost)
>> - Remove TODO comment
>> - Fix comment
>> - Dont allow gpu atomic ops when user is setting atomic attr as CPU
>>
>> Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Himal Prasad Ghimiray <himal.prasad.ghimiray at intel.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c         | 23 +++++++++--------
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c        |  2 +-
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c         | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h         |  2 ++
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c |  9 ++++++-
>>   5 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
>> index b499006df2cf..96d0ffe8154e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_pt.c
>> @@ -640,28 +640,31 @@ static const struct xe_pt_walk_ops xe_pt_stage_bind_ops = {
>>    *    - In all other cases device atomics will be disabled with AE=0 until an application
>>    *      request differently using a ioctl like madvise.
>>    */
>> -static bool xe_atomic_for_vram(struct xe_vm *vm)
>> +static bool xe_atomic_for_vram(struct xe_vm *vm, struct xe_vma *vma)
>>   {
>> +	if (vma->attr.atomic_access == DRM_XE_ATOMIC_CPU)
>> +		return false;
>> +
>>   	return true;
>>   }
>>   
>> -static bool xe_atomic_for_system(struct xe_vm *vm, struct xe_bo *bo)
>> +static bool xe_atomic_for_system(struct xe_vm *vm, struct xe_vma *vma)
>>   {
>>   	struct xe_device *xe = vm->xe;
>> +	struct xe_bo *bo = xe_vma_bo(vma);
>>   
>> -	if (!xe->info.has_device_atomics_on_smem)
>> +	if (!xe->info.has_device_atomics_on_smem ||
>> +	    vma->attr.atomic_access == DRM_XE_ATOMIC_CPU)
>>   		return false;
>>   
>> +	if (vma->attr.atomic_access == DRM_XE_ATOMIC_DEVICE)
>> +		return true;
>> +
>>   	/*
>>   	 * If a SMEM+LMEM allocation is backed by SMEM, a device
>>   	 * atomics will cause a gpu page fault and which then
>>   	 * gets migrated to LMEM, bind such allocations with
>>   	 * device atomics enabled.
>> -	 *
>> -	 * TODO: Revisit this. Perhaps add something like a
>> -	 * fault_on_atomics_in_system UAPI flag.
>> -	 * Note that this also prohibits GPU atomics in LR mode for
>> -	 * userptr and system memory on DGFX.
>>   	 */
>>   	return (!IS_DGFX(xe) || (!xe_vm_in_lr_mode(vm) ||
>>   				 (bo && xe_bo_has_single_placement(bo))));
>> @@ -744,8 +747,8 @@ xe_pt_stage_bind(struct xe_tile *tile, struct xe_vma *vma,
>>   		goto walk_pt;
>>   
>>   	if (vma->gpuva.flags & XE_VMA_ATOMIC_PTE_BIT) {
>> -		xe_walk.default_vram_pte = xe_atomic_for_vram(vm) ? XE_USM_PPGTT_PTE_AE : 0;
>> -		xe_walk.default_system_pte = xe_atomic_for_system(vm, bo) ?
>> +		xe_walk.default_vram_pte = xe_atomic_for_vram(vm, vma) ? XE_USM_PPGTT_PTE_AE : 0;
>> +		xe_walk.default_system_pte = xe_atomic_for_system(vm, vma) ?
>>   			XE_USM_PPGTT_PTE_AE : 0;
>>   	}
>>   
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
>> index c093dc453e32..49d3405aacb9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
>> @@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ int xe_svm_handle_pagefault(struct xe_vm *vm, struct xe_vma *vma,
>>   			IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_PAGEMAP),
>>   		.check_pages_threshold = IS_DGFX(vm->xe) &&
>>   			IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_PAGEMAP) ? SZ_64K : 0,
>> -		.devmem_only = atomic && IS_DGFX(vm->xe) &&
>> +		.devmem_only = xe_vma_need_vram_for_atomic(vm->xe, vma, atomic) &&
>>   			IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_PAGEMAP),
>>   		.timeslice_ms = atomic && IS_DGFX(vm->xe) &&
>>   			IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_PAGEMAP) ?
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
>> index 7f3d0ad04b3f..be51fcf322ec 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.c
>> @@ -4177,6 +4177,46 @@ void xe_vm_snapshot_free(struct xe_vm_snapshot *snap)
>>   	kvfree(snap);
>>   }
>>   
>> +/**
>> + * xe_vma_need_vram_for_atomic - Check if VMA needs VRAM migration for atomic operations
>> + * @xe: Pointer to the XE device structure
>> + * @vma: Pointer to the virtual memory area (VMA) structure
>> + * @is_atomic: In pagefault path and atomic operation
>> + *
>> + * This function determines whether the given VMA needs to be migrated to
>> + * VRAM in order to do atomic GPU operation.
>> + *
>> + * Return: true if migration to VRAM is required, false otherwise.
>> + */
>> +bool xe_vma_need_vram_for_atomic(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_vma *vma, bool is_atomic)
>> +{
>> +	if (!IS_DGFX(xe))
>> +		return false;
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * NOTE: The checks implemented here are platform-specific. For
>> +	 * instance, on a device supporting CXL atomics, these would ideally
>> +	 * work universally without additional handling.
>> +	 */
>> +	switch (vma->attr.atomic_access) {
>> +	case DRM_XE_ATOMIC_DEVICE:
>> +		return !xe->info.has_device_atomics_on_smem;
> 
> I think this is is_atomic && !xe->info.has_device_atomics_on_smem;
> 
> We really only want strick migration if the fault is an atomic one.
> 
>> +
>> +	case DRM_XE_ATOMIC_CPU:
>> +		XE_WARN_ON(is_atomic);
> 
> I think we should nack the fault if an atomic occurs and
> DRM_XE_ATOMIC_CPU is set - both for SVMs and BOs.
> 
>> +		return false;
>> +
>> +	case DRM_XE_ATOMIC_UNDEFINED:
>> +		return is_atomic;
>> +
>> +	case DRM_XE_ATOMIC_GLOBAL:
>> +		return true;
> 
> As with above, I think this is is_atomic to only implement strick
> migration on atomic faults.

Agreed to all above comments. Will fix in next rev

> 
> Matt
> 
>> +
>> +	default:
>> +		return is_atomic;
>> +	}
>> +}
>> +
>>   /**
>>    * xe_vm_alloc_madvise_vma - Allocate VMA's with madvise ops
>>    * @vm: Pointer to the xe_vm structure
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h
>> index 0d6b08cc4163..d5bc09ae640c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h
>> @@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ static inline bool xe_vma_is_userptr(struct xe_vma *vma)
>>   
>>   struct xe_vma *xe_vm_find_vma_by_addr(struct xe_vm *vm, u64 page_addr);
>>   
>> +bool xe_vma_need_vram_for_atomic(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_vma *vma, bool is_atomic);
>> +
>>   int xe_vm_alloc_madvise_vma(struct xe_vm *vm, uint64_t addr, uint64_t size);
>>   
>>   /**
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
>> index f64728120d7c..62dc5cec8950 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
>> @@ -85,7 +85,14 @@ static void madvise_atomic(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_vm *vm,
>>   			   struct xe_vma **vmas, int num_vmas,
>>   			   struct drm_xe_madvise *op)
>>   {
>> -	/* Implementation pending */
>> +	int i;
>> +
>> +	xe_assert(vm->xe, op->type == DRM_XE_MEM_RANGE_ATTR_ATOMIC);
>> +	xe_assert(vm->xe, op->atomic.val <= DRM_XE_ATOMIC_CPU);
>> +
>> +	for (i = 0; i < num_vmas; i++)
>> +		vmas[i]->attr.atomic_access = op->atomic.val;
>> +	/*TODO: handle bo backed vmas */
>>   }
>>   
>>   static void madvise_pat_index(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_vm *vm,
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>



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