[PATCH] drm/xe/migrate: make MI_TLB_INVALIDATE conditional

Matthew Brost matthew.brost at intel.com
Mon Jun 23 21:48:08 UTC 2025


On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 04:24:37AM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 10:33:13AM +0100, Matthew Auld wrote:
> > On 20/06/2025 17:11, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 04:24:47PM +0100, Matthew Auld wrote:
> > > > When clearing VRAM we should be able to skip invalidating the TLBs if we
> > > 
> > > For copies, we always program SRAM PTEs, and need a invalidate?
> > > Maybe mention this in the commit message.
> > 
> > Yup exactly that. I don't think we currently do vram -> vram in practice so
> > I didn't bother with the copy path. Will tweak the commit message.
> > 
> > > 
> > > > are only using the identity map to access VRAM (which is the common
> > > > case), since no modifications are made to PTEs on the fly. Also since we
> > > > use huge 1G entries within the identity map, there should be a pretty
> > > > decent chance that the next packet(s) (if also clears) can avoid a tree
> > > > walk if we don't shoot down the TLBs, like if we have to process a long
> > > > stream of clears.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld at intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Himal Prasad Ghimiray <himal.prasad.ghimiray at intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_migrate.c  | 18 +++++++++++-------
> > > >   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_ring_ops.c | 10 +++++-----
> > > >   2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_migrate.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_migrate.c
> > > > index 8f8e9fdfb2a8..a76363740a12 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_migrate.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_migrate.c
> > > > @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ struct dma_fence *xe_migrate_copy(struct xe_migrate *m,
> > > >   			goto err;
> > > >   		}
> > > > -		xe_sched_job_add_migrate_flush(job, flush_flags);
> > > > +		xe_sched_job_add_migrate_flush(job, flush_flags | MI_INVALIDATE_TLB);
> > > >   		if (!fence) {
> > > >   			err = xe_sched_job_add_deps(job, src_bo->ttm.base.resv,
> > > >   						    DMA_RESV_USAGE_BOOKKEEP);
> > > > @@ -1119,11 +1119,13 @@ struct dma_fence *xe_migrate_clear(struct xe_migrate *m,
> > > >   		size -= clear_L0;
> > > >   		/* Preemption is enabled again by the ring ops. */
> > > > -		if (clear_vram && xe_migrate_allow_identity(clear_L0, &src_it))
> > > > +		if (clear_vram && xe_migrate_allow_identity(clear_L0, &src_it)) {
> > > >   			xe_res_next(&src_it, clear_L0);
> > > > -		else
> > > > -			emit_pte(m, bb, clear_L0_pt, clear_vram, clear_only_system_ccs,
> > > > -				 &src_it, clear_L0, dst);
> > > > +		} else {
> > > > +			emit_pte(m, bb, clear_L0_pt, clear_vram,
> > > > +				 clear_only_system_ccs, &src_it, clear_L0, dst);
> > > > +			flush_flags |= MI_INVALIDATE_TLB;
> > > > +		}
> > > 
> > > What about the if statements for dst_it / copy_system_ccs? Do we not
> > > need to set MI_INVALIDATE_TLB there?
> > 
> > You mean for the copy path? We unconditionally apply MI_INVALIDATE_TLB when
> > doing any copy.
> > 
> 
> I was looking at wrong function (xe_migrate_copy) - I thought there were 
> a couple more calls to emit_pte here but on 2nd look, nope.
> 
> So patch the LGTM:
> Reviewed-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> 

Hey since you are here. I noticed in emit_migration_job_gen12

> > > 
> > > Matt
> > > 
> > > >   		bb->cs[bb->len++] = MI_BATCH_BUFFER_END;
> > > >   		update_idx = bb->len;
> > > > @@ -1134,7 +1136,7 @@ struct dma_fence *xe_migrate_clear(struct xe_migrate *m,
> > > >   		if (xe_migrate_needs_ccs_emit(xe)) {
> > > >   			emit_copy_ccs(gt, bb, clear_L0_ofs, true,
> > > >   				      m->cleared_mem_ofs, false, clear_L0);
> > > > -			flush_flags = MI_FLUSH_DW_CCS;
> > > > +			flush_flags |= MI_FLUSH_DW_CCS;
> > > >   		}
> > > >   		job = xe_bb_create_migration_job(m->q, bb,
> > > > @@ -1469,6 +1471,8 @@ __xe_migrate_update_pgtables(struct xe_migrate *m,
> > > >   		goto err_sa;
> > > >   	}
> > > > +	xe_sched_job_add_migrate_flush(job, MI_INVALIDATE_TLB);
> > > > +
> > > >   	if (ops->pre_commit) {
> > > >   		pt_update->job = job;
> > > >   		err = ops->pre_commit(pt_update);
> > > > @@ -1667,7 +1671,7 @@ static struct dma_fence *xe_migrate_vram(struct xe_migrate *m,
> > > >   		goto err;
> > > >   	}
> > > > -	xe_sched_job_add_migrate_flush(job, 0);
> > > > +	xe_sched_job_add_migrate_flush(job, MI_INVALIDATE_TLB);
> > > >   	mutex_lock(&m->job_mutex);
> > > >   	xe_sched_job_arm(job);
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_ring_ops.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_ring_ops.c
> > > > index bc1689db4cd7..b5548e0769f4 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_ring_ops.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_ring_ops.c
> > > > @@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ static int emit_bb_start(u64 batch_addr, u32 ppgtt_flag, u32 *dw, int i)
> > > >   	return i;
> > > >   }
> > > > -static int emit_flush_invalidate(u32 *dw, int i)
> > > > +static int emit_flush_invalidate(u32 *dw, int i, u32 flush_flags)
> > > >   {
> > > > -	dw[i++] = MI_FLUSH_DW | MI_INVALIDATE_TLB | MI_FLUSH_DW_OP_STOREDW |
> > > > -		  MI_FLUSH_IMM_DW | MI_FLUSH_DW_STORE_INDEX;
> > > > +	dw[i++] = MI_FLUSH_DW |  MI_FLUSH_DW_OP_STOREDW | MI_FLUSH_IMM_DW |
> > > > +		MI_FLUSH_DW_STORE_INDEX | (flush_flags & MI_INVALIDATE_TLB) ?: 0;
> > > >   	dw[i++] = LRC_PPHWSP_FLUSH_INVAL_SCRATCH_ADDR;
> > > >   	dw[i++] = 0;
> > > >   	dw[i++] = 0;
> > > > @@ -411,13 +411,13 @@ static void emit_migration_job_gen12(struct xe_sched_job *job,
> > > >   	if (!IS_SRIOV_VF(gt_to_xe(job->q->gt))) {
> > > >   		/* XXX: Do we need this? Leaving for now. */
> > > >   		dw[i++] = preparser_disable(true);
> > > > -		i = emit_flush_invalidate(dw, i);
> > > > +		i = emit_flush_invalidate(dw, i, job->migrate_flush_flags);
> > > >   		dw[i++] = preparser_disable(false);
> > > >   	}
> > > >   	i = emit_bb_start(job->ptrs[1].batch_addr, BIT(8), dw, i);
> > > > -	dw[i++] = MI_FLUSH_DW | MI_INVALIDATE_TLB | job->migrate_flush_flags |
> > > > +	dw[i++] = MI_FLUSH_DW | job->migrate_flush_flags |

Just noticed this part. Do we need to ever invalidate the TLBs here? I'm
confused why we would. The first batch emits the PTEs, the second does a
copy. Why after a copy would we have to invalidate the PTEs? The next
job should invalidate the PTEs after emitting them.

Not blocker as this is existing code but maybe in a follow up we never
invalidate here.

Matt

> > > >   		MI_FLUSH_DW_OP_STOREDW | MI_FLUSH_IMM_DW;
> > > >   	dw[i++] = xe_lrc_seqno_ggtt_addr(lrc) | MI_FLUSH_DW_USE_GTT;
> > > >   	dw[i++] = 0;
> > > > -- 
> > > > 2.49.0
> > > > 
> > 


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