[PATCH v6 02/20] drm/xe: Strict migration policy for atomic SVM faults

Matthew Brost matthew.brost at intel.com
Tue May 6 14:59:12 UTC 2025


On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 12:13:34PM +0200, Thomas Hellström wrote:
> On Mon, 2025-05-05 at 13:18 -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > On Mon, May 05, 2025 at 05:20:00PM +0200, Thomas Hellström wrote:
> > > Hi, Himal,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2025-04-30 at 17:48 +0530, Himal Prasad Ghimiray wrote:
> > > > From: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Mixing GPU and CPU atomics does not work unless a strict
> > > > migration
> > > > policy of GPU atomics must be device memory. Enforce a policy of
> > > > must
> > > > be
> > > > in VRAM with a retry loop of 3 attempts, if retry loop fails
> > > > abort
> > > > fault.
> > > > 
> > > > Removing always_migrate_to_vram modparam as we now have real
> > > > migration
> > > > policy.
> > > > 
> > > > v2:
> > > >  - Only retry migration on atomics
> > > >  - Drop alway migrate modparam
> > > > v3:
> > > >  - Only set vram_only on DGFX (Himal)
> > > >  - Bail on get_pages failure if vram_only and retry count
> > > > exceeded
> > > > (Himal)
> > > >  - s/vram_only/devmem_only
> > > >  - Update xe_svm_range_is_valid to accept devmem_only argument
> > > > v4:
> > > >  - Fix logic bug get_pages failure
> > > > v5:
> > > >  - Fix commit message (Himal)
> > > >  - Mention removing always_migrate_to_vram in commit message
> > > > (Lucas)
> > > >  - Fix xe_svm_range_is_valid to check for devmem pages
> > > >  - Bail on devmem_only && !migrate_devmem (Thomas)
> > > > v6:
> > > >  - Add READ_ONCE barriers for opportunistic checks (Thomas)
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: 2f118c949160 ("drm/xe: Add SVM VRAM migration")
> > > > Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> > > > Signed-off-by: Himal Prasad Ghimiray
> > > > <himal.prasad.ghimiray at intel.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost at intel.com>
> > > > Acked-by: Himal Prasad Ghimiray <himal.prasad.ghimiray at intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c |   3 -
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h |   1 -
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c    | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > > ----
> > > > --
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.h    |   5 --
> > > >  include/drm/drm_gpusvm.h       |  40 ++++++++-----
> > > >  5 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
> > > > index 64bf46646544..e4742e27e2cd 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.c
> > > > @@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ struct xe_modparam xe_modparam = {
> > > >  module_param_named(svm_notifier_size,
> > > > xe_modparam.svm_notifier_size,
> > > > uint, 0600);
> > > >  MODULE_PARM_DESC(svm_notifier_size, "Set the svm notifier
> > > > size(in
> > > > MiB), must be power of 2");
> > > >  
> > > > -module_param_named(always_migrate_to_vram,
> > > > xe_modparam.always_migrate_to_vram, bool, 0444);
> > > > -MODULE_PARM_DESC(always_migrate_to_vram, "Always migrate to VRAM
> > > > on
> > > > GPU fault");
> > > > -
> > > >  module_param_named_unsafe(force_execlist,
> > > > xe_modparam.force_execlist, bool, 0444);
> > > >  MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_execlist, "Force Execlist submission");
> > > >  
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
> > > > index 84339e509c80..5a3bfea8b7b4 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_module.h
> > > > @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
> > > >  struct xe_modparam {
> > > >  	bool force_execlist;
> > > >  	bool probe_display;
> > > > -	bool always_migrate_to_vram;
> > > >  	u32 force_vram_bar_size;
> > > >  	int guc_log_level;
> > > >  	char *guc_firmware_path;
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
> > > > index 890f6b2f40e9..dcc84e65ca96 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
> > > > @@ -16,8 +16,12 @@
> > > >  
> > > >  static bool xe_svm_range_in_vram(struct xe_svm_range *range)
> > > >  {
> > > > -	/* Not reliable without notifier lock */
> > > > -	return range->base.flags.has_devmem_pages;
> > > > +	/* Not reliable without notifier lock, opportunistic
> > > > only */
> > > > +	struct drm_gpusvm_range_flags flags = {
> > > > +		.__flags = READ_ONCE(range->base.flags.__flags),
> > > > +	};
> > > > +
> > > > +	return flags.has_devmem_pages;
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > >  static bool xe_svm_range_has_vram_binding(struct xe_svm_range
> > > > *range)
> > > > @@ -650,9 +654,13 @@ void xe_svm_fini(struct xe_vm *vm)
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > >  static bool xe_svm_range_is_valid(struct xe_svm_range *range,
> > > > -				  struct xe_tile *tile)
> > > > +				  struct xe_tile *tile,
> > > > +				  bool devmem_only)
> > > >  {
> > > > -	return (range->tile_present & ~range->tile_invalidated)
> > > > &
> > > > BIT(tile->id);
> > > > +	/* Not reliable without notifier lock, opportunistic
> > > > only */
> > > > +	return ((READ_ONCE(range->tile_present) &
> > > > +		 ~READ_ONCE(range->tile_invalidated)) &
> > > > BIT(tile-
> > > > > id)) &&
> > > > +		(!devmem_only || xe_svm_range_in_vram(range));
> > > >  }
> > > 
> > > Hmm, TBH I had something more elaborate in mind:
> > > 
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/intel-xe/b5569de8cc036e23b976f21a51c4eb5ca104d4bb.camel@linux.intel.com/
> > > 
> > > (Separate function for lockless access and a lockdep assert for
> > > locked
> > > access + similar documentation as the functions I mentioned there +
> > > a
> > > "Pairs with" comment.
> > > 
> > 
> > But if the locked functions are unused wouldn't the compiler
> > complain?
> 
> Oh, I was under the impression we had multiple ose of those. My bad.
> 
> But still IMO we should move that comment about opportunistic from
> within the function to the header to clarify the usage of the function
> interface, and close to the READ_ONCE we should add a comment about a
> pairing WRITE_ONCE.
> 

Ah, ok. I missed the WRITE_ONCE side of this + comment.

> It actually looks like (for a future patch unless done in this one) the
> atomic bitops is a good fit for this.

Maybe? I'll probably stick with WRITE_ONCE pairing for now.

Matt

> 
> /Thomas
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Matt
> > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Thomas
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >  
> > > >  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_DEVMEM_MIRROR)
> > > > @@ -726,6 +734,36 @@ static int xe_svm_alloc_vram(struct xe_vm
> > > > *vm,
> > > > struct xe_tile *tile,
> > > >  }
> > > >  #endif
> > > >  
> > > > +static bool supports_4K_migration(struct xe_device *xe)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	if (xe->info.vram_flags & XE_VRAM_FLAGS_NEED64K)
> > > > +		return false;
> > > > +
> > > > +	return true;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > +static bool xe_svm_range_needs_migrate_to_vram(struct
> > > > xe_svm_range
> > > > *range,
> > > > +					       struct xe_vma
> > > > *vma)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct xe_vm *vm = range_to_vm(&range->base);
> > > > +	u64 range_size = xe_svm_range_size(range);
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (!range->base.flags.migrate_devmem)
> > > > +		return false;
> > > > +
> > > > +	/* Not reliable without notifier lock, opportunistic
> > > > only */
> > > > +	if (xe_svm_range_in_vram(range)) {
> > > > +		drm_dbg(&vm->xe->drm, "Range is already in
> > > > VRAM\n");
> > > > +		return false;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (range_size <= SZ_64K && !supports_4K_migration(vm-
> > > > >xe))
> > > > {
> > > > +		drm_dbg(&vm->xe->drm, "Platform doesn't support
> > > > SZ_4K range migration\n");
> > > > +		return false;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	return true;
> > > > +}
> > > >  
> > > >  /**
> > > >   * xe_svm_handle_pagefault() - SVM handle page fault
> > > > @@ -750,12 +788,15 @@ int xe_svm_handle_pagefault(struct xe_vm
> > > > *vm,
> > > > struct xe_vma *vma,
> > > >  			IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_DEVMEM_MIRROR),
> > > >  		.check_pages_threshold = IS_DGFX(vm->xe) &&
> > > >  			IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_DEVMEM_MIRROR)
> > > > ?
> > > > SZ_64K : 0,
> > > > +		.devmem_only = atomic && IS_DGFX(vm->xe) &&
> > > > +			IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_XE_DEVMEM_MIRROR),
> > > >  	};
> > > >  	struct xe_svm_range *range;
> > > >  	struct drm_gpusvm_range *r;
> > > >  	struct drm_exec exec;
> > > >  	struct dma_fence *fence;
> > > >  	struct xe_tile *tile = gt_to_tile(gt);
> > > > +	int migrate_try_count = ctx.devmem_only ? 3 : 1;
> > > >  	ktime_t end = 0;
> > > >  	int err;
> > > >  
> > > > @@ -776,24 +817,30 @@ int xe_svm_handle_pagefault(struct xe_vm
> > > > *vm,
> > > > struct xe_vma *vma,
> > > >  	if (IS_ERR(r))
> > > >  		return PTR_ERR(r);
> > > >  
> > > > +	if (ctx.devmem_only && !r->flags.migrate_devmem)
> > > > +		return -EACCES;
> > > > +
> > > >  	range = to_xe_range(r);
> > > > -	if (xe_svm_range_is_valid(range, tile))
> > > > +	if (xe_svm_range_is_valid(range, tile, ctx.devmem_only))
> > > >  		return 0;
> > > >  
> > > >  	range_debug(range, "PAGE FAULT");
> > > >  
> > > > -	/* XXX: Add migration policy, for now migrate range once
> > > > */
> > > > -	if (!range->skip_migrate && range-
> > > > >base.flags.migrate_devmem
> > > > &&
> > > > -	    xe_svm_range_size(range) >= SZ_64K) {
> > > > -		range->skip_migrate = true;
> > > > -
> > > > +	if (--migrate_try_count >= 0 &&
> > > > +	    xe_svm_range_needs_migrate_to_vram(range, vma)) {
> > > >  		err = xe_svm_alloc_vram(vm, tile, range, &ctx);
> > > >  		if (err) {
> > > > -			drm_dbg(&vm->xe->drm,
> > > > -				"VRAM allocation failed, falling
> > > > back to "
> > > > -				"retrying fault, asid=%u,
> > > > errno=%pe\n",
> > > > -				vm->usm.asid, ERR_PTR(err));
> > > > -			goto retry;
> > > > +			if (migrate_try_count ||
> > > > !ctx.devmem_only) {
> > > > +				drm_dbg(&vm->xe->drm,
> > > > +					"VRAM allocation failed,
> > > > falling back to retrying fault, asid=%u, errno=%pe\n",
> > > > +					vm->usm.asid,
> > > > ERR_PTR(err));
> > > > +				goto retry;
> > > > +			} else {
> > > > +				drm_err(&vm->xe->drm,
> > > > +					"VRAM allocation failed,
> > > > retry count exceeded, asid=%u, errno=%pe\n",
> > > > +					vm->usm.asid,
> > > > ERR_PTR(err));
> > > > +				return err;
> > > > +			}
> > > >  		}
> > > >  	}
> > > >  
> > > > @@ -801,15 +848,22 @@ int xe_svm_handle_pagefault(struct xe_vm
> > > > *vm,
> > > > struct xe_vma *vma,
> > > >  	err = drm_gpusvm_range_get_pages(&vm->svm.gpusvm, r,
> > > > &ctx);
> > > >  	/* Corner where CPU mappings have changed */
> > > >  	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP || err == -EFAULT || err == -
> > > > EPERM) {
> > > > -		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> > > > -			range_debug(range, "PAGE FAULT - EVICT
> > > > PAGES");
> > > > -			drm_gpusvm_range_evict(&vm->svm.gpusvm,
> > > > &range->base);
> > > > +		if (migrate_try_count > 0 || !ctx.devmem_only) {
> > > > +			if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> > > > +				range_debug(range, "PAGE FAULT -
> > > > EVICT PAGES");
> > > > +				drm_gpusvm_range_evict(&vm-
> > > > > svm.gpusvm,
> > > > +						       &range-
> > > > > base);
> > > > +			}
> > > > +			drm_dbg(&vm->xe->drm,
> > > > +				"Get pages failed, falling back
> > > > to
> > > > retrying, asid=%u, gpusvm=%p, errno=%pe\n",
> > > > +				vm->usm.asid, &vm->svm.gpusvm,
> > > > ERR_PTR(err));
> > > > +			range_debug(range, "PAGE FAULT - RETRY
> > > > PAGES");
> > > > +			goto retry;
> > > > +		} else {
> > > > +			drm_err(&vm->xe->drm,
> > > > +				"Get pages failed, retry count
> > > > exceeded, asid=%u, gpusvm=%p, errno=%pe\n",
> > > > +				vm->usm.asid, &vm->svm.gpusvm,
> > > > ERR_PTR(err));
> > > >  		}
> > > > -		drm_dbg(&vm->xe->drm,
> > > > -			"Get pages failed, falling back to
> > > > retrying,
> > > > asid=%u, gpusvm=%p, errno=%pe\n",
> > > > -			vm->usm.asid, &vm->svm.gpusvm,
> > > > ERR_PTR(err));
> > > > -		range_debug(range, "PAGE FAULT - RETRY PAGES");
> > > > -		goto retry;
> > > >  	}
> > > >  	if (err) {
> > > >  		range_debug(range, "PAGE FAULT - FAIL PAGE
> > > > COLLECT");
> > > > @@ -843,9 +897,6 @@ int xe_svm_handle_pagefault(struct xe_vm *vm,
> > > > struct xe_vma *vma,
> > > >  	}
> > > >  	drm_exec_fini(&exec);
> > > >  
> > > > -	if (xe_modparam.always_migrate_to_vram)
> > > > -		range->skip_migrate = false;
> > > > -
> > > >  	dma_fence_wait(fence, false);
> > > >  	dma_fence_put(fence);
> > > >  
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.h
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.h
> > > > index 3d441eb1f7ea..0e1f376a7471 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.h
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.h
> > > > @@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ struct xe_svm_range {
> > > >  	 * range. Protected by GPU SVM notifier lock.
> > > >  	 */
> > > >  	u8 tile_invalidated;
> > > > -	/**
> > > > -	 * @skip_migrate: Skip migration to VRAM, protected by
> > > > GPU
> > > > fault handler
> > > > -	 * locking.
> > > > -	 */
> > > > -	u8 skip_migrate	:1;
> > > >  };
> > > >  
> > > >  /**
> > > > diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gpusvm.h b/include/drm/drm_gpusvm.h
> > > > index 9fd25fc880a4..653d48dbe1c1 100644
> > > > --- a/include/drm/drm_gpusvm.h
> > > > +++ b/include/drm/drm_gpusvm.h
> > > > @@ -185,6 +185,31 @@ struct drm_gpusvm_notifier {
> > > >  	} flags;
> > > >  };
> > > >  
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * struct drm_gpusvm_range_flags - Structure representing a GPU
> > > > SVM
> > > > range flags
> > > > + *
> > > > + * @migrate_devmem: Flag indicating whether the range can be
> > > > migrated to device memory
> > > > + * @unmapped: Flag indicating if the range has been unmapped
> > > > + * @partial_unmap: Flag indicating if the range has been
> > > > partially
> > > > unmapped
> > > > + * @has_devmem_pages: Flag indicating if the range has devmem
> > > > pages
> > > > + * @has_dma_mapping: Flag indicating if the range has a DMA
> > > > mapping
> > > > + * @__flags: Flags for range in u16 form (used for READ_ONCE)
> > > > + */
> > > > +struct drm_gpusvm_range_flags {
> > > > +	union {
> > > > +		struct {
> > > > +			/* All flags below must be set upon
> > > > creation
> > > > */
> > > > +			u16 migrate_devmem : 1;
> > > > +			/* All flags below must be set / cleared
> > > > under notifier lock */
> > > > +			u16 unmapped : 1;
> > > > +			u16 partial_unmap : 1;
> > > > +			u16 has_devmem_pages : 1;
> > > > +			u16 has_dma_mapping : 1;
> > > > +		};
> > > > +		u16 __flags;
> > > > +	};
> > > > +};
> > > > +
> > > >  /**
> > > >   * struct drm_gpusvm_range - Structure representing a GPU SVM
> > > > range
> > > >   *
> > > > @@ -198,11 +223,6 @@ struct drm_gpusvm_notifier {
> > > >   * @dpagemap: The struct drm_pagemap of the device pages we're
> > > > dma-
> > > > mapping.
> > > >   *            Note this is assuming only one drm_pagemap per
> > > > range
> > > > is allowed.
> > > >   * @flags: Flags for range
> > > > - * @flags.migrate_devmem: Flag indicating whether the range can
> > > > be
> > > > migrated to device memory
> > > > - * @flags.unmapped: Flag indicating if the range has been
> > > > unmapped
> > > > - * @flags.partial_unmap: Flag indicating if the range has been
> > > > partially unmapped
> > > > - * @flags.has_devmem_pages: Flag indicating if the range has
> > > > devmem
> > > > pages
> > > > - * @flags.has_dma_mapping: Flag indicating if the range has a
> > > > DMA
> > > > mapping
> > > >   *
> > > >   * This structure represents a GPU SVM range used for tracking
> > > > memory ranges
> > > >   * mapped in a DRM device.
> > > > @@ -216,15 +236,7 @@ struct drm_gpusvm_range {
> > > >  	unsigned long notifier_seq;
> > > >  	struct drm_pagemap_device_addr *dma_addr;
> > > >  	struct drm_pagemap *dpagemap;
> > > > -	struct {
> > > > -		/* All flags below must be set upon creation */
> > > > -		u16 migrate_devmem : 1;
> > > > -		/* All flags below must be set / cleared under
> > > > notifier lock */
> > > > -		u16 unmapped : 1;
> > > > -		u16 partial_unmap : 1;
> > > > -		u16 has_devmem_pages : 1;
> > > > -		u16 has_dma_mapping : 1;
> > > > -	} flags;
> > > > +	struct drm_gpusvm_range_flags flags;
> > > >  };
> > > >  
> > > >  /**
> > > 
> 


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