[PATCH v2 26/32] drm/xe/madvise: Update migration policy based on preferred location

Ghimiray, Himal Prasad himal.prasad.ghimiray at intel.com
Wed May 21 16:51:05 UTC 2025



On 21-05-2025 14:20, Ghimiray, Himal Prasad wrote:
> 
> 
> On 15-05-2025 03:34, Matthew Brost wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 03:47:13PM +0530, Himal Prasad Ghimiray wrote:
>>> When the user sets the valid devmem_fd as a preferred location, GPU 
>>> fault
>>> will trigger migration to tile of device associated with devmem_fd.
>>>
>>> If the user sets an invalid devmem_fd the preferred location is current
>>> placement only.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Himal Prasad Ghimiray <himal.prasad.ghimiray at intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c        | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h         |  3 +++
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
>>>   3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
>>> index d40111e29bfe..60dfb1bf12ca 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_svm.c
>>> @@ -765,6 +765,12 @@ bool xe_svm_range_needs_migrate_to_vram(struct 
>>> xe_svm_range *range, struct xe_vm
>>>       return needs_migrate;
>>>   }
>>> +static const u32 region_to_mem_type[] = {
>>> +    XE_PL_TT,
>>> +    XE_PL_VRAM0,
>>> +    XE_PL_VRAM1,
>>> +};
>>> +
>>>   /**
>>>    * xe_svm_handle_pagefault() - SVM handle page fault
>>>    * @vm: The VM.
>>> @@ -796,6 +802,7 @@ int xe_svm_handle_pagefault(struct xe_vm *vm, 
>>> struct xe_vma *vma,
>>>       struct xe_tile *tile = gt_to_tile(gt);
>>>       int retry_count = 3;
>>>       ktime_t end = 0;
>>> +    u32 region;
>>>       int err;
>>>       lockdep_assert_held_write(&vm->lock);
>>> @@ -820,7 +827,13 @@ int xe_svm_handle_pagefault(struct xe_vm *vm, 
>>> struct xe_vma *vma,
>>>       range_debug(range, "PAGE FAULT");
>>> -    if (xe_svm_range_needs_migrate_to_vram(range, vma, IS_DGFX(vm- 
>>> >xe))) {
>>> +    region = vma->attr.preferred_loc.devmem_fd;
>>
>> Mentioned this earlier in the series - you are assiging a devmem_fd to a
>> region which is a bit confusing.
> 
> Hmm. Agreed
> 
>>
>>> +
>>> +    if (xe_svm_range_needs_migrate_to_vram(range, vma, region)) {
>>> +        region = region ? region : 1;
>>
>> I think the default (region unset) should be the VRAM closest to the GT
>> of the fault.
> 
> True
> 
>>
>>> +        /* Need rework for multigpu */
>>> +        tile = &vm->xe->tiles[region_to_mem_type[region] - 
>>> XE_PL_VRAM0];
>>> +
>>>           err = xe_svm_alloc_vram(vm, tile, range, &ctx);
>>>           if (err) {
>>>               if (retry_count) {
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h
>>> index 4e45230b7205..377f62f859b7 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm.h
>>> @@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ int __xe_vm_userptr_needs_repin(struct xe_vm *vm);
>>>   int xe_vm_userptr_check_repin(struct xe_vm *vm);
>>> +bool xe_vma_has_preferred_mem_loc(struct xe_vma *vma,
>>> +                  u32 *mem_region, u32 *devmem_fd);
>>> +
>>>   int xe_vm_rebind(struct xe_vm *vm, bool rebind_worker);
>>>   struct dma_fence *xe_vma_rebind(struct xe_vm *vm, struct xe_vma *vma,
>>>                   u8 tile_mask);
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/ 
>>> xe_vm_madvise.c
>>> index 7e1a95106cb9..f870e8642190 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_vm_madvise.c
>>> @@ -61,7 +61,25 @@ static int madvise_preferred_mem_loc(struct 
>>> xe_device *xe, struct xe_vm *vm,
>>>                        struct xe_vma **vmas, int num_vmas,
>>>                        struct drm_xe_madvise_ops ops)
>>>   {
>>> -    /* Implementation pending */
>>> +    s32 devmem_fd;
>>> +    u32 migration_policy;
>>> +    int i;
>>> +
>>> +    xe_assert(vm->xe, ops.type == DRM_XE_VMA_ATTR_PREFERRED_LOC);
>>> +    vm_dbg(&xe->drm, "migration policy = %d, devmem_fd = %d\n",
>>> +           ops.preferred_mem_loc.migration_policy,
>>> +           ops.preferred_mem_loc.devmem_fd);
>>
>> As mentioned in patch #27, I'm not sure this debug info is all that
>> useful.
> 
> Agreed. Planning to drop preferred location in next version and let it 
> be brought in along with multi-device support.

Had discussion with UMD teams. They need a way to setup smem as 
preferred location. so will still need to support preferred location.
Will try to do it in cleaner way.


> 
>>
>>> +
>>> +    devmem_fd = (s32)ops.preferred_mem_loc.devmem_fd;
>>> +    devmem_fd = (devmem_fd < 0) ? 0 : devmem_fd;
>>> +
>>
>> Why (devmem_fd < 0) ? 0? I'm not following this.
> 
> Incase of any -ve(invalid) fd being passed, wanted to have smem as 
> preferred location.

> 
> 
>>
>>> +    migration_policy = ops.preferred_mem_loc.migration_policy;
>>> +
>>
>> Mentioned earlier in the series, I'm confused by migration_policy and it
>> also looks to be unused unless I'm missing something?
> 
> This was supposed to be used with multi-device support. >
>> Matt
>>
>>> +    for (i = 0; i < num_vmas; i++) {
>>> +        vmas[i]->attr.preferred_loc.devmem_fd = devmem_fd;
>>> +        vmas[i]->attr.preferred_loc.migration_policy = 
>>> migration_policy;
>>> +    }
>>> +
>>>       return 0;
>>>   }
>>> -- 
>>> 2.34.1
>>>
> 




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