Mesa (master): i965: Revert absolute mode for constant buffer pointers.

Kenneth Graunke kwg at kemper.freedesktop.org
Mon Oct 23 19:06:00 UTC 2017


Module: Mesa
Branch: master
Commit: 013d33122028f2492da90a03ae4bc1dab84c3ee9
URL:    http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=013d33122028f2492da90a03ae4bc1dab84c3ee9

Author: Kenneth Graunke <kenneth at whitecape.org>
Date:   Thu Oct 19 14:38:30 2017 -0700

i965: Revert absolute mode for constant buffer pointers.

The kernel doesn't initialize the value of the INSTPM or CS_DEBUG_MODE2
registers at context initialization time.  Instead, they're inherited
from whatever happened to be running on the GPU prior to first run of a
new context.  So, when we started setting these, other contexts in the
system started inheriting our values.  Since this controls whether
3DSTATE_CONSTANT_* takes a pointer or an offset, getting the wrong
setting is fatal for almost any process which isn't expecting this.

Unfortunately, VA-API and Beignet don't initialize this (nor does older
Mesa), so they will die horribly if we start doing this.  UXA and SNA
don't use any push constants, so they are unaffected.

Until we have some kind of solution to this problem, I'm going to revert
this patch and abandon using the feature for now.  It will lead to fewer
pushed UBO ranges on Broadwell+, which may lead to lower performance,
though I don't have any data on the impact.

Cc: "17.3 17.2" <mesa-stable at lists.freedesktop.org>
Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102774

---

 src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_state_upload.c | 24 ------------------------
 src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c     |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_state_upload.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_state_upload.c
index 16f44d03bb..23e4ebda25 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_state_upload.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_state_upload.c
@@ -101,30 +101,6 @@ brw_upload_initial_gpu_state(struct brw_context *brw)
       OUT_BATCH(0);
       ADVANCE_BATCH();
    }
-
-   /* Set the "CONSTANT_BUFFER Address Offset Disable" bit, so
-    * 3DSTATE_CONSTANT_XS buffer 0 is an absolute address.
-    *
-    * On Gen6-7.5, we use an execbuf parameter to do this for us.
-    * However, the kernel ignores that when execlists are in use.
-    * Fortunately, we can just write the registers from userspace
-    * on Gen8+, and they're context saved/restored.
-    */
-   if (devinfo->gen >= 9) {
-      BEGIN_BATCH(3);
-      OUT_BATCH(MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM | (3 - 2));
-      OUT_BATCH(CS_DEBUG_MODE2);
-      OUT_BATCH(REG_MASK(CSDBG2_CONSTANT_BUFFER_ADDRESS_OFFSET_DISABLE) |
-                CSDBG2_CONSTANT_BUFFER_ADDRESS_OFFSET_DISABLE);
-      ADVANCE_BATCH();
-   } else if (devinfo->gen == 8) {
-      BEGIN_BATCH(3);
-      OUT_BATCH(MI_LOAD_REGISTER_IMM | (3 - 2));
-      OUT_BATCH(INSTPM);
-      OUT_BATCH(REG_MASK(INSTPM_CONSTANT_BUFFER_ADDRESS_OFFSET_DISABLE) |
-                INSTPM_CONSTANT_BUFFER_ADDRESS_OFFSET_DISABLE);
-      ADVANCE_BATCH();
-   }
 }
 
 static inline const struct brw_tracked_state *
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
index 5975b91a76..10064c3236 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
@@ -2523,7 +2523,7 @@ __DRIconfig **intelInitScreen2(__DRIscreen *dri_screen)
    screen->compiler = brw_compiler_create(screen, devinfo);
    screen->compiler->shader_debug_log = shader_debug_log_mesa;
    screen->compiler->shader_perf_log = shader_perf_log_mesa;
-   screen->compiler->constant_buffer_0_is_relative = devinfo->gen < 8;
+   screen->compiler->constant_buffer_0_is_relative = true;
    screen->compiler->supports_pull_constants = true;
 
    screen->has_exec_fence =




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