[Mesa-dev] [PATCH v4 19/44] i965/fs: Use byte_scattered_write on 16-bit store_ssbo

Jason Ekstrand jason at jlekstrand.net
Fri Dec 1 10:51:22 UTC 2017


On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Chema Casanova <jmcasanova at igalia.com>
wrote:

> On 01/12/17 11:12, Jason Ekstrand wrote:
> > I've left some comments below that I think clean things up and make this
> > better, but I believe it is correct as-is.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Jason Ekstrand <jason at jlekstrand.net
> > <mailto:jason at jlekstrand.net>>
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Jose Maria Casanova Crespo
> > <jmcasanova at igalia.com <mailto:jmcasanova at igalia.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     From: Alejandro Piñeiro <apinheiro at igalia.com
> >     <mailto:apinheiro at igalia.com>>
> >
> >     We need to rely on byte scattered writes as untyped writes are 32-bit
> >     size. We could try to keep using 32-bit messages when we have two or
> >     four 16-bit elements, but for simplicity sake, we use the same
> message
> >     for any component number. We revisit this aproach in the follwing
> >     patches.
> >
> >     v2: Removed use of stride = 2 on 16-bit sources (Jason Ekstrand)
> >
> >     v3: (Jason Ekstrand)
> >         - Include bit_size to scattered write message and remove
> namespace
> >         - specific for scattered messages.
> >         - Move comment to proper place.
> >         - Squashed with i965/fs: Adjust type_size/type_slots on
> store_ssbo.
> >         (Jose Maria Casanova)
> >         - Take into account that get_nir_src returns now WORD types for
> >           16-bit sources instead of DWORD.
> >
> >     Signed-off-by: Jose Maria Casanova Crespo <jmcasanova at igalia.com
> >     <mailto:jmcasanova at igalia.com>>
> >     Signed-off-by: Alejandro Piñeiro <apinheiro at igalia.com
> >     <mailto:apinheiro at igalia.com>>
> >     ---
> >      src/intel/compiler/brw_fs_nir.cpp | 51
> >     ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> >      1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >
> >     diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs_nir.cpp
> >     b/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs_nir.cpp
> >     index d6ab286147..ff04e2468b 100644
> >     --- a/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs_nir.cpp
> >     +++ b/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs_nir.cpp
> >     @@ -4075,14 +4075,15 @@ fs_visitor::nir_emit_intrinsic(const
> >     fs_builder &bld, nir_intrinsic_instr *instr
> >             * Also, we have to suffle 64-bit data to be in the
> >     appropriate layout
> >             * expected by our 32-bit write messages.
> >             */
> >     -      unsigned type_size = 4;
> >     -      if (nir_src_bit_size(instr->src[0]) == 64) {
> >     -         type_size = 8;
> >     +      unsigned bit_size = nir_src_bit_size(instr->src[0]);
> >     +      unsigned type_size = bit_size / 8;
> >     +      if (bit_size == 64) {
> >               val_reg = shuffle_64bit_data_for_32bit_write(bld,
> >                  val_reg, instr->num_components);
> >            }
> >
> >     -      unsigned type_slots = type_size / 4;
> >     +      /* 16-bit types would use a minimum of 1 slot */
> >     +      unsigned type_slots = MAX2(type_size / 4, 1);
> >
> >
> > Given that this is only used for emit_typed_write, maybe we should just
> > move it next to the emit_typed_write call and just get rid of the
> > MAX2().  More on that later.
>
> It makes sanes, i follow partially this approach at "[PATCH v4 26/44]
> i965/fs: Optimize 16-bit SSBO stores by packing two into a 32-bit reg"
> using an slots_per_component that is just 2 for 64-bits and 1 for the
> other bitsizes. But i like your approach.
>
> >            /* Combine groups of consecutive enabled channels in one write
> >             * message. We use ffs to find the first enabled channel and
> >     then ffs on
> >     @@ -4093,12 +4094,19 @@ fs_visitor::nir_emit_intrinsic(const
> >     fs_builder &bld, nir_intrinsic_instr *instr
> >               unsigned first_component = ffs(writemask) - 1;
> >               unsigned length = ffs(~(writemask >> first_component)) - 1;
> >
> >
> > If the one above is first_component, num_components would be a better
> > name for this one.  It's very confusing go have something generically
> > named "length" in a piece of code with so many different possible units.
>
> It was also confussing to me. What about a rename to
> num_consecutive_components as that what is really calculating? so we
> don't confuse it with the num_components of instr.
>

Hrm... That would work I suppose.  Not a huge deal in any case.


> >     -         /* We can't write more than 2 64-bit components at once.
> >     Limit the
> >     -          * length of the write to what we can do and let the next
> >     iteration
> >     -          * handle the rest
> >     -          */
> >     -         if (type_size > 4)
> >     +         if (type_size > 4) {
> >     +            /* We can't write more than 2 64-bit components at
> >     once. Limit
> >     +             * the length of the write to what we can do and let
> >     the next
> >     +             * iteration handle the rest.
> >     +             */
> >                  length = MIN2(2, length);
> >     +         } else if (type_size == 2) {
> >
> >
> > Maybe type_size < 4?
>
> I should have advanced this change to this patch, you commented it
> already for current [PATCH v4 26/44]
>
>
> >     +            /* For 16-bit types we are using byte scattered writes,
> >     that can
> >     +             * only write one component per call. So we limit the
> >     length, and
> >     +             * let the write happening in several iterations.
> >     +             */
> >     +            length = 1;
> >     +         }
> >
> >               fs_reg offset_reg;
> >               nir_const_value *const_offset =
> >     nir_src_as_const_value(instr->src[2]);
> >     @@ -4112,11 +4120,26 @@ fs_visitor::nir_emit_intrinsic(const
> >     fs_builder &bld, nir_intrinsic_instr *instr
> >                          brw_imm_ud(type_size * first_component));
> >               }
> >
> >     -
> >     -         emit_untyped_write(bld, surf_index, offset_reg,
> >     -                            offset(val_reg, bld, first_component *
> >     type_slots),
> >     -                            1 /* dims */, length * type_slots,
> >     -                            BRW_PREDICATE_NONE);
> >     +         if (type_size == 2) {
> >
> >
> > maybe type_size < 4?
>
> Agree
>
> >     +            /* Untyped Surface messages have a fixed 32-bit size,
> >     so we need
> >     +             * to rely on byte scattered in order to write 16-bit
> >     elements.
> >     +             * The byte_scattered_write message needs that every
> >     written 16-bit
> >     +             * type to be aligned 32-bits (stride=2).
> >     +             */
> >     +            fs_reg tmp = bld.vgrf(BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_D);
> >     +            bld.MOV(subscript(tmp, BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_W, 0),
> >     +                     offset(val_reg, bld, first_component));
> >     +            emit_byte_scattered_write(bld, surf_index, offset_reg,
> >     +                                      tmp,
> >     +                                      1 /* dims */, 1,
> >     +                                      bit_size,
> >     +                                      BRW_PREDICATE_NONE);
> >     +         } else {
> >
> >
> > If we moved type_slots here, I think we could very nicely future-proof
> > things as follows:
>
> I think that we can not move it here because it is really used when
> calculating the offset for the components of 64-bits,
>
> > assert(num_components * type_size < 16);
>
> Shouldn't it be <=
>
> > assert((num_components * type_size) % 4 == 0);
> > assert((first_component * type_size) % 4 == 0);
> > unsigned first_slot = (first_component * type_size) / 4;
> > unsigned num_slots = (num_components * type_size) / 4;
> > emit_untyped_write(bld, surf_index, reg_offset,
> >                    offset(val_reg, bld, first_slot),
> >                    1 /* dims */, num_slots,
> >                    BRW_PREDICATE_NONE);
>
>
> > That said, let's not get ahead of ourselves.  This can all be done as a
> > later clean-up on top of the optimization patch if that's easier. :)
>
> We were thinking this with the following optimization in the past. But
> at that moment we thought it was easier to understand doing it in two
> steps. I'll wait for you to review [PATCH v4 26/44] and try to advance
> as much as I can to this first one to avoid re-writing lines.


That's fine.  After reading your later optimization patch, it seems like it
lands in a reasonable state.  Forget this comment if you'd like.


>
> >     +            emit_untyped_write(bld, surf_index, offset_reg,
> >     +                               offset(val_reg, bld, first_component
> >     * type_slots),
> >     +                               1 /* dims */, length * type_slots,
> >     +                               BRW_PREDICATE_NONE);
> >     +         }
> >
> >               /* Clear the bits in the writemask that we just wrote,
> >     then try
> >                * again to see if more channels are left.
> >     --
> >     2.14.3
> >
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