<div dir="ltr">This gets us +2.7% on Aztec Ruins (5 runs on each branch)<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 7:31 AM Jason Ekstrand <<a href="mailto:jason@jlekstrand.net">jason@jlekstrand.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Let's hold this for at least a tiny bit. I'll run some benchmarks and may <br>
want to tweak how in interacts with the rest of the vulkan state tracking. <br>
Thanks for figuring out a heuristic!<br>
<br>
--Jason<br>
<br>
On August 9, 2019 19:22:48 Francisco Jerez <<a href="mailto:currojerez@riseup.net" target="_blank">currojerez@riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> See "i965/gen9: Optimize slice and subslice load balancing behavior."<br>
> for the rationale. Marked optional because no performance evaluation<br>
> has been done on this commit, it is provided to match the hashing<br>
> settings of the Iris driver. Test reports welcome.<br>
> ---<br>
> src/intel/vulkan/anv_genX.h | 4 ++<br>
> src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h | 6 ++<br>
> src/intel/vulkan/genX_blorp_exec.c | 6 ++<br>
> src/intel/vulkan/genX_cmd_buffer.c | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
> 4 files changed, 112 insertions(+)<br>
><br>
> diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_genX.h b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_genX.h<br>
> index a5435e566a3..06c6b467acf 100644<br>
> --- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_genX.h<br>
> +++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_genX.h<br>
> @@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ void genX(cmd_buffer_apply_pipe_flushes)(struct <br>
> anv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer);<br>
><br>
> void genX(cmd_buffer_emit_gen7_depth_flush)(struct anv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer);<br>
><br>
> +void genX(cmd_buffer_emit_hashing_mode)(struct anv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer,<br>
> + unsigned width, unsigned height,<br>
> + unsigned scale);<br>
> +<br>
> void genX(flush_pipeline_select_3d)(struct anv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer);<br>
> void genX(flush_pipeline_select_gpgpu)(struct anv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer);<br>
><br>
> diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h<br>
> index 2465f264354..b381386a716 100644<br>
> --- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h<br>
> +++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h<br>
> @@ -2421,6 +2421,12 @@ struct anv_cmd_state {<br>
><br>
> bool conditional_render_enabled;<br>
><br>
> + /**<br>
> + * Last rendering scale argument provided to<br>
> + * genX(cmd_buffer_emit_hashing_mode)().<br>
> + */<br>
> + unsigned current_hash_scale;<br>
> +<br>
> /**<br>
> * Array length is anv_cmd_state::pass::attachment_count. Array content is<br>
> * valid only when recording a render pass instance.<br>
> diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/genX_blorp_exec.c <br>
> b/src/intel/vulkan/genX_blorp_exec.c<br>
> index 1592e7f7e3d..e9eedc06696 100644<br>
> --- a/src/intel/vulkan/genX_blorp_exec.c<br>
> +++ b/src/intel/vulkan/genX_blorp_exec.c<br>
> @@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ genX(blorp_exec)(struct blorp_batch *batch,<br>
> genX(cmd_buffer_config_l3)(cmd_buffer, cfg);<br>
> }<br>
><br>
> + const unsigned scale = params->fast_clear_op ? UINT_MAX : 1;<br>
> + if (cmd_buffer->state.current_hash_scale != scale) {<br>
> + genX(cmd_buffer_emit_hashing_mode)(cmd_buffer, params->x1 - params->x0,<br>
> + params->y1 - params->y0, scale);<br>
> + }<br>
> +<br>
> #if GEN_GEN >= 11<br>
> /* The PIPE_CONTROL command description says:<br>
> *<br>
> diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/genX_cmd_buffer.c <br>
> b/src/intel/vulkan/genX_cmd_buffer.c<br>
> index 86ef1663ac4..e9e5570d49f 100644<br>
> --- a/src/intel/vulkan/genX_cmd_buffer.c<br>
> +++ b/src/intel/vulkan/genX_cmd_buffer.c<br>
> @@ -1595,6 +1595,7 @@ genX(CmdExecuteCommands)(<br>
> */<br>
> primary->state.current_pipeline = UINT32_MAX;<br>
> primary->state.current_l3_config = NULL;<br>
> + primary->state.current_hash_scale = 0;<br>
><br>
> /* Each of the secondary command buffers will use its own state base<br>
> * address. We need to re-emit state base address for the primary after<br>
> @@ -2663,6 +2664,9 @@ genX(cmd_buffer_flush_state)(struct anv_cmd_buffer <br>
> *cmd_buffer)<br>
><br>
> genX(cmd_buffer_config_l3)(cmd_buffer, pipeline->urb.l3_config);<br>
><br>
> + if (cmd_buffer->state.current_hash_scale != 1)<br>
> + genX(cmd_buffer_emit_hashing_mode)(cmd_buffer, UINT_MAX, UINT_MAX, 1);<br>
> +<br>
> genX(flush_pipeline_select_3d)(cmd_buffer);<br>
><br>
> if (vb_emit) {<br>
> @@ -3925,6 +3929,98 @@ genX(cmd_buffer_emit_gen7_depth_flush)(struct <br>
> anv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer)<br>
> }<br>
> }<br>
><br>
> +/**<br>
> + * Update the pixel hashing modes that determine the balancing of PS threads<br>
> + * across subslices and slices.<br>
> + *<br>
> + * \param width Width bound of the rendering area (already scaled down if \p<br>
> + * scale is greater than 1).<br>
> + * \param height Height bound of the rendering area (already scaled down if \p<br>
> + * scale is greater than 1).<br>
> + * \param scale The number of framebuffer samples that could potentially be<br>
> + * affected by an individual channel of the PS thread. This is<br>
> + * typically one for single-sampled rendering, but for operations<br>
> + * like CCS resolves and fast clears a single PS invocation may<br>
> + * update a huge number of pixels, in which case a finer<br>
> + * balancing is desirable in order to maximally utilize the<br>
> + * bandwidth available. UINT_MAX can be used as shorthand for<br>
> + * "finest hashing mode available".<br>
> + */<br>
> +void<br>
> +genX(cmd_buffer_emit_hashing_mode)(struct anv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer,<br>
> + unsigned width, unsigned height,<br>
> + unsigned scale)<br>
> +{<br>
> +#if GEN_GEN == 9<br>
> + const struct gen_device_info *devinfo = &cmd_buffer->device->info;<br>
> + const unsigned slice_hashing[] = {<br>
> + /* Because all Gen9 platforms with more than one slice require<br>
> + * three-way subslice hashing, a single "normal" 16x16 slice hashing<br>
> + * block is guaranteed to suffer from substantial imbalance, with one<br>
> + * subslice receiving twice as much work as the other two in the<br>
> + * slice.<br>
> + *<br>
> + * The performance impact of that would be particularly severe when<br>
> + * three-way hashing is also in use for slice balancing (which is the<br>
> + * case for all Gen9 GT4 platforms), because one of the slices<br>
> + * receives one every three 16x16 blocks in either direction, which<br>
> + * is roughly the periodicity of the underlying subslice imbalance<br>
> + * pattern ("roughly" because in reality the hardware's<br>
> + * implementation of three-way hashing doesn't do exact modulo 3<br>
> + * arithmetic, which somewhat decreases the magnitude of this effect<br>
> + * in practice). This leads to a systematic subslice imbalance<br>
> + * within that slice regardless of the size of the primitive. The<br>
> + * 32x32 hashing mode guarantees that the subslice imbalance within a<br>
> + * single slice hashing block is minimal, largely eliminating this<br>
> + * effect.<br>
> + */<br>
> + _32x32,<br>
> + /* Finest slice hashing mode available. */<br>
> + NORMAL<br>
> + };<br>
> + const unsigned subslice_hashing[] = {<br>
> + /* 16x16 would provide a slight cache locality benefit especially<br>
> + * visible in the sampler L1 cache efficiency of low-bandwidth<br>
> + * non-LLC platforms, but it comes at the cost of greater subslice<br>
> + * imbalance for primitives of dimensions approximately intermediate<br>
> + * between 16x4 and 16x16.<br>
> + */<br>
> + _16x4,<br>
> + /* Finest subslice hashing mode available. */<br>
> + _8x4<br>
> + };<br>
> + /* Dimensions of the smallest hashing block of a given hashing mode. If<br>
> + * the rendering area is smaller than this there can't possibly be any<br>
> + * benefit from switching to this mode, so we optimize out the<br>
> + * transition.<br>
> + */<br>
> + const unsigned min_size[][2] = {<br>
> + { 16, 4 },<br>
> + { 8, 4 }<br>
> + };<br>
> + const unsigned idx = scale > 1;<br>
> +<br>
> + if (width > min_size[idx][0] || height > min_size[idx][1]) {<br>
> + uint32_t gt_mode;<br>
> +<br>
> + anv_pack_struct(>_mode, GENX(GT_MODE),<br>
> + .SliceHashing = (devinfo->num_slices > 1 ? <br>
> slice_hashing[idx] : 0),<br>
> + .SliceHashingMask = (devinfo->num_slices > 1 ? -1 : 0),<br>
> + .SubsliceHashing = subslice_hashing[idx],<br>
> + .SubsliceHashingMask = -1);<br>
> +<br>
> + anv_batch_emit(&cmd_buffer->batch, GENX(PIPE_CONTROL), pc) {<br>
> + pc.StallAtPixelScoreboard = true;<br>
> + pc.CommandStreamerStallEnable = true;<br>
> + }<br>
> +<br>
> + emit_lri(&cmd_buffer->batch, GENX(GT_MODE_num), gt_mode);<br>
> +<br>
> + cmd_buffer->state.current_hash_scale = scale;<br>
> + }<br>
> +#endif<br>
> +}<br>
> +<br>
> static void<br>
> cmd_buffer_emit_depth_stencil(struct anv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer)<br>
> {<br>
> --<br>
> 2.22.0<br>
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