From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@ursulin.net>
To: "Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer" <pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@amd.com>,
"Alex Deucher" <alexander.deucher@amd.com>,
"Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>,
"David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>
Cc: amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] drm/amdgpu: add engine_retains_context to amdgpu_ring_funcs
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 10:14:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6d2a4e81-8cfe-4ce8-82da-e5b0718ccbc7@ursulin.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251107090425.23199-1-pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@amd.com>
On 07/11/2025 09:04, Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer wrote:
> If true, the hw engine retains context among dependent jobs, which means
> load balancing between schedulers cannot be used at the job level.
>
> amdgpu_ctx_init_entity uses this information to disable load balancing,
> but it's best to store it as a property rather than deduce it based on
> hw_ip.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer <pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@amd.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v4_2.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v5_0.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v6_0.c | 3 +++
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v7_0.c | 2 ++
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v1_0.c | 2 ++
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_0.c | 2 ++
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c | 2 ++
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c | 3 +++
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_3.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_1.c | 1 +
> 15 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
> index 4b46e3c26ff3..a10efac2fc54 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
> @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ struct amdgpu_ring_funcs {
> bool support_64bit_ptrs;
> bool no_user_fence;
> bool secure_submission_supported;
> + bool engine_retains_context;
>
> /**
> * @extra_bytes:
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c
> index 2e79a3afc774..4a85b5465bb2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v3_1.c
> @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs uvd_v3_1_ring_funcs = {
> .align_mask = 0xf,
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = uvd_v3_1_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = uvd_v3_1_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = uvd_v3_1_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v4_2.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v4_2.c
> index 4b96fd583772..e7c1d12f0596 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v4_2.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v4_2.c
> @@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs uvd_v4_2_ring_funcs = {
> .align_mask = 0xf,
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = uvd_v4_2_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = uvd_v4_2_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = uvd_v4_2_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v5_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v5_0.c
> index 71409ad8b7ed..a62788e4af96 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v5_0.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v5_0.c
> @@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs uvd_v5_0_ring_funcs = {
> .align_mask = 0xf,
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = uvd_v5_0_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = uvd_v5_0_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = uvd_v5_0_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v6_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v6_0.c
> index ceb94bbb03a4..0435577b9b3b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v6_0.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v6_0.c
> @@ -1552,6 +1552,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs uvd_v6_0_ring_phys_funcs = {
> .align_mask = 0xf,
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = uvd_v6_0_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = uvd_v6_0_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = uvd_v6_0_ring_set_wptr,
> @@ -1578,6 +1579,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs uvd_v6_0_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .align_mask = 0xf,
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = uvd_v6_0_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = uvd_v6_0_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = uvd_v6_0_ring_set_wptr,
> @@ -1607,6 +1609,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs uvd_v6_0_enc_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .nop = HEVC_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = uvd_v6_0_enc_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = uvd_v6_0_enc_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = uvd_v6_0_enc_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v7_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v7_0.c
> index 1f8866f3f63c..3720d72f2c3e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v7_0.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/uvd_v7_0.c
> @@ -1539,6 +1539,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs uvd_v7_0_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .align_mask = 0xf,
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = uvd_v7_0_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = uvd_v7_0_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = uvd_v7_0_ring_set_wptr,
> @@ -1571,6 +1572,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs uvd_v7_0_enc_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .nop = HEVC_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = uvd_v7_0_enc_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = uvd_v7_0_enc_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = uvd_v7_0_enc_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v1_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v1_0.c
> index a316797875a8..1691d0f955a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v1_0.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v1_0.c
> @@ -2117,6 +2117,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v1_0_dec_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> .secure_submission_supported = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v1_0_dec_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v1_0_dec_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v1_0_dec_ring_set_wptr,
> @@ -2150,6 +2151,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v1_0_enc_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> .support_64bit_ptrs = false,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .no_user_fence = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v1_0_enc_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v1_0_enc_ring_get_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_0.c
> index 8897dcc9c1a0..046dd6b216e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_0.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_0.c
> @@ -2113,6 +2113,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v2_0_dec_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_DEC,
> .align_mask = 0xf,
> .secure_submission_supported = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v2_0_dec_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v2_0_dec_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v2_0_dec_ring_set_wptr,
> @@ -2144,6 +2145,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v2_0_enc_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_ENC,
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v2_0_enc_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v2_0_enc_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v2_0_enc_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c
> index cebee453871c..063f88da120b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c
> @@ -1777,6 +1777,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_DEC,
> .align_mask = 0xf,
> .secure_submission_supported = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v2_5_dec_ring_set_wptr,
> @@ -1877,6 +1878,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v2_5_enc_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_ENC,
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v2_5_enc_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v2_5_enc_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v2_5_enc_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c
> index d9cf8f0feeb3..8dcc07b3f631 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c
> @@ -1857,6 +1857,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v3_0_dec_sw_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_DEC_SW_CMD_NO_OP,
> .secure_submission_supported = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v3_0_dec_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v3_0_dec_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v3_0_dec_ring_set_wptr,
> @@ -2021,6 +2022,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v3_0_dec_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_DEC,
> .align_mask = 0xf,
> .secure_submission_supported = true,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v3_0_dec_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v3_0_dec_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v3_0_dec_ring_set_wptr,
> @@ -2122,6 +2124,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v3_0_enc_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_ENC,
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v3_0_enc_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v3_0_enc_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v3_0_enc_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c
> index 3ae666522d57..f1306316dc3c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c
> @@ -1977,6 +1977,7 @@ static struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v4_0_unified_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_ENC,
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .extra_bytes = sizeof(struct amdgpu_vcn_rb_metadata),
> .get_rptr = vcn_v4_0_unified_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v4_0_unified_ring_get_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_3.c
> index eacf4e93ba2f..5a935c07352a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_3.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_3.c
> @@ -1628,6 +1628,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v4_0_3_unified_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_ENC,
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v4_0_3_unified_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v4_0_3_unified_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v4_0_3_unified_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c
> index b107ee80e472..1a485f5825dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c
> @@ -1481,6 +1481,7 @@ static struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v4_0_5_unified_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_ENC,
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v4_0_5_unified_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v4_0_5_unified_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v4_0_5_unified_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c
> index 0202df5db1e1..2d8214f591f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c
> @@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v5_0_0_unified_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_ENC,
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v5_0_0_unified_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v5_0_0_unified_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v5_0_0_unified_ring_set_wptr,
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_1.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_1.c
> index 714350cabf2f..bd3a04f1414d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_1.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_1.c
> @@ -1328,6 +1328,7 @@ static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_vm_funcs = {
> .type = AMDGPU_RING_TYPE_VCN_ENC,
> .align_mask = 0x3f,
> .nop = VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
> + .engine_retains_context = true,
> .get_rptr = vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_get_rptr,
> .get_wptr = vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_get_wptr,
> .set_wptr = vcn_v5_0_1_unified_ring_set_wptr,
All checks out, nothing seems forgotten.
Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com>
Regards,
Tvrtko
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-07 10:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-07 9:04 [PATCH v4 1/3] drm/amdgpu: add engine_retains_context to amdgpu_ring_funcs Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer
2025-11-07 9:04 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] drm/amdgpu: increment sched score on entity selection Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer
2025-11-07 10:26 ` Christian König
2025-11-07 10:39 ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2025-11-13 16:43 ` Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer
2025-11-07 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] drm/amdgpu: add engine_retains_context to amdgpu_ring_funcs Christian König
2025-11-07 10:14 ` Tvrtko Ursulin [this message]
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