From: Marcin Bernatowicz <marcin.bernatowicz@linux.intel.com>
To: igt-dev@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: adam.miszczak@linux.intel.com, lukasz.laguna@intel.com,
tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com,
Marcin Bernatowicz <marcin.bernatowicz@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH i-g-t 1/2] benchmarks/gem_wsim: add explicit VM create/assign steps
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:12:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260714151235.1246608-2-marcin.bernatowicz@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260714151235.1246608-1-marcin.bernatowicz@linux.intel.com>
Add explicit VM management to workload descriptors so Xe runs can model
VM topology directly.
Introduce two new descriptor steps:
- V.N create VM id N (1-based)
- v.N.M assign VM N to context M
Implementation details:
- Add VM_CREATE and CTX_VM step types and vm_id storage in w_step.
- Parse V/v syntax with validation and clear error messages.
- Add allocate_vms() pre-scan to size and allocate vm_list from V steps.
- Update xe_prepare_contexts() to support explicit VM mode:
- create all explicit VMs
- default contexts to VM 0
- apply per-context VM assignments from v steps
- retain implicit single-VM fallback when no V steps are present
- Make get_vm() use per-context VM linkage.
Documentation:
- Add VM management step documentation into benchmarks/wsim/README.
This keeps i915 behavior unchanged while enabling explicit VM topology
control for Xe workloads.
Suggested-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcin Bernatowicz <marcin.bernatowicz@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Adam Miszczak <adam.miszczak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Lukasz Laguna <lukasz.laguna@intel.com>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com>
---
benchmarks/gem_wsim.c | 143 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
benchmarks/wsim/README | 19 ++++++
2 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/benchmarks/gem_wsim.c b/benchmarks/gem_wsim.c
index 8be44d0c8..b3c46772f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/gem_wsim.c
+++ b/benchmarks/gem_wsim.c
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ enum w_type {
TERMINATE,
SSEU,
WORKINGSET,
+ VM_CREATE,
+ CTX_VM,
};
struct dep_entry {
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ struct w_step {
struct bond bond;
int sseu;
struct working_set working_set;
+ int vm_id;
};
/* Implementation details */
@@ -241,6 +244,7 @@ struct w_step {
struct vm {
uint32_t id;
+ bool declared;
bool compute_mode;
uint64_t ahnd;
};
@@ -1240,6 +1244,55 @@ parse_workload(struct w_arg *arg, unsigned int flags, double scale_dur,
step.type = WORKINGSET;
goto add_step;
+ } else if (!strcmp(field, "V")) {
+ /*
+ * V.N - create VM with id N (xe only, ignored on i915)
+ * VM ids are 1-based in the descriptor.
+ */
+ field = strtok_r(fstart, ".", &fctx);
+ check_arg(!field, "Missing VM id at step %u!\n",
+ nr_steps);
+ tmp = atoi(field);
+ check_arg(tmp <= 0, "Invalid VM id at step %u!\n",
+ nr_steps);
+ step.vm_id = tmp;
+ step.type = VM_CREATE;
+ goto add_step;
+ } else if (!strcmp(field, "v")) {
+ /*
+ * v.N.M - assign VM N to ctx M
+ * (xe only, ignored on i915)
+ */
+ unsigned int nr = 0;
+ int vm = 0, ctx_id = 0;
+
+ while ((field = strtok_r(fstart, ".", &fctx))) {
+ fstart = NULL;
+ tmp = atoi(field);
+ if (nr == 0) {
+ check_arg(tmp <= 0,
+ "Invalid VM id at step %u!\n",
+ nr_steps);
+ vm = tmp;
+ } else if (nr == 1) {
+ check_arg(tmp <= 0,
+ "Invalid ctx id at step %u!\n",
+ nr_steps);
+ ctx_id = tmp;
+ } else {
+ check_arg(1,
+ "Too many fields in v step at step %u!\n",
+ nr_steps);
+ }
+ nr++;
+ }
+ check_arg(nr != 2,
+ "v step requires VM id and ctx id at step %u!\n",
+ nr_steps);
+ step.vm_id = vm;
+ step.context = ctx_id;
+ step.type = CTX_VM;
+ goto add_step;
}
if (!field) {
@@ -1665,6 +1718,14 @@ xe_get_eq(struct workload *wrk, const struct w_step *w)
static struct vm *
get_vm(struct workload *wrk, const struct w_step *w)
{
+ struct ctx *ctx = __get_ctx(wrk, w);
+
+ /* If the ctx has been linked to an explicit VM, use it; otherwise
+ * fall back to the implicit single vm_list[0].
+ */
+ if (ctx->vm)
+ return ctx->vm;
+
return wrk->vm_list;
}
@@ -2087,6 +2148,33 @@ static void xe_exec_queue_create_(struct ctx *ctx, struct xe_exec_queue *eq)
eq->id = create.exec_queue_id;
}
+static void allocate_vms(struct workload *wrk)
+{
+ int max_vm = 0;
+ struct w_step *w;
+
+ /*
+ * Slot 0 is always the implicit/default VM. Descriptor VM ids are
+ * 1-based and map directly to vm_list[N] for explicit V.N steps.
+ */
+ for_each_w_step(w, wrk) {
+ if (w->type != VM_CREATE)
+ continue;
+ if (w->vm_id > max_vm)
+ max_vm = w->vm_id;
+ }
+
+ wrk->nr_vms = max_vm + 1;
+ wrk->vm_list = calloc(wrk->nr_vms, sizeof(*wrk->vm_list));
+ igt_assert(wrk->vm_list);
+
+ for_each_w_step(w, wrk) {
+ if (w->type == VM_CREATE)
+ /* Mark only explicitly declared VMs; slot 0 stays implicit. */
+ wrk->vm_list[w->vm_id].declared = true;
+ }
+}
+
static void allocate_contexts(unsigned int id, struct workload *wrk)
{
int max_ctx = -1;
@@ -2094,13 +2182,19 @@ static void allocate_contexts(unsigned int id, struct workload *wrk)
/*
* Pre-scan workload steps to allocate context list storage.
+ * Skip VM management steps whose context field is unused.
*/
for_each_w_step(w, wrk) {
- int ctx = w->context + 1;
+ int ctx;
int delta;
w->wrk = wrk;
+ if (w->type == VM_CREATE)
+ continue;
+
+ ctx = w->context + 1;
+
if (ctx <= max_ctx)
continue;
@@ -2333,18 +2427,38 @@ static int xe_prepare_contexts(unsigned int id, struct workload *wrk)
struct ctx *ctx;
unsigned int i;
- /* shortcut, create one vm */
- wrk->nr_vms = 1;
- wrk->vm_list = calloc(wrk->nr_vms, sizeof(struct vm));
- igt_assert(wrk->vm_list);
- wrk->vm_list->compute_mode = false;
- xe_vm_create_(wrk->vm_list);
- wrk->vm_list->ahnd = intel_allocator_open(fd, wrk->vm_list->id,
- INTEL_ALLOCATOR_RELOC);
+ /* Slot 0 is the implicit/default VM. */
+ xe_vm_create_(&wrk->vm_list[0]);
+ wrk->vm_list[0].ahnd = intel_allocator_open(fd, wrk->vm_list[0].id,
+ INTEL_ALLOCATOR_RELOC);
+
+ for (i = 1; i < wrk->nr_vms; i++) {
+ if (!wrk->vm_list[i].declared)
+ continue;
+
+ xe_vm_create_(&wrk->vm_list[i]);
+ wrk->vm_list[i].ahnd =
+ intel_allocator_open(fd, wrk->vm_list[i].id,
+ INTEL_ALLOCATOR_RELOC);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Process CTX_VM steps to link each ctx to an explicit VM. Contexts
+ * without a v.N.M mapping remain on the implicit VM in slot 0.
+ */
+ __for_each_ctx(ctx, wrk, ctx_idx)
+ ctx->vm = &wrk->vm_list[0];
+
+ for_each_w_step(w, wrk) {
+ if (w->type != CTX_VM)
+ continue;
+ igt_assert_lt((unsigned int)w->vm_id, wrk->nr_vms);
+ igt_assert(wrk->vm_list[w->vm_id].declared);
+ igt_assert_lt((unsigned int)w->context, wrk->nr_ctxs);
+ wrk->ctx_list[w->context].vm = &wrk->vm_list[w->vm_id];
+ }
__for_each_ctx(ctx, wrk, ctx_idx) {
- /* link with vm */
- ctx->vm = wrk->vm_list;
for_each_w_step(w, wrk) {
if (w->context != ctx_idx)
continue;
@@ -2537,6 +2651,9 @@ static int prepare_workload(unsigned int id, struct workload *wrk)
allocate_contexts(id, wrk);
+ if (is_xe)
+ allocate_vms(wrk);
+
if (is_xe)
ret = xe_prepare_contexts(id, wrk);
else
@@ -2857,7 +2974,9 @@ static void *run_workload(void *data)
w->type == ENGINE_MAP ||
w->type == LOAD_BALANCE ||
w->type == BOND ||
- w->type == WORKINGSET) {
+ w->type == WORKINGSET ||
+ w->type == VM_CREATE ||
+ w->type == CTX_VM) {
/* No action for these at execution time. */
continue;
}
diff --git a/benchmarks/wsim/README b/benchmarks/wsim/README
index e43813335..909c1f039 100644
--- a/benchmarks/wsim/README
+++ b/benchmarks/wsim/README
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ P|S|X.<uint>.<int>
d|p|s|t|q|a|T.<int>,...
b.<uint>.<str>[|<str>].<str>
w|W.<uint>.<str>[/<str>]...
+V.<uint>
+v.<uint>.<uint>
f
For duration a range can be given from which a random value will be picked
@@ -39,6 +41,11 @@ Additional workload steps are also supported:
'W' - Shared working set.
'X' - Context preemption control.
+VM management steps (Xe: active; i915: ignored):
+
+ 'V' - Create VM with id N (V.N, VM ids are 1-based).
+ 'v' - Assign VM N to context/queue M (v.N.M).
+
Engine ids: DEFAULT, RCS, BCS, VCS, VCS1, VCS2, VECS
Example (leading spaces must not be present in the actual file):
@@ -88,6 +95,18 @@ Batch durations can also be specified as infinite by using the '*' in the
duration field. Such batches must be ended by the terminate command ('T')
otherwise they will cause a GPU hang to be reported.
+VM Example:
+
+ V.1
+ M.1.VCS
+ v.1.1
+ B.1
+ 1.VCS.1000.0.0
+
+Creates VM 1, configures context 1 with a VCS engine map, assigns context 1
+to VM 1, enables load balancing for context 1, and runs a single 1ms VCS
+batch.
+
Xe and i915 differences
------------------------
--
2.43.0
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2026-07-14 15:12 [PATCH i-g-t 0/2] benchmarks/gem_wsim: explicit VM create/assign + LR mode Marcin Bernatowicz
2026-07-14 15:12 ` Marcin Bernatowicz [this message]
2026-07-14 15:12 ` [PATCH i-g-t 2/2] benchmarks/gem_wsim: add compute/LR mode support for Xe VMs Marcin Bernatowicz
2026-07-14 20:26 ` ✗ Xe.CI.BAT: failure for benchmarks/gem_wsim: explicit VM create/assign + LR mode Patchwork
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