Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 23/46] drm/i915/guc: Insert submit fences between requests in parent-child relationship

Daniel Vetter
2021-08-09T17:03:30Z

On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 04:39:48PM +0000, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 06:32:42PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 03, 2021 at 03:29:20PM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > > The GuC must receive requests in the order submitted for contexts in a
> > > parent-child relationship to function correctly. To ensure this, insert
> > > a submit fence between the current request and last request submitted
> > > for requests / contexts in a parent child relationship. This is
> > > conceptually similar to a single timeline.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
> > > Cc: John Harrison <John.C.Harrison@Intel.com>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c | 2 +
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h | 5 +
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h | 3 +
> > > .../gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c | 3 +-
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c | 120 ++++++++++++++----
> > > 5 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
> > > index bb4c14656067..98ef2d0f7a39 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.c
> > > @@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ void intel_context_fini(struct intel_context *ce)
> > > {
> > > struct intel_context *child, *next;
> > >
> > > + if (ce->last_rq)
> > > + i915_request_put(ce->last_rq);
> > > if (ce->timeline)
> > > intel_timeline_put(ce->timeline);
> > > i915_vm_put(ce->vm);
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
> > > index 7ce3b3d2edb7..a302599e436a 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context.h
> > > @@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ intel_context_to_parent(struct intel_context *ce)
> > > return intel_context_is_child(ce) ? ce->parent : ce;
> > > }
> > >
> > > +static inline bool intel_context_is_parallel(struct intel_context *ce)
> > > +{
> > > + return intel_context_is_child(ce) || intel_context_is_parent(ce);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > void intel_context_bind_parent_child(struct intel_context *parent,
> > > struct intel_context *child);
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
> > > index 9665cb31bab0..f4fc81f64921 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_context_types.h
> > > @@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ struct intel_context {
> > > */
> > > u8 guc_prio;
> > > u32 guc_prio_count[GUC_CLIENT_PRIORITY_NUM];
> > > +
> > > + /* Last request submitted on a parent */
> > > + struct i915_request *last_rq;
> > > };
> > >
> > > #endif /* __INTEL_CONTEXT_TYPES__ */
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> > > index d1d4a1e59e8d..1cb382f7d79d 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_guc_submission.c
> > > @@ -820,8 +820,7 @@ static inline int rq_prio(const struct i915_request *rq)
> > >
> > > static inline bool is_multi_lrc_rq(struct i915_request *rq)
> > > {
> > > - return intel_context_is_child(rq->context) ||
> > > - intel_context_is_parent(rq->context);
> > > + return intel_context_is_parallel(rq->context);
> > > }
> > >
> > > /*
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
> > > index ce446716d092..2e51c8999088 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.c
> > > @@ -1546,36 +1546,62 @@ i915_request_await_object(struct i915_request *to,
> > > return ret;
> > > }
> > >
> > > +static inline bool is_parallel_rq(struct i915_request *rq)
> > > +{
> > > + return intel_context_is_parallel(rq->context);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static inline struct intel_context *request_to_parent(struct i915_request *rq)
> > > +{
> > > + return intel_context_to_parent(rq->context);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > static struct i915_request *
> > > -__i915_request_add_to_timeline(struct i915_request *rq)
> > > +__i915_request_ensure_parallel_ordering(struct i915_request *rq,
> > > + struct intel_timeline *timeline)
> > > {
> > > - struct intel_timeline *timeline = i915_request_timeline(rq);
> > > struct i915_request *prev;
> > >
> > > - /*
> > > - * Dependency tracking and request ordering along the timeline
> > > - * is special cased so that we can eliminate redundant ordering
> > > - * operations while building the request (we know that the timeline
> > > - * itself is ordered, and here we guarantee it).
> > > - *
> > > - * As we know we will need to emit tracking along the timeline,
> > > - * we embed the hooks into our request struct -- at the cost of
> > > - * having to have specialised no-allocation interfaces (which will
> > > - * be beneficial elsewhere).
> > > - *
> > > - * A second benefit to open-coding i915_request_await_request is
> > > - * that we can apply a slight variant of the rules specialised
> > > - * for timelines that jump between engines (such as virtual engines).
> > > - * If we consider the case of virtual engine, we must emit a dma-fence
> > > - * to prevent scheduling of the second request until the first is
> > > - * complete (to maximise our greedy late load balancing) and this
> > > - * precludes optimising to use semaphores serialisation of a single
> > > - * timeline across engines.
> > > - */
> > > + GEM_BUG_ON(!is_parallel_rq(rq));
> > > +
> > > + prev = request_to_parent(rq)->last_rq;
> > > + if (prev) {
> > > + if (!__i915_request_is_complete(prev)) {
> > > + i915_sw_fence_await_sw_fence(&rq->submit,
> > > + &prev->submit,
> > > + &rq->submitq);
> > > +
> > > + if (rq->engine->sched_engine->schedule)
> > > + __i915_sched_node_add_dependency(&rq->sched,
> > > + &prev->sched,
> > > + &rq->dep,
> > > + 0);
> > > + }
> > > + i915_request_put(prev);
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + request_to_parent(rq)->last_rq = i915_request_get(rq);
> > > +
> > > + return to_request(__i915_active_fence_set(&timeline->last_request,
> > > + &rq->fence));
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static struct i915_request *
> > > +__i915_request_ensure_ordering(struct i915_request *rq,
> > > + struct intel_timeline *timeline)
> > > +{
> > > + struct i915_request *prev;
> > > +
> > > + GEM_BUG_ON(is_parallel_rq(rq));
> > > +
> > > prev = to_request(__i915_active_fence_set(&timeline->last_request,
> > > &rq->fence));
> > > +
> > > if (prev && !__i915_request_is_complete(prev)) {
> > > bool uses_guc = intel_engine_uses_guc(rq->engine);
> > > + bool pow2 = is_power_of_2(READ_ONCE(prev->engine)->mask |
> > > + rq->engine->mask);
> > > + bool same_context = prev->context == rq->context;
> > >
> > > /*
> > > * The requests are supposed to be kept in order. However,
> > > @@ -1583,13 +1609,11 @@ __i915_request_add_to_timeline(struct i915_request *rq)
> > > * is used as a barrier for external modification to this
> > > * context.
> > > */
> > > - GEM_BUG_ON(prev->context == rq->context &&
> > > + GEM_BUG_ON(same_context &&
> > > i915_seqno_passed(prev->fence.seqno,
> > > rq->fence.seqno));
> > >
> > > - if ((!uses_guc &&
> > > - is_power_of_2(READ_ONCE(prev->engine)->mask | rq->engine->mask)) ||
> > > - (uses_guc && prev->context == rq->context))
> > > + if ((same_context && uses_guc) || (!uses_guc && pow2))
> > > i915_sw_fence_await_sw_fence(&rq->submit,
> > > &prev->submit,
> > > &rq->submitq);
> > > @@ -1604,6 +1628,50 @@ __i915_request_add_to_timeline(struct i915_request *rq)
> > > 0);
> > > }
> > >
> > > + return prev;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static struct i915_request *
> > > +__i915_request_add_to_timeline(struct i915_request *rq)
> > > +{
> > > + struct intel_timeline *timeline = i915_request_timeline(rq);
> > > + struct i915_request *prev;
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * Dependency tracking and request ordering along the timeline
> > > + * is special cased so that we can eliminate redundant ordering
> > > + * operations while building the request (we know that the timeline
> > > + * itself is ordered, and here we guarantee it).
> > > + *
> > > + * As we know we will need to emit tracking along the timeline,
> > > + * we embed the hooks into our request struct -- at the cost of
> > > + * having to have specialised no-allocation interfaces (which will
> > > + * be beneficial elsewhere).
> > > + *
> > > + * A second benefit to open-coding i915_request_await_request is
> > > + * that we can apply a slight variant of the rules specialised
> > > + * for timelines that jump between engines (such as virtual engines).
> > > + * If we consider the case of virtual engine, we must emit a dma-fence
> > > + * to prevent scheduling of the second request until the first is
> > > + * complete (to maximise our greedy late load balancing) and this
> > > + * precludes optimising to use semaphores serialisation of a single
> > > + * timeline across engines.
> > > + *
> >
> > Can we put a big FIXME in here that this should all be resolved with a
> > proper interface which passes the entire thing down to the backend?
> >
> > Or is that no longer (or wasn't ever) the long-term goal?
>
> I now you mentioned this in the past but I really don't think this all
> that great of an idea as it would be a pretty intrusive change and not
> sure what the real benefit is.
>
> However, when we move the DRM scheduler this can be dropped because the
> ordering of jobs on a sched_entity.

See further down. Your current design deadlocks - or well, can deadlock. I
think at least.
-Daniel

>
> Matt
>
> > -Daniel
> >
> > > + * We do not order parallel submission requests on the timeline as each
> > > + * parallel submission context has its own timeline and the ordering
> > > + * rules for parallel requests are that they must be submitted in the
> > > + * order received from the execbuf IOCTL. So rather than using the
> > > + * timeline we store a pointer to last request submitted in the
> > > + * relationship in the gem context and insert a submission fence
> > > + * between that request and request passed into this function or
> > > + * alternatively we use completion fence if gem context has a single
> > > + * timeline and this is the first submission of an execbuf IOCTL.
> > > + */
> > > + if (likely(!is_parallel_rq(rq)))
> > > + prev = __i915_request_ensure_ordering(rq, timeline);
> > > + else
> > > + prev = __i915_request_ensure_parallel_ordering(rq, timeline);
> > > +
> > > /*
> > > * Make sure that no request gazumped us - if it was allocated after
> > > * our i915_request_alloc() and called __i915_request_add() before
> > > --
> > > 2.28.0
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Vetter
> > Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> > http://blog.ffwll.ch

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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation