Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v4 2/6] drm/i915/gt: Ensure memory quiesced before invalidation

[Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>]

Hi Matt,

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 01:31:03PM -0700, Matt Roper wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 10:54:37AM -0700, Matt Roper wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 07:30:55PM +0200, Andi Shyti wrote:
> > > From: Jonathan Cavitt <jonathan.cavitt@intel.com>
> > > 
> > > All memory traffic must be quiesced before requesting
> > > an aux invalidation on platforms that use Aux CCS.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 972282c4cf24 ("drm/i915/gen12: Add aux table invalidate for all engines")
> > > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cavitt <jonathan.cavitt@intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>
> > > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.8+
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_engine_cs.c | 7 +++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_engine_cs.c
> > > index 563efee055602..bee3b7dc595cf 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_engine_cs.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/gen8_engine_cs.c
> > > @@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ int gen12_emit_flush_rcs(struct i915_request *rq, u32 mode)
> > >  {
> > >  	struct intel_engine_cs *engine = rq->engine;
> > >  
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Aux invalidations on Aux CCS platforms require
> > > +	 * memory traffic is quiesced prior.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if ((mode & EMIT_INVALIDATE) && !HAS_FLAT_CCS(engine->i915))
> > 
> > It's a pre-existing mistake in drm-tip at the moment, but we shouldn't
> > assume !flatccs always implies auxccs.  PVC has neither, and there may
> > be other similar platforms in the future.  We should probably add a
> > helper function for AuxCCS, similar to what we added to the Xe driver
> > recently:
> > 
> > https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/539304/?series=118334&rev=1

Currently that is done in patch 6...

> BTW, since this patch didn't handle it I was expecting to see another
> patch in the series that quiesces memory for the non-RCS/CCS engines,
> but it looks like there isn't one yet.  So we should probably add the
> necessary MI_FLUSH_DW logic for the other engines to this patch as well.

... where also other engines are handles as well. I left this
patch as it is in order to preserve the authorship and it's
original form.

Maybe in patch 6 I can add the extra check for PVC as you did for
XE.

Thanks,
Andi