[PATCH] drm/i915: Fallback to using CPU relocations for large batch buffers

Chris Wilson
2015-01-09T17:50:56Z

If the batch buffer is too large to fit into the aperture and we need a
GTT mapping for relocations, we currently fail. This only applies to a
subset of machines for a subset of environments, quite undesirable. We
can simply check after failing to insert the batch into the GTT as to
whether we only need a mappable binding for relocation and, if so, we can
revert to using a non-mappable binding and an alternate relocation
method. However, using relocate_entry_cpu() is excruciatingly slow for
large buffers on non-LLC as the entire buffer requires clflushing before
and after the relocation handling. Alternatively, we can implement a
third relocation method that only clflushes around the relocation entry.
This is still slower than updating through the GTT, so we prefer using
the GTT where possible, but is orders of magnitude faster as we
typically do not have to then clflush the entire buffer.

An alternative idea of using a temporary WC mapping of the backing store
is promising (it should be faster than using the GTT itself), but
requires fairly extensive arch/x86 support - along the lines of
kmap_atomic_prof_pfn() (which is not universally implemented even for
x86).

Testcase: igt/gem_exec_big #byt
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index e3ef17783765..a2c4a0a1ec3b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ static inline int use_cpu_reloc(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
{
return (HAS_LLC(obj->base.dev) ||
obj->base.write_domain == I915_GEM_DOMAIN_CPU ||
- !obj->map_and_fenceable ||
obj->cache_level != I915_CACHE_NONE);
}

@@ -337,6 +336,51 @@ relocate_entry_gtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
return 0;
}

+static void
+clflush_write32(void *addr, uint32_t value)
+{
+ /* This is not a fast path, so KISS. */
+ drm_clflush_virt_range(addr, sizeof(uint32_t));
+ *(uint32_t *)addr = value;
+ drm_clflush_virt_range(addr, sizeof(uint32_t));
+}
+
+static int
+relocate_entry_clflush(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
+ struct drm_i915_gem_relocation_entry *reloc,
+ uint64_t target_offset)
+{
+ struct drm_device *dev = obj->base.dev;
+ uint32_t page_offset = offset_in_page(reloc->offset);
+ uint64_t delta = (int)reloc->delta + target_offset;
+ char *vaddr;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = i915_gem_object_set_to_gtt_domain(obj, true);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ vaddr = kmap_atomic(i915_gem_object_get_page(obj,
+ reloc->offset >> PAGE_SHIFT));
+ clflush_write32(vaddr + page_offset, lower_32_bits(delta));
+
+ if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 8) {
+ page_offset = offset_in_page(page_offset + sizeof(uint32_t));
+
+ if (page_offset == 0) {
+ kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
+ vaddr = kmap_atomic(i915_gem_object_get_page(obj,
+ (reloc->offset + sizeof(uint32_t)) >> PAGE_SHIFT));
+ }
+
+ clflush_write32(vaddr + page_offset, upper_32_bits(delta));
+ }
+
+ kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int
i915_gem_execbuffer_relocate_entry(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
struct eb_vmas *eb,
@@ -426,9 +470,12 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_relocate_entry(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,

if (use_cpu_reloc(obj))
ret = relocate_entry_cpu(obj, reloc, target_offset);
- else
+ else if (obj->map_and_fenceable)
ret = relocate_entry_gtt(obj, reloc, target_offset);
-
+ else if (cpu_has_clflush)
+ ret = relocate_entry_clflush(obj, reloc, target_offset);
+ else
+ ret = -ENODEV;
if (ret)
return ret;

@@ -525,6 +572,12 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_relocate(struct eb_vmas *eb)
return ret;
}

+static bool only_mappable_for_reloc(unsigned int flags)
+{
+ return (flags & (EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_FENCE | __EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_MAP)) ==
+ __EXEC_OBJECT_NEEDS_MAP;
+}
+
static int
i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve_vma(struct i915_vma *vma,
struct intel_engine_cs *ring,
@@ -544,6 +597,10 @@ i915_gem_execbuffer_reserve_vma(struct i915_vma *vma,
flags |= BATCH_OFFSET_BIAS | PIN_OFFSET_BIAS;

ret = i915_gem_object_pin(obj, vma->vm, entry->alignment, flags);
+ if (ret == -ENOSPC && only_mappable_for_reloc(entry->flags))
+ ret = i915_gem_object_pin(obj, vma->vm,
+ entry->alignment,
+ flags & ~(PIN_GLOBAL | PIN_MAPPABLE));
if (ret)
return ret;

--
2.1.4

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