Re: [PATCH v3 2/8] drm/panfrost: Enable cycle counter register upon job submission

[Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>]

On Tue,  5 Sep 2023 19:45:18 +0100
Adrián Larumbe <adrian.larumbe@collabora.com> wrote:

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
> index 033f5e684707..8b1bf6ac48f8 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c
> @@ -297,6 +297,11 @@ int panfrost_job_push(struct panfrost_job *job)
>  
>  	kref_get(&job->refcount); /* put by scheduler job completion */
>  
> +	if (atomic_read(&pfdev->profile_mode)) {
> +		panfrost_cycle_counter_get(pfdev);

This one should go in panfrost_job_hw_submit() IMO, otherwise you're
enabling the cycle-counter before the job has its dependencies met, and
depending on what the job depends on, it might take some time.

> +		job->is_profiled = true;
> +	}
> +
>  	drm_sched_entity_push_job(&job->base);
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&pfdev->sched_lock);
> @@ -351,6 +356,9 @@ static void panfrost_job_free(struct drm_sched_job *sched_job)
>  
>  	drm_sched_job_cleanup(sched_job);
>  
> +	if (job->is_profiled)
> +		panfrost_cycle_counter_put(job->pfdev);

I think I'd move this panfrost_cycle_counter_put() to
panfrost_job_handle_{err,done}(), to release the counter as soon as
we're done executing the job. We also need to make sure we release
cycle counter refs in the reset path (here [1]), to keep get/put
balanced when jobs are resubmitted.

> +
>  	panfrost_job_put(job);
>  }

[1]https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_job.c#L666