On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:18:56 -0800
Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add a new flag to let userspace provide a deadline as a hint for syncobj
> and timeline waits. This gives a hint to the driver signaling the
> backing fences about how soon userspace needs it to compete work, so it
> can addjust GPU frequency accordingly. An immediate deadline can be
> given to provide something equivalent to i915 "wait boost".
>
> v2: Use absolute u64 ns value for deadline hint, drop cap and driver
> feature flag in favor of allowing count_handles==0 as a way for
> userspace to probe kernel for support of new flag
>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> include/uapi/drm/drm.h | 5 +++
> 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
...
> diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> index 642808520d92..aefc8cc743e0 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> @@ -887,6 +887,7 @@ struct drm_syncobj_transfer {
> #define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_ALL (1 << 0)
> #define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT (1 << 1)
> #define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_AVAILABLE (1 << 2) /* wait for time point to become available */
> +#define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_DEADLINE (1 << 3) /* set fence deadline based to deadline_nsec/sec */
Hi,
where is the UAPI documentation explaining what is a "fence deadline"
and what setting it does here?
btw. no nsec/sec anymore.
Thanks,
pq
> struct drm_syncobj_wait {
> __u64 handles;
> /* absolute timeout */
> @@ -895,6 +896,8 @@ struct drm_syncobj_wait {
> __u32 flags;
> __u32 first_signaled; /* only valid when not waiting all */
> __u32 pad;
> + /* Deadline hint to set on backing fence(s) in CLOCK_MONOTONIC: */
> + __u64 deadline_ns;
> };
>
> struct drm_syncobj_timeline_wait {
> @@ -907,6 +910,8 @@ struct drm_syncobj_timeline_wait {
> __u32 flags;
> __u32 first_signaled; /* only valid when not waiting all */
> __u32 pad;
> + /* Deadline hint to set on backing fence(s) in CLOCK_MONOTONIC: */
> + __u64 deadline_ns;
> };
>
>
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