Re: [PATCH v6] drm/i915/icl: Enhanced execution list support

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Quoting Daniele Ceraolo Spurio (2018-01-24 17:30:07)
> From: Thomas Daniel <thomas.daniel@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Enhanced Execlists is an upgraded version of execlists which supports
> up to 8 ports. The lrcs to be submitted are written to a submit queue
> (the ExecLists Submission Queue - ELSQ), which is then loaded on the
> HW. When writing to the ELSP register, the lrcs are written cyclically
> in the queue from position 0 to position 7. Alternatively, it is
> possible to write directly in the individual positions of the queue
> using the ELSQC registers. To be able to re-use all the existing code
> we're using the latter method and we're currently limiting ourself to
> only using 2 elements.
> 
> The preemption flow is sligthly different with enhanced execlists, so
> this patch turns preemption off temporarily for platforms with ELSQ
> while we wait for the new mechanism to land.
> 
> v2: Rebase.
> v3: Switch from !IS_GEN11 to GEN < 11 (Daniele Ceraolo Spurio).
> v4: Use the elsq registers instead of elsp. (Daniele Ceraolo Spurio)
> v5: Reword commit, rename regs to be closer to specs, turn off
>     preemption (Daniele), reuse engine->execlists.elsp (Chris)
> v6: use has_logical_ring_elsq to differentiate the new paths
> 
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Daniel <thomas.daniel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h          |  7 ++++++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c          |  3 ++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_device_info.h |  1 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c         | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.h         |  3 +++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h  |  6 ++++--
>  6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> index 8333692..346209a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> @@ -2741,8 +2741,13 @@ static inline unsigned int i915_sg_segment_size(void)
>  
>  #define HAS_LOGICAL_RING_CONTEXTS(dev_priv) \
>                 ((dev_priv)->info.has_logical_ring_contexts)
> +#define HAS_LOGICAL_RING_ELSQ(dev_priv) \
> +               ((dev_priv)->info.has_logical_ring_elsq)
> +
> +/* XXX: Preemption disabled for ELSQ until support for new flow lands */
>  #define HAS_LOGICAL_RING_PREEMPTION(dev_priv) \
> -               ((dev_priv)->info.has_logical_ring_preemption)
> +               ((dev_priv)->info.has_logical_ring_preemption && \
> +                !HAS_LOGICAL_RING_ELSQ(dev_priv))

It's in the intel_device_info for a reason. I knew I should not have let
Michal turn this into a macro.

I still do not see any reason why you don't just make the current
preemption work (it will) and then you can refine it if you prove it
worthwhile.
-Chris
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