Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915/uc: Start preparing GuC/HuC for reset

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Quoting Daniele Ceraolo Spurio (2018-02-26 16:57:11)
> 
> 
> On 25/02/18 22:17, Sagar Arun Kamble wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 2/23/2018 10:31 PM, Daniele Ceraolo Spurio wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 23/02/18 06:04, Michal Wajdeczko wrote:
> >>> Right after GPU reset there will be a small window of time during which
> >>> some of GuC/HuC fields will still show state before reset. Let's start
> >>> to fix that by sanitizing firmware status as we will use it shortly.
> >>>
> >>> v2: s/reset_prepare/prepare_to_reset (Michel)
> >>>      don't forget about gem_sanitize path (Daniele)
> >>>
> >>> Suggested-by: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Sagar Arun Kamble <sagar.a.kamble@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Cc: Michel Thierry <michel.thierry@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c    |  5 ++++-
> >>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_guc.h   |  5 +++++
> >>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_huc.h   |  5 +++++
> >>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.c    | 14 ++++++++++++++
> >>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc.h    |  1 +
> >>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_uc_fw.h |  6 ++++++
> >>>   6 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c 
> >>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> >>> index 14c855b..ae2c4ba 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
> >>> @@ -2981,6 +2981,7 @@ int i915_gem_reset_prepare(struct 
> >>> drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
> >>>       }
> >>>         i915_gem_revoke_fences(dev_priv);
> >>> +    intel_uc_prepare_to_reset(dev_priv);
> >>>         return err;
> >>>   }
> >>> @@ -4881,8 +4882,10 @@ void i915_gem_sanitize(struct drm_i915_private 
> >>> *i915)
> >>>        * it may impact the display and we are uncertain about the 
> >>> stability
> >>>        * of the reset, so this could be applied to even earlier gen.
> >>>        */
> >>> -    if (INTEL_GEN(i915) >= 5 && intel_has_gpu_reset(i915))
> >>> +    if (INTEL_GEN(i915) >= 5 && intel_has_gpu_reset(i915)) {
> >>> +        intel_uc_prepare_to_reset(i915);
> >>
> >> This leaves the status with an incorrect value if we boot with 
> >> i915.reset=0, 
> > It depends on whether WOPCM is locked (In case of resume from S3 I have 
> > seen it to be the case often).
> > Then we need not reload GuC also unless we are not doing full GPU reset.
> >> but I think this is still the right place to add this in. 
> > Yes
> >> There are several things with GuC that are going to break if we use 
> >> reset=0 (e.g. doorbell cleanup) 
> > Can you elaborate how it might break.
> > i915 isn't currently communicating to GuC (destroy_doorbell) during 
> > doorbell cleanup and if we start communicating then it should
> > not fail as GuC will be available with reset=0.  Also 
> > __intel_uc_reset_hw isn't gated by reset modparam.
> 
> As you said we do always reset GuC no matter the value of the modparam, 
> but that does not reset the doorbell HW. If we're coming out of S3 and 
> the state as been preserved this will cause the doorbell HW to be left 
> in an unclean state, which could cause spurious doorbell interrupts to 
> be sent to GuC, not sure how the firmware handles those. The code as 
> moved since last time I looked at this in detail and I think we're now 
> most likely going to overwrite those unclean doorbells, but there are 
> unlikely corner cases (preempt context failing to be created) where we 
> might not do so.

I'm still going "wait, we can put the device into D3 and the GuC is
still powered?" Something feels wrong if the GuC retains state after the
HW is powered down. (So I'm wondering why this isn't just part of the
normal guc init path for module load/resume.)
-Chris
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