Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915: Speed up idle detection by kicking the tasklets

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Quoting Mika Kuoppala (2018-05-07 09:34:24)
> Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > We rely on ksoftirqd to run in a timely fashion in order to drain the
> > execlists queue. Quite frequently, it does not. In some cases we may see
> > latencies of over 200ms triggering our idle timeouts and forcing us to
> > declare the driver wedged!
> >
> > Thus we can speed up idle detection by bypassing ksoftirqd in these
> > cases and flush our tasklet to confirm if we are indeed still waiting
> > for the ELSP to drain.
> >
> > v2: Put the execlists.first check back; it is required for handling
> > reset!
> >
> > References: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106373
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> > index 70325e0824e3..a3111511ea1d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> > @@ -945,10 +945,19 @@ bool intel_engine_is_idle(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
> >               return true;
> >  
> >       /* Waiting to drain ELSP? */
> > -     if (READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.active))
> > -             return false;
> > +     if (READ_ONCE(engine->execlists.active)) {
> > +             struct intel_engine_execlists *execlists = &engine->execlists;
> > +
> > +             if (tasklet_trylock(&execlists->tasklet)) {
> 
> Now that we have the lock, sample active again to catch
> the late tasklet run and skip running if so?

It becomes a nop in the submission tasklet, it's not dangerous. So it
comes down to what looks less of a wart!
-Chris
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