Re: [PATCH 4/4] drm/i915: Predictive governor to control eu/slice/subslice based on workload

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Hi Tvrtko, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tvrtko Ursulin [mailto:tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 1:56 PM
> To: Navik, Ankit P <ankit.p.navik@xxxxxxxxx>; intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: J Karanje, Kedar <kedar.j.karanje@xxxxxxxxx>; Diwakar, Praveen
> <praveen.diwakar@xxxxxxxxx>; Marathe, Yogesh
> <yogesh.marathe@xxxxxxxxx>; Muthukumar, Aravindan
> <aravindan.muthukumar@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re:  [PATCH 4/4] drm/i915: Predictive governor to control
> eu/slice/subslice based on workload
> 
> 
> On 25/09/2018 07:12, Navik, Ankit P wrote:
> > Hi Tvrtko,
> >
> > Thank you for your valuable comments. We have gone through it.
> > I'll be submitting revised patch-sets after incorporating all your review
> comments.
> 
> You're welcome!
> 
> Btw one more thing - you can suspend your timer when GPU goes idle and
> restart it when active. See for instance i915_pmu_gt_parked/unparked where to
> put the hooks.

We are working on this and we will send as new patch on top of series.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tvrtko
> 
> >> On 21/09/2018 10:13, kedar.j.karanje@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>> From: Praveen Diwakar <praveen.diwakar@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>> High resoluton timer is used for this purpose.
> >>>
> >>> Debugfs is provided to enable/disable/update timer configuration
> >>>
> >>> Change-Id: I35d692c5afe962fcad4573185bc6f744487711d0
> >>> Signed-off-by: Praveen Diwakar <praveen.diwakar@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Yogesh Marathe <yogesh.marathe@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Aravindan Muthukumar <aravindan.muthukumar@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Kedar J Karanje <kedar.j.karanje@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Ankit Navik <ankit.p.navik@xxxxxxxxx
> >>> ---
> >>>    drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c | 94
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >>>    drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h     |  1 +
> >>>    2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> >>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> >>> index f9ce35d..81ba509 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_debugfs.c
> >>> @@ -4740,6 +4740,97 @@ static const struct drm_info_list
> >> i915_debugfs_list[] = {
> >>>    	{"i915_drrs_status", i915_drrs_status, 0},
> >>>    	{"i915_rps_boost_info", i915_rps_boost_info, 0},
> >>>    };
> >>> +
> >>> +#define POLL_PERIOD_MS	(1000 * 1000)
> >>> +#define PENDING_REQ_0	0 /* No active request pending*/
> >>> +#define PENDING_REQ_3	3 /* Threshold value of 3 active request
> >> pending*/
> >>> +			  /* Anything above this is considered as HIGH load
> >>> +			   * context
> >>> +			   */
> >>> +			  /* And less is considered as LOW load*/
> >>> +			  /* And equal is considered as mediaum load */
> >>
> >> Wonky comments and some typos up to here.
Changes done in v2.
> >>
> >>> +
> >>> +static int predictive_load_enable;
> >>> +static int predictive_load_timer_init;
> >>> +
> >>> +static enum hrtimer_restart predictive_load_cb(struct hrtimer
> >>> +*hrtimer) {
> >>> +	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv =
> >>> +		container_of(hrtimer, typeof(*dev_priv),
> >>> +				pred_timer);
> >>> +	enum intel_engine_id id;
> >>> +	struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
> >>
> >> Some unused's.
Changes done in v2. 
> >>
> >>> +	struct i915_gem_context *ctx;
> >>> +	u64 req_pending;
> >>
> >> unsigned long, and also please try to order declaration so the right
> >> edge of text is moving in one direction only.
Changes done in v2.
> >>
> >>> +
> >>> +	list_for_each_entry(ctx, &dev_priv->contexts.list, link) {
> >>> +
> >>> +		if (!ctx->name)
> >>> +			continue;
> >>
> >> What is this?
Just an error check for invalid context.
> >>
> >>> +
> >>> +		mutex_lock(&dev_priv->pred_mutex);
> >>
> >> Here the mutex bites you since you cannot sleep in the timer callback.
> >> atomic_t would solve it. Or would a native unsigned int/long since
> >> lock to read a native word on x86 is not needed.
Changes done in v2.
> >>
> >>> +		req_pending = ctx->req_cnt;
> >>> +		mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->pred_mutex);
> >>> +
> >>> +		if (req_pending == PENDING_REQ_0)
> >>> +			continue;
> >>> +
> >>> +		if (req_pending > PENDING_REQ_3)
> >>> +			ctx->load_type = LOAD_TYPE_HIGH;
> >>> +		else if (req_pending == PENDING_REQ_3)
> >>> +			ctx->load_type = LOAD_TYPE_MEDIUM;
> >>> +		else if (req_pending < PENDING_REQ_3)
> >>
> >> Must be smaller if not greater or equal, but maybe the compiler does
> >> that for you.
Changes done in v2. 
> >>
> >>> +			ctx->load_type = LOAD_TYPE_LOW;
> >>> +
> >>> +		i915_set_optimum_config(ctx->load_type, ctx,
> >> KABYLAKE_GT3);
> >>
> >> Only KBL? Idea to put the table in dev_priv FTW! :)
Changes done in v2.
> >>
> >> ctx->load_type used only as a temporary uncovered here? :)
> >>
> >>> +	}
> >>> +
> >>> +	hrtimer_forward_now(hrtimer,
> >>> +
> >> 	ns_to_ktime(predictive_load_enable*POLL_PERIOD_MS));
> >>
> >> Or HRTIMER_NORESTART if disabled? Hard to call it, details..
We get timer value and we don’t start the timer if the value is 0.
> >>
> >>> +
> >>> +	return HRTIMER_RESTART;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static int
> >>> +i915_predictive_load_get(void *data, u64 *val) {
> >>> +	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = data;
> >>> +
> >>> +	*val = predictive_load_enable;
> >>> +	return 0;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +static int
> >>> +i915_predictive_load_set(void *data, u64 val) {
> >>> +	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = data;
> >>> +	struct intel_device_info *info;
> >>> +
> >>> +	info = mkwrite_device_info(dev_priv);
> >>
> >> Unused, why?
Changes done in v2.
> >>
> >>> +
> >>> +	predictive_load_enable = val;
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (predictive_load_enable) {
> >>> +		if (!predictive_load_timer_init) {
> >>> +			hrtimer_init(&dev_priv->pred_timer,
> >> CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
> >>> +					HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
> >>> +			dev_priv->pred_timer.function = predictive_load_cb;
> >>> +			predictive_load_timer_init = 1;
> >>
> >> Move timer init to dev_priv setup.
Changes done in v2.
> >>
> >>> +		}
> >>> +		hrtimer_start(&dev_priv->pred_timer,
> >>> +
> >> 	ns_to_ktime(predictive_load_enable*POLL_PERIOD_MS),
> >>> +			HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
> >>
> >> Two threads can race to here.
This is under mutex, please let me know scenario if any corner case which could
cause race condition.
> >>
> >> Also you can give some slack to the timer since precision is not
> >> critical to you and can save you some CPU power.
Changes done in v2.
> >>
> >>> +	} else {
> >>> +		hrtimer_cancel(&dev_priv->pred_timer);
> >>> +	}
> >>> +
> >>> +	return 0;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(i915_predictive_load_ctl,
> >>> +			i915_predictive_load_get, i915_predictive_load_set,
> >>> +			"%llu\n");
> >>> +
> >>>    #define I915_DEBUGFS_ENTRIES ARRAY_SIZE(i915_debugfs_list)
> >>>
> >>>    static const struct i915_debugfs_files { @@ -4769,7 +4860,8 @@
> >>> static const struct i915_debugfs_files {
> >>>    	{"i915_hpd_storm_ctl", &i915_hpd_storm_ctl_fops},
> >>>    	{"i915_ipc_status", &i915_ipc_status_fops},
> >>>    	{"i915_drrs_ctl", &i915_drrs_ctl_fops},
> >>> -	{"i915_edp_psr_debug", &i915_edp_psr_debug_fops}
> >>> +	{"i915_edp_psr_debug", &i915_edp_psr_debug_fops},
> >>> +	{"i915_predictive_load_ctl", &i915_predictive_load_ctl}
> >>
> >> And if the feature is to become real one day, given it's nature, the
> >> knob would probably have to go to sysfs, not debugfs.
Added FIXME comment to migrate to sysfs on subsequent version along with other fixes.
> >>
> >>>    };
> >>>
> >>>    int i915_debugfs_register(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv) diff
> >>> --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> >>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h index 137ec33..0505c47 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> >>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
> >>> @@ -1552,6 +1552,7 @@ struct intel_cdclk_state {
> >>>    };
> >>>
> >>>    struct drm_i915_private {
> >>> +	struct hrtimer pred_timer;
> >>
> >> Surely not the first member! :)
Changes done in v2. 

Regards, Ankit
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Tvrtko
> >>
> >>>    	struct drm_device drm;
> >>>
> >>>    	struct kmem_cache *objects;
> >>>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ankit
> >
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