Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2019-02-28 09:38:36)
>
> On 28/02/2019 08:29, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > @@ -143,7 +141,15 @@ static u32 __i915_gem_park(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
> >
> > intel_display_power_put(i915, POWER_DOMAIN_GT_IRQ, wakeref);
> >
> > - return i915->gt.epoch;
> > + /*
> > + * When we are idle, it is an opportune time to reap our caches.
> > + * However, we have many objects that utilise RCU and the ordered
> > + * i915->wq that this work is executing on. To try and flush any
> > + * pending frees now we are idle, we first wait for an RCU grace
> > + * period, and then queue a task (that will run last on the wq) to
> > + * shrink and re-optimize the caches.
> > + */
> > + i915_globals_park();
>
> I think this comment would be better placed in i915_globals_park.
In i915_globals_park(), we have
/*
* Defer shrinking the global slab caches (and other work) until
* after a RCU grace period has completed with no activity. This
* is to try and reduce the latency impact on the consumers caused
* by us shrinking the caches the same time as they are trying to
* allocate, with the assumption being that if we idle long enough
* for an RCU grace period to elapse since the last use, it is likely
* to be longer until we need the caches again.
*/
Yeah, the old comment is a bit too verbose now, but I think it's still
worth having a comment there to explain what's about to be done and why
we call it now.
/* Tell the world we are idle and reap the benefits! */
Too subtle?
-Chris
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