Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Special handling for bonded requests

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Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2020-05-28 11:20:07)
> 
> On 28/05/2020 10:57, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2020-05-27 09:53:22)
> >> +static void
> >> +mark_bonded_pair(struct i915_request *rq, struct i915_request *signal)
> >> +{
> >> +       /*
> >> +        * Give (temporary) special meaning to a pair requests with requested
> >> +        * aligned start along the video engines.
> >> +        *
> >> +        * They should be non-preemptable and have all ELSP ports to themselves
> >> +        * to avoid any deadlocks caused by inversions.
> >> +        *
> >> +        * Gen11+
> >> +        */
> >> +       if (INTEL_GEN(rq->i915) < 11 ||
> >> +           rq->engine->class != VIDEO_DECODE_CLASS ||
> >> +           rq->engine->class != signal->engine->class)
> >> +               return;
> >> +
> >> +       set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_NOPREEMPT, &rq->fence.flags);
> >> +       set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_NOPREEMPT, &signal->fence.flags);
> >> +
> >> +       intel_context_set_single_submission(rq->context);
> >> +       intel_context_set_single_submission(signal->context);
> > 
> > The thought that just popped into my head:
> > 
> > This can be after signal is already submitted into ELSP[1].
> 
> Yep I knew that but thought it would still work.
> 
> Master in vcs0 port1, slave in vcs1 port0 or queued.
> 
> If queued that means at worst case another bonded pair is running on 
> same engines, so they should be able to complete.
> 
> If slave submitted to vcs1 port0 then it will stay there until whatever 
> is in vcs0 port0 finishes and lets master in.
> 
> Do you see a possibility for things to go bad?

Because the master is already submitted in port1, the bond can go into
port0. Then a second bond turns up for the master in port0, and we're
back at square one.

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
index 37855ae8f8b3..698608e11df3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
@@ -2502,6 +2502,7 @@ static void eb_request_add(struct i915_execbuffer *eb)
        lockdep_unpin_lock(&tl->mutex, rq->cookie);
 
        trace_i915_request_add(rq);
+       set_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_SENTINEL, &rq->fence.flags);
 
        prev = __i915_request_commit(rq);

Will do the trick.

(Plus fixing up the rules for assert_pending_valid).
-Chris
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