Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm/doc: add rfc section for small BAR uapi

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On 18/03/2022 09:38, Lionel Landwerlin wrote:
Hey Matthew, all,

This sounds like a good thing to have.
There are a number of DG2 machines where we have a small BAR and this is causing more apps to fail.

Anv currently reports 3 memory heaps to the app :

     - local device only (not host visible) -> mapped to lmem
     - device/cpu -> mapped to smem
     - local device but also host visible -> mapped to lmem

So we could use this straight away, by just not putting the I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS flag on the allocation of the first heap.

One thing I don't see in this proposal is how can we get the size of the 2 lmem heap : cpu visible, cpu not visible
We could use that to report the appropriate size to the app.
We probably want to report a new drm_i915_memory_region_info and either :
     - put one of the reserve field to use to indicate : cpu visible
     - or define a new enum value in drm_i915_gem_memory_class

Thanks for taking a look at this. Returning the probed CPU visible size as part of the region query seems reasonable. Something like:

@@ -3074,8 +3074,18 @@ struct drm_i915_memory_region_info {
/** @unallocated_size: Estimate of memory remaining (-1 = unknown) */
        __u64 unallocated_size;

-       /** @rsvd1: MBZ */
-       __u64 rsvd1[8];
+       union {
+               /** @rsvd1: MBZ */
+               __u64 rsvd1[8];
+
+               struct {
+                       /**
+ * @probed_cpu_visible_size: Memory probed by the driver
+                        * that is CPU accessible. (-1 = unknown)
+                        */
+                       __u64 probed_cpu_visible_size;
+               };
+       };


I will add this in the next version, if no objections.


Cheers,

-Lionel


On 18/02/2022 13:22, Matthew Auld wrote:
Add an entry for the new uapi needed for small BAR on DG2+.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jon Bloomfield <jon.bloomfield@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kenneth Graunke <kenneth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: mesa-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
  Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h   | 153 +++++++++++++++++++++++
  Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.rst |  40 ++++++
  Documentation/gpu/rfc/index.rst          |   4 +
  3 files changed, 197 insertions(+)
  create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h
  create mode 100644 Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa65835fd608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/**
+ * struct __drm_i915_gem_create_ext - Existing gem_create behaviour, with added
+ * extension support using struct i915_user_extension.
+ *
+ * Note that in the future we want to have our buffer flags here, at least for + * the stuff that is immutable. Previously we would have two ioctls, one to + * create the object with gem_create, and another to apply various parameters, + * however this creates some ambiguity for the params which are considered + * immutable. Also in general we're phasing out the various SET/GET ioctls.
+ */
+struct __drm_i915_gem_create_ext {
+    /**
+     * @size: Requested size for the object.
+     *
+     * The (page-aligned) allocated size for the object will be returned.
+     *
+     * Note that for some devices we have might have further minimum
+     * page-size restrictions(larger than 4K), like for device local-memory.
+     * However in general the final size here should always reflect any
+     * rounding up, if for example using the I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_MEMORY_REGIONS
+     * extension to place the object in device local-memory.
+     */
+    __u64 size;
+    /**
+     * @handle: Returned handle for the object.
+     *
+     * Object handles are nonzero.
+     */
+    __u32 handle;
+    /**
+     * @flags: Optional flags.
+     *
+     * Supported values:
+     *
+     * I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS - Signal to the kernel that
+     * the object will need to be accessed via the CPU.
+     *
+     * Only valid when placing objects in I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE, and
+     * only strictly required on platforms where only some of the device
+     * memory is directly visible or mappable through the CPU, like on DG2+.
+     *
+     * One of the placements MUST also be I915_MEMORY_CLASS_SYSTEM, to
+     * ensure we can always spill the allocation to system memory, if we
+     * can't place the object in the mappable part of
+     * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE.
+     *
+     * Note that buffers that need to be captured with EXEC_OBJECT_CAPTURE, +     * will need to enable this hint, if the object can also be placed in +     * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE, starting from DG2+. The execbuf call will +     * throw an error otherwise. This also means that such objects will need
+     * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_SYSTEM set as a possible placement.
+     *
+     * Without this hint, the kernel will assume that non-mappable
+     * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE is preferred for this object. Note that the +     * kernel can still migrate the object to the mappable part, as a last +     * resort, if userspace ever CPU faults this object, but this might be
+     * expensive, and so ideally should be avoided.
+     */
+#define I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS (1 << 0)
+    __u32 flags;
+    /**
+     * @extensions: The chain of extensions to apply to this object.
+     *
+     * This will be useful in the future when we need to support several
+     * different extensions, and we need to apply more than one when
+     * creating the object. See struct i915_user_extension.
+     *
+     * If we don't supply any extensions then we get the same old gem_create
+     * behaviour.
+     *
+     * For I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_MEMORY_REGIONS usage see
+     * struct drm_i915_gem_create_ext_memory_regions.
+     *
+     * For I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_PROTECTED_CONTENT usage see
+     * struct drm_i915_gem_create_ext_protected_content.
+     */
+#define I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_MEMORY_REGIONS 0
+#define I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_PROTECTED_CONTENT 1
+    __u64 extensions;
+};
+
+#define DRM_I915_QUERY_VMA_INFO    5
+
+/**
+ * struct __drm_i915_query_vma_info
+ *
+ * Given a vm and GTT address, lookup the corresponding vma, returning its set
+ * of attributes.
+ *
+ * .. code-block:: C
+ *
+ *    struct drm_i915_query_vma_info info = {};
+ *    struct drm_i915_query_item item = {
+ *        .data_ptr = (uintptr_t)&info,
+ *        .query_id = DRM_I915_QUERY_VMA_INFO,
+ *    };
+ *    struct drm_i915_query query = {
+ *        .num_items = 1,
+ *        .items_ptr = (uintptr_t)&item,
+ *    };
+ *    int err;
+ *
+ *    // Unlike some other types of queries, there is no need to first query + *    // the size of the data_ptr blob here, since we already know ahead of
+ *    // time how big this needs to be.
+ *    item.length = sizeof(info);
+ *
+ *    // Next we fill in the vm_id and ppGTT address of the vma we wish
+ *    // to query, before then firing off the query.
+ *    info.vm_id = vm_id;
+ *    info.offset = gtt_address;
+ *    err = ioctl(fd, DRM_IOCTL_I915_QUERY, &query);
+ *    if (err || item.length < 0) ...
+ *
+ *    // If all went well we can now inspect the returned attributes.
+ *    if (info.attributes & DRM_I915_QUERY_VMA_INFO_CPU_VISIBLE) ...
+ */
+struct __drm_i915_query_vma_info {
+    /**
+     * @vm_id: The given vm id that contains the vma. The id is the value
+     * returned by the DRM_I915_GEM_VM_CREATE. See struct
+     * drm_i915_gem_vm_control.vm_id.
+     */
+    __u32 vm_id;
+    /** @pad: MBZ. */
+    __u32 pad;
+    /**
+     * @offset: The corresponding ppGTT address of the vma which the kernel
+     * will use to perform the lookup.
+     */
+    __u64 offset;
+    /**
+     * @attributes: The returned attributes for the given vma.
+     *
+     * Possible values:
+     *
+     * DRM_I915_QUERY_VMA_INFO_CPU_VISIBLE - Set if the pages backing the +     * vma are currently CPU accessible. If this is not set then the vma is +     * currently backed by I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE memory, which the CPU +     * cannot directly access(this is only possible on discrete devices with
+     * a small BAR). Attempting to MMAP and fault such an object will
+     * require the kernel first synchronising any GPU work tied to the
+     * object, before then migrating the pages, either to the CPU accessible +     * part of I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE, or I915_MEMORY_CLASS_SYSTEM, if the +     * placements permit it. See I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS.
+     *
+     * Note that this is inherently racy.
+     */
+#define DRM_I915_QUERY_VMA_INFO_CPU_VISIBLE (1<<0)
+    __u64 attributes;
+    /** @rsvd: MBZ */
+    __u32 rsvd[4];
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.rst b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fea92d3d69ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+==========================
+I915 Small BAR RFC Section
+==========================
+Starting from DG2 we will have resizable BAR support for device local-memory, +but in some cases the final BAR size might still be smaller than the total
+local-memory size. In such cases only part of local-memory will be CPU
+accessible, while the remainder is only accessible via the GPU.
+
+I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS flag
+----------------------------------------------
+New gem_create_ext flag to tell the kernel that a BO will require CPU access. +The becomes important when placing an object in LMEM, where underneath the +device has a small BAR, meaning only part of it is CPU accessible. Without this +flag the kernel will assume that CPU access is not required, and prioritize
+using the non-CPU visible portion of LMEM(if present on the device).
+
+Related to this, we now also reject any objects marked with
+EXEC_OBJECT_CAPTURE, which are also not tagged with NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS. This only
+impacts DG2+.
+
+XXX: One open here is whether we should extend the memory region query to return +the CPU visible size of the region. For now the IGTs just use debugfs to query +the size. However, if userspace sees a real need for this then extending the
+region query would be a lot nicer.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h
+   :functions: __drm_i915_gem_create_ext
+
+DRM_I915_QUERY_VMA_INFO query
+-----------------------------
+Query the attributes of some vma. Given a vm and GTT offset, find the
+respective vma, and return its set of attrubutes. For now we only support
+DRM_I915_QUERY_VMA_INFO_CPU_VISIBLE, which is set if the object/vma is
+currently placed in memory that is accessible by the CPU. This should always be +set on devices where the CPU visible size of LMEM matches the probed size. If +this is not set then CPU faulting the object will first require migrating the
+pages.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h
+   :functions: __drm_i915_query_vma_info
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/index.rst b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/index.rst
index 018a8bf317a6..5b8495bdc1fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/index.rst
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ host such documentation:
  .. toctree::
      i915_scheduler.rst
+
+.. toctree::
+
+    i915_small_bar.rst





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