Re: [PATCH v4] drm/i915: program wm blocks to at least blocks required per line

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On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 12:31:05PM +0300, Vinod Govindapillai wrote:
> In configurations with single DRAM channel, for usecases like
> 4K 60 Hz, FIFO underruns are observed quite frequently. Looks
> like the wm0 watermark values need to bumped up because the wm0
> memory latency calculations are probably not taking the DRAM
> channel's impact into account.
> 
> As per the Bspec 49325, if the ddb allocation can hold at least
> one plane_blocks_per_line we should have selected method2.
> Assuming that modern HW versions have enough dbuf to hold
> at least one line, set the wm blocks to equivalent to blocks
> per line.
> 
> v2: styling and comments changes (Ville)
> v3: Updated the reviewed-by tag
> v4: max_t to max and patch styling (Ville)
> 
> References: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/intel/-/issues/4321
> Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stanislav Lisovskiy <stanislav.lisovskiy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vinod Govindapillai <vinod.govindapillai@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Stanislav Lisovskiy <stanislav.lisovskiy@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks. Pushed to drm-intel-next.

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> index 594ab59e4991..ee0047fdc95d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
> @@ -5475,6 +5475,25 @@ static void skl_compute_plane_wm(const struct intel_crtc_state *crtc_state,
>  	}
>  
>  	blocks = fixed16_to_u32_round_up(selected_result) + 1;
> +	/*
> +	 * Lets have blocks at minimum equivalent to plane_blocks_per_line
> +	 * as there will be at minimum one line for lines configuration. This
> +	 * is a work around for FIFO underruns observed with resolutions like
> +	 * 4k 60 Hz in single channel DRAM configurations.
> +	 *
> +	 * As per the Bspec 49325, if the ddb allocation can hold at least
> +	 * one plane_blocks_per_line, we should have selected method2 in
> +	 * the above logic. Assuming that modern versions have enough dbuf
> +	 * and method2 guarantees blocks equivalent to at least 1 line,
> +	 * select the blocks as plane_blocks_per_line.
> +	 *
> +	 * TODO: Revisit the logic when we have better understanding on DRAM
> +	 * channels' impact on the level 0 memory latency and the relevant
> +	 * wm calculations.
> +	 */
> +	if (skl_wm_has_lines(dev_priv, level))
> +		blocks = max(blocks,
> +			     fixed16_to_u32_round_up(wp->plane_blocks_per_line));
>  	lines = div_round_up_fixed16(selected_result,
>  				     wp->plane_blocks_per_line);
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.1

-- 
Ville Syrjälä
Intel



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