Re: [PATCH v4] drm/i915: Optimistically spin for the request completion

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On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:59:50PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 04:19:02PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > I guess one test would be to see how many 1x1 [xN overdraw, say 1x1
> > Window, but rendering internally at 1080p] clients we can run in
> > parallel whilst hitting 60fps. And then whether allowing multiple
> > spinners helps or hinders.
> 
> I was thinking of a nice easy test that could demonstrate any advantage
> for spinning over waiting, and realised we already had such an igt. The
> trick is that it has to generate sufficient GPU load to actually require
> a wait, but not too high a GPU load such that we can see the impact from
> slow completion.
> 
> I present igt/gem_exec_blt (modified to repeat the measurement and do an
> average over several runs):
> 
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x      1:        21.000µs -> 5.800µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x      2:        11.500µs -> 4.500µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x      4:         6.750µs -> 3.750µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x      8:         4.950µs -> 3.375µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x     16:         3.825µs -> 3.175µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x     32:         3.356µs -> 3.000µs 
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x     64:         3.259µs -> 2.909µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x    128:         3.083µs -> 3.095µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x    256:         3.104µs -> 2.979µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x    512:         3.080µs -> 3.089µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x   1024:         3.077µs -> 3.040µs 
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x   2048:         3.127µs -> 3.304µs
> Time to blt 16384 bytes x   4096:         3.279µs -> 3.265µs

Then remembering to disable the cmdparser:

Time to blt 16384 bytes x      1:	  4.000µs, 3.8GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x      2:	  3.300µs, 4.6GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x      4:	  2.850µs, 5.4GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x      8:	  2.625µs, 5.8GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x     16:	  2.500µs, 6.1GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x     32:	  2.469µs, 6.2GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x     64:	  2.447µs, 6.2GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x    128:	  2.438µs, 6.3GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x    256:	  2.382µs, 6.4GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x    512:	  2.389µs, 6.4GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x   1024:	  2.386µs, 6.4GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x   2048:	  2.382µs, 6.4GiB/s
Time to blt 16384 bytes x   4096:	  2.378µs, 6.4GiB/s
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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