On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 1:21 AM Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 11:35:07 -0800
> Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add a way to hint to the fence signaler of an upcoming deadline, such as
> > vblank, which the fence waiter would prefer not to miss. This is to aid
> > the fence signaler in making power management decisions, like boosting
> > frequency as the deadline approaches and awareness of missing deadlines
> > so that can be factored in to the frequency scaling.
> >
> > v2: Drop dma_fence::deadline and related logic to filter duplicate
> > deadlines, to avoid increasing dma_fence size. The fence-context
> > implementation will need similar logic to track deadlines of all
> > the fences on the same timeline. [ckoenig]
> > v3: Clarify locking wrt. set_deadline callback
> > v4: Clarify in docs comment that this is a hint
> > v5: Drop DMA_FENCE_FLAG_HAS_DEADLINE_BIT.
> > v6: More docs
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst | 6 +++
> > drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > include/linux/dma-fence.h | 20 ++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 85 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
> > index 622b8156d212..183e480d8cea 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
> > @@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ DMA Fence Signalling Annotations
> > .. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> > :doc: fence signalling annotation
> >
> > +DMA Fence Deadline Hints
> > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > +
> > +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> > + :doc: deadline hints
> > +
> > DMA Fences Functions Reference
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> > index 0de0482cd36e..e103e821d993 100644
> > --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> > +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
> > @@ -912,6 +912,65 @@ dma_fence_wait_any_timeout(struct dma_fence **fences, uint32_t count,
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_wait_any_timeout);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * DOC: deadline hints
> > + *
> > + * In an ideal world, it would be possible to pipeline a workload sufficiently
> > + * that a utilization based device frequency governor could arrive at a minimum
> > + * frequency that meets the requirements of the use-case, in order to minimize
> > + * power consumption. But in the real world there are many workloads which
> > + * defy this ideal. For example, but not limited to:
> > + *
> > + * * Workloads that ping-pong between device and CPU, with alternating periods
> > + * of CPU waiting for device, and device waiting on CPU. This can result in
> > + * devfreq and cpufreq seeing idle time in their respective domains and in
> > + * result reduce frequency.
> > + *
> > + * * Workloads that interact with a periodic time based deadline, such as double
> > + * buffered GPU rendering vs vblank sync'd page flipping. In this scenario,
> > + * missing a vblank deadline results in an *increase* in idle time on the GPU
> > + * (since it has to wait an additional vblank period), sending a single to
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> s/single/signal/ ?
oops, yes
> > + * the GPU's devfreq to reduce frequency, when in fact the opposite is what is
> > + * needed.
> > + *
> > + * To this end, deadline hint(s) can be set on a &dma_fence via &dma_fence_set_deadline.
> > + * The deadline hint provides a way for the waiting driver, or userspace, to
> > + * convey an appropriate sense of urgency to the signaling driver.
> > + *
> > + * A deadline hint is given in absolute ktime (CLOCK_MONOTONIC for userspace
> > + * facing APIs). The time could either be some point in the future (such as
> > + * the vblank based deadline for page-flipping, or the start of a compositor's
> > + * composition cycle), or the current time to indicate an immediate deadline
> > + * hint (Ie. forward progress cannot be made until this fence is signaled).
>
> As "current time" not a special value, but just an absolute timestamp
> like any other, deadlines already in the past must also be accepted?
Yes, well "current time" is already in the past after the next clock
tick, so deadlines already passed should be accepted. I've been
trying to avoid advocating zero as a special value, but I guess
realistically we don't have a rollover problem for a couple hundred
years. In any case, I think `deadline < now` should be allowed (ie.
what if you were preempted in the process of setting a deadline, etc)
I'll try to clarify this in the next version.
BR,
-R
> > + *
> > + * Multiple deadlines may be set on a given fence, even in parallel. See the
> > + * documentation for &dma_fence_ops.set_deadline.
> > + *
> > + * The deadline hint is just that, a hint. The driver that created the fence
> > + * may react by increasing frequency, making different scheduling choices, etc.
> > + * Or doing nothing at all.
> > + */
>
> Yes! Thank you for writing this! Well explained.
>
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * dma_fence_set_deadline - set desired fence-wait deadline hint
> > + * @fence: the fence that is to be waited on
> > + * @deadline: the time by which the waiter hopes for the fence to be
> > + * signaled
> > + *
> > + * Give the fence signaler a hint about an upcoming deadline, such as
> > + * vblank, by which point the waiter would prefer the fence to be
> > + * signaled by. This is intended to give feedback to the fence signaler
> > + * to aid in power management decisions, such as boosting GPU frequency
> > + * if a periodic vblank deadline is approaching but the fence is not
> > + * yet signaled..
> > + */
> > +void dma_fence_set_deadline(struct dma_fence *fence, ktime_t deadline)
> > +{
> > + if (fence->ops->set_deadline && !dma_fence_is_signaled(fence))
> > + fence->ops->set_deadline(fence, deadline);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_fence_set_deadline);
> > +
> > /**
> > * dma_fence_describe - Dump fence describtion into seq_file
> > * @fence: the 6fence to describe
> > diff --git a/include/linux/dma-fence.h b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
> > index 775cdc0b4f24..87c0d846dbb4 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/dma-fence.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/dma-fence.h
> > @@ -257,6 +257,24 @@ struct dma_fence_ops {
> > */
> > void (*timeline_value_str)(struct dma_fence *fence,
> > char *str, int size);
> > +
> > + /**
> > + * @set_deadline:
> > + *
> > + * Callback to allow a fence waiter to inform the fence signaler of
> > + * an upcoming deadline, such as vblank, by which point the waiter
> > + * would prefer the fence to be signaled by. This is intended to
> > + * give feedback to the fence signaler to aid in power management
> > + * decisions, such as boosting GPU frequency.
> > + *
> > + * This is called without &dma_fence.lock held, it can be called
> > + * multiple times and from any context. Locking is up to the callee
> > + * if it has some state to manage. If multiple deadlines are set,
> > + * the expectation is to track the soonest one.
> > + *
> > + * This callback is optional.
> > + */
> > + void (*set_deadline)(struct dma_fence *fence, ktime_t deadline);
> > };
> >
> > void dma_fence_init(struct dma_fence *fence, const struct dma_fence_ops *ops,
> > @@ -583,6 +601,8 @@ static inline signed long dma_fence_wait(struct dma_fence *fence, bool intr)
> > return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
> > }
> >
> > +void dma_fence_set_deadline(struct dma_fence *fence, ktime_t deadline);
> > +
> > struct dma_fence *dma_fence_get_stub(void);
> > struct dma_fence *dma_fence_allocate_private_stub(void);
> > u64 dma_fence_context_alloc(unsigned num);
>
> This is exactly what I wanted to see. Already
> Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Thanks,
> pq
