Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Whitelist SLICE_COMMON_ECO_CHICKEN1 on Geminilake.

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Quoting Kenneth Graunke (2018-01-05 06:06:34)
> On Thursday, January 4, 2018 4:41:35 PM PST Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 11:39:23PM +0000, Kenneth Graunke wrote:
> > > On Thursday, January 4, 2018 1:23:06 PM PST Chris Wilson wrote:
> > > > Quoting Kenneth Graunke (2018-01-04 19:38:05)
> > > > > Geminilake requires the 3D driver to select whether barriers are
> > > > > intended for compute shaders, or tessellation control shaders, by
> > > > > whacking a "Barrier Mode" bit in SLICE_COMMON_ECO_CHICKEN1 when
> > > > > switching pipelines.  Failure to do this properly can result in GPU
> > > > > hangs.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Unfortunately, this means it needs to switch mid-batch, so only
> > > > > userspace can properly set it.  To facilitate this, the kernel needs
> > > > > to whitelist the register.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Kenneth Graunke <kenneth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_reg.h        | 2 ++
> > > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c | 5 +++++
> > > > >  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > 
> > > > > We unfortunately need to whitelist an extra register for GPU hang fix
> > > > > on Geminilake.  Here's the corresponding Mesa patch:
> > > > 
> > > > Thankfully it appears to be context saved. Has a w/a name been assigned
> > > > for this?
> > > > -Chris
> > > 
> > > There doesn't appear to be one.  The workaround page lists it, but there
> > > is no name.  The register description has a note saying that you need to
> > > set this, but doesn't call it out as a workaround.
> > 
> > It mentions only BXT:ALL, but not mention to GLK.
> > 
> > Should we add to both then?
> 
> Well, that's irritating.  On the workarounds page, it does indeed say
> "BXT" with no mention of GLK.  But the workaround text says to set
> "SLICE_COMMON_CHICKEN_ECO1 Barrier Mode [...] (bit 7 of MMIO 0x731C)."
> 
> Looking at the register definition for SLICE_COMMON_ECO_CHICKEN1, bit 7
> is "Barrier Mode" on [GLK] only, with no mention of BXT.  It's marked
> reserved PBC on [SKL+, not GLK, not KBL].  On KBL it's something else.
> 
> I believe Mark saw hangs in tessellation control shader hangs on
> Geminilake only, and never saw this issue on Broxton.  So, my guess is
> that the workaround really is new on Geminilake, and the BXT tag on the
> workarounds page is incorrect.  (Mark, does that sound right to you?)

Hi, I'm back!

This fails a selftest on glk as we can't even write to the register
0x731c, or at least can't read from the register.

Did bspec ever get updated to include this register & wa?
-Chris



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