From: Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com
A little bit of documentation covering the topics of engine discovery, context engine maps and virtual engines. It is not very detailed but supposed to be a starting point of giving a brief high level overview of general principles and intended use cases.
v2: * Have the text in uapi header and link from there.
Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com Cc: Daniel Vetter daniel@ffwll.ch --- Documentation/gpu/i915.rst | 18 ++++ include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h | 188 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 206 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst index 42ce0196930a..00aa55bbe0fd 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst @@ -335,6 +335,24 @@ for execution also include a list of all locations within buffers that refer to GPU-addresses so that the kernel can edit the buffer correctly. This process is dubbed relocation.
+Engine Discovery uAPI +--------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h + :doc: Engine Discovery uAPI + +Context Engine Map uAPI +----------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h + :doc: Context Engine Map uAPI + +Virtual Engine uAPI +------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h + :doc: Virtual Engine uAPI + Locking Guidelines ------------------
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h index a1cb4aa035a9..2f70c48567c0 100644 --- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h +++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h @@ -1806,6 +1806,69 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_context_param_sseu { __u32 rsvd; };
+/** + * DOC: Virtual Engine uAPI + * + * Virtual engine is a concept where userspace is able to configure a set of + * physical engines, submit a batch buffer, and let the driver execute it on any + * engine from the set as it sees fit. + * + * This is primarily useful on parts which have multiple instances of a same + * class engine, like for example GT3+ Skylake parts with their two VCS engines. + * + * For instance userspace can enumerate all engines of a certain class using the + * previously described `Engine Discovery uAPI`_. After that userspace can + * create a GEM context with a placeholder slot for the virtual engine (using + * `I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID` and `I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_NONE` for class + * and instance respectively) and finally using the + * `I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_LOAD_BALANCE` extension place a virtual engine in + * the same reserved slot. + * + * Example of creating a virtual engine and submitting a batch buffer to it: + * + * .. code-block:: C + * + * I915_DEFINE_CONTEXT_ENGINES_LOAD_BALANCE(virtual, 2) = { + * .base.name = I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_LOAD_BALANCE, + * .engine_index = 0, // Place this virtual engine into engine map slot 0 + * .num_siblings = 2, + * .engines = { { I915_ENGINE_CLASS_VIDEO, 0 }, + * { I915_ENGINE_CLASS_VIDEO, 1 }, }, + * }; + * I915_DEFINE_CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES(engines, 1) = { + * .engines = { { I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID, + * I915_ENGINE_CLASS_INVALID_NONE } }, + * .extensions = to_user_pointer(&virtual), // Chains after load_balance extension + * }; + * struct drm_i915_gem_context_create_ext_setparam p_engines = { + * .base = { + * .name = I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_EXT_SETPARAM, + * }, + * .param = { + * .param = I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES, + * .value = to_user_pointer(&engines), + * .size = sizeof(engines), + * }, + * }; + * struct drm_i915_gem_context_create_ext create = { + * .flags = I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_FLAGS_USE_EXTENSIONS, + * .extensions = to_user_pointer(&p_engines); + * }; + * + * ctx_id = gem_context_create_ext(drm_fd, &create); + * + * // Now we have created a GEM context with its engine map containing a + * // single virtual engine. Submissions to this slot can go either to + * // vcs0 or vcs1, depending on the load balancing algorithm used inside + * // the driver. The load balancing is dynamic from one batch buffer to + * // another and transparent to userspace. + * + * ... + * execbuf.rsvd1 = ctx_id; + * execbuf.flags = 0; // Submits to index 0 which is the virtual engine + * gem_execbuf(drm_fd, &execbuf); + */ + /* * i915_context_engines_load_balance: * @@ -1882,6 +1945,61 @@ struct i915_context_engines_bond { struct i915_engine_class_instance engines[N__]; \ } __attribute__((packed)) name__
+/** + * DOC: Context Engine Map uAPI + * + * Context engine map is a new way of addressing engines when submitting batch- + * buffers, replacing the existing way of using identifiers like `I915_EXEC_BLT` + * inside the flags field of `struct drm_i915_gem_execbuffer2`. + * + * To use it created GEM contexts need to be configured with a list of engines + * the user is intending to submit to. This is accomplished using the + * `I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES` parameter and `struct + * i915_context_param_engines`. + * + * For such contexts the `I915_EXEC_RING_MASK` field becomes an index into the + * configured map. + * + * Example of creating such context and submitting against it: + * + * .. code-block:: C + * + * I915_DEFINE_CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES(engines, 2) = { + * .engines = { { I915_ENGINE_CLASS_RENDER, 0 }, + * { I915_ENGINE_CLASS_COPY, 0 } } + * }; + * struct drm_i915_gem_context_create_ext_setparam p_engines = { + * .base = { + * .name = I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_EXT_SETPARAM, + * }, + * .param = { + * .param = I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES, + * .value = to_user_pointer(&engines), + * .size = sizeof(engines), + * }, + * }; + * struct drm_i915_gem_context_create_ext create = { + * .flags = I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_FLAGS_USE_EXTENSIONS, + * .extensions = to_user_pointer(&p_engines); + * }; + * + * ctx_id = gem_context_create_ext(drm_fd, &create); + * + * // We have now created a GEM context with two engines in the map: + * // Index 0 points to rcs0 while index 1 points to bcs0. Other engines + * // will not be accessible from this context. + * + * ... + * execbuf.rsvd1 = ctx_id; + * execbuf.flags = 0; // Submits to index 0, which is rcs0 for this context + * gem_execbuf(drm_fd, &execbuf); + * + * ... + * execbuf.rsvd1 = ctx_id; + * execbuf.flags = 1; // Submits to index 0, which is bcs0 for this context + * gem_execbuf(drm_fd, &execbuf); + */ + struct i915_context_param_engines { __u64 extensions; /* linked chain of extension blocks, 0 terminates */ #define I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_LOAD_BALANCE 0 /* see i915_context_engines_load_balance */ @@ -2375,6 +2493,76 @@ struct drm_i915_query_topology_info { __u8 data[]; };
+/** + * DOC: Engine Discovery uAPI + * + * Engine discovery uAPI is a way of enumerating physical engines present in a + * GPU associated with an open i915 DRM file descriptor. This supersedes the old + * way of using `DRM_IOCTL_I915_GETPARAM` and engine identifiers like + * `I915_PARAM_HAS_BLT`. + * + * The need for this interface came starting with Icelake and newer GPUs, which + * started to establish a pattern of having multiple engines of a same class, + * where not all instances were always completely functionally equivalent. + * + * Entry point for this uapi is `DRM_IOCTL_I915_QUERY` with the + * `DRM_I915_QUERY_ENGINE_INFO` as the queried item id. + * + * Example for getting the list of engines: + * + * .. code-block:: C + * + * struct drm_i915_query_engine_info *info; + * struct drm_i915_query_item item = { + * .query_id = DRM_I915_QUERY_ENGINE_INFO; + * }; + * struct drm_i915_query query = { + * .num_items = 1, + * .items_ptr = (uintptr_t)&item, + * }; + * int err, i; + * + * // First query the size of the blob we need, this needs to be large + * // enough to hold our array of engines. The kernel will fill out the + * // item.length for us, which is the number of bytes we need. + * // + * // Alternatively a large buffer can be allocated straight away enabling + * // querying in one pass, in which case item.length should contain the + * // length of the provided buffer. + * err = ioctl(fd, DRM_IOCTL_I915_QUERY, &query); + * if (err) ... + * + * info = calloc(1, item.length); + * // Now that we allocated the required number of bytes, we call the ioctl + * // again, this time with the data_ptr pointing to our newly allocated + * // blob, which the kernel can then populate with info on all engines. + * item.data_ptr = (uintptr_t)&info, + * + * err = ioctl(fd, DRM_IOCTL_I915_QUERY, &query); + * if (err) ... + * + * // We can now access each engine in the array + * for (i = 0; i < info->num_engines; i++) { + * struct drm_i915_engine_info einfo = info->engines[i]; + * u16 class = einfo.engine.class; + * u16 instance = einfo.engine.instance; + * .... + * } + * + * free(info); + * + * Each of the enumerated engines, apart from being defined by its class and + * instance (see `struct i915_engine_class_instance`), also can have flags and + * capabilities defined as documented in i915_drm.h. + * + * For instance video engines which support HEVC encoding will have the + * `I915_VIDEO_CLASS_CAPABILITY_HEVC` capability bit set. + * + * Engine discovery only fully comes to its own when combined with the new way + * of addressing engines when submitting batch buffers using contexts with + * engine maps configured. + */ + /** * struct drm_i915_engine_info *