Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: Add MSM_SUBMIT_BO_NO_IMPLICIT

From: Rob Clark
Date: Wed Dec 07 2022 - 09:46:20 EST


On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 2:15 AM Lucas Stach <l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> Am Dienstag, dem 06.12.2022 um 11:21 -0800 schrieb Rob Clark:
> > From: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > In cases where implicit sync is used, it is still useful (for things
> > like sub-allocation, etc) to allow userspace to opt-out of implicit
> > sync on per-BO basis.
> >
> Out of curiosity and because I have been thinking about something like
> that for etnaviv for while: do you only use this for immutable buffers
> or do you have some kind of userspace fencing in place for the
> suballocated buffers?

yup, userspace fences.. which is a thing you'd really want for doing
suballocation

BR,
-R

>
> Regards,
> Lucas
>
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c | 3 ++-
> > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c | 11 +++++++++++
> > include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h | 4 +++-
> > 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
> > index 017a512982a2..e0e1199a822f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
> > @@ -45,9 +45,10 @@
> > * - 1.7.0 - Add MSM_PARAM_SUSPENDS to access suspend count
> > * - 1.8.0 - Add MSM_BO_CACHED_COHERENT for supported GPUs (a6xx)
> > * - 1.9.0 - Add MSM_SUBMIT_FENCE_SN_IN
> > + * - 1.10.0 - Add MSM_SUBMIT_BO_NO_IMPLICIT
> > */
> > #define MSM_VERSION_MAJOR 1
> > -#define MSM_VERSION_MINOR 9
> > +#define MSM_VERSION_MINOR 10
> > #define MSM_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL 0
> >
> > static const struct drm_mode_config_funcs mode_config_funcs = {
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
> > index eb3536e3d66a..8bad07a04f85 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
> > @@ -334,9 +334,20 @@ static int submit_fence_sync(struct msm_gem_submit *submit, bool no_implicit)
> > if (ret)
> > return ret;
> >
> > + /* If userspace has determined that explicit fencing is
> > + * used, it can disable implicit sync on the entire
> > + * submit:
> > + */
> > if (no_implicit)
> > continue;
> >
> > + /* Otherwise userspace can ask for implicit sync to be
> > + * disabled on specific buffers. This is useful for internal
> > + * usermode driver managed buffers, suballocation, etc.
> > + */
> > + if (submit->bos[i].flags & MSM_SUBMIT_BO_NO_IMPLICIT)
> > + continue;
> > +
> > ret = drm_sched_job_add_implicit_dependencies(&submit->base,
> > obj,
> > write);
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h
> > index f54b48ef6a2d..329100016e7c 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/msm_drm.h
> > @@ -222,10 +222,12 @@ struct drm_msm_gem_submit_cmd {
> > #define MSM_SUBMIT_BO_READ 0x0001
> > #define MSM_SUBMIT_BO_WRITE 0x0002
> > #define MSM_SUBMIT_BO_DUMP 0x0004
> > +#define MSM_SUBMIT_BO_NO_IMPLICIT 0x0008
> >
> > #define MSM_SUBMIT_BO_FLAGS (MSM_SUBMIT_BO_READ | \
> > MSM_SUBMIT_BO_WRITE | \
> > - MSM_SUBMIT_BO_DUMP)
> > + MSM_SUBMIT_BO_DUMP | \
> > + MSM_SUBMIT_BO_NO_IMPLICIT)
> >
> > struct drm_msm_gem_submit_bo {
> > __u32 flags; /* in, mask of MSM_SUBMIT_BO_x */
>
>