Quoting Tvrtko Ursulin (2018-04-17 13:27:30)
> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursu...@intel.com>
>
> We can convert engine stats from a spinlock to seqlock to ensure interrupt
> processing is never even a tiny bit delayed by parallel readers.
>
> There is a smidgen bit more cost on the write lock side, and an extremely
> unlikely chance that readers will have to retry a few times in face of
> heavy interrupt load.Bbut it should be extremely unlikely given how
> lightweight read side section is compared to the interrupt processing side,
> and also compared to the rest of the code paths which can lead into it.
Also mention that readers are informative only, its the writers that are
doing the work/submission.
> Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursu...@intel.com>
> Suggested-by: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h | 11 ++++++-----
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> index e4992c2e23a4..de61d3d1653d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_engine_cs.c
> @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ intel_engine_setup(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
> /* Nothing to do here, execute in order of dependencies */
> engine->schedule = NULL;
>
> - spin_lock_init(&engine->stats.lock);
> + seqlock_init(&engine->stats.lock);
>
> ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&engine->context_status_notifier);
>
> @@ -2065,7 +2065,7 @@ int intel_enable_engine_stats(struct intel_engine_cs
> *engine)
> return -ENODEV;
>
> tasklet_disable(&execlists->tasklet);
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> + write_seqlock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
>
> if (unlikely(engine->stats.enabled == ~0)) {
> err = -EBUSY;
> @@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ int intel_enable_engine_stats(struct intel_engine_cs
> *engine)
> }
>
> unlock:
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> + write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> tasklet_enable(&execlists->tasklet);
>
> return err;
> @@ -2118,12 +2118,13 @@ static ktime_t __intel_engine_get_busy_time(struct
> intel_engine_cs *engine)
> */
> ktime_t intel_engine_get_busy_time(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
> {
> + unsigned int seq;
> ktime_t total;
> - unsigned long flags;
>
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> - total = __intel_engine_get_busy_time(engine);
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> + do {
> + seq = read_seqbegin(&engine->stats.lock);
> + total = __intel_engine_get_busy_time(engine);
> + } while (read_seqretry(&engine->stats.lock, seq));
>
> return total;
> }
> @@ -2141,13 +2142,13 @@ void intel_disable_engine_stats(struct
> intel_engine_cs *engine)
> if (!intel_engine_supports_stats(engine))
> return;
>
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> + write_seqlock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> WARN_ON_ONCE(engine->stats.enabled == 0);
> if (--engine->stats.enabled == 0) {
> engine->stats.total = __intel_engine_get_busy_time(engine);
> engine->stats.active = 0;
> }
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> + write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> }
>
> #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_I915_SELFTEST)
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> index d50b31eb43a5..f24ea9826037 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> #define _INTEL_RINGBUFFER_H_
>
> #include <linux/hashtable.h>
> +#include <linux/seqlock.h>
>
> #include "i915_gem_batch_pool.h"
> #include "i915_gem_timeline.h"
> @@ -610,7 +611,7 @@ struct intel_engine_cs {
> /**
> * @lock: Lock protecting the below fields.
> */
> - spinlock_t lock;
> + seqlock_t lock;
> /**
> * @enabled: Reference count indicating number of listeners.
> */
> @@ -1082,7 +1083,7 @@ static inline void intel_engine_context_in(struct
> intel_engine_cs *engine)
> if (READ_ONCE(engine->stats.enabled) == 0)
> return;
>
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> + write_seqlock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
>
> if (engine->stats.enabled > 0) {
> if (engine->stats.active++ == 0)
> @@ -1090,7 +1091,7 @@ static inline void intel_engine_context_in(struct
> intel_engine_cs *engine)
> GEM_BUG_ON(engine->stats.active == 0);
> }
>
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> + write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> }
>
> static inline void intel_engine_context_out(struct intel_engine_cs *engine)
> @@ -1100,7 +1101,7 @@ static inline void intel_engine_context_out(struct
> intel_engine_cs *engine)
> if (READ_ONCE(engine->stats.enabled) == 0)
> return;
>
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> + write_seqlock_irqsave(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
>
> if (engine->stats.enabled > 0) {
> ktime_t last;
> @@ -1127,7 +1128,7 @@ static inline void intel_engine_context_out(struct
> intel_engine_cs *engine)
> }
> }
>
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> + write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&engine->stats.lock, flags);
> }
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk>
I think that's good enough as a stand-alone patch, even though we were
unable to realise the no irq_disable gains.
-Chris
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