Re: [PATCH v5 09/14] drm/syncobj: Add deadline support for syncobj waits

From: Rob Clark
Date: Tue Feb 21 2023 - 12:26:40 EST


On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 12:53 AM Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:18:56 -0800
> Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add a new flag to let userspace provide a deadline as a hint for syncobj
> > and timeline waits. This gives a hint to the driver signaling the
> > backing fences about how soon userspace needs it to compete work, so it
> > can addjust GPU frequency accordingly. An immediate deadline can be
> > given to provide something equivalent to i915 "wait boost".
> >
> > v2: Use absolute u64 ns value for deadline hint, drop cap and driver
> > feature flag in favor of allowing count_handles==0 as a way for
> > userspace to probe kernel for support of new flag
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> > include/uapi/drm/drm.h | 5 +++
> > 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> ...
>
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> > index 642808520d92..aefc8cc743e0 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
> > @@ -887,6 +887,7 @@ struct drm_syncobj_transfer {
> > #define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_ALL (1 << 0)
> > #define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_FOR_SUBMIT (1 << 1)
> > #define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_AVAILABLE (1 << 2) /* wait for time point to become available */
> > +#define DRM_SYNCOBJ_WAIT_FLAGS_WAIT_DEADLINE (1 << 3) /* set fence deadline based to deadline_nsec/sec */
>
> Hi,
>
> where is the UAPI documentation explaining what is a "fence deadline"
> and what setting it does here?

It's with the rest of the drm_syncobj UAPI docs ;-)

BR,
-R

> btw. no nsec/sec anymore.
>
>
> Thanks,
> pq
>
>
> > struct drm_syncobj_wait {
> > __u64 handles;
> > /* absolute timeout */
> > @@ -895,6 +896,8 @@ struct drm_syncobj_wait {
> > __u32 flags;
> > __u32 first_signaled; /* only valid when not waiting all */
> > __u32 pad;
> > + /* Deadline hint to set on backing fence(s) in CLOCK_MONOTONIC: */
> > + __u64 deadline_ns;
> > };
> >
> > struct drm_syncobj_timeline_wait {
> > @@ -907,6 +910,8 @@ struct drm_syncobj_timeline_wait {
> > __u32 flags;
> > __u32 first_signaled; /* only valid when not waiting all */
> > __u32 pad;
> > + /* Deadline hint to set on backing fence(s) in CLOCK_MONOTONIC: */
> > + __u64 deadline_ns;
> > };
> >
> >
>