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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_scheduler.rst b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_scheduler.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7acd386a6b49 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_scheduler.rst @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +========================================= +I915 GuC Submission/DRM Scheduler Section +========================================= + +Upstream plan +============= +For upstream the overall plan for landing GuC submission and integrating the +i915 with the DRM scheduler is: + +* Merge basic GuC submission + * Basic submission support for all gen11+ platforms + * Not enabled by default on any current platforms but can be enabled via + modparam enable_guc + * Lots of rework will need to be done to integrate with DRM scheduler so + no need to nit pick everything in the code, it just should be + functional, no major coding style / layering errors, and not regress + execlists + * Update IGTs / selftests as needed to work with GuC submission + * Enable CI on supported platforms for a baseline + * Rework / get CI heathly for GuC submission in place as needed +* Merge new parallel submission uAPI + * Bonding uAPI completely incompatible with GuC submission, plus it has + severe design issues in general, which is why we want to retire it no + matter what + * New uAPI adds I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_PARALLEL context setup step + which configures a slot with N contexts + * After I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_PARALLEL a user can submit N batches to + a slot in a single execbuf IOCTL and the batches run on the GPU in + paralllel + * Initially only for GuC submission but execlists can be supported if + needed +* Convert the i915 to use the DRM scheduler + * GuC submission backend fully integrated with DRM scheduler + * All request queues removed from backend (e.g. all backpressure + handled in DRM scheduler) + * Resets / cancels hook in DRM scheduler + * Watchdog hooks into DRM scheduler + * Lots of complexity of the GuC backend can be pulled out once + integrated with DRM scheduler (e.g. state machine gets + simplier, locking gets simplier, etc...) + * Execlists backend will minimum required to hook in the DRM scheduler + * Legacy interface + * Features like timeslicing / preemption / virtual engines would + be difficult to integrate with the DRM scheduler and these + features are not required for GuC submission as the GuC does + these things for us + * ROI low on fully integrating into DRM scheduler + * Fully integrating would add lots of complexity to DRM + scheduler + * Port i915 priority inheritance / boosting feature in DRM scheduler + * Used for i915 page flip, may be useful to other DRM drivers as + well + * Will be an optional feature in the DRM scheduler + * Remove in-order completion assumptions from DRM scheduler + * Even when using the DRM scheduler the backends will handle + preemption, timeslicing, etc... so it is possible for jobs to + finish out of order + * Pull out i915 priority levels and use DRM priority levels + * Optimize DRM scheduler as needed + +TODOs for GuC submission upstream +================================= + +* Need an update to GuC firmware / i915 to enable error state capture +* Open source tool to decode GuC logs +* Public GuC spec + +New uAPI for basic GuC submission +================================= +No major changes are required to the uAPI for basic GuC submission. The only +change is a new scheduler attribute: I915_SCHEDULER_CAP_STATIC_PRIORITY_MAP. +This attribute indicates the 2k i915 user priority levels are statically mapped +into 3 levels as follows: + +* -1k to -1 Low priority +* 0 Medium priority +* 1 to 1k High priority + +This is needed because the GuC only has 4 priority bands. The highest priority +band is reserved with the kernel. This aligns with the DRM scheduler priority +levels too. + +Spec references: +---------------- +* https://www.khronos.org/registry/EGL/extensions/IMG/EGL_IMG_context_priority.txt +* https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/specs/1.2-extensions/html/chap5.html#devsandqueues-priority +* https://spec.oneapi.com/level-zero/latest/core/api.html#ze-command-queue-priority-t + +New parallel submission uAPI +============================ +Details to come in a following patch. diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/index.rst b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/index.rst index 05670442ca1b..91e93a705230 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/index.rst @@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ host such documentation: .. toctree:: i915_gem_lmem.rst + +.. toctree:: + + i915_scheduler.rst |