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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_scheduler.rst b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_scheduler.rst index 7acd386a6b49..cbda75065dad 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_scheduler.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_scheduler.rst @@ -88,4 +88,61 @@ Spec references: New parallel submission uAPI ============================ -Details to come in a following patch. +The existing bonding uAPI is completely broken with GuC submission because +whether a submission is a single context submit or parallel submit isn't known +until execbuf time activated via the I915_SUBMIT_FENCE. To submit multiple +contexts in parallel with the GuC the context must be explicitly registered with +N contexts and all N contexts must be submitted in a single command to the GuC. +The GuC interfaces do not support dynamically changing between N contexts as the +bonding uAPI does. Hence the need for a new parallel submission interface. Also +the legacy bonding uAPI is quite confusing and not intuitive at all. Furthermore +I915_SUBMIT_FENCE is by design a future fence, so not really something we should +continue to support. + +The new parallel submission uAPI consists of 3 parts: + +* Export engines logical mapping +* A 'set_parallel' extension to configure contexts for parallel + submission +* Extend execbuf2 IOCTL to support submitting N BBs in a single IOCTL + +Export engines logical mapping +------------------------------ +Certain use cases require BBs to be placed on engine instances in logical order +(e.g. split-frame on gen11+). The logical mapping of engine instances can change +based on fusing. Rather than making UMDs be aware of fusing, simply expose the +logical mapping with the existing query engine info IOCTL. Also the GuC +submission interface currently only supports submitting multiple contexts to +engines in logical order which is a new requirement compared to execlists. +Lastly, all current platforms have at most 2 engine instances and the logical +order is the same as uAPI order. This will change on platforms with more than 2 +engine instances. + +A single bit will be added to drm_i915_engine_info.flags indicating that the +logical instance has been returned and a new field, +drm_i915_engine_info.logical_instance, returns the logical instance. + +A 'set_parallel' extension to configure contexts for parallel submission +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +The 'set_parallel' extension configures a slot for parallel submission of N BBs. +It is a setup step that must be called before using any of the contexts. See +I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_LOAD_BALANCE or I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_BOND for +similar existing examples. Once a slot is configured for parallel submission the +execbuf2 IOCTL can be called submitting N BBs in a single IOCTL. Initially only +supports GuC submission. Execlists supports can be added later if needed. + +Add I915_CONTEXT_ENGINES_EXT_PARALLEL_SUBMIT and +drm_i915_context_engines_parallel_submit to the uAPI to implement this +extension. + +.. kernel-doc:: Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_parallel_execbuf.h + :functions: drm_i915_context_engines_parallel_submit + +Extend execbuf2 IOCTL to support submitting N BBs in a single IOCTL +------------------------------------------------------------------- +Contexts that have been configured with the 'set_parallel' extension can only +submit N BBs in a single execbuf2 IOCTL. The BBs are either the last N objects +in the drm_i915_gem_exec_object2 list or the first N if I915_EXEC_BATCH_FIRST is +set. The number of BBs is implicit based on the slot submitted and how it has +been configured by 'set_parallel' or other extensions. No uAPI changes are +required to the execbuf2 IOCTL. |