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* [PATCH 01/10] drm/i915: Note the addition of timeslicing to the pretend scheduler
@ 2019-10-10  7:14 Chris Wilson
  2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 02/10] drm/i915/execlists: Leave tell-tales as to why pending[] is bad Chris Wilson
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From: Chris Wilson @ 2019-10-10  7:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: intel-gfx

Since writing the comment that the scheduler is entirely passive, we've
added minimal timeslicing which adds the most primitive of active
elements (a timeout and reschedule).

Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ramalingam C <ramalingam.c@intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
index aad81acba9dc..d18e70550054 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_scheduler_types.h
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ struct i915_sched_attr {
  * DAG of each request, we are able to insert it into a sorted queue when it
  * is ready, and are able to reorder its portion of the graph to accommodate
  * dynamic priority changes.
+ *
+ * Ok, there is now one active element to the "scheduler" in the backends.
+ * We let a new context run for a small amount of time before re-evaluating
+ * the run order. As we re-evaluate, we maintain the strict ordering of
+ * dependencies, but attempt to rotate the active contexts (the current context
+ * is put to the back of its priority queue, then reshuffling its dependents).
+ * This provides minimal timeslicing and prevents a userspace hog (e.g.
+ * something waiting on a user semaphore [VkEvent]) from denying service to
+ * others.
  */
 struct i915_sched_node {
 	struct list_head signalers_list; /* those before us, we depend upon */
-- 
2.23.0

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2019-10-10  7:14 [PATCH 01/10] drm/i915: Note the addition of timeslicing to the pretend scheduler Chris Wilson
2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 02/10] drm/i915/execlists: Leave tell-tales as to why pending[] is bad Chris Wilson
2019-10-11  8:39   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 03/10] drm/i915: Expose engine properties via sysfs Chris Wilson
2019-10-11  8:44   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-11  8:49     ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-11  9:04       ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-11  9:40   ` [PATCH v2] " Chris Wilson
2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 04/10] drm/i915/execlists: Force preemption Chris Wilson
2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 05/10] drm/i915: Mark up "sentinel" requests Chris Wilson
2019-10-11  8:45   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 06/10] drm/i915/gt: Introduce barrier pulses along engines Chris Wilson
2019-10-11  9:11   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-11  9:52     ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 07/10] drm/i915/execlists: Cancel banned contexts on schedule-out Chris Wilson
2019-10-11  9:47   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-11 10:03     ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-11 10:15     ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-11 10:40       ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-11 11:16   ` [PATCH v2] " Chris Wilson
2019-10-11 13:10     ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-11 14:10       ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 08/10] drm/i915: Cancel non-persistent contexts on close Chris Wilson
2019-10-11 13:55   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-11 14:22     ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-11 15:41       ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 09/10] drm/i915: Replace hangcheck by heartbeats Chris Wilson
2019-10-11 14:24   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-11 15:06     ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-10  7:14 ` [PATCH 10/10] drm/i915: Flush idle barriers when waiting Chris Wilson
2019-10-11 14:56   ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-11 15:11     ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-14 13:08       ` Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-14 13:38         ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-23 15:33         ` Chris Wilson
2019-10-23 15:33           ` [Intel-gfx] " Chris Wilson
2019-10-10  8:18 ` ✗ Fi.CI.CHECKPATCH: warning for series starting with [01/10] drm/i915: Note the addition of timeslicing to the pretend scheduler Patchwork
2019-10-10  8:42 ` ✓ Fi.CI.BAT: success " Patchwork
2019-10-10 16:19 ` ✗ Fi.CI.IGT: failure " Patchwork
2019-10-11  8:16 ` [PATCH 01/10] " Tvrtko Ursulin
2019-10-11  9:49 ` ✗ Fi.CI.BUILD: failure for series starting with [01/10] drm/i915: Note the addition of timeslicing to the pretend scheduler (rev2) Patchwork
2019-10-11 11:39 ` ✗ Fi.CI.BUILD: failure for series starting with [01/10] drm/i915: Note the addition of timeslicing to the pretend scheduler (rev3) Patchwork

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