From: "Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com> To: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@canonical.com>, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> Cc: "Christian König" <deathsimple@vodafone.de>, "Thomas Hellstrom" <thellstrom@vmware.com>, nouveau <nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, dri-devel <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>, "Ben Skeggs" <bskeggs@redhat.com>, "Deucher, Alexander" <alexander.deucher@amd.com> Subject: Re: [Nouveau] [PATCH 09/17] drm/radeon: use common fence implementation for fences Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:39:51 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <53CF82E7.2040102@amd.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <53CF828E.5020201@canonical.com> Am 23.07.2014 11:38, schrieb Maarten Lankhorst: > op 23-07-14 11:36, Christian König schreef: >> Am 23.07.2014 11:30, schrieb Daniel Vetter: >>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Christian König >>> <christian.koenig@amd.com> wrote: >>>> You submit a job to the hardware and then block the job to wait for radeon >>>> to be finished? Well than this would indeed require a hardware reset, but >>>> wouldn't that make the whole problem even worse? >>>> >>>> I mean currently we block one userspace process to wait for other hardware >>>> to be finished with a buffer, but what you are describing here blocks the >>>> whole hardware to wait for other hardware which in the end blocks all >>>> userspace process accessing the hardware. >>> There is nothing new here with prime - if one context hangs the gpu it >>> blocks everyone else on i915. >>> >>>> Talking about alternative approaches wouldn't it be simpler to just offload >>>> the waiting to a different kernel or userspace thread? >>> Well this is exactly what we'll do once we have the scheduler. But >>> this is an orthogonal issue imo. >> Mhm, could have the scheduler first? >> >> Cause that sounds like reducing the necessary fence interface to just a fence->wait function. > You would also lose benefits like having a 'perf timechart' for gpu's. I can live with that, when it reduces the complexity of the fence interface. Christian. > > ~Maarten >
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From: "Christian König" <christian.koenig-5C7GfCeVMHo@public.gmane.org> To: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter-/w4YWyX8dFk@public.gmane.org> Cc: "Thomas Hellstrom" <thellstrom-pghWNbHTmq7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>, nouveau <nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org>, LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>, dri-devel <dri-devel-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org>, "Christian König" <deathsimple-ANTagKRnAhcb1SvskN2V4Q@public.gmane.org>, "Ben Skeggs" <bskeggs-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>, "Deucher, Alexander" <alexander.deucher-5C7GfCeVMHo@public.gmane.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/17] drm/radeon: use common fence implementation for fences Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:39:51 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <53CF82E7.2040102@amd.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <53CF828E.5020201-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org> Am 23.07.2014 11:38, schrieb Maarten Lankhorst: > op 23-07-14 11:36, Christian König schreef: >> Am 23.07.2014 11:30, schrieb Daniel Vetter: >>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Christian König >>> <christian.koenig@amd.com> wrote: >>>> You submit a job to the hardware and then block the job to wait for radeon >>>> to be finished? Well than this would indeed require a hardware reset, but >>>> wouldn't that make the whole problem even worse? >>>> >>>> I mean currently we block one userspace process to wait for other hardware >>>> to be finished with a buffer, but what you are describing here blocks the >>>> whole hardware to wait for other hardware which in the end blocks all >>>> userspace process accessing the hardware. >>> There is nothing new here with prime - if one context hangs the gpu it >>> blocks everyone else on i915. >>> >>>> Talking about alternative approaches wouldn't it be simpler to just offload >>>> the waiting to a different kernel or userspace thread? >>> Well this is exactly what we'll do once we have the scheduler. But >>> this is an orthogonal issue imo. >> Mhm, could have the scheduler first? >> >> Cause that sounds like reducing the necessary fence interface to just a fence->wait function. > You would also lose benefits like having a 'perf timechart' for gpu's. I can live with that, when it reduces the complexity of the fence interface. Christian. > > ~Maarten > _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list Nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-23 9:40 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 165+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2014-07-09 12:29 [PATCH 00/17] Convert TTM to the new fence interface Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 01/17] drm/ttm: add interruptible parameter to ttm_eu_reserve_buffers Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 02/17] drm/ttm: kill off some members to ttm_validate_buffer Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 03/17] drm/nouveau: add reservation to nouveau_gem_ioctl_cpu_prep Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 04/17] drm/nouveau: require reservations for nouveau_fence_sync and nouveau_bo_fence Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 05/17] drm/ttm: call ttm_bo_wait while inside a reservation Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 06/17] drm/ttm: kill fence_lock Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 07/17] drm/nouveau: rework to new fence interface Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 08/17] drm/radeon: add timeout argument to radeon_fence_wait_seq Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 09/17] drm/radeon: use common fence implementation for fences Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:57 ` Deucher, Alexander 2014-07-09 12:57 ` Deucher, Alexander 2014-07-09 13:23 ` [PATCH v2 " Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 13:23 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-10 17:27 ` Alex Deucher 2014-07-10 17:27 ` Alex Deucher 2014-07-22 4:05 ` [PATCH " Dave Airlie 2014-07-22 4:05 ` Dave Airlie 2014-07-22 4:05 ` Dave Airlie 2014-07-22 8:43 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 8:43 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 11:46 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 11:46 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 11:52 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 11:52 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 11:57 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 11:57 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 12:19 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 12:19 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 13:26 ` [Nouveau] " Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 13:26 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 13:45 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 13:45 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 14:44 ` [Nouveau] " Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-22 14:44 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-22 15:02 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-22 15:18 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-22 15:17 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 15:17 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 15:35 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-22 15:35 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 15:42 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 15:42 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 15:59 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 15:59 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 16:21 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 16:21 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 16:39 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 16:39 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 16:52 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 16:52 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 16:43 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 16:43 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 6:40 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 6:40 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 6:52 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 6:52 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 7:02 ` [Nouveau] " Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 7:02 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 7:06 ` [Nouveau] " Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 7:06 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 7:09 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 7:09 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 7:15 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 7:15 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 7:32 ` [Nouveau] " Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 7:32 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 7:41 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 7:41 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 7:26 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-23 7:26 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 7:31 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 7:31 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 7:37 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 7:37 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 7:51 ` [Nouveau] " Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 7:51 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 7:58 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-23 7:58 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 8:07 ` [Nouveau] " Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 8:07 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 8:20 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-23 8:20 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 8:25 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 8:25 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 8:42 ` [Nouveau] " Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 8:42 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 8:46 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 8:46 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 8:54 ` [Nouveau] " Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 8:54 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:27 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-23 9:27 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 9:30 ` [Nouveau] " Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:30 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:36 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-23 9:36 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 9:38 ` [Nouveau] " Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 9:38 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 9:39 ` Christian König [this message] 2014-07-23 9:39 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 9:39 ` [Nouveau] " Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:39 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:44 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:44 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:47 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-23 9:47 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 9:52 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:52 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:55 ` [Nouveau] " Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 9:55 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 10:13 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-23 10:13 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 10:52 ` [Nouveau] " Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 10:52 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 12:36 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 12:36 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 12:42 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 12:42 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 13:16 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 13:16 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 14:05 ` [Nouveau] " Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-23 14:05 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-24 13:47 ` [Nouveau] " Christian König 2014-07-24 13:47 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 8:01 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 8:01 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 8:31 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 8:31 ` Christian König 2014-07-23 12:35 ` Rob Clark 2014-07-23 12:35 ` Rob Clark 2014-07-22 14:05 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-22 14:24 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 14:27 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-22 14:39 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 14:47 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-22 15:16 ` Christian König 2014-07-22 15:19 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 15:19 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 15:42 ` Alex Deucher 2014-07-22 15:42 ` Alex Deucher 2014-07-22 15:48 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 15:48 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-22 19:14 ` Jesse Barnes 2014-07-22 19:14 ` Jesse Barnes 2014-07-23 9:47 ` [Nouveau] " Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 9:47 ` Daniel Vetter 2014-07-23 15:37 ` [Nouveau] " Jesse Barnes 2014-07-23 15:37 ` Jesse Barnes 2014-07-22 11:51 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-22 11:51 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:29 ` [PATCH 10/17] drm/qxl: rework to new fence interface Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:30 ` [PATCH 11/17] drm/vmwgfx: get rid of different types of fence_flags entirely Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:30 ` [PATCH 12/17] drm/vmwgfx: rework to new fence interface Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:30 ` [PATCH 13/17] drm/ttm: flip the switch, and convert to dma_fence Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:30 ` [PATCH 14/17] drm/nouveau: use rcu in nouveau_gem_ioctl_cpu_prep Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:30 ` [PATCH 15/17] drm/radeon: use rcu waits in some ioctls Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:30 ` [PATCH 16/17] drm/vmwgfx: use rcu in vmw_user_dmabuf_synccpu_grab Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 12:30 ` [PATCH 17/17] drm/ttm: use rcu in core ttm Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 13:09 ` [PATCH 00/17] Convert TTM to the new fence interface Mike Lothian 2014-07-09 13:21 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-09 13:21 ` Maarten Lankhorst 2014-07-10 21:37 ` Thomas Hellström 2014-07-10 21:37 ` Thomas Hellström
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