Re: [igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 2/3] i915/gem_ctx_shared: Make gem_ctx_shared understand static priority mapping

[Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@linux.intel.com>]

On 05/10/2021 17:44, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 11:44:02AM +0100, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
>>
>> On 05/10/2021 00:26, Daniele Ceraolo Spurio wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/16/2021 11:03 AM, Matthew Brost wrote:
>>>> The i915 currently has 2k visible priority levels which are currently
>>>> unique. This is changing to statically map these 2k levels into 3
>>>> buckets:
>>>>
>>>> low: < 0
>>>> mid: 0
>>>> high: > 0
>>>>
>>>> Update gem_ctx_shared to understand this. This entails updating
>>>> promotion test to use 3 levels that will map into different buckets and
>>>> also add bit of delay after releasing a cork beforing completing the
>>>> spinners to give time to the i915 schedule to process the fence and
>>>> release and queue the requests.
>>>>
>>>> v2: Add a delay between starting releasing spinner and cork in
>>>> promotion
>>>> v3:
>>>>    (Daniele)
>>>>     - Always add delay, update commit message
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    tests/i915/gem_ctx_shared.c | 5 +++--
>>>>    1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/tests/i915/gem_ctx_shared.c b/tests/i915/gem_ctx_shared.c
>>>> index ea1b5dd1b..7f88871b8 100644
>>>> --- a/tests/i915/gem_ctx_shared.c
>>>> +++ b/tests/i915/gem_ctx_shared.c
>>>> @@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ static void unplug_show_queue(int i915, struct
>>>> igt_cork *c, uint64_t ahnd,
>>>>        igt_cork_unplug(c); /* batches will now be queued on the engine */
>>>>        igt_debugfs_dump(i915, "i915_engine_info");
>>>> +    usleep(250000);
>>>
>>> Same as previous patch, with a comment added:
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Daniele Ceraolo Spurio <daniele.ceraolospurio@intel.com>
>>
>> Come on guys, it is a bit bad and lazy for good taste no? 250ms more test
> 
> Yea, this is way too long of a sleep. 25ms seems just fine.

Until you get 1/1000 failures in CI on some platforms due phase of the 
moon. Adding sleeps should be avoided where possible.

> 
> On TGL /w the updated sleep:
> gem_ctx_shared --r *promotion*
> IGT-Version: 1.26-g7e489b053 (x86_64) (Linux: 5.15.0-rc3-guc+ x86_64)
> Starting subtest: Q-promotion
> Starting dynamic subtest: rcs0
> Dynamic subtest rcs0: SUCCESS (0.059s)
> Starting dynamic subtest: bcs0
> Dynamic subtest bcs0: SUCCESS (0.059s)
> Starting dynamic subtest: vcs0
> Dynamic subtest vcs0: SUCCESS (0.060s)
> Starting dynamic subtest: vecs0
> Dynamic subtest vecs0: SUCCESS (0.061s)
> Subtest Q-promotion: SUCCESS (0.239s)
> 
>> runtime, multiplied by number of tests and subtests (engines) will add up
>> and over shadows the current test time. For instance current state is:
>>
>> # tests/gem_ctx_shared --r *promotion*
>> IGT-Version: 1.26-NO-GIT (x86_64) (Linux: 5.15.0-rc4 x86_64)
>> Starting subtest: Q-promotion
>> Starting dynamic subtest: rcs0
>> Dynamic subtest rcs0: SUCCESS (0.174s)
>> Starting dynamic subtest: bcs0
>> Dynamic subtest bcs0: SUCCESS (0.224s)
>> Starting dynamic subtest: vcs0
>> Dynamic subtest vcs0: SUCCESS (0.153s)
>> Starting dynamic subtest: vecs0
>> Dynamic subtest vecs0: SUCCESS (0.153s)
>> Subtest Q-promotion: SUCCESS (0.708s)
>>
>> This patch instantly makes this 1.7 seconds instead. Add the in/out order
>> subtests, other tests, platforms with more engines, in a world where CI time
>> budget is scarce - can't we do better than this and not settle on sprinkling
>> of usleep all over the place?
>>
>> Like maybe add out fences to the two requests, merge them, and wait on that
>> (since there is no implicit write declared so set domain does not suffice)?
>>
> 
> Not sure I follow. Anyways reposting now with a smaller timeout value.
> Unless we hear something we plan on merging this tomorrow.

The in/out-order test as example. It needs to wait until two dword 
writes have completed, right? I am saying pass output fences out from 
spinners and wait on them before checking content of the shared buffer.

I also think sleep after uncorking is also conceptually misleading 
because that's not where the problem lies. Problem is set domain does 
not actually wait for sdw completion (existing comment even hints so "no 
write hazard lies!"). If I am right sporadic fail can in *theory* happen 
with execlists as well.

Regards,

Tvrtko

> 
> Matt
> 
>> Unless I am missing something it would be strictly correct for execlists
>> backend as well since it now works just because it is fast enough.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tvrtko
>>
>>>
>>> Daniele
>>>
>>>>        for (int n = 0; n < ARRAY_SIZE(spin); n++) {
>>>>            ahnd = spin[n]->ahnd;
>>>> @@ -831,10 +832,10 @@ static void promotion(int i915, const
>>>> intel_ctx_cfg_t *cfg, unsigned ring)
>>>>        gem_context_set_priority(i915, ctx[LO]->id, MIN_PRIO);
>>>>        ctx[HI] = intel_ctx_create(i915, &q_cfg);
>>>> -    gem_context_set_priority(i915, ctx[HI]->id, 0);
>>>> +    gem_context_set_priority(i915, ctx[HI]->id, MAX_PRIO);
>>>>        ctx[NOISE] = intel_ctx_create(i915, &q_cfg);
>>>> -    gem_context_set_priority(i915, ctx[NOISE]->id, MIN_PRIO/2);
>>>> +    gem_context_set_priority(i915, ctx[NOISE]->id, 0);
>>>>        result = gem_create(i915, 4096);
>>>>        result_offset = get_offset(ahnd, result, 4096, 0);
>>>