Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 06/27] drm/i915: Drop the CONTEXT_CLONE API

[Jason Ekstrand <jason@jlekstrand.net>]

On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 3:50 AM Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 10:57:27AM -0500, Jason Ekstrand wrote:
> > This API allows one context to grab bits out of another context upon
> > creation.  It can be used as a short-cut for setparam(getparam()) for
> > things like I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_VM.  However, it's never been used by any
> > real userspace.  It's used by a few IGT tests and that's it.  Since it
> > doesn't add any real value (most of the stuff you can CLONE you can copy
> > in other ways), drop it.
> >
> > There is one thing that this API allows you to clone which you cannot
> > clone via getparam/setparam: timelines.  However, timelines are an
> > implementation detail of i915 and not really something that needs to be
> > exposed to userspace.  Also, sharing timelines between contexts isn't
> > obviously useful and supporting it has the potential to complicate i915
> > internally.  It also doesn't add any functionality that the client can't
> > get in other ways.  If a client really wants a shared timeline, they can
> > use a syncobj and set it as an in and out fence on every submit.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jason Ekstrand <jason@jlekstrand.net>
> > Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>
>
> This aint gitlab MR, so please include a per-patch (and also per-revision)
> changelog summary here. With that added:

I don't think this patch has changed.  I'll scroll through to make sure, though.

> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c   | 199 +-----------------
> >  .../drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c  |  28 ---
> >  .../drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h  |   3 -
> >  include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h                   |  16 +-
> >  4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 240 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
> > index d6f342e605254..308a63f778faf 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_context.c
> > @@ -1958,207 +1958,14 @@ static int create_setparam(struct i915_user_extension __user *ext, void *data)
> >       return ctx_setparam(arg->fpriv, arg->ctx, &local.param);
> >  }
> >
> > -static int clone_engines(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
> > -                      struct i915_gem_context *src)
> > +static int invalid_ext(struct i915_user_extension __user *ext, void *data)
> >  {
> > -     struct i915_gem_engines *clone, *e;
> > -     bool user_engines;
> > -     unsigned long n;
> > -
> > -     e = __context_engines_await(src, &user_engines);
> > -     if (!e)
> > -             return -ENOENT;
> > -
> > -     clone = alloc_engines(e->num_engines);
> > -     if (!clone)
> > -             goto err_unlock;
> > -
> > -     for (n = 0; n < e->num_engines; n++) {
> > -             struct intel_engine_cs *engine;
> > -
> > -             if (!e->engines[n]) {
> > -                     clone->engines[n] = NULL;
> > -                     continue;
> > -             }
> > -             engine = e->engines[n]->engine;
> > -
> > -             /*
> > -              * Virtual engines are singletons; they can only exist
> > -              * inside a single context, because they embed their
> > -              * HW context... As each virtual context implies a single
> > -              * timeline (each engine can only dequeue a single request
> > -              * at any time), it would be surprising for two contexts
> > -              * to use the same engine. So let's create a copy of
> > -              * the virtual engine instead.
> > -              */
> > -             if (intel_engine_is_virtual(engine))
> > -                     clone->engines[n] =
> > -                             intel_execlists_clone_virtual(engine);
> > -             else
> > -                     clone->engines[n] = intel_context_create(engine);
> > -             if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(clone->engines[n])) {
> > -                     __free_engines(clone, n);
> > -                     goto err_unlock;
> > -             }
> > -
> > -             intel_context_set_gem(clone->engines[n], dst);
> > -     }
> > -     clone->num_engines = n;
> > -     i915_sw_fence_complete(&e->fence);
> > -
> > -     /* Serialised by constructor */
> > -     engines_idle_release(dst, rcu_replace_pointer(dst->engines, clone, 1));
> > -     if (user_engines)
> > -             i915_gem_context_set_user_engines(dst);
> > -     else
> > -             i915_gem_context_clear_user_engines(dst);
> > -     return 0;
> > -
> > -err_unlock:
> > -     i915_sw_fence_complete(&e->fence);
> > -     return -ENOMEM;
> > -}
> > -
> > -static int clone_flags(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
> > -                    struct i915_gem_context *src)
> > -{
> > -     dst->user_flags = src->user_flags;
> > -     return 0;
> > -}
> > -
> > -static int clone_schedattr(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
> > -                        struct i915_gem_context *src)
> > -{
> > -     dst->sched = src->sched;
> > -     return 0;
> > -}
> > -
> > -static int clone_sseu(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
> > -                   struct i915_gem_context *src)
> > -{
> > -     struct i915_gem_engines *e = i915_gem_context_lock_engines(src);
> > -     struct i915_gem_engines *clone;
> > -     unsigned long n;
> > -     int err;
> > -
> > -     /* no locking required; sole access under constructor*/
> > -     clone = __context_engines_static(dst);
> > -     if (e->num_engines != clone->num_engines) {
> > -             err = -EINVAL;
> > -             goto unlock;
> > -     }
> > -
> > -     for (n = 0; n < e->num_engines; n++) {
> > -             struct intel_context *ce = e->engines[n];
> > -
> > -             if (clone->engines[n]->engine->class != ce->engine->class) {
> > -                     /* Must have compatible engine maps! */
> > -                     err = -EINVAL;
> > -                     goto unlock;
> > -             }
> > -
> > -             /* serialises with set_sseu */
> > -             err = intel_context_lock_pinned(ce);
> > -             if (err)
> > -                     goto unlock;
> > -
> > -             clone->engines[n]->sseu = ce->sseu;
> > -             intel_context_unlock_pinned(ce);
> > -     }
> > -
> > -     err = 0;
> > -unlock:
> > -     i915_gem_context_unlock_engines(src);
> > -     return err;
> > -}
> > -
> > -static int clone_timeline(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
> > -                       struct i915_gem_context *src)
> > -{
> > -     if (src->timeline)
> > -             __assign_timeline(dst, src->timeline);
> > -
> > -     return 0;
> > -}
> > -
> > -static int clone_vm(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
> > -                 struct i915_gem_context *src)
> > -{
> > -     struct i915_address_space *vm;
> > -     int err = 0;
> > -
> > -     if (!rcu_access_pointer(src->vm))
> > -             return 0;
> > -
> > -     rcu_read_lock();
> > -     vm = context_get_vm_rcu(src);
> > -     rcu_read_unlock();
> > -
> > -     if (!mutex_lock_interruptible(&dst->mutex)) {
> > -             __assign_ppgtt(dst, vm);
> > -             mutex_unlock(&dst->mutex);
> > -     } else {
> > -             err = -EINTR;
> > -     }
> > -
> > -     i915_vm_put(vm);
> > -     return err;
> > -}
> > -
> > -static int create_clone(struct i915_user_extension __user *ext, void *data)
> > -{
> > -     static int (* const fn[])(struct i915_gem_context *dst,
> > -                               struct i915_gem_context *src) = {
> > -#define MAP(x, y) [ilog2(I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_##x)] = y
> > -             MAP(ENGINES, clone_engines),
> > -             MAP(FLAGS, clone_flags),
> > -             MAP(SCHEDATTR, clone_schedattr),
> > -             MAP(SSEU, clone_sseu),
> > -             MAP(TIMELINE, clone_timeline),
> > -             MAP(VM, clone_vm),
> > -#undef MAP
> > -     };
> > -     struct drm_i915_gem_context_create_ext_clone local;
> > -     const struct create_ext *arg = data;
> > -     struct i915_gem_context *dst = arg->ctx;
> > -     struct i915_gem_context *src;
> > -     int err, bit;
> > -
> > -     if (copy_from_user(&local, ext, sizeof(local)))
> > -             return -EFAULT;
> > -
> > -     BUILD_BUG_ON(GENMASK(BITS_PER_TYPE(local.flags) - 1, ARRAY_SIZE(fn)) !=
> > -                  I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_UNKNOWN);
> > -
> > -     if (local.flags & I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_UNKNOWN)
> > -             return -EINVAL;
> > -
> > -     if (local.rsvd)
> > -             return -EINVAL;
> > -
> > -     rcu_read_lock();
> > -     src = __i915_gem_context_lookup_rcu(arg->fpriv, local.clone_id);
> > -     rcu_read_unlock();
> > -     if (!src)
> > -             return -ENOENT;
> > -
> > -     GEM_BUG_ON(src == dst);
> > -
> > -     for (bit = 0; bit < ARRAY_SIZE(fn); bit++) {
> > -             if (!(local.flags & BIT(bit)))
> > -                     continue;
> > -
> > -             err = fn[bit](dst, src);
> > -             if (err)
> > -                     return err;
> > -     }
> > -
> > -     return 0;
> > +     return -EINVAL;
> >  }
> >
> >  static const i915_user_extension_fn create_extensions[] = {
> >       [I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_EXT_SETPARAM] = create_setparam,
> > -     [I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_EXT_CLONE] = create_clone,
> > +     [I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_EXT_CLONE] = invalid_ext,
> >  };
> >
> >  static bool client_is_banned(struct drm_i915_file_private *file_priv)
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
> > index de124870af44d..0e8c320927d15 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.c
> > @@ -3736,34 +3736,6 @@ intel_execlists_create_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
> >       return ERR_PTR(err);
> >  }
> >
> > -struct intel_context *
> > -intel_execlists_clone_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs *src)
> > -{
> > -     struct virtual_engine *se = to_virtual_engine(src);
> > -     struct intel_context *dst;
> > -
> > -     dst = intel_execlists_create_virtual(se->siblings,
> > -                                          se->num_siblings);
> > -     if (IS_ERR(dst))
> > -             return dst;
> > -
> > -     if (se->num_bonds) {
> > -             struct virtual_engine *de = to_virtual_engine(dst->engine);
> > -
> > -             de->bonds = kmemdup(se->bonds,
> > -                                 sizeof(*se->bonds) * se->num_bonds,
> > -                                 GFP_KERNEL);
> > -             if (!de->bonds) {
> > -                     intel_context_put(dst);
> > -                     return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > -             }
> > -
> > -             de->num_bonds = se->num_bonds;
> > -     }
> > -
> > -     return dst;
> > -}
> > -
> >  int intel_virtual_engine_attach_bond(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> >                                    const struct intel_engine_cs *master,
> >                                    const struct intel_engine_cs *sibling)
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h
> > index fd61dae820e9e..bab3d37cf3f98 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_execlists_submission.h
> > @@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ struct intel_context *
> >  intel_execlists_create_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs **siblings,
> >                              unsigned int count);
> >
> > -struct intel_context *
> > -intel_execlists_clone_virtual(struct intel_engine_cs *src);
> > -
> >  int intel_virtual_engine_attach_bond(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
> >                                    const struct intel_engine_cs *master,
> >                                    const struct intel_engine_cs *sibling);
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
> > index a0aaa8298f28d..75a71b6756ed8 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h
> > @@ -1887,20 +1887,10 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_context_create_ext_setparam {
> >       struct drm_i915_gem_context_param param;
> >  };
> >
> > -struct drm_i915_gem_context_create_ext_clone {
> > +/* This API has been removed.  On the off chance someone somewhere has
> > + * attempted to use it, never re-use this extension number.
> > + */
> >  #define I915_CONTEXT_CREATE_EXT_CLONE 1
> > -     struct i915_user_extension base;
> > -     __u32 clone_id;
> > -     __u32 flags;
> > -#define I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_ENGINES   (1u << 0)
> > -#define I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_FLAGS     (1u << 1)
> > -#define I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_SCHEDATTR (1u << 2)
> > -#define I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_SSEU              (1u << 3)
> > -#define I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_TIMELINE  (1u << 4)
> > -#define I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_VM                (1u << 5)
> > -#define I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_UNKNOWN -(I915_CONTEXT_CLONE_VM << 1)
> > -     __u64 rsvd;
> > -};
> >
> >  struct drm_i915_gem_context_destroy {
> >       __u32 ctx_id;
> > --
> > 2.31.1
> >
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> Daniel Vetter
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