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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6003c81d5aa4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gpu/rfc/i915_small_bar.h @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +/** + * struct __drm_i915_memory_region_info - Describes one region as known to the + * driver. + * + * Note this is using both struct drm_i915_query_item and struct drm_i915_query. + * For this new query we are adding the new query id DRM_I915_QUERY_MEMORY_REGIONS + * at &drm_i915_query_item.query_id. + */ +struct __drm_i915_memory_region_info { + /** @region: The class:instance pair encoding */ + struct drm_i915_gem_memory_class_instance region; + + /** @rsvd0: MBZ */ + __u32 rsvd0; + + /** + * @probed_size: Memory probed by the driver + * + * Note that it should not be possible to ever encounter a zero value + * here, also note that no current region type will ever return -1 here. + * Although for future region types, this might be a possibility. The + * same applies to the other size fields. + */ + __u64 probed_size; + + /** + * @unallocated_size: Estimate of memory remaining + * + * Requires CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN to get reliable accounting. + * Without this (or if this is an older kernel) the value here will + * always equal the @probed_size. Note this is only currently tracked + * for I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE regions (for other types the value here + * will always equal the @probed_size). + */ + __u64 unallocated_size; + + union { + /** @rsvd1: MBZ */ + __u64 rsvd1[8]; + struct { + /** + * @probed_cpu_visible_size: Memory probed by the driver + * that is CPU accessible. + * + * This will be always be <= @probed_size, and the + * remainder (if there is any) will not be CPU + * accessible. + * + * On systems without small BAR, the @probed_size will + * always equal the @probed_cpu_visible_size, since all + * of it will be CPU accessible. + * + * Note this is only tracked for + * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE regions (for other types the + * value here will always equal the @probed_size). + * + * Note that if the value returned here is zero, then + * this must be an old kernel which lacks the relevant + * small-bar uAPI support (including + * I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS), but on + * such systems we should never actually end up with a + * small BAR configuration, assuming we are able to load + * the kernel module. Hence it should be safe to treat + * this the same as when @probed_cpu_visible_size == + * @probed_size. + */ + __u64 probed_cpu_visible_size; + + /** + * @unallocated_cpu_visible_size: Estimate of CPU + * visible memory remaining + * + * Note this is only tracked for + * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE regions (for other types the + * value here will always equal the + * @probed_cpu_visible_size). + * + * Requires CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN to get reliable + * accounting. Without this the value here will always + * equal the @probed_cpu_visible_size. Note this is only + * currently tracked for I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE + * regions (for other types the value here will also + * always equal the @probed_cpu_visible_size). + * + * If this is an older kernel the value here will be + * zero, see also @probed_cpu_visible_size. + */ + __u64 unallocated_cpu_visible_size; + }; + }; +}; + +/** + * struct __drm_i915_gem_create_ext - Existing gem_create behaviour, with added + * extension support using struct i915_user_extension. + * + * Note that new buffer flags should be added here, at least for the stuff that + * is immutable. Previously we would have two ioctls, one to create the object + * with gem_create, and another to apply various parameters, however this + * creates some ambiguity for the params which are considered immutable. Also in + * general we're phasing out the various SET/GET ioctls. + */ +struct __drm_i915_gem_create_ext { + /** + * @size: Requested size for the object. + * + * The (page-aligned) allocated size for the object will be returned. + * + * Note that for some devices we have might have further minimum + * page-size restrictions (larger than 4K), like for device local-memory. + * However in general the final size here should always reflect any + * rounding up, if for example using the I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_MEMORY_REGIONS + * extension to place the object in device local-memory. The kernel will + * always select the largest minimum page-size for the set of possible + * placements as the value to use when rounding up the @size. + */ + __u64 size; + + /** + * @handle: Returned handle for the object. + * + * Object handles are nonzero. + */ + __u32 handle; + + /** + * @flags: Optional flags. + * + * Supported values: + * + * I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS - Signal to the kernel that + * the object will need to be accessed via the CPU. + * + * Only valid when placing objects in I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE, and only + * strictly required on configurations where some subset of the device + * memory is directly visible/mappable through the CPU (which we also + * call small BAR), like on some DG2+ systems. Note that this is quite + * undesirable, but due to various factors like the client CPU, BIOS etc + * it's something we can expect to see in the wild. See + * &__drm_i915_memory_region_info.probed_cpu_visible_size for how to + * determine if this system applies. + * + * Note that one of the placements MUST be I915_MEMORY_CLASS_SYSTEM, to + * ensure the kernel can always spill the allocation to system memory, + * if the object can't be allocated in the mappable part of + * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE. + * + * Also note that since the kernel only supports flat-CCS on objects + * that can *only* be placed in I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE, we therefore + * don't support I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS together with + * flat-CCS. + * + * Without this hint, the kernel will assume that non-mappable + * I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE is preferred for this object. Note that the + * kernel can still migrate the object to the mappable part, as a last + * resort, if userspace ever CPU faults this object, but this might be + * expensive, and so ideally should be avoided. + * + * On older kernels which lack the relevant small-bar uAPI support (see + * also &__drm_i915_memory_region_info.probed_cpu_visible_size), + * usage of the flag will result in an error, but it should NEVER be + * possible to end up with a small BAR configuration, assuming we can + * also successfully load the i915 kernel module. In such cases the + * entire I915_MEMORY_CLASS_DEVICE region will be CPU accessible, and as + * such there are zero restrictions on where the object can be placed. + */ +#define I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_FLAG_NEEDS_CPU_ACCESS (1 << 0) + __u32 flags; + + /** + * @extensions: The chain of extensions to apply to this object. + * + * This will be useful in the future when we need to support several + * different extensions, and we need to apply more than one when + * creating the object. See struct i915_user_extension. + * + * If we don't supply any extensions then we get the same old gem_create + * behaviour. + * + * For I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_MEMORY_REGIONS usage see + * struct drm_i915_gem_create_ext_memory_regions. + * + * For I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_PROTECTED_CONTENT usage see + * struct drm_i915_gem_create_ext_protected_content. + */ +#define I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_MEMORY_REGIONS 0 +#define I915_GEM_CREATE_EXT_PROTECTED_CONTENT 1 + __u64 extensions; +}; |