drm/i915: Stop tracking MRU activity on VMA

Our goal is to remove struct_mutex and replace it with fine grained
locking. One of the thorny issues is our eviction logic for reclaiming
space for an execbuffer (or GTT mmaping, among a few other examples).
While eviction itself is easy to move under a per-VM mutex, performing
the activity tracking is less agreeable. One solution is not to do any
MRU tracking and do a simple coarse evaluation during eviction of
active/inactive, with a loose temporal ordering of last
insertion/evaluation. That keeps all the locking constrained to when we
are manipulating the VM itself, neatly avoiding the tricky handling of
possible recursive locking during execbuf and elsewhere.

Note that discarding the MRU (currently implemented as a pair of lists,
to avoid scanning the active list for a NONBLOCKING search) is unlikely
to impact upon our efficiency to reclaim VM space (where we think a LRU
model is best) as our current strategy is to use random idle replacement
first before doing a search, and over time the use of softpinned 48b
per-ppGTT is growing (thereby eliminating any need to perform any eviction
searches, in theory at least) with the remaining users being found on
much older devices (gen2-gen6).

v2: Changelog and commentary rewritten to elaborate on the duality of a
single list being both an inactive and active list.
v3: Consolidate bool parameters into a single set of flags; don't
comment on the duality of a single variable being a multiplicity of
bits.
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20190128102356.15037-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c

@@ -253,10 +253,7 @@ i915_gem_get_aperture_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 
 	pinned = ggtt->vm.reserved;
 	mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
-	list_for_each_entry(vma, &ggtt->vm.active_list, vm_link)
-		if (i915_vma_is_pinned(vma))
-			pinned += vma->node.size;
-	list_for_each_entry(vma, &ggtt->vm.inactive_list, vm_link)
+	list_for_each_entry(vma, &ggtt->vm.bound_list, vm_link)
 		if (i915_vma_is_pinned(vma))
 			pinned += vma->node.size;
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -1539,13 +1536,10 @@ static void i915_gem_object_bump_inactive_ggtt(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_has_pinned_pages(obj));
 
 	for_each_ggtt_vma(vma, obj) {
-		if (i915_vma_is_active(vma))
-			continue;
-
 		if (!drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node))
 			continue;
 
-		list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vma->vm->inactive_list);
+		list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vma->vm->bound_list);
 	}
 
 	i915 = to_i915(obj->base.dev);

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_evict.c

@@ -126,31 +126,25 @@ i915_gem_evict_something(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = vm->i915;
 	struct drm_mm_scan scan;
 	struct list_head eviction_list;
-	struct list_head *phases[] = {
-		&vm->inactive_list,
-		&vm->active_list,
-		NULL,
-	}, **phase;
 	struct i915_vma *vma, *next;
 	struct drm_mm_node *node;
 	enum drm_mm_insert_mode mode;
+	struct i915_vma *active;
 	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&vm->i915->drm.struct_mutex);
 	trace_i915_gem_evict(vm, min_size, alignment, flags);
 
 	/*
-	 * The goal is to evict objects and amalgamate space in LRU order.
-	 * The oldest idle objects reside on the inactive list, which is in
-	 * retirement order. The next objects to retire are those in flight,
-	 * on the active list, again in retirement order.
+	 * The goal is to evict objects and amalgamate space in rough LRU order.
+	 * Since both active and inactive objects reside on the same list,
+	 * in a mix of creation and last scanned order, as we process the list
+	 * we sort it into inactive/active, which keeps the active portion
+	 * in a rough MRU order.
 	 *
 	 * The retirement sequence is thus:
-	 *   1. Inactive objects (already retired)
-	 *   2. Active objects (will stall on unbinding)
-	 *
-	 * On each list, the oldest objects lie at the HEAD with the freshest
-	 * object on the TAIL.
+	 *   1. Inactive objects (already retired, random order)
+	 *   2. Active objects (will stall on unbinding, oldest scanned first)
 	 */
 	mode = DRM_MM_INSERT_BEST;
 	if (flags & PIN_HIGH)
@@ -169,17 +163,46 @@ i915_gem_evict_something(struct i915_address_space *vm,
 	 */
 	if (!(flags & PIN_NONBLOCK))
 		i915_retire_requests(dev_priv);
-	else
-		phases[1] = NULL;
 
 search_again:
+	active = NULL;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eviction_list);
-	phase = phases;
-	do {
-		list_for_each_entry(vma, *phase, vm_link)
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, next, &vm->bound_list, vm_link) {
+		/*
+		 * We keep this list in a rough least-recently scanned order
+		 * of active elements (inactive elements are cheap to reap).
+		 * New entries are added to the end, and we move anything we
+		 * scan to the end. The assumption is that the working set
+		 * of applications is either steady state (and thanks to the
+		 * userspace bo cache it almost always is) or volatile and
+		 * frequently replaced after a frame, which are self-evicting!
+		 * Given that assumption, the MRU order of the scan list is
+		 * fairly static, and keeping it in least-recently scan order
+		 * is suitable.
+		 *
+		 * To notice when we complete one full cycle, we record the
+		 * first active element seen, before moving it to the tail.
+		 */
+		if (i915_vma_is_active(vma)) {
+			if (vma == active) {
+				if (flags & PIN_NONBLOCK)
+					break;
+
+				active = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+			}
+
+			if (active != ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)) {
+				if (!active)
+					active = vma;
+
+				list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vm->bound_list);
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (mark_free(&scan, vma, flags, &eviction_list))
 			goto found;
-	} while (*++phase);
+	}
 
 	/* Nothing found, clean up and bail out! */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, next, &eviction_list, evict_link) {
@@ -388,11 +411,6 @@ int i915_gem_evict_for_node(struct i915_address_space *vm,
  */
 int i915_gem_evict_vm(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 {
-	struct list_head *phases[] = {
-		&vm->inactive_list,
-		&vm->active_list,
-		NULL
-	}, **phase;
 	struct list_head eviction_list;
 	struct i915_vma *vma, *next;
 	int ret;
@@ -412,16 +430,13 @@ int i915_gem_evict_vm(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&eviction_list);
-	phase = phases;
-	do {
-		list_for_each_entry(vma, *phase, vm_link) {
+	list_for_each_entry(vma, &vm->bound_list, vm_link) {
 		if (i915_vma_is_pinned(vma))
 			continue;
 
 		__i915_vma_pin(vma);
 		list_add(&vma->evict_link, &eviction_list);
 	}
-	} while (*++phase);
 
 	ret = 0;
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, next, &eviction_list, evict_link) {

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c

@@ -491,9 +491,8 @@ static void i915_address_space_init(struct i915_address_space *vm, int subclass)
 
 	stash_init(&vm->free_pages);
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->active_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->inactive_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->unbound_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vm->bound_list);
 }
 
 static void i915_address_space_fini(struct i915_address_space *vm)
@@ -2111,8 +2110,7 @@ void i915_ppgtt_close(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 static void ppgtt_destroy_vma(struct i915_address_space *vm)
 {
 	struct list_head *phases[] = {
-		&vm->active_list,
-		&vm->inactive_list,
+		&vm->bound_list,
 		&vm->unbound_list,
 		NULL,
 	}, **phase;
@@ -2135,8 +2133,7 @@ void i915_ppgtt_release(struct kref *kref)
 
 	ppgtt_destroy_vma(&ppgtt->vm);
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ppgtt->vm.active_list));
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ppgtt->vm.inactive_list));
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ppgtt->vm.bound_list));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ppgtt->vm.unbound_list));
 
 	ppgtt->vm.cleanup(&ppgtt->vm);
@@ -2801,8 +2798,7 @@ void i915_ggtt_cleanup_hw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	mutex_lock(&dev_priv->drm.struct_mutex);
 	i915_gem_fini_aliasing_ppgtt(dev_priv);
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ggtt->vm.active_list));
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, vn, &ggtt->vm.inactive_list, vm_link)
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, vn, &ggtt->vm.bound_list, vm_link)
 		WARN_ON(i915_vma_unbind(vma));
 
 	if (drm_mm_node_allocated(&ggtt->error_capture))
@@ -3514,8 +3510,7 @@ void i915_gem_restore_gtt_mappings(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 	ggtt->vm.closed = true; /* skip rewriting PTE on VMA unbind */
 
 	/* clflush objects bound into the GGTT and rebind them. */
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ggtt->vm.active_list));
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, vn, &ggtt->vm.inactive_list, vm_link) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, vn, &ggtt->vm.bound_list, vm_link) {
 		struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = vma->obj;
 
 		if (!(vma->flags & I915_VMA_GLOBAL_BIND))

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.h

@@ -299,32 +299,12 @@ struct i915_address_space {
 	struct i915_page_directory_pointer *scratch_pdp; /* GEN8+ & 48b PPGTT */
 
 	/**
-	 * List of objects currently involved in rendering.
-	 *
-	 * Includes buffers having the contents of their GPU caches
-	 * flushed, not necessarily primitives. last_read_req
-	 * represents when the rendering involved will be completed.
-	 *
-	 * A reference is held on the buffer while on this list.
-	 */
-	struct list_head active_list;
-
-	/**
-	 * LRU list of objects which are not in the ringbuffer and
-	 * are ready to unbind, but are still in the GTT.
-	 *
-	 * last_read_req is NULL while an object is in this list.
-	 *
-	 * A reference is not held on the buffer while on this list,
-	 * as merely being GTT-bound shouldn't prevent its being
-	 * freed, and we'll pull it off the list in the free path.
+	 * List of vma currently bound.
 	 */
-	struct list_head inactive_list;
+	struct list_head bound_list;
 
 	/**
-	 * List of vma that have been unbound.
-	 *
-	 * A reference is not held on the buffer while on this list.
+	 * List of vma that are not unbound.
 	 */
 	struct list_head unbound_list;
 

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_shrinker.c

@@ -462,9 +462,13 @@ i915_gem_shrinker_vmap(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event, void *ptr
 
 	/* We also want to clear any cached iomaps as they wrap vmap */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(vma, next,
-				 &i915->ggtt.vm.inactive_list, vm_link) {
+				 &i915->ggtt.vm.bound_list, vm_link) {
 		unsigned long count = vma->node.size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		if (vma->iomap && i915_vma_unbind(vma) == 0)
+
+		if (!vma->iomap || i915_vma_is_active(vma))
+			continue;
+
+		if (i915_vma_unbind(vma) == 0)
 			freed_pages += count;
 	}
 

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_stolen.c

@@ -701,7 +701,8 @@ i915_gem_object_create_stolen_for_preallocated(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv
 	vma->pages = obj->mm.pages;
 	vma->flags |= I915_VMA_GLOBAL_BIND;
 	__i915_vma_set_map_and_fenceable(vma);
-	list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &ggtt->vm.inactive_list);
+
+	list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &ggtt->vm.bound_list);
 
 	spin_lock(&dev_priv->mm.obj_lock);
 	list_move_tail(&obj->mm.link, &dev_priv->mm.bound_list);

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c

@@ -1121,7 +1121,9 @@ static void capture_bo(struct drm_i915_error_buffer *err,
 
 static u32 capture_error_bo(struct drm_i915_error_buffer *err,
 			    int count, struct list_head *head,
-			    bool pinned_only)
+			    unsigned int flags)
+#define ACTIVE_ONLY BIT(0)
+#define PINNED_ONLY BIT(1)
 {
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 	int i = 0;
@@ -1130,7 +1132,10 @@ static u32 capture_error_bo(struct drm_i915_error_buffer *err,
 		if (!vma->obj)
 			continue;
 
-		if (pinned_only && !i915_vma_is_pinned(vma))
+		if (flags & ACTIVE_ONLY && !i915_vma_is_active(vma))
+			continue;
+
+		if (flags & PINNED_ONLY && !i915_vma_is_pinned(vma))
 			continue;
 
 		capture_bo(err++, vma);
@@ -1601,14 +1606,17 @@ static void gem_capture_vm(struct i915_gpu_state *error,
 	int count;
 
 	count = 0;
-	list_for_each_entry(vma, &vm->active_list, vm_link)
+	list_for_each_entry(vma, &vm->bound_list, vm_link)
+		if (i915_vma_is_active(vma))
 			count++;
 
 	active_bo = NULL;
 	if (count)
 		active_bo = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*active_bo), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (active_bo)
-		count = capture_error_bo(active_bo, count, &vm->active_list, false);
+		count = capture_error_bo(active_bo,
+					 count, &vm->bound_list,
+					 ACTIVE_ONLY);
 	else
 		count = 0;
 
@@ -1646,28 +1654,20 @@ static void capture_pinned_buffers(struct i915_gpu_state *error)
 	struct i915_address_space *vm = &error->i915->ggtt.vm;
 	struct drm_i915_error_buffer *bo;
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
-	int count_inactive, count_active;
-
-	count_inactive = 0;
-	list_for_each_entry(vma, &vm->inactive_list, vm_link)
-		count_inactive++;
+	int count;
 
-	count_active = 0;
-	list_for_each_entry(vma, &vm->active_list, vm_link)
-		count_active++;
+	count = 0;
+	list_for_each_entry(vma, &vm->bound_list, vm_link)
+		count++;
 
 	bo = NULL;
-	if (count_inactive + count_active)
-		bo = kcalloc(count_inactive + count_active,
-			     sizeof(*bo), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (count)
+		bo = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*bo), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!bo)
 		return;
 
-	count_inactive = capture_error_bo(bo, count_inactive,
-					  &vm->active_list, true);
-	count_active = capture_error_bo(bo + count_inactive, count_active,
-					&vm->inactive_list, true);
-	error->pinned_bo_count = count_inactive + count_active;
+	error->pinned_bo_count =
+		capture_error_bo(bo, count, &vm->bound_list, PINNED_ONLY);
 	error->pinned_bo = bo;
 }
 

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma.c

@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ __i915_vma_retire(struct i915_vma *vma, struct i915_request *rq)
 	if (--vma->active_count)
 		return;
 
-	GEM_BUG_ON(!drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node));
-	list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vma->vm->inactive_list);
-
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_object_is_active(obj));
 	if (--obj->active_count)
 		return;
@@ -659,7 +656,7 @@ i915_vma_insert(struct i915_vma *vma, u64 size, u64 alignment, u64 flags)
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!drm_mm_node_allocated(&vma->node));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_gem_valid_gtt_space(vma, cache_level));
 
-	list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vma->vm->inactive_list);
+	list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vma->vm->bound_list);
 
 	if (vma->obj) {
 		struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj = vma->obj;
@@ -1003,10 +1000,8 @@ int i915_vma_move_to_active(struct i915_vma *vma,
 	 * add the active reference first and queue for it to be dropped
 	 * *last*.
 	 */
-	if (!i915_gem_active_isset(active) && !vma->active_count++) {
-		list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vma->vm->active_list);
+	if (!i915_gem_active_isset(active) && !vma->active_count++)
 		obj->active_count++;
-	}
 	i915_gem_active_set(active, rq);
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!i915_vma_is_active(vma));
 	GEM_BUG_ON(!obj->active_count);

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_evict.c

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int populate_ggtt(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (list_empty(&i915->ggtt.vm.inactive_list)) {
+	if (list_empty(&i915->ggtt.vm.bound_list)) {
 		pr_err("No objects on the GGTT inactive list!\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void unpin_ggtt(struct drm_i915_private *i915)
 {
 	struct i915_vma *vma;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(vma, &i915->ggtt.vm.inactive_list, vm_link)
+	list_for_each_entry(vma, &i915->ggtt.vm.bound_list, vm_link)
 		if (vma->obj->mm.quirked)
 			i915_vma_unpin(vma);
 }

drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/i915_gem_gtt.c

@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ static void track_vma_bind(struct i915_vma *vma)
 	__i915_gem_object_pin_pages(obj);
 
 	vma->pages = obj->mm.pages;
-	list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vma->vm->inactive_list);
+	list_move_tail(&vma->vm_link, &vma->vm->bound_list);
 }
 
 static int exercise_mock(struct drm_i915_private *i915,