Intel Context Wrapper

Intel Context Wrapper — Wrapper structs for dealing with contexts

Functions

Types and Values

Description

This helper library contains a couple of wrapper structs for easier dealing with GEM contexts. This includes a context configuration struct which represents important context construction parameters and a context struct which contains the context ID and its configuration. This makes it easier to pass around a context without losing the context create information.

Functions

intel_ctx_cfg_for_engine ()

intel_ctx_cfg_t
intel_ctx_cfg_for_engine (unsigned int class,
                          unsigned int inst);

Returns an intel_ctx_cfg_t containing exactly one engine.

Parameters

class

engine class

 

inst

engine instance

 

intel_ctx_cfg_all_physical ()

intel_ctx_cfg_t
intel_ctx_cfg_all_physical (int fd);

Returns an intel_ctx_cfg_t containing all physical engines. On kernels without the engines API, a default context configuration will be returned.

Parameters

fd

open i915 drm file descriptor

 

intel_ctx_cfg_for_gt ()

intel_ctx_cfg_t
intel_ctx_cfg_for_gt (int fd,
                      int gt);

Returns an intel_ctx_cfg_t containing all physical engines belonging to gt

Parameters

fd

open i915 drm file descriptor

 

gt

gt id

 

intel_ctx_cfg_engine_class ()

int
intel_ctx_cfg_engine_class (const intel_ctx_cfg_t *cfg,
                            unsigned int engine);

Returns the class for the given engine.

Parameters

cfg

an intel_ctx_cfg_t

 

engine

an engine specifier

 

intel_ctx_create ()

const intel_ctx_t *
intel_ctx_create (int i915,
                  const intel_ctx_cfg_t *cfg);

Creates a new intel_ctx_t with the given config. If cfg is NULL, a default context is created.

Parameters

fd

open i915 drm file descriptor

 

cfg

configuration for the created context

 

intel_ctx_0 ()

const intel_ctx_t *
intel_ctx_0 (int fd);

Returns an intel_ctx_t representing the default context.

Parameters

fd

open i915 drm file descriptor

 

intel_ctx_create_for_engine ()

const intel_ctx_t *
intel_ctx_create_for_engine (int fd,
                             unsigned int class,
                             unsigned int inst);

Returns an intel_ctx_t containing the specified engine.

Parameters

fd

open i915 drm file descriptor

 

class

engine class

 

inst

engine instance

 

intel_ctx_create_all_physical ()

const intel_ctx_t *
intel_ctx_create_all_physical (int fd);

Creates an intel_ctx_t containing all physical engines. On kernels without the engines API, the created context will be the same as intel_ctx_0() except that it will be a new GEM context. On kernels or hardware which do not support contexts, it is the same as intel_ctx_0().

Parameters

fd

open i915 drm file descriptor

 

intel_ctx_create_for_gt ()

const intel_ctx_t *
intel_ctx_create_for_gt (int fd,
                         int gt);

Creates an intel_ctx_t containing all physical engines belonging to gt

Parameters

fd

open i915 drm file descriptor

 

gt

gt id

 

intel_ctx_destroy ()

void
intel_ctx_destroy (int fd,
                   const intel_ctx_t *ctx);

Destroys an intel_ctx_t.

Parameters

fd

open i915 drm file descriptor

 

ctx

context to destroy, or NULL

 

intel_ctx_engine_class ()

unsigned int
intel_ctx_engine_class (const intel_ctx_t *ctx,
                        unsigned int engine);

Returns the class for the given engine.

Parameters

ctx

an intel_ctx_t

 

engine

an engine specifier

 

intel_ctx_xe ()

intel_ctx_t *
intel_ctx_xe (int fd,
              uint32_t vm,
              uint32_t exec_queue,
              uint32_t sync_in,
              uint32_t sync_bind,
              uint32_t sync_out);

Returns an intel_ctx_t representing the xe context.

Parameters

fd

open i915 drm file descriptor

 

vm

vm

 

exec_queue

exec queue

 

intel_ctx_xe_exec ()

void
intel_ctx_xe_exec (const intel_ctx_t *ctx,
                   uint64_t ahnd,
                   uint64_t bb_offset);

intel_ctx_xe_sync ()

int
intel_ctx_xe_sync (intel_ctx_t *ctx,
                   bool reset_syncs);

Types and Values

GEM_MAX_ENGINES

#define GEM_MAX_ENGINES		I915_EXEC_RING_MASK + 1

intel_ctx_cfg_t

typedef struct {
	uint32_t flags;
	uint32_t vm;
	bool nopersist;
	bool load_balance;
	bool parallel;
	unsigned int num_engines;
	unsigned int width;
	struct i915_engine_class_instance engines[GEM_MAX_ENGINES];
} intel_ctx_cfg_t;

Represents the full configuration of an intel_ctx.

num_engines not only specifies the number of engines in the context but also how engine information should be communicated to execbuf. With the engines API, every context has two modes:

  • In legacy mode (indicated by num_engines == 0), the context has a fixed set of engines. The engine to use is specified to execbuf via an I915_EXEC_* flag such as I915_EXEC_RENDER or I915_EXEC_BLT. This is the default behavior of a GEM context if CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES is never set.

  • In modern mode (indicated by num_engines > 0), the set of engines is provided by userspace via CONTEXT_PARAM_ENGINES. Userspace provides an array of i915_engine_class_instance which are class + instance pairs. When calling execbuf in this mode, the engine to use is specified by passing an integer engine index into that array of engines as part of the flags parameter. (Because of the layout of the flags, the maximum possible index value is 63.)

Members

uint32_t flags;

Context create flags

 

uint32_t vm;

VM to inherit or 0 for using a per-context VM

 

bool nopersist;

set I915_CONTEXT_PARAM_PERSISTENCE to 0

 

bool load_balance;

True if the first engine should be a load balancing engine

 

bool parallel;

   

unsigned int num_engines;

Number of client-specified engines or 0 for legacy mode

 

unsigned int width;

   

struct i915_engine_class_instance engines[GEM_MAX_ENGINES];

Client-specified engines

 

intel_ctx_t

typedef struct {
	uint32_t id;
	intel_ctx_cfg_t cfg;

	/* Xe */
	int fd;
	uint32_t vm;
	uint32_t exec_queue;
	uint32_t sync_in;
	uint32_t sync_bind;
	uint32_t sync_out;
} intel_ctx_t;

Represents the full configuration of an intel_ctx.

Members

uint32_t id;

the context id/handle

 

intel_ctx_cfg_t cfg;

the config used to create this context

 

int fd;

   

uint32_t vm;

   

uint32_t exec_queue;

   

uint32_t sync_in;

   

uint32_t sync_bind;

   

uint32_t sync_out;