i965: Cache register write capability checks.

Our ability to perform register writes depends on the hardware and
kernel version.  It shouldn't ever change on a per-context basis,
so we only need to check once.

Checking introduces a synchronization point between the CPU and GPU:
even though we submit very few GPU commands, the GPU might be busy doing
other work, which could cause us to stall for a while.

On an idle i7 4750HQ, this improves performance in OglDrvCtx (a context
creation microbenchmark) by 6.14748% +/- 1.6837% (n=20).  With Unigine
Valley running in the background (to keep the GPU busy), it improves
performance in OglDrvCtx by 2290.92% +/- 29.5274% (n=5).

Signed-off-by: Kenneth Graunke <kenneth@whitecape.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>
This commit is contained in:
Kenneth Graunke
2014-12-22 00:55:37 -08:00
parent f332cf92b6
commit b7f14e03e3

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@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ can_do_pipelined_register_writes(struct brw_context *brw)
if (brw->gen >= 8)
return true;
static int result = -1;
if (result != -1)
return result;
/* We use SO_WRITE_OFFSET0 since you're supposed to write it (unlike the
* statistics registers), and we already reset it to zero before using it.
*/
@@ -91,6 +95,8 @@ can_do_pipelined_register_writes(struct brw_context *brw)
bool success = data[offset] == expected_value;
drm_intel_bo_unmap(brw->batch.workaround_bo);
result = success;
return success;
}
@@ -100,6 +106,10 @@ can_write_oacontrol(struct brw_context *brw)
if (brw->gen < 6 || brw->gen >= 8)
return false;
static int result = -1;
if (result != -1)
return result;
/* Set "Select Context ID" to a particular address (which is likely not a
* context), but leave all counting disabled. This should be harmless.
*/
@@ -150,6 +160,8 @@ can_write_oacontrol(struct brw_context *brw)
bool success = data[offset] == expected_value;
drm_intel_bo_unmap(brw->batch.workaround_bo);
result = success;
return success;
}