1 files changed, 36 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
index 565322640378..031433691a06 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct i915_capture_list {
 
 #define RQ_TRACE(rq, fmt, ...) do {					\
 	const struct i915_request *rq__ = (rq);				\
-	ENGINE_TRACE(rq__->engine, "fence %llx:%lld, current %d" fmt,	\
+	ENGINE_TRACE(rq__->engine, "fence %llx:%lld, current %d " fmt,	\
 		     rq__->fence.context, rq__->fence.seqno,		\
 		     hwsp_seqno(rq__), ##__VA_ARGS__);			\
 } while (0)
@@ -77,6 +77,38 @@ enum {
 	 * a request is on the various signal_list.
 	 */
 	I915_FENCE_FLAG_SIGNAL,
+
+	/*
+	 * I915_FENCE_FLAG_NOPREEMPT - this request should not be preempted
+	 *
+	 * The execution of some requests should not be interrupted. This is
+	 * a sensitive operation as it makes the request super important,
+	 * blocking other higher priority work. Abuse of this flag will
+	 * lead to quality of service issues.
+	 */
+	I915_FENCE_FLAG_NOPREEMPT,
+
+	/*
+	 * I915_FENCE_FLAG_SENTINEL - this request should be last in the queue
+	 *
+	 * A high priority sentinel request may be submitted to clear the
+	 * submission queue. As it will be the only request in-flight, upon
+	 * execution all other active requests will have been preempted and
+	 * unsubmitted. This preemptive pulse is used to re-evaluate the
+	 * in-flight requests, particularly in cases where an active context
+	 * is banned and those active requests need to be cancelled.
+	 */
+	I915_FENCE_FLAG_SENTINEL,
+
+	/*
+	 * I915_FENCE_FLAG_BOOST - upclock the gpu for this request
+	 *
+	 * Some requests are more important than others! In particular, a
+	 * request that the user is waiting on is typically required for
+	 * interactive latency, for which we want to minimise by upclocking
+	 * the GPU. Here we track such boost requests on a per-request basis.
+	 */
+	I915_FENCE_FLAG_BOOST,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -225,11 +257,6 @@ struct i915_request {
 	/** Time at which this request was emitted, in jiffies. */
 	unsigned long emitted_jiffies;
 
-	unsigned long flags;
-#define I915_REQUEST_WAITBOOST	BIT(0)
-#define I915_REQUEST_NOPREEMPT	BIT(1)
-#define I915_REQUEST_SENTINEL	BIT(2)
-
 	/** timeline->request entry for this request */
 	struct list_head link;
 
@@ -442,18 +469,18 @@ static inline void i915_request_mark_complete(struct i915_request *rq)
 
 static inline bool i915_request_has_waitboost(const struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	return rq->flags & I915_REQUEST_WAITBOOST;
+	return test_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_BOOST, &rq->fence.flags);
 }
 
 static inline bool i915_request_has_nopreempt(const struct i915_request *rq)
 {
 	/* Preemption should only be disabled very rarely */
-	return unlikely(rq->flags & I915_REQUEST_NOPREEMPT);
+	return unlikely(test_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_NOPREEMPT, &rq->fence.flags));
 }
 
 static inline bool i915_request_has_sentinel(const struct i915_request *rq)
 {
-	return unlikely(rq->flags & I915_REQUEST_SENTINEL);
+	return unlikely(test_bit(I915_FENCE_FLAG_SENTINEL, &rq->fence.flags));
 }
 
 static inline struct intel_timeline *