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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-usage-stats.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-usage-stats.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..044e6b2ed1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-usage-stats.rst @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@ +.. _drm-client-usage-stats: + +====================== +DRM client usage stats +====================== + +DRM drivers can choose to export partly standardised text output via the +`fops->show_fdinfo()` as part of the driver specific file operations registered +in the `struct drm_driver` object registered with the DRM core. + +One purpose of this output is to enable writing as generic as practically +feasible `top(1)` like userspace monitoring tools. + +Given the differences between various DRM drivers the specification of the +output is split between common and driver specific parts. Having said that, +wherever possible effort should still be made to standardise as much as +possible. + +File format specification +========================= + +- File shall contain one key value pair per one line of text. +- Colon character (`:`) must be used to delimit keys and values. +- All keys shall be prefixed with `drm-`. +- Whitespace between the delimiter and first non-whitespace character shall be + ignored when parsing. +- Keys are not allowed to contain whitespace characters. +- Numerical key value pairs can end with optional unit string. +- Data type of the value is fixed as defined in the specification. + +Key types +--------- + +1. Mandatory, fully standardised. +2. Optional, fully standardised. +3. Driver specific. + +Data types +---------- + +- <uint> - Unsigned integer without defining the maximum value. +- <keystr> - String excluding any above defined reserved characters or whitespace. +- <valstr> - String. + +Mandatory fully standardised keys +--------------------------------- + +- drm-driver: <valstr> + +String shall contain the name this driver registered as via the respective +`struct drm_driver` data structure. + +Optional fully standardised keys +-------------------------------- + +Identification +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +- drm-pdev: <aaaa:bb.cc.d> + +For PCI devices this should contain the PCI slot address of the device in +question. + +- drm-client-id: <uint> + +Unique value relating to the open DRM file descriptor used to distinguish +duplicated and shared file descriptors. Conceptually the value should map 1:1 +to the in kernel representation of `struct drm_file` instances. + +Uniqueness of the value shall be either globally unique, or unique within the +scope of each device, in which case `drm-pdev` shall be present as well. + +Userspace should make sure to not double account any usage statistics by using +the above described criteria in order to associate data to individual clients. + +Utilization +^^^^^^^^^^^ + +- drm-engine-<keystr>: <uint> ns + +GPUs usually contain multiple execution engines. Each shall be given a stable +and unique name (keystr), with possible values documented in the driver specific +documentation. + +Value shall be in specified time units which the respective GPU engine spent +busy executing workloads belonging to this client. + +Values are not required to be constantly monotonic if it makes the driver +implementation easier, but are required to catch up with the previously reported +larger value within a reasonable period. Upon observing a value lower than what +was previously read, userspace is expected to stay with that larger previous +value until a monotonic update is seen. + +- drm-engine-capacity-<keystr>: <uint> + +Engine identifier string must be the same as the one specified in the +drm-engine-<keystr> tag and shall contain a greater than zero number in case the +exported engine corresponds to a group of identical hardware engines. + +In the absence of this tag parser shall assume capacity of one. Zero capacity +is not allowed. + +- drm-cycles-<keystr>: <uint> + +Engine identifier string must be the same as the one specified in the +drm-engine-<keystr> tag and shall contain the number of busy cycles for the given +engine. + +Values are not required to be constantly monotonic if it makes the driver +implementation easier, but are required to catch up with the previously reported +larger value within a reasonable period. Upon observing a value lower than what +was previously read, userspace is expected to stay with that larger previous +value until a monotonic update is seen. + +- drm-maxfreq-<keystr>: <uint> [Hz|MHz|KHz] + +Engine identifier string must be the same as the one specified in the +drm-engine-<keystr> tag and shall contain the maximum frequency for the given +engine. Taken together with drm-cycles-<keystr>, this can be used to calculate +percentage utilization of the engine, whereas drm-engine-<keystr> only reflects +time active without considering what frequency the engine is operating as a +percentage of its maximum frequency. + +Memory +^^^^^^ + +- drm-memory-<region>: <uint> [KiB|MiB] + +Each possible memory type which can be used to store buffer objects by the +GPU in question shall be given a stable and unique name to be returned as the +string here. The name "memory" is reserved to refer to normal system memory. + +Value shall reflect the amount of storage currently consumed by the buffer +objects belong to this client, in the respective memory region. + +Default unit shall be bytes with optional unit specifiers of 'KiB' or 'MiB' +indicating kibi- or mebi-bytes. + +- drm-shared-<region>: <uint> [KiB|MiB] + +The total size of buffers that are shared with another file (ie. have more +than a single handle). + +- drm-total-<region>: <uint> [KiB|MiB] + +The total size of buffers that including shared and private memory. + +- drm-resident-<region>: <uint> [KiB|MiB] + +The total size of buffers that are resident in the specified region. + +- drm-purgeable-<region>: <uint> [KiB|MiB] + +The total size of buffers that are purgeable. + +- drm-active-<region>: <uint> [KiB|MiB] + +The total size of buffers that are active on one or more engines. + +Implementation Details +====================== + +Drivers should use drm_show_fdinfo() in their `struct file_operations`, and +implement &drm_driver.show_fdinfo if they wish to provide any stats which +are not provided by drm_show_fdinfo(). But even driver specific stats should +be documented above and where possible, aligned with other drivers. + +Driver specific implementations +------------------------------- + +:ref:`i915-usage-stats` |