Re: [PATCH v3] drm/panthor: Add DEV_QUERY_TIMESTAMP_INFO dev query

[Mary Guillemard]

Hi Mihail,

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 03:25:48PM +0100, Mihail Atanassov wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h
> > index 926b1deb1116..944f5618aa05 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/drm/panthor_drm.h
> > @@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ enum drm_panthor_dev_query_type {
> >   	/** @DRM_PANTHOR_DEV_QUERY_CSIF_INFO: Query command-stream interface information. */
> >   	DRM_PANTHOR_DEV_QUERY_CSIF_INFO,
> > +
> > +	/** @DRM_PANTHOR_DEV_QUERY_TIMESTAMP_INFO: Query timestamp information. */
> > +	DRM_PANTHOR_DEV_QUERY_TIMESTAMP_INFO,
> >   };
> >   /**
> > @@ -377,6 +380,22 @@ struct drm_panthor_csif_info {
> >   	__u32 pad;
> >   };
> > +/**
> > + * struct drm_panthor_timestamp_info - Timestamp information
> > + *
> > + * Structure grouping all queryable information relating to the GPU timestamp.
> > + */
> > +struct drm_panthor_timestamp_info {
> > +	/** @timestamp_frequency: The frequency of the timestamp timer. */
> > +	__u64 timestamp_frequency;
> > +
> > +	/** @current_timestamp: The current timestamp. */
> > +	__u64 current_timestamp;
> > +
> > +	/** @timestamp_offset: The offset of the timestamp timer. */
> > +	__u64 timestamp_offset;
> 
> Are you sure you don't want the cntvct_el0 and cntfrq_el0 values here, too,
> as separate fields? While they're not values coming from the GPU, they are
> related. Getting the lowest delta possible between querying one timestamp
> register and the other is quite useful for tooling. Requiring userspace to
> do two separate queries, one for CPU time and one for GPU time, doesn't feel
> optimal, your max deviation will necessarily be higher that way.
>

Exposing arch dependent values in the uapi feels wrong to me too but
maybe that could be done with just the cpu timestamp with a frequency of
1 on other platform if needed?

In any cases, I think that if we ever need it we can extend this query
with more values. (as we are retrocompatible thanks to PANTHOR_UOBJ_SET)

--
Mary