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maxwell_3d: skip the back drain on split macro DMA reads of report slots (Ocarina of Time Kokiri 42 → 47 fps) - #1032
With the GPU thread split on, Ocarina of Time in Kokiri Forest ran at about 42 fps on an RX 9060 XT (Ryzen 5 9600X, Windows 11, GPU accuracy Low), while the GPU was busy only about 12 ms per frame.
EDEN_NX2_GPU_PROFILE=1 showed the front thread waiting 509 ms per second for the back. 258 ms of that was at the MME DMA reads of macro 0xe2c: about 51,600 reads per second, and each one drains the back and then runs FlushRegion and QueryDma::FlushPending on it.
EDEN_NX2_CMDPAGE_DIAG=1 over 2 s (109,480 reads):
97.5% of the reads were of 3D report_semaphore slots, and the drain changed none of those words.
The drain changed 168 words in total (0.15%), none of them on GPU-written pages. A write watch on MemoryManager writes saw no back engine write to them, so those changes come from the guest CPU racing, not from queued GPU work.
Change
FrontDmaRead skips the drain and both flushes when:
no page of the range may hold GPU-written data (Nx2MayBeGpuWritten, or no CPU mapping), and
no report semaphore to the range is still queued for the back. FrontNoteReport now records each report's 16-byte slot with its ring position, and GpuSplit::Position / GpuSplit::Executed are new.
Compute and copy work still queued can write the range, so the fast path still calls WaitForWriters() first. Every other read takes the old path unchanged. Without the split, nothing changes.
Results
Kokiri Forest, standing at the same spot, 10 s of frame times from the debug server, GPU accuracy Low, split on.
The first two rows are a same-session A/B on an earlier nx2 with this change behind a test switch. Here the switch is removed (experiment switches don't merge). Front waits at the macro reads went away. The waits left are semaphore acquires on work from other channels (~278 ms/s) and command-list writers (~249 ms/s). Screenshots looked normal, and the log had only the usual two Critical stub lines.
Disclaimer: tested only with Ocarina of Time, on one PC (RX 9060 XT, Windows 11). One risk I couldn't rule out: a report the back has already executed but that the query cache still holds unwritten. The fast path skips FlushPending for it, so a macro could read a stale count. In Kokiri, the diagnostic run on the old path saw no such change. Games that read occlusion results through macros are worth checking.
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Performance
Improved GPU memory synchronization, reducing unnecessary waits while preserving required report processing. This can help graphics workloads proceed more efficiently without changing how reports are handled when they are still pending.
With the GPU thread split, every macro DMA read on the front drained the
back and then ran the buffer and query flushes on it. In Ocarina of Time's
Kokiri Forest about 97% of these reads are of 3D report semaphore slots the
back already wrote, and the drains kept the front waiting for most of each
frame.
Skip the drain and both flushes when no page of the range may hold
GPU-written data and no report semaphore to the range is still queued for
the back. Compute and copy work still queued can write the range, so the
read still waits for that work.
The change adds split-position tracking for queued report slots. FrontDmaRead uses source-page status and queued reports to decide whether to drain, flush the buffer cache, and flush pending queries.
GpuSplit exposes its next split position and whether a position has been executed. Maxwell3D records eligible report slots with their positions and checks for queued reports in a requested range.
Conditionally drain and flush src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp
FrontDmaRead checks source-page status and queued reports before skipping the drain. Buffer-cache and pending-query flushes now run only when !fast.
zortos293/Lichii#267: Uses report state to decide whether a macro DMA read must wait for queued reports.
zortos293/Lichii#1028: Narrows macro DMA read synchronization based on overlapping writes and pending reports.
zortos293/Lichii#161: Changes the same FrontDmaRead path to conditionally drain and flush based on source-page status.
Suggested reviewers:zortos293, takoroka, znow01
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 6470d
Macros that read query or occlusion results could see stale values when the skipped flush leaves results unwritten. Restore the pending-query flush, or gate the fast path safely, before merging.
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Clear FrontReportSlots() when the split stops or restarts.
GpuSplit::Stop resets write_position and consumed to zero. The static map is never cleared.
Slots from an earlier session keep old ring positions. The new session compares them with a fresh consumed counter. A stale entry can then report a queued report for a long time. This makes the fast path unavailable for those slots.
The map also grows without bound. It gets one entry per distinct 16-byte slot.
Clear the map when the front starts or stops. A hook in ReleaseFront or on a Starts() change would work.
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Review comment at @src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp around lines 1215 -
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Clear the map returned by FrontReportSlots at the front-session lifecycle
boundary when the split stops or restarts, so entries do not carry stale ring
positions into a fresh session or accumulate across sessions. Ensure the clear
runs safely on the front thread and preserve slot tracking within each session.
1611-1615: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value
Handle a range that crosses an unmapped page.
GpuToCpuAddress(page) is called for each page start. The first page uses the aligned page address, not source. A partly mapped page therefore can answer differently than the actual source address.
The unmapped case sets may_gpu_written, so the fast path is safe. This is only an accuracy issue. Use std::max(page, source) for the lookup if you need an exact answer.
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Review comment at @src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp around lines 1611 -
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Update the per-page lookup in the `may_gpu_written` loop to translate
`std::max(page, source)` instead of the aligned page start, so the first lookup
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Review comments at @src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp:
- Around line 1605-1623: Restore the back-side query flush in the read path
around `QueuedFrontReport`: invoke `VideoCommon::QueryDma::FlushPending` through
`split.Run` for the requested source range, using the `MacroDmaFlush` drain
site. Do not gate this flush on `HasPendingQueries` or skip it on the fast path;
preserve the existing writer-wait and drain behavior.
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Review comments at @src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp:
- Around line 1215-1220: Clear the map returned by FrontReportSlots at the
front-session lifecycle boundary when the split stops or restarts, so entries do
not carry stale ring positions into a fresh session or accumulate across
sessions. Ensure the clear runs safely on the front thread and preserve slot
tracking within each session.
- Around line 1611-1615: Update the per-page lookup in the `may_gpu_written`
loop to translate `std::max(page, source)` instead of the aligned page start, so
the first lookup uses the actual source address while later lookups remain at
their page starts. Preserve the existing unmapped-page handling and GPU-written
check.
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An executed report can remain in the query cache after QueuedFrontReport stops tracking it. The fast path can then read a stale report value.
Restore the back-side FlushPending call. HasPendingQueries is not a safe gate: it excludes finalized guest-managed reports. split.Run also drains the split.
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Review comment at @src/video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.cpp around lines 1605 -
1623:
Restore the back-side query flush in the read path around `QueuedFrontReport`:
invoke `VideoCommon::QueryDma::FlushPending` through `split.Run` for the
requested source range, using the `MacroDmaFlush` drain site. Do not gate this
flush on `HasPendingQueries` or skip it on the fast path; preserve the existing
writer-wait and drain behavior.
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Problem
With the GPU thread split on, Ocarina of Time in Kokiri Forest ran at about 42 fps on an RX 9060 XT (Ryzen 5 9600X, Windows 11, GPU accuracy Low), while the GPU was busy only about 12 ms per frame.
EDEN_NX2_GPU_PROFILE=1showed the front thread waiting 509 ms per second for the back. 258 ms of that was at the MME DMA reads of macro 0xe2c: about 51,600 reads per second, and each one drains the back and then runsFlushRegionandQueryDma::FlushPendingon it.EDEN_NX2_CMDPAGE_DIAG=1over 2 s (109,480 reads):report_semaphoreslots, and the drain changed none of those words.MemoryManagerwrites saw no back engine write to them, so those changes come from the guest CPU racing, not from queued GPU work.Change
FrontDmaReadskips the drain and both flushes when:Nx2MayBeGpuWritten, or no CPU mapping), andFrontNoteReportnow records each report's 16-byte slot with its ring position, andGpuSplit::Position/GpuSplit::Executedare new.Compute and copy work still queued can write the range, so the fast path still calls
WaitForWriters()first. Every other read takes the old path unchanged. Without the split, nothing changes.Results
Kokiri Forest, standing at the same spot, 10 s of frame times from the debug server, GPU accuracy Low, split on.
nx2b9bb5a0The first two rows are a same-session A/B on an earlier
nx2with this change behind a test switch. Here the switch is removed (experiment switches don't merge). Front waits at the macro reads went away. The waits left are semaphore acquires on work from other channels (~278 ms/s) and command-list writers (~249 ms/s). Screenshots looked normal, and the log had only the usual two Critical stub lines.Summary by CodeRabbit