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dma_pusher: command reads wait for the last host sync, not every writer - #1055
Before each command list entry whose pages aren't known to be GPU-written, the split's front waited for every dispatch and copy sent so far (WaitForWriters). It did that only to find out whether they wrote the entry's commands. In Ocarina of Time fights this came to about 5,000 waits a second, and the list writers wait site took 160–540 ms of the front's time each second. Meanwhile the back sat idle (split wait 420–460 ms/s), so the two threads mostly took turns.
The host fetches command lists ahead of the engines. A game that has the GPU write commands it runs next therefore has to put a host sync between the write and the fetch. That sync is one of:
a semaphore acquire,
a host wait for idle,
a GP entry's sync bit.
The front already records each of these (NoteSync). The read now waits only for the work sent before the last sync (WaitForSync), the same rule as the existing list sync path.
With EDEN_NX2_PERF_VERIFY=1, the read also waits for every writer and logs commands that work after the last sync wrote (Nx2Perf list wait: ...). Those commands are then read as GPU-written.
ReadGpuWrittenCommands, for pages already known to be GPU-written, is unchanged.
I played this on a local branch: current nx2 plus #243, #408, #259, #741, #802, #953–#956. For the first sessions it sat behind a temporary switch, which this commit removes. The before and after fights were in different places.
EDEN_NX2_PERF_VERIFY=1, two sessions of about 10 minutes in total, Hyrule Field with fights and a newly loaded area: no Nx2Perf list wait reports. The texture memo, method and acquire checks also reported 0.
Fights, before and after:
Without this change
With it
Frame time
52–61 ms
30–34 ms
Frames over 100 ms (per 600 presents)
6–39
0
Draws per second
18–27 k
50–58 k
Compute dispatches per second
1.7–2.5 k
3.3–5.8 k (a heavier fight)
Front list writers wait
160–540 ms/s
0.3 ms/s
Front list sync wait
—
125–166 ms/s, about 1,000/s
On this branch (nx2 at cbb512ee7a plus this commit), I compiled dma_pusher.cpp with -fsyntax-only. I did not build or play this exact branch.
Not tested: games other than Ocarina of Time, AMD and Intel GPUs, Windows.
Improved handling of GPU-written commands during split GPU processing. Command lists are now checked after relevant GPU work completes, helping ensure that updates made by queued GPU work are recognized and reducing the risk of processing commands before those updates are visible. When additional verification is enabled, the system also checks for writes that occur after synchronization.
Before each command list entry whose pages aren't known GPU-written, the
front waited for every dispatch and copy sent so far (WaitForWriters), to
learn whether they wrote the entry's commands. In Ocarina of Time fights,
that was about 5,000 waits and 160-540 ms of the front's time a second,
with the back idle meanwhile.
The host fetches command lists ahead of the engines, so a game that has
the GPU write the commands it runs next puts a host sync between them: a
semaphore acquire, a host wait for idle, or a GP entry's sync bit, which
the front already records (NoteSync). The read now waits for the work sent
before the last sync only (WaitForSync). EDEN_NX2_PERF_VERIFY also waits
for every writer and reports commands written by work after the last sync.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The GPU-split command-list path now uses WaitForListWriters instead of waiting for all writers before checking GPU-written status. The helper checks after the latest host sync and can perform a full-writer wait and recheck during Nx2Perf verification.
DmaPusher::Step uses WaitForListWriters for an unwritten command list during an active GPU split. The helper checks GPU-written status after the latest host sync. If the check is negative and Nx2Perf verification is enabled, it waits for all writers, checks again, and logs up to 32 reports if later work wrote the list.
zortos293/Lichii#1056: This PR changes the same command-list synchronization path to wait through the last host sync before checking GPU-written status.
zortos293/Lichii#161: This PR changes writer synchronization in DmaPusher::Step for command lists.
zortos293/Lichii#231: This PR changes the writer-wait branch in DmaPusher::Step for command lists.
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- Around line 623-625: Update the written-command checks in DmaPusher::Step so
IsGpuWrittenCommands runs after WaitForSync regardless of whether that call
waited. In the verification path, call WaitForWriters and then check
IsGpuWrittenCommands independently of the wait result; preserve the existing
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the pages were then only checked again after a wait. The same applies to
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Closing in favour of #1056, which merged the same change (command list reads wait for the last host sync instead of every writer) with the same reasoning about the PBDMA fetching ahead. One detail from this PR's review that may be worth checking there: re-check the GPU-written pages after the wait even when the sync needed no wait, since the back can mark them between the caller's check and the wait (see the second commit here).
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Before each command list entry whose pages aren't known to be GPU-written, the split's front waited for every dispatch and copy sent so far (
WaitForWriters). It did that only to find out whether they wrote the entry's commands. In Ocarina of Time fights this came to about 5,000 waits a second, and thelist writerswait site took 160–540 ms of the front's time each second. Meanwhile the back sat idle (split wait420–460 ms/s), so the two threads mostly took turns.The host fetches command lists ahead of the engines. A game that has the GPU write commands it runs next therefore has to put a host sync between the write and the fetch. That sync is one of:
The front already records each of these (
NoteSync). The read now waits only for the work sent before the last sync (WaitForSync), the same rule as the existinglist syncpath.EDEN_NX2_PERF_VERIFY=1, the read also waits for every writer and logs commands that work after the last sync wrote (Nx2Perf list wait: ...). Those commands are then read as GPU-written.ReadGpuWrittenCommands, for pages already known to be GPU-written, is unchanged.Testing
Machine: Ubuntu 26.04, i5-10400, RTX 3060 (NVIDIA 580.178). Game: Ocarina of Time.
I played this on a local branch: current
nx2plus #243, #408, #259, #741, #802, #953–#956. For the first sessions it sat behind a temporary switch, which this commit removes. The before and after fights were in different places.EDEN_NX2_PERF_VERIFY=1, two sessions of about 10 minutes in total, Hyrule Field with fights and a newly loaded area: noNx2Perf list waitreports. The texture memo, method and acquire checks also reported 0.Fights, before and after:
list writerswaitlist syncwaitOn this branch (
nx2atcbb512ee7aplus this commit), I compileddma_pusher.cppwith-fsyntax-only. I did not build or play this exact branch.Not tested: games other than Ocarina of Time, AMD and Intel GPUs, Windows.
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