XOCL (PCIe User Physical Function) Driver Interfaces

A GEM style driver for Xilinx PCIe based accelerators

File xocl_ioctl.h defines ioctl command codes and associated structures for interacting with xocl PCI driver for Xilinx FPGA platforms.

Device memory allocation is modeled as buffer objects (bo). For each bo driver tracks the host pointer backed by scatter gather list – which provides backing storage on host – and the corresponding device side allocation of contiguous buffer in one of the memory mapped DDRs/BRAMs, etc.

Exection model is asynchronous where execute commands are submitted using command buffers and POSIX poll is used to wait for finished commands. Commands for a compute unit can only be submitted after an explicit context has been opened by the client.

“xocl” driver allows user land to perform mmap on multiple entities distinguished by offset: - page offset == 0: whole user BAR is mapped - page offset > 0 and <= 128: one CU reg space is mapped, offset is used as CU index - page offset >= (4G >> PAGE_SHIFT): one BO is mapped, offset should be obtained from drm_xocl_map_bo()

xocl driver functionality is described in the following table. All the APIs are multi-threading and multi-process safe.

# Functionality ioctl request code data format
1 Allocate buffer on device DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_CREATE_BO drm_xocl_create_bo
2 Allocate buffer on device with userptr DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_USERPTR_BO drm_xocl_userptr_bo
3 Prepare bo for mapping into user’s address space DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_MAP_BO drm_xocl_map_bo
4 Synchronize (DMA) buffer contents in requested direction DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_SYNC_BO drm_xocl_sync_bo
5 Obtain information about buffer object DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_INFO_BO drm_xocl_info_bo
6 Update bo backing storage with user’s data DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_PWRITE_BO drm_xocl_pwrite_bo
7 Read back data in bo backing storage DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_PREAD_BO drm_xocl_pread_bo
8 Open/close a context on a compute unit on the device DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_CTX drm_xocl_ctx
9 Unprotected write to device memory DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_PWRITE_UNMGD drm_xocl_pwrite_unmgd
10 Unprotected read from device memory DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_PREAD_UNMGD drm_xocl_pread_unmgd
11 Send an execute job to a compute unit DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_EXECBUF drm_xocl_execbuf
12 Register eventfd handle for MSIX interrupt DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_USER_INTR drm_xocl_user_intr
13 Update device view with a specific xclbin image DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_READ_AXLF drm_xocl_axlf
14 Obtain info of bo DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_INFO drm_xocl_info_bo
15 Obtain bo related statistics DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_OCL_USAGE_STAT drm_xocl_usage_stat
16 Perform hot reset DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_HOT_RESET N/A
17 Perform clock scaling DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_RECLOCK drm_xocl_reclock_info
18 Allocate buffer on host memory DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_ALLOC_CMA drm_xocl_alloc_cma_info
19 Free host memory buffer DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_FREE_CMA N/A
20 Copy bo buffers DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_COPY_BO drm_xocl_copy_bo
struct drm_xocl_create_bo

Create buffer object used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_CREATE_BO ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_create_bo {
  uint64_t size;
  uint32_t handle;
  uint32_t flags;
  uint32_t type;
};

Members

size
Requested size of the buffer object
handle
bo handle returned by the driver
flags
DRM_XOCL_BO_XXX flags
type
The type of bo
struct drm_xocl_userptr_bo

Create buffer object with user’s pointer used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_USERPTR_BO ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_userptr_bo {
  uint64_t addr;
  uint64_t size;
  uint32_t handle;
  uint32_t flags;
  uint32_t type;
};

Members

addr
Address of buffer allocated by user
size
Requested size of the buffer object
handle
bo handle returned by the driver
flags
DRM_XOCL_BO_XXX flags
type
The type of bo
struct drm_xocl_map_kern_mem

Map a buffer object to linux kernel memory (sgl or virtual address) used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_MAP_KERN_MEM ioctl. WARNING: INTERNAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. For use with Linux kernel space specific IOCTLs.

Definition

struct drm_xocl_map_kern_mem {
  uint32_t handle;
  uint64_t addr;
  uint64_t size;
  uint32_t flags;
};

Members

handle
bo handle returned by the driver
addr
Address of sgl or kernel buffer allocated by user
size
Requested size of the buffer object
flags
DRM_XOCL_BO_XXX flags
struct drm_xocl_map_bo

Prepare a buffer object for mmap used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_MAP_BO ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_map_bo {
  uint32_t handle;
  uint32_t pad;
  uint64_t offset;
};

Members

handle
bo handle
pad
Unused
offset
‘Fake’ offset returned by the driver which can be used with POSIX mmap
struct drm_xocl_sync_bo

Synchronize the buffer in the requested direction between device and host used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_SYNC_BO ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_sync_bo {
  uint32_t handle;
  uint32_t flags;
  uint64_t size;
  uint64_t offset;
  enum drm_xocl_sync_bo_dir dir;
};

Members

handle
bo handle
flags
Unused
size
Number of bytes to synchronize
offset
Offset into the object to synchronize
dir
DRM_XOCL_SYNC_DIR_XXX
struct drm_xocl_sync_bo_cb

Synchronize the buffer in the requested direction between device and host used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_SYNC_BO_CB ioctl (linux kernel only) WARNING: INTERNAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. For use with Linux kernel space specific IOCTLs.

Definition

struct drm_xocl_sync_bo_cb {
  uint32_t handle;
  uint32_t flags;
  uint64_t size;
  uint64_t offset;
  enum drm_xocl_sync_bo_dir dir;
  uint64_t cb_func;
  uint64_t cb_data;
};

Members

handle
bo handle
flags
Unused
size
Number of bytes to synchronize
offset
Offset into the object to synchronize
dir
DRM_XOCL_SYNC_DIR_XXX
cb_func
Pointer to callback function(void(*fn)(long,int))
cb_data
Pointer to context that callback needs to be invoked with
struct drm_xocl_info_bo

Obtain information about an allocated buffer obbject used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_INFO_BO IOCTL

Definition

struct drm_xocl_info_bo {
  uint32_t handle;
  uint32_t flags;
  uint64_t size;
  uint64_t paddr;
};

Members

handle
bo handle
flags
Flags passed while creating BO (out)
size
Size of buffer object (out)
paddr
Physical address (out)
struct drm_xocl_copy_bo

Device memory to memory copy bo used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_COPY_BO IOCTL

Definition

struct drm_xocl_copy_bo {
  uint32_t dst_handle;
  uint32_t src_handle;
  uint64_t size;
  uint64_t dst_offset;
  uint64_t src_offset;
};

Members

dst_handle
dst bo handle
src_handle
src bo handle
size
bo size in bytes
dst_offset
dst offset
src_offset
src offset
struct argument_info

Kernel argument information

Definition

struct argument_info {
  char name;
  uint32_t offset;
  uint32_t size;
  uint32_t dir;
};

Members

name
argument name
offset
argument offset in CU
size
argument size in bytes
dir
input or output argument for a CU
struct kernel_info

Kernel information

Definition

struct kernel_info {
  char name;
  uint32_t range;
  int anums;
  int features;
  struct argument_info args;
};

Members

name
kernel name
range
kernel register range
anums
number of argument
features
number of argument
args
argument array
struct drm_xocl_kinfo_bo

Get a buffer object’s kernel virtual address used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_KINFO_BO ioctl. WARNING: INTERNAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. For use with Linux kernel space specific IOCTLs.

Definition

struct drm_xocl_kinfo_bo {
  uint32_t handle;
  uint32_t flags;
  uint64_t size;
  uint64_t paddr;
  uint64_t vaddr;
};

Members

handle
bo handle of BO whose info is required
flags
Unused
size
Size of buffer object
paddr
Physical address (BO’s Device address)
vaddr
Kernel Virtual address of BO
struct drm_xocl_kds

KDS user configuration

Definition

struct drm_xocl_kds {
  uint32_t slot_size;
  uint32_t ert:1;
  uint32_t polling:1;
  uint32_t cu_dma:1;
  uint32_t cu_isr:1;
  uint32_t cq_int:1;
  uint32_t dataflow:1;
  uint32_t rw_shared:1;
};

Members

slot_size
CQ slot size
ert
enable embedded HW scheduler
polling
poll for command completion
cu_dma
enable CUDMA custom module for HW scheduler
cu_isr
enable CUISR custom module for HW scheduler
cq_int
enable interrupt from host to HW scheduler
dataflow
enable dataflow mode
rw_shared
allow xclRegWrite/xclRegRead access shared CU
struct drm_xocl_axlf

load xclbin (AXLF) device image used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_READ_AXLF ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_axlf {
  struct axlf * xclbin;
  int ksize;
  char * kernels;
  struct drm_xocl_kds kds_cfg;
  uint32_t flags;
};

Members

xclbin
Pointer to user’s xclbin structure in memory
ksize
size of kernels in bytes
kernels
pointer of argument array
kds_cfg
kds configuration
flags
flags passed while programming xclbin

NOTE

This ioctl will be removed in next release

struct drm_xocl_pwrite_bo

Update bo with user’s data used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_PWRITE_BO ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_pwrite_bo {
  uint32_t handle;
  uint32_t pad;
  uint64_t offset;
  uint64_t size;
  uint64_t data_ptr;
};

Members

handle
bo handle
pad
Unused
offset
Offset into the buffer object to write to
size
Length of data to write
data_ptr
User’s pointer to read the data from
struct drm_xocl_pread_bo

Read data from bo used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_PREAD_BO ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_pread_bo {
  uint32_t handle;
  uint32_t pad;
  uint64_t offset;
  uint64_t size;
  uint64_t data_ptr;
};

Members

handle
bo handle
pad
Unused
offset
Offset into the buffer object to read from
size
Length of data to read
data_ptr
User’s pointer to write the data into
struct drm_xocl_ctx

Open or close a context on a compute unit on device used with DRM_XOCL_CTX ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_ctx {
  enum drm_xocl_ctx_code op;
  xuid_t xclbin_id;
  uint32_t cu_index;
  uint32_t flags;
  uint32_t handle;
};

Members

op
Alloc or free a context (XOCL_CTX_OP_ALLOC_CTX/XOCL_CTX_OP_FREE_CTX)
xclbin_id
UUID of the device image (xclbin)
cu_index
Index of the compute unit in the device inage for which the request is being made
flags
Shared or exclusive context (XOCL_CTX_SHARED/XOCL_CTX_EXCLUSIVE)
handle
Unused
struct drm_xocl_pwrite_unmgd

unprotected write to device memory used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_PWRITE_UNMGD ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_pwrite_unmgd {
  uint32_t address_space;
  uint32_t pad;
  uint64_t paddr;
  uint64_t size;
  uint64_t data_ptr;
};

Members

address_space
Address space in the DSA; currently only 0 is suported
pad
Unused
paddr
Physical address in the specified address space
size
Length of data to write
data_ptr
User’s pointer to read the data from
struct drm_xocl_pread_unmgd

unprotected read from device memory used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_PREAD_UNMGD ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_pread_unmgd {
  uint32_t address_space;
  uint32_t pad;
  uint64_t paddr;
  uint64_t size;
  uint64_t data_ptr;
};

Members

address_space
Address space in the DSA; currently only 0 is valid
pad
Unused
paddr
Physical address in the specified address space
size
Length of data to write
data_ptr
User’s pointer to write the data to
struct drm_xocl_usage_stat

obtain device memory usage and DMA statistics used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_USAGE_STAT ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_usage_stat {
  unsigned dma_channel_count;
  unsigned mm_channel_count;
  uint64_t h2c;
  uint64_t c2h;
  struct drm_xocl_mm_stat mm;
};

Members

dma_channel_count
How many DMA channels are present
mm_channel_count
How many storage banks (DDR) are present
h2c
Total data transferred from host to device by a DMA channel
c2h
Total data transferred from device to host by a DMA channel
mm
BO statistics for a storage bank (DDR)
struct drm_xocl_execbuf

Submit a command buffer for execution on a compute unit used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_EXECBUF ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_execbuf {
  uint32_t ctx_id;
  uint32_t exec_bo_handle;
  uint32_t deps;
};

Members

ctx_id
Pass 0
exec_bo_handle
BO handle of command buffer formatted as ERT command
deps
Upto 8 dependency command BO handles this command is dependent on for automatic event dependency handling by ERT
struct drm_xocl_execbuf_cb

Submit a command buffer for execution on a compute unit used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_EXECBUF_CB ioctl with a callback (linux kernel only) WARNING: INTERNAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. For use with Linux kernel space specific IOCTLs.

Definition

struct drm_xocl_execbuf_cb {
  uint32_t ctx_id;
  uint32_t exec_bo_handle;
  uint32_t deps;
  uint64_t cb_func;
  uint64_t cb_data;
};

Members

ctx_id
Pass 0
exec_bo_handle
BO handle of command buffer formatted as ERT command
deps
Upto 8 dependency command BO handles this command is dependent on for automatic event dependency handling by ERT
cb_func
Pointer to callback function(void (*fn)(long,int)) upon exec completion
cb_data
Pointer to context that callback needs to be invoked with
struct drm_xocl_user_intr

Register user’s eventfd for MSIX interrupt used with DRM_IOCTL_XOCL_USER_INTR ioctl

Definition

struct drm_xocl_user_intr {
  uint32_t ctx_id;
  int fd;
  int msix;
};

Members

ctx_id
Pass 0
fd
File descriptor created with eventfd system call
msix
User interrupt number (0 to 15)
struct drm_xocl_reclock_info

perform clock scaling

Definition

struct drm_xocl_reclock_info {
  unsigned region;
  unsigned short ocl_target_freq;
};

Members

region
Region
ocl_target_freq
clock scacling request array
struct drm_xocl_alloc_cma_info

Alloc buffer on host memory

Definition

struct drm_xocl_alloc_cma_info {
  uint64_t total_size;
  uint64_t entry_num;
  uint64_t * user_addr;
};

Members

total_size
total size
entry_num
number of entries
user_addr
user space address