[ET-VK] Using a single GPU buffer for all tensor uniforms.

backends/vulkan/runtime/api/containers/ParamsBuffer.h

@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ class ParamsBuffer final {
         vulkan_buffer_(
             context_p_->adapter_ptr()->vma().create_params_buffer(block)) {}
 
+  template <typename Block>
+  ParamsBuffer(Context* context_p, const VkDeviceSize nbytes)
+      : context_p_(context_p),
+        nbytes_(nbytes),
+        vulkan_buffer_(
+            context_p_->adapter_ptr()->vma().create_uniform_buffer(nbytes)) {}
+
   ParamsBuffer(const ParamsBuffer&);
   ParamsBuffer& operator=(const ParamsBuffer&);
 
@@ -50,14 +57,11 @@ class ParamsBuffer final {
   }
 
   template <typename Block>
-  void update(const Block& block) {
-    if (sizeof(block) != nbytes_) {
-      VK_THROW("Attempted to update ParamsBuffer with data of different size");
-    }
+  void update(const Block& block, const uint32_t offset = 0) {
     // Fill the uniform buffer with data in block
     {
       vkapi::MemoryMap mapping(vulkan_buffer_, vkapi::kWrite);
-      Block* data_ptr = mapping.template data<Block>();
+      Block* data_ptr = mapping.template data<Block>(offset);
 
       *data_ptr = block;
     }

backends/vulkan/runtime/api/containers/Tensor.cpp

@@ -451,11 +451,13 @@ vTensor::vTensor(
       unsqueezed_strides_{unsqueeze_strides(strides_, numel_)},
       padded_numel_(utils::multiply_integers(padded_sizes_)),
       logical_limits_{{0, 0, 0}},
+      uniforms_(),
       // Utility Uniform Buffers that can be passed to shaders as arguments
-      sizes_uniform_(),
-      strides_uniform_(),
-      numel_uniform_(),
-      logical_limits_uniform_(),
+      uniforms_size_(0),
+      sizes_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      unsqueezed_strides_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      numel_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      logical_limits_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
       // Construct Tensor storage
       storage_(
           context,
@@ -497,11 +499,13 @@ vTensor::vTensor(
       unsqueezed_strides_(),
       padded_numel_(utils::multiply_integers(padded_sizes_)),
       logical_limits_(),
+      uniforms_(),
       // Utility Uniform Buffers that can be passed to shaders as arguments
-      sizes_uniform_(),
-      strides_uniform_(),
-      numel_uniform_(),
-      logical_limits_uniform_(),
+      uniforms_size_(0),
+      sizes_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      unsqueezed_strides_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      numel_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      logical_limits_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
       // Construct Tensor storage
       storage_(context, image) {
   set_logical_limits(storage_.image_extents_);
@@ -522,11 +526,13 @@ vTensor::vTensor(vTensor& other)
           other.unsqueezed_strides_.end()},
       padded_numel_(other.padded_numel_),
       logical_limits_{other.logical_limits_},
+      uniforms_(),
       // Empty initialize Utility Uniform Buffers
-      sizes_uniform_(),
-      strides_uniform_(),
-      numel_uniform_(),
-      logical_limits_uniform_(),
+      uniforms_size_(0),
+      sizes_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      unsqueezed_strides_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      numel_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      logical_limits_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
       // Copy Tensor storage
       storage_(other.storage_) {}
 
@@ -547,11 +553,13 @@ vTensor::vTensor(
       unsqueezed_strides_{unsqueeze_strides(strides_, numel_)},
       padded_numel_(utils::multiply_integers(padded_sizes_)),
       logical_limits_(other.logical_limits_),
+      uniforms_(),
       // Empty initialize Utility Uniform Buffers
-      sizes_uniform_(),
-      strides_uniform_(),
-      numel_uniform_(),
-      logical_limits_uniform_(),
+      uniforms_size_(0),
+      sizes_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      unsqueezed_strides_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      numel_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
+      logical_limits_uniform_offset_(kUniformOffsetUnset),
       // Copy Tensor storage
       storage_(other.storage_, vkapi::element_size(dtype_) * offset_numel) {
   VK_CHECK_COND(
@@ -612,33 +620,66 @@ utils::GPUMemoryLayout vTensor::estimate_memory_layout() const {
 }
 
 const vkapi::BufferBindInfo vTensor::sizes_ubo() {
-  if (!sizes_uniform_.buffer()) {
-    sizes_uniform_ =
-        ParamsBuffer(storage_.context_, utils::make_whcn_ivec4(sizes_));
+  if (!uniforms_.buffer()) {
+    uniforms_ = ParamsBuffer(storage_.context_, kMaxUniformBufferSize);
   }
-  return vkapi::BufferBindInfo(sizes_uniform_.buffer());
+  if (sizes_uniform_offset_ == kUniformOffsetUnset) {
+    VK_CHECK_COND(
+        (uniforms_size_ + kSizePerUniform) <= kMaxUniformBufferSize,
+        "Uniform data allocation has exceeded Tensor uniform buffer size");
+    sizes_uniform_offset_ = uniforms_size_;
+    uniforms_size_ += kSizePerUniform;
+    uniforms_.update(utils::make_whcn_ivec4(sizes_), sizes_uniform_offset_);
+  }
+  return vkapi::BufferBindInfo(uniforms_.buffer(), sizes_uniform_offset_);
 }
 
 const vkapi::BufferBindInfo vTensor::strides_ubo() {
-  if (!strides_uniform_.buffer()) {
-    strides_uniform_ = ParamsBuffer(
-        storage_.context_, utils::make_whcn_ivec4(unsqueezed_strides_));
+  if (!uniforms_.buffer()) {
+    uniforms_ = ParamsBuffer(storage_.context_, kMaxUniformBufferSize);
+  }
+  if (unsqueezed_strides_offset_ == kUniformOffsetUnset) {
+    VK_CHECK_COND(
+        (uniforms_size_ + kSizePerUniform) <= kMaxUniformBufferSize,
+        "Uniform data allocation has exceeded Tensor uniform buffer size");
+    unsqueezed_strides_offset_ = uniforms_size_;
+    uniforms_size_ += kSizePerUniform;
+    uniforms_.update(
+        utils::make_whcn_ivec4(unsqueezed_strides_),
+        unsqueezed_strides_offset_);
   }
-  return vkapi::BufferBindInfo(strides_uniform_.buffer());
+  return vkapi::BufferBindInfo(uniforms_.buffer(), unsqueezed_strides_offset_);
 }
 
 const vkapi::BufferBindInfo vTensor::logical_limits_ubo() {
-  if (!logical_limits_uniform_.buffer()) {
-    logical_limits_uniform_ = ParamsBuffer(storage_.context_, logical_limits_);
+  if (!uniforms_.buffer()) {
+    uniforms_ = ParamsBuffer(storage_.context_, kMaxUniformBufferSize);
   }
-  return vkapi::BufferBindInfo(logical_limits_uniform_.buffer());
+  if (logical_limits_uniform_offset_ == kUniformOffsetUnset) {
+    VK_CHECK_COND(
+        (uniforms_size_ + kSizePerUniform) <= kMaxUniformBufferSize,
+        "Uniform data allocation has exceeded Tensor uniform buffer size");
+    logical_limits_uniform_offset_ = uniforms_size_;
+    uniforms_size_ += kSizePerUniform;
+    uniforms_.update(logical_limits_, logical_limits_uniform_offset_);
+  }
+  return vkapi::BufferBindInfo(
+      uniforms_.buffer(), logical_limits_uniform_offset_);
 }
 
 const vkapi::BufferBindInfo vTensor::numel_ubo() {
-  if (!numel_uniform_.buffer()) {
-    numel_uniform_ = ParamsBuffer(storage_.context_, numel_);
+  if (!uniforms_.buffer()) {
+    uniforms_ = ParamsBuffer(storage_.context_, kMaxUniformBufferSize);
+  }
+  if (numel_uniform_offset_ == kUniformOffsetUnset) {
+    VK_CHECK_COND(
+        (uniforms_size_ + kSizePerUniform) <= kMaxUniformBufferSize,
+        "Uniform data allocation has exceeded Tensor uniform buffer size");
+    numel_uniform_offset_ = uniforms_size_;
+    uniforms_size_ += kSizePerUniform;
+    uniforms_.update(numel_, numel_uniform_offset_);
   }
-  return vkapi::BufferBindInfo(numel_uniform_.buffer());
+  return vkapi::BufferBindInfo(uniforms_.buffer(), numel_uniform_offset_);
 }
 
 size_t vTensor::staging_buffer_numel() const {
@@ -690,17 +731,19 @@ void vTensor::update_metadata() {
   set_logical_limits(
       calculate_image_extents(padded_sizes_, axis_map_, packed_dim_));
 
-  if (sizes_uniform_.buffer()) {
-    sizes_uniform_.update(utils::make_whcn_ivec4(sizes_));
+  if (sizes_uniform_offset_ != kUniformOffsetUnset) {
+    uniforms_.update(utils::make_whcn_ivec4(sizes_), sizes_uniform_offset_);
   }
-  if (strides_uniform_.buffer()) {
-    strides_uniform_.update(utils::make_whcn_ivec4(unsqueezed_strides_));
+  if (unsqueezed_strides_offset_ != kUniformOffsetUnset) {
+    uniforms_.update(
+        utils::make_whcn_ivec4(unsqueezed_strides_),
+        unsqueezed_strides_offset_);
   }
-  if (numel_uniform_.buffer()) {
-    numel_uniform_.update(numel_);
+  if (numel_uniform_offset_ != kUniformOffsetUnset) {
+    uniforms_.update(numel_, numel_uniform_offset_);
   }
-  if (logical_limits_uniform_.buffer()) {
-    logical_limits_uniform_.update(logical_limits_);
+  if (logical_limits_uniform_offset_ != kUniformOffsetUnset) {
+    uniforms_.update(logical_limits_, logical_limits_uniform_offset_);
   }
 }
 

backends/vulkan/runtime/api/containers/Tensor.h

@@ -297,18 +297,32 @@ class vTensor final {
   TextureLimits logical_limits_;
 
   /*
-   * Utility GPU buffers that can be passed to shaders in order to convey tensor
-   * metadata. These buffers will be initialized the first time they are
-   * accessed via the corresponding *_ubo() function, and their contents will be
-   * updated whenever virtual_resize() is called.
+   * Utility GPU buffer that can be passed to shaders in order to convey tensor
+   * metadata. Uniform buffer will be initialized only the first time a ubo is
+   * requested. Buffer offsets will be initialized the first time they are
+   * accessed via the corresponding *_ubo() function. Uniform buffer's contents
+   * will be updated whenever virtual_resize() is called.
    *
    * Refer to the comments for the corresponding *_ubo() functions for more
    * context about the data contained in each buffer.
    */
-  ParamsBuffer sizes_uniform_;
-  ParamsBuffer strides_uniform_;
-  ParamsBuffer numel_uniform_;
-  ParamsBuffer logical_limits_uniform_;
+  ParamsBuffer uniforms_;
+  uint32_t uniforms_size_;
+  uint32_t sizes_uniform_offset_;
+  uint32_t unsqueezed_strides_offset_;
+  uint32_t numel_uniform_offset_;
+  uint32_t logical_limits_uniform_offset_;
+
+  // Size allocated for each uniform
+  // each uniform is assumed to be a vec of 4 ints to maintain 16 byte alignemnt
+  constexpr static size_t kSizePerUniform = sizeof(utils::ivec4);
+  // Total size of tensor's uniform buffer
+  constexpr static size_t kMaxUniformBufferSize =
+      4 * // we have 4 uniforms that are passed on to shaders
+      kSizePerUniform;
+
+  // Initial value of uniform buffer offsets
+  constexpr static uint32_t kUniformOffsetUnset = kMaxUniformBufferSize;
 
   vTensorStorage storage_;
 

backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Descriptor.cpp

@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ namespace vkapi {
 BufferBindInfo::BufferBindInfo()
     : handle(VK_NULL_HANDLE), offset(0u), range(0u) {}
 
-BufferBindInfo::BufferBindInfo(const VulkanBuffer& buffer_p)
+BufferBindInfo::BufferBindInfo(
+    const VulkanBuffer& buffer_p,
+    const uint32_t offset_p)
     : handle(buffer_p.handle()),
-      offset(buffer_p.mem_offset()),
+      offset(buffer_p.mem_offset() + offset_p),
       range(buffer_p.mem_range()) {}
 
 //

backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Descriptor.h

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct BufferBindInfo final {
   VkDeviceSize range;
 
   BufferBindInfo();
-  BufferBindInfo(const VulkanBuffer& buffer_p);
+  BufferBindInfo(const VulkanBuffer& buffer_p, const uint32_t offset_p = 0u);
 };
 
 struct ParamsBindList final {

backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/memory/Buffer.h

@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ class MemoryMap final {
 
  public:
   template <typename T>
-  T* data() {
-    return reinterpret_cast<T*>(data_);
+  T* data(const uint32_t offset = 0) {
+    return reinterpret_cast<T*>(static_cast<uint8_t*>(data_) + offset);
   }
 
   inline size_t nbytes() {