[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Bug fixes to ring 'head' updating

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Mon Nov 17 17:31:20 CET 2014


On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 02:17:07PM +0000, Dave Gordon wrote:
> BTW, I have some local patches which enforce strict checking of
> ring_begin/add_request pairing and generates warnings if there's a
> mismatch or an overrun or any other misuse. We've been using these to
> help identify and eliminate code that just stuffs instructions into the
> ring without notifying the scheduler. Interested?

Definitely (under the assumption that this helped tracked down bugs ofc).
-Daniel
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