GFX ring names

[Zhang, Jerry (Junwei)]

On 08/31/2017 08:53 PM, Tom St Denis wrote:
> Working on a series of tidy up patches for gfx_v9 and found this block in
> gfx_v9_0_sw_init().
>
>      for (i = 0; i < adev->gfx.num_gfx_rings; i++) {
>          ring = &adev->gfx.gfx_ring[i];
>          ring->ring_obj = NULL;
>          sprintf(ring->name, "gfx");
>
> Won't that make a series of rings all with the same name?

Yes, it will.

Generally we always have one gfx ring, so it's acceptable for now.
   * adev->gfx.num_gfx_rings = GFX9_NUM_GFX_RINGS

Additionally, as all rings here belong to gfx, naming "gfx" also acceptable.
(Perhaps gfx[i] is a better name when we have more rings)

Regards,
Jerry


>
> Tom
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