[PATCH 1/3] drm/ttm: Provide struct ttm_global for referencing TTM global state

Koenig, Christian Christian.Koenig at amd.com
Fri Oct 19 07:51:53 UTC 2018


Am 19.10.18 um 09:49 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 9:38 AM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> thanks for the review.
>>
>> Am 19.10.18 um 05:30 schrieb Huang Rui:
>>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 12:27:50AM +0800, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>>>> +int ttm_global_init(struct ttm_global *glob)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    int ret;
>>>> +
>>> We would better add a protection here to make sure the glob is not NULL.
>>>
>>> if (!glob)
>>>          return -EINVAL;
>> Passing a NULL pointer is a programming error, not a runtime error. I'd
>> rather use BUG_ON() for this test. Ok?
> if (WARN_ON(!glob)
>      return -EINVAL;
>
> instead of BUG_ON is much friendly for debugging. Especially in gfx
> drivers, where the entire init runs while holding a few critical
> kernel locks (console_lock, among others), and so will result in a
> very silent death of the entire machine.

Yeah, additional to that a BUG_ON a NULL pointer is rather pointless.

Dereferencing the NULL pointer has pretty much the same effect as a 
BUG_ON :)

Christian.

> -Daniel
>
>> Best regards
>> Thomas
>>
>>> Others, look good for me.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ray
>>>
>>>> +    glob->mem_ref.global_type = DRM_GLOBAL_TTM_MEM;
>>>> +    glob->mem_ref.size = sizeof(struct ttm_mem_global);
>>>> +    glob->bo_ref.object = NULL;
>>>> +    glob->mem_ref.init = &ttm_global_init_mem;
>>>> +    glob->mem_ref.release = &ttm_global_release_mem;
>>>> +    ret = drm_global_item_ref(&glob->mem_ref);
>>>> +    if (ret)
>>>> +            return ret;
>>>> +
>>>> +    glob->bo_ref.global_type = DRM_GLOBAL_TTM_BO;
>>>> +    glob->bo_ref.size = sizeof(struct ttm_bo_global);
>>>> +    glob->bo_ref.object = NULL;
>>>> +    glob->bo_ref.init = &ttm_global_init_bo;
>>>> +    glob->bo_ref.release = &ttm_global_release_bo;
>>>> +    ret = drm_global_item_ref(&glob->bo_ref);
>>>> +    if (ret)
>>>> +            goto err_drm_global_item_unref_mem;
>>>> +
>>>> +    return 0;
>>>> +
>>>> +err_drm_global_item_unref_mem:
>>>> +    drm_global_item_unref(&glob->mem_ref);
>>>> +    return ret;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_global_init);
>>>> +
>>>> +void ttm_global_release(struct ttm_global *glob)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    drm_global_item_unref(&glob->bo_ref);
>>>> +    drm_global_item_unref(&glob->mem_ref);
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ttm_global_release);
>>>> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_global.h b/include/drm/drm_global.h
>>>> index 3a830602a2e4..4482a9bbd6e9 100644
>>>> --- a/include/drm/drm_global.h
>>>> +++ b/include/drm/drm_global.h
>>>> @@ -28,8 +28,16 @@
>>>>    * Authors: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom-at-vmware-dot-com>
>>>>    */
>>>>
>>>> +/*
>>>> + *  The interfaces in this file are deprecated. Please use ttm_global
>>>> + *  from <drm/ttm/ttm_global.h> instead.
>>>> + */
>>>> +
>>>>   #ifndef _DRM_GLOBAL_H_
>>>>   #define _DRM_GLOBAL_H_
>>>> +
>>>> +#include <linux/types.h>
>>>> +
>>>>   enum drm_global_types {
>>>>       DRM_GLOBAL_TTM_MEM = 0,
>>>>       DRM_GLOBAL_TTM_BO,
>>>> diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_global.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_global.h
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..06e791499f87
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_global.h
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
>>>> +/**************************************************************************
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Copyright 2008-2009 VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA., USA
>>>> + * All Rights Reserved.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
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>>>> + * the following conditions:
>>>> + *
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>>>> + * of the Software.
>>>> + *
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>>>> + *
>>>> + **************************************************************************/
>>>> +
>>>> +#ifndef _TTM_GLOBAL_H_
>>>> +#define _TTM_GLOBAL_H_
>>>> +
>>>> +#include <drm/drm_global.h>
>>>> +
>>>> +struct ttm_bo_global;
>>>> +
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * struct ttm_global - Stores references to global TTM state
>>>> + */
>>>> +struct ttm_global {
>>>> +    struct drm_global_reference mem_ref;
>>>> +    struct drm_global_reference bo_ref;
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * ttm_global_init
>>>> + *
>>>> + * @glob: A pointer to a struct ttm_global that is about to be initialized
>>>> + * @return Zero on success, or a negative error code otherwise.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Initializes an instance of struct ttm_global with TTM's global state
>>>> + */
>>>> +int ttm_global_init(struct ttm_global *glob);
>>>> +
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * ttm_global_release
>>>> + *
>>>> + * @glob: A pointer to an instance of struct ttm_global
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Releases an initialized instance of struct ttm_global. If the instance
>>>> + * constains the final references to the global memory and BO, the global
>>>> + * structures are released as well.
>>>> + */
>>>> +void ttm_global_release(struct ttm_global *glob);
>>>> +
>>>> +/**
>>>> + * ttm_global_get_bo_global
>>>> + *
>>>> + * @glob A pointer to an instance of struct ttm_global
>>>> + * @return A refernce to the global BO.
>>>> + *
>>>> + * Returns the global BO. The BO should be forwarded to the initialization
>>>> + * of a driver's TTM BO device.
>>>> + */
>>>> +static inline struct ttm_bo_global*
>>>> +ttm_global_get_bo_global(struct ttm_global *glob)
>>>> +{
>>>> +    return glob->bo_ref.object;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +#endif /* _TTM_GLOBAL_H_ */
>>>> --
>>>> 2.19.1
>>>>
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