[PATCH 2/2] drm/amdgpu: always allocate cleared VRAM for GEM allocations

Alex Deucher alexander.deucher at amd.com
Tue Mar 26 15:52:03 UTC 2024


This adds allocation latency, but aligns better with user
expectations.  The latency should improve with the drm buddy
clearing patches that Arun has been working on.

Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
index 6bbab141eaae..cecaacc1affe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gem.c
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ int amdgpu_gem_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/* always clear VRAM */
+	if (args->in.domains & AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM)
+		flags |= AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_CLEARED;
+
 	/* create a gem object to contain this object in */
 	if (args->in.domains & (AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GDS |
 	    AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GWS | AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_OA)) {
-- 
2.44.0



More information about the amd-gfx mailing list