[PATCH] drm/amdgpu: Add documentation to some parts of the AMDGPU ring and wb

Rodrigo Siqueira siqueira at igalia.com
Sat Apr 12 20:37:31 UTC 2025


Add some random documentation associated with the ring buffer
manipulations and writeback.

Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Siqueira <siqueira at igalia.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h      | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
index 804d37703709..a8206ad210b4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
@@ -522,9 +522,36 @@ int amdgpu_file_to_fpriv(struct file *filp, struct amdgpu_fpriv **fpriv);
 
 struct amdgpu_wb {
 	struct amdgpu_bo	*wb_obj;
+
+	/**
+	 * @wb:
+	 *
+	 * Pointer to the first writeback slot. In terms of CPU address
+	 * this value can be access directly by using the offset as an
+	 * index. For the GPU address, it is necessary to use gpu_addr and
+	 * the offset.
+	 */
 	volatile uint32_t	*wb;
+
+	/**
+	 * @gpu_addr:
+	 *
+	 * Writeback base address in the GPU.
+	 */
 	uint64_t		gpu_addr;
-	u32			num_wb;	/* Number of wb slots actually reserved for amdgpu. */
+
+	/**
+	 * @num_wb:
+	 *
+	 * Number of writeback slots actually reserved for amdgpu.
+	 */
+	u32			num_wb;
+
+	/**
+	 * @used:
+	 *
+	 * Track the writeback slot already used.
+	 */
 	unsigned long		used[DIV_ROUND_UP(AMDGPU_MAX_WB, BITS_PER_LONG)];
 	spinlock_t		lock;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
index ec4de8df34e7..82972978c546 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ struct amdgpu_ring_funcs {
 	bool (*is_guilty)(struct amdgpu_ring *ring);
 };
 
+/**
+ * amdgpu_ring - Holds ring information
+ */
 struct amdgpu_ring {
 	struct amdgpu_device		*adev;
 	const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs	*funcs;
@@ -255,10 +258,44 @@ struct amdgpu_ring {
 	u64			wptr;
 	u64			wptr_old;
 	unsigned		ring_size;
+
+	/**
+	 * @max_dw:
+	 *
+	 * Maximum number of DWord for ring allocation. This information is
+	 * provided at the ring initialization time, and each IP block can
+	 * specify a specific value.
+	 */
 	unsigned		max_dw;
+
+	/**
+	 * @count_dw:
+	 *
+	 * Count DWords: this value starts with the maximum amount of DWords
+	 * supported by the ring. This value is updated based on the ring
+	 * manipulation.
+	 */
 	int			count_dw;
 	uint64_t		gpu_addr;
+
+	/**
+	 * @ptr_mask:
+	 *
+	 * Some IPs provide support for 64-bit pointers and others for 32-bit
+	 * only; this behavior is component-specific and defined by the field
+	 * support_64bit_ptr. If the IP block supports 64-bits, the mask
+	 * 0xffffffffffffffff is set; otherwise, this value assumes buf_mask.
+	 * Notice that this field is used to keep wptr under a valid range.
+	 */
 	uint64_t		ptr_mask;
+
+	/**
+	 * @buf_mask:
+	 *
+	 * Buffer mask is a value used to keep wptr count under its
+	 * thresholding. Buffer mask initialized during the ring buffer
+	 * initialization time, and it is defined as (ring_size / 4) -1.
+	 */
 	uint32_t		buf_mask;
 	u32			idx;
 	u32			xcc_id;
-- 
2.49.0



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