Tracking drm_intel_bo allocation

[Segovia, Benjamin]

OK. Two last questions to be sure that I am doing correct things.

1/ I have to use an external tool to check leaks. Nothing to track per-process allocation from the kernel or from drm_intel?

2/ From libva and Mesa, I guessed that the correct way to use drm_intel for everything which is temporary (like a batch-buffer) is just to do:

- drm_intel_alloc
- drm_intel_exec (for example)
- drm_intel_unreference

Basically, I do _not_ have to be concerned about allocation overhead and how to reuse buffers: this is the role of libdrm_intel. Is it correct?

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Ben



-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Wilson [mailto:chris at chris-wilson.co.uk] 
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 12:21 AM
To: Segovia, Benjamin; DRI
Subject: Re: Tracking drm_intel_bo allocation

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:36:33 -0700, "Segovia, Benjamin" <benjamin.segovia at intel.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am using drm_intel to access the HW. I would like to know if there is any way to know if my application frees all the bos I used. I would like to be sure I cleanly freed my resources and no bo is still referenced.
> Is there any tool in the memory allocation part of drm_intel to do that?

valgrind.

The kernel releases all client references upon termination.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre