[PATCH 3/3] ttm: Update move_notify and swap_notify documentation.
Thomas Hellstrom
thellstrom at vmware.com
Mon Nov 21 04:08:38 PST 2011
Update the documentation of these callbacks to reflect the TTM supported
way of setting up driver-private GPU maps, hoping to avoid the Radeon way
leaking into new drivers.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom at vmware.com>
---
include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
index 94eb143..42c3e64 100644
--- a/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
+++ b/include/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_driver.h
@@ -439,7 +439,15 @@ struct ttm_bo_driver {
void *(*sync_obj_ref) (void *sync_obj);
/* hook to notify driver about a driver move so it
- * can do tiling things */
+ * can do tiling things. This hook can be used to tear
+ * down driver private GPU mappings from the BO. It should not,
+ * however be used to set up such mappings, since TTM will not
+ * call this hook when SYSTEM placed bos are populated with pages.
+ * It's recommended that populating driver private GPU maps is
+ * done from the command-submission code, where the driver has
+ * a more detailed knowledge of exactly what GPU maps need
+ * populating.
+ */
void (*move_notify)(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo,
struct ttm_mem_reg *new_mem);
/* notify the driver we are taking a fault on this BO
@@ -447,7 +455,9 @@ struct ttm_bo_driver {
int (*fault_reserve_notify)(struct ttm_buffer_object *bo);
/**
- * notify the driver that we're about to swap out this bo
+ * notify the driver that we're about to swap out this bo.
+ * Any driver private GPU maps pointing to the bo should be
+ * teared down at this point.
*/
void (*swap_notify) (struct ttm_buffer_object *bo);
--
1.7.4.4
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