[RFC PATCH 1/3] drm: Extract amdgpu_sa.c as a generic suballocation helper

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 04.02.22 um 19:29 schrieb Christian König:
> Oh, that's on my TODO list for years!
> 
> Am 04.02.22 um 18:48 schrieb Maarten Lankhorst:
>> Suballocating a buffer object is something that is not driver
>> generic, and is useful for other drivers as well.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst at linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile       |   4 +-
>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_suballoc.c | 424 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   include/drm/drm_suballoc.h     |  78 ++++++
>>   3 files changed, 505 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_suballoc.c
>>   create mode 100644 include/drm/drm_suballoc.h
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
>> index 8675c2af7ae1..b848bcf8790c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
>> @@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ drm_kms_helper-y := drm_bridge_connector.o 
>> drm_crtc_helper.o \
>>           drm_scdc_helper.o drm_gem_atomic_helper.o \
>>           drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.o \
>>           drm_atomic_state_helper.o drm_damage_helper.o \
>> -        drm_format_helper.o drm_self_refresh_helper.o drm_rect.o
>> +        drm_format_helper.o drm_self_refresh_helper.o drm_rect.o \
>> +        drm_suballoc.o
>> +
> 
> I think we should put that into a separate module like we now do with 
> other helpers as well.

Please. KMS helpers are now likely to be linked into the kernel binary. 
I've already spent time to reduce the size of the module.

Best regard
Thomas

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
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