[PATCH v4 5/6] drm: Add fdinfo memory stats

[Tvrtko Ursulin]

On 21/04/2023 11:26, Emil Velikov wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 23:43, Rob Clark <robdclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> +/**
>> + * enum drm_gem_object_status - bitmask of object state for fdinfo reporting
>> + * @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_RESIDENT: object is resident in memory (ie. not unpinned)
>> + * @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_PURGEABLE: object marked as purgeable by userspace
>> + *
>> + * Bitmask of status used for fdinfo memory stats, see &drm_gem_object_funcs.status
>> + * and drm_show_fdinfo().  Note that an object can DRM_GEM_OBJECT_PURGEABLE if
>> + * it still active or not resident, in which case drm_show_fdinfo() will not
> 
> nit: s/can/can be/;s/if it still/if it is still/
> 
>> + * account for it as purgeable.  So drivers do not need to check if the buffer
>> + * is idle and resident to return this bit.  (Ie. userspace can mark a buffer
>> + * as purgeable even while it is still busy on the GPU.. it does not _actually_
>> + * become puregeable until it becomes idle.  The status gem object func does
> 
> nit: s/puregeable/purgeable/
> 
> 
> I think we want a similar note in the drm-usage-stats.rst file.
> 
> With the above the whole series is:
> Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com>

Have you maybe noticed my slightly alternative proposal? (*) I am not a 
fan of putting this flavour of accounting into the core with no way to 
opt out. I think it leaves no option but to add more keys in the future 
for any driver which will not be happy with the core accounting.

*) https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/116581/

> Fwiw: Keeping the i915 patch as part of this series would be great.
> Sure i915_drm_client->id becomes dead code, but it's a piece one can
> live with for a release or two. Then again it's not my call to make.

Rob can take the i915 patch from my RFC too.

Regards,

Tvrtko