[PATCH v3 2/5] drm/panfrost: Internally label some BOs

Steven Price steven.price at arm.com
Wed May 21 15:52:36 UTC 2025


On 20/05/2025 18:43, Adrián Larumbe wrote:
> Perfcnt samples buffer is not exposed to UM, but we would like to keep
> a tag on it as a potential debug aid.
> 
> PRIME imported GEM buffers are UM exposed, but since the usual Panfrost
> UM driver code path is not followed in their creation, they might remain
> unlabelled for their entire lifetime, so a generic tag was deemed
> preferable. The tag is assigned before a UM handle is created so it
> doesn't contradict the logic about labelling internal BOs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrián Larumbe <adrian.larumbe at collabora.com>

Reviewed-by: Steven Price <steven.price at arm.com>

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c     | 10 ++++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
> index 4c5be7ccc9cc..04483d5fb45d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_gem.c
> @@ -305,6 +305,16 @@ panfrost_gem_prime_import_sg_table(struct drm_device *dev,
>  	bo = to_panfrost_bo(obj);
>  	bo->noexec = true;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * We assign this generic label because this function cannot
> +	 * be reached through any of the Panfrost UM driver-specific
> +	 * code paths, unless one is given by explicitly calling the
> +	 * SET_LABEL_BO ioctl. It is therefore preferable to have a
> +	 * blanket BO tag that tells us the object was imported from
> +	 * another driver than nothing at all.
> +	 */
> +	panfrost_gem_internal_set_label(obj, "GEM PRIME buffer");
> +
>  	return obj;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c
> index 52befead08c6..563f16bae543 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c
> @@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ static int panfrost_perfcnt_enable_locked(struct panfrost_device *pfdev,
>  		goto err_put_mapping;
>  	perfcnt->buf = map.vaddr;
>  
> +	panfrost_gem_internal_set_label(&bo->base, "Perfcnt sample buffer");
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Invalidate the cache and clear the counters to start from a fresh
>  	 * state.



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