[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t v4] tests/i915/gem_huc_copy: Enable a HuC copy test

[Ye, Tony]

On 1/10/2020 11:54 AM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Quoting Ye, Tony (2020-01-10 19:51:58)
>>
>>
>> On 1/10/2020 10:28 AM, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>> Quoting Robert M. Fosha (2020-01-10 17:41:46)
>>>> +static bool
>>>> +check_huc_enabled(int fd)
>>>> +{
>>>> +       int dir;
>>>> +       dir = igt_sysfs_open_parameters(fd);
>>>> +
>>>> +       if (dir < 0)
>>>> +               return 0;
>>>> +
>>>> +       if (igt_sysfs_get_u32(dir, "enable_guc") & 2)
>>>> +               return 1;
>>>> +       else
>>>> +               return 0;
>>>
>>> No. If you have this in your userspace, please immediately remove it,
>>> and backport that to any and all stable branches and releases.
>>> -Chris
>>
>> The code is to skip the test when HuC is disabled by the enable_guc
>> module parameter. If HuC is disabled by the enable_guc param, then skip
>> the test. If the HuC failed to load due to a real error, then fail the
>> test.
>>
>> Could you suggest how to handle HUC_STATUS failure properly without this
>> code?
> 
> Look at the error code from querying HUC_STATUS.
> -Chris

Agree that the check should be done via uAPI instead of the sysfs. 
Thanks for the feedback.
Tony
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