[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t] lib/i915: Fix gem_has_execlists to match description

[Dixit, Ashutosh]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:42:12 -0700, John Harrison wrote:
>
> On 10/15/2021 16:38, Ashutosh Dixit wrote:
> > Driver is using execlists if it is not using GuC submission.
> > GEM_SUBMISSION_EXECLISTS flag indicates if execlist submission is
> > available, not if it is being used by the driver.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit at intel.com>
> > ---
> >   lib/i915/gem_submission.c | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/i915/gem_submission.c b/lib/i915/gem_submission.c
> > index 2627b802cfb..4312a73bd85 100644
> > --- a/lib/i915/gem_submission.c
> > +++ b/lib/i915/gem_submission.c
> > @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ bool gem_has_semaphores(int fd)
> >    */
> >   bool gem_has_execlists(int fd)
> >   {
> > -	return gem_submission_method(fd) & GEM_SUBMISSION_EXECLISTS;
> > +	return !gem_has_guc_submission(fd);
>
> Don't we use ring submission on older platforms?

Hmm, I wasn't aware that there was yet another submission method :/

So execlist submission is only available for gen >= 8 as the code says, in
case anyone knows?

> Isn't the better fix to just not set the EXECLIST flag when GuC
> submission is detected?

Yes, let me post this patch too. Thanks!