[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: time out of load detect busy-waits

[Chris Wilson]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:03:35 +0200, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> If we try to do that and the scanlines just wouldn't advance, we
> busy-hang the machine holding the modeset mutex. Not great for
> debugging.
> 
> References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43020
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>

A second is a bit much, 5 vblanks should do, say 100ms, but this is just
paranoid code. Unfortunately if it hits it means the machine is likely
to keep hitting it. Are little, but noticeable periodic stutters
actually better than a freeze?
Otherwise,
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre