[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 04/13] drm/i915: Replace the pending_gpu_write flag with an explicit seqno

[Chris Wilson]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:41:01 +0200, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 02:14:07PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > As we always flush the GPU cache prior to emitting the breadcrumb, we no
> > longer have to worry about the deferred flush causing the
> > pending_gpu_write to be delayed. So we can instead utilize the known
> > last_write_seqno to hopefully minimise the wait times.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> 
> I like this, but I'd prefer if this would be at the end of the series as a
> neat improvement - I'd really prefer if we get together a somewhat minimal
> fix to take care of the flushing list and intel_begin_ring interruptable
> patch.
> 
> The reason is that the merge window approaches fast, and if we're unlucky
> the current -next cycle won't make it into 3.6, so I'd have to send Dave a
> smaller pile of fixes. Which this doesn't really look like.
> 
> Or do I again miss something? It's not really my brightest day ;-)

This is just to enable removing the pending_gpu_write bit, and really if
the flushing list removal wasn't to enable this patch, what was the
point? :-p
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre