[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/5] drm/i915: make waiting trace events more useful

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 10:22:33PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, 2 May 2012 23:12:36 +0200, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
> > For consistency I guess we can ditch the dev parameter (and even then, the
> > ring would uniquely identify the device). Also, I guess you need to
> > explicitly pass in blocking, because mutex_is_locked is rather racy -
> > someone else could hold the mutex while we're waiting in a non-blocking
> > fashion.
> 
> Meh, I suggested the race - I'd rather have a moment of confusion
> reading the trace than reading the code in 6 months time.

Ok, I see the problem and agree, let's have it slightly racy ...
-Daniel
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