[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: inline vma_create into lookup_or_create_vma

Ben Widawsky ben at bwidawsk.net
Wed Aug 14 19:35:39 CEST 2013


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 06:47:00PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:59:09AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > In the execbuf code we don't clean up any vmas which ended up not
> > getting bound for code simplicity. To make sure that we don't end up
> > creating multiple vma for the same vm kill the somewhat dangerous
> > vma_create function and inline it into lookup_or_create.
> > 
> > This is just a safety measure to prevent surprises in the future.
> > 
> > Also update the somewhat confused comment in the execbuf code and
> > clarify what kind of magic is going on with a new one.
> > 
> > Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> > ---
> > 
> > That's the only concern I could come up with when reading the execbuf
> > vma conversion patch. So looks good and I'll slurp it all in as soon
> > as some more head scratching is done for the very first patch in this
> > series about the vma_unbind fix to only call vma_destroy if the vma
> > isn't bound.
> 
> One thing I've noticed but forgot to mention here is that the reloc code
> still uses obj_ggtt_size/offset. I guess that will be fixed later on?
> -Daniel

Yes.

-- 
Ben Widawsky, Intel Open Source Technology Center



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