[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: Call io_schedule() whilst whilsting for the GPU
Chris Wilson
chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Mon Aug 26 15:51:54 CEST 2013
Since we are waiting upon IO completion, inform the kernel through use
of the io_schedule() call rather than the regular schedule(). This
should allow the kernel to make better decisions regarding scheduling
and power management.
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index 4ed782f..408578b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ static int __wait_seqno(struct intel_ring_buffer *ring, u32 seqno,
mod_timer(&timer, expire);
}
- schedule();
+ io_schedule();
if (timeout)
timeout_jiffies = expire - jiffies;
--
1.8.4.rc3
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