[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 7/7] drm/i915: add i915_get_reset_stats_ioctl

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Wed Jul 3 23:41:11 CEST 2013


On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 02:23:23PM -0700, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 04:14:31PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > Ben, will we be informing userspace about the ABI change?
> 
> Hmm. I'm not convinced we ever want to reset the default context stats.

I meant: will userspace be able to find out that the kernel now uses
per-fd default contexts. i.e. will I know if the kernel will
automatically allocate me a separate context and switch every time my
batches execute?
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre



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