[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Call io_schedule() whilst whilsting for the GPU

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Fri Oct 4 11:14:33 CEST 2013


On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:58:46AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> 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>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>

Yeah, I like. Queued for -next, thanks for the patch.
-Daniel
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