[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: Fix dynamic allocation of physical handles

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Thu May 1 10:32:18 CEST 2014


On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 08:27:03AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> A single object may be referenced by multiple registers fundamentally
> breaking the static allotment of ids in the current design. When the
> object is used the second time, the physical address of the first
> assignment is relinquished and a second one granted. However, the
> hardware is still reading (and possibly writing) to the old physical
> address now returned to the system. Eventually hilarity will ensue, but
> in the short term, it just means that cursors are broken when using more
> than one pipe.
> 
> Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77351
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Ping  ^^^^^^
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre



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