[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/9] drm/i915: Extract node allocation from bind

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Wed May 7 18:55:00 CEST 2014


On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 09:00:16AM -0700, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 04:53:08PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 08:45:38AM -0700, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> > > Hmm. I really don't see what's actually upsetting. Can you be a bit more
> > > explicit about what's so bothersome to you for my edification?
> > 
> > evict_something() make assumptions about the ranges of the vm which it
> > searches. At the moment, they mirror its parent's function.
> 
> Ah, thanks. So is plumbing starting eviction offset into evict something an
> appealing solution here?

Yes. I have to admit to not being overly sold on the code migration yet.
I guess you have an ulterior motive... Evictable vm?
-Chris

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