[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v6 17/19] drm/i915: Wa32bitGeneralStateOffset & Wa32bitInstructionBaseOffset

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 05:14:33PM +0100, Michel Thierry wrote:
> On 8/5/2015 4:58 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> >On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 05:24:01PM +0100, Michel Thierry wrote:
> >>There are some allocations that must be only referenced by 32-bit
> >>offsets. To limit the chances of having the first 4GB already full,
> >>objects not requiring this workaround use DRM_MM_SEARCH_BELOW/
> >>DRM_MM_CREATE_TOP flags
> >>
> >>In specific, any resource used with flat/heapless (0x00000000-0xfffff000)
> >>General State Heap (GSH) or Instruction State Heap (ISH) must be in a
> >>32-bit range, because the General State Offset and Instruction State
> >>Offset are limited to 32-bits.
> >>
> >>Objects must have EXEC_OBJECT_SUPPORTS_48B_ADDRESS flag to indicate if
> >>they can be allocated above the 32-bit address range. To limit the
> >>chances of having the first 4GB already full, objects will use
> >>DRM_MM_SEARCH_BELOW + DRM_MM_CREATE_TOP flags when possible.
> >>
> >>v2: Changed flag logic from neeeds_32b, to supports_48b.
> >>v3: Moved 48-bit support flag back to exec_object. (Chris, Daniel)
> >>v4: Split pin flags into PIN_ZONE_4G and PIN_HIGH; update PIN_OFFSET_MASK
> >>to use last PIN_ defined instead of hard-coded value; use correct limit
> >>check in eb_vma_misplaced. (Chris)
> >>v5: Don't touch PIN_OFFSET_MASK and update workaround comment (Chris)
> >>v6: Apply pin-high for ggtt too (Chris)
> >>v7: Handle simultaneous pin-high and pin-mappable end correctly (Akash)
> >>     Fix check for entries currently using +4GB addresses, use min_t and
> >>     other polish in object_bind_to_vm (Chris)
> >>
> >>Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> >>Cc: Akash Goel <akash.goel at intel.com>
> >>Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> (v4)
> >>Signed-off-by: Michel Thierry <michel.thierry at intel.com>
> >
> >For the record, where can I find the mesa patches for this? I think for
> >simple things like this a References: line point to the relevant UMD
> >patches in mailing-list archives would be great.
> >-Daniel
> >
> 
> Here they are,
> 
> References:
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2015-July/085501.html and
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2015-July/088003.html

Sounds like there's still another revision we need to do on those?
-Daniel

> 
> The name for the macro will be OUT_RELOC64_INSIDE_4G, as suggested by Chris.
> 

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Daniel Vetter
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