[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/915: Pad GTT views of exec objects up to user specified size

[Daniel Vetter]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 10:00:54AM +0100, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> 
> On 21/10/15 16:24, Chris Wilson wrote:
> >Our GPUs impose certain requirements upon buffers that depend upon how
> >exactly they are used. Typically this is expressed as that they require
> >a larger surface than would be naively computed by pitch * height.
> >Normally such requirements are hidden away in the userspace driver, but
> >when we accept pointers from strangers and later impose extra conditions
> >on them, the original client allocator has no idea about the
> >monstrosities in the GPU and we require the userspace driver to inform
> >the kernel how many padding pages are required beyond the client
> >allocation.
> >
> >v2: Long time, no see
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> >Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> 
> As mentioned by Chris, IGT can be found as "tests/gem_exec_pad_to_size: Test
> object padding at execbuf", might need a respin for top-down allocation
> policy change.

Ah, so was just missing Testcase: line then. lgtm, Chris/Tvrtko please
push.
-Daniel

> 
> And libdrm support is "libdrm_intel: Add API for execbuf pad to size
> functionality".
> 
> Both patches from April this year.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tvrtko
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