[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Skip fence installation for objects with rotated views (v2)

[Tvrtko Ursulin]

On 27/10/15 13:48, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 01:34:44PM +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
>>
>> On 27/10/15 12:51, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 06:23:26PM -0700, Vivek Kasireddy wrote:
>>>> While pinning a fb object to the display plane, only install a fence
>>>> if the object is using a normal view. This corresponds with the
>>>> behavior found in i915_gem_object_do_pin() where the fencability
>>>> criteria is determined only for objects with normal views.
>>>>
>>>> v2:
>>>> Look at the object's map_and_fenceable flag to determine whether to
>>>> install a fence or not (Chris).
>>>>
>>>> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
>>>> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
>>>> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Vivek Kasireddy <vivek.kasireddy at intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c | 3 ++-
>>>>    1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
>>>> index 52fb3f2..108c000 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
>>>> @@ -2357,7 +2357,8 @@ intel_pin_and_fence_fb_obj(struct drm_plane *plane,
>>>>    	 * framebuffer compression.  For simplicity, we always install
>>>>    	 * a fence as the cost is not that onerous.
>>>>    	 */
>>>> -	ret = i915_gem_object_get_fence(obj);
>>>> +	if (obj->map_and_fenceable)
>>>
>>> This will now get the fence and pin it for the 90/270 view as well,
>>> even though the fence doesn't even cover that particualr gtt mapping.
>>
>> I don't follow. obj->map_and_fenceable will be true only when normal
>> view exists, so this avoids setting up the fence when no normal view
>> exists and so avoids the WARN_ON in i915_gem_object_get_fence.
>
> Sure, but it's pointless to use up a fence if all we care about
> is the 90/270 mapping.

After a brief IRC discussion we agreed that the patch doesn't introduce 
any new negative behaviours.

But in general it may be beneficial to revisit the approach of always 
installing fences. Especially as the number of pipes and planes grows 
and if number of fences remains static.

Regards,

Tvrtko