[Intel-gfx] [RFC 3/4] drm/i915: Use new i915_gem_object_pin_map for LRC

Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com
Mon Apr 11 09:05:34 UTC 2016


On 08/04/16 15:40, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 02:54:57PM +0100, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
>> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
>>
>> We can use the new pin/lazy unpin API for more performance
>> in the execlist submission paths.
>
> The sticking point for me was the ringbuffer and Braswell having to
> re-ioremap it every context pin. I hadn't noticed the kmap of the
> context, but this does seem like a valid use for pin_map so I'm not
> complaining... (Just saying this half the solution ;)

Pull in to the series "drm/i915: Move ioremap_wc tracking onto VMA" as 
well then?

> Oh, and you don't have pin_map for your ringbuffer either yet.

Confused, I did base this on top of "drm/i915: Refactor duplicate object 
vmap functions" and the half missing is the ioremap paths. Which you 
commented on above. What other ringbuffer is missing?

Regards,

Tvrtko


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