[Intel-gfx] [RFCv2 03/14] drm/i915: Introduce host graphics memory/fence partition for GVT-g

[Joonas Lahtinen]

On ke, 2016-02-24 at 07:42 +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> > From: Wang, Zhi A
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 9:23 PM
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.c
> > > > @@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ void *gvt_create_pgt_device(struct drm_i915_private
> > *dev_priv)
> > > >   		goto err;
> > > >   	}
> > > > 
> > > > +	dev_priv->gvt.host_fence_sz = gvt.host_fence_sz;
> > > > +	dev_priv->gvt.host_low_gm_sz_in_mb = gvt.host_low_gm_sz;
> > > > +	dev_priv->gvt.host_high_gm_sz_in_mb = gvt.host_high_gm_sz;
> > > 
> > > I'm thinking, could we expose the pgt_device struct (at least
> > > partially, and then have a PIMPL pattern), to avoid this kind of
> > > duplication of declarations and unnecessary copies between i915 and
> > > i915_gvt modules?
> > > 
> > > It's little rough that the gvt driver writes to i915_private struct.
> > > I'd rather see that gvt.host_fence_sz and other variables get sanitized
> > > and then written to pgt_device (maybe the public part would be
> > > i915_pgt_device) and used by gvt and i915 code.
> > > 
> > > Was this ever considered?
> > > 
> > The previous version do something similar like that, both i915 and gvt
> > reads GVT module kernel parameter but considered that GVT modules could
> > be configured as "n" in kernel configuration, probably we should let
> > i915 to store this information and GVT to configure it if GVT is active?
> 
> Agree with Joonas. We don't need another gvt wrap. Let's just expose
> pgt_device directly. I believe all other information can be encapsulated
> under pgt_device.
> 
> btw to match other description in the code, is it clear to rename pgt_device
> to gvt_device?
> 
> Another minor thing needs Joonas' feedback. Is it usual to capture
> all module parameters belonging to one feature structurized together
> (like 'gvt' in this patch), or just to leave them directly exposed?
> 

I think it's a good idea to group them as they're currently grouped.

Regards, Joonas

> Thanks
> Kevin
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Joonas Lahtinen
Open Source Technology Center
Intel Corporation