[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 3/3] drm/i915: Wait after context init with GuC Submission

[Antoine, Peter]

Ok,

Please ignore this patch.
It is really part of the pre-emption series. Was included as is being used in Android.

Peter.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Wilson [mailto:chris at chris-wilson.co.uk] 
Sent: Friday, January 8, 2016 3:20 PM
To: Antoine, Peter
Cc: intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org; daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch; Gordon, Dave
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 3/3] drm/i915: Wait after context init with GuC Submission

On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 03:03:54PM +0000, Peter Antoine wrote:
> Per-context initialisation GPU instructions (which are injected 
> directly into the ringbuffer rather than being submitted as a batch) 
> should not be allowed to mix with user-generated batches in the same 
> submission; it will cause confusion for the GuC (which might merge a 
> subsequent preemptive request with the non-preemptive initialisation 
> code), and for the scheduler, which wouldn't know how to re-inject a 
> non-batch request if it were the victim of preemption.

Move the context init into the first request. Problem solved.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre