[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2 02/11] drm/i915: Split request submit/execute phase into two

[Joonas Lahtinen]

On ma, 2016-11-07 at 13:59 +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> In order to support deferred scheduling, we need to differentiate
> between when the request is ready to run (i.e. the submit fence is
> signaled) and when the request is actually run (a new execute fence).
> This is typically split between the request itself wanting to wait upon
> others (for which we use the submit fence) and the CPU wanting to wait
> upon the request, for which we use the execute fence to be sure the
> hardware is ready to signal completion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>

Regards, Joonas
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Joonas Lahtinen
Open Source Technology Center
Intel Corporation