[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 7/8] drm: Connector helper function to release resources

[Lankhorst, Maarten]

Pandiyan, Dhinakaran schreef op do 09-02-2017 om 18:55 [+0000]:
> On Thu, 2017-02-09 at 09:01 +0000, Lankhorst, Maarten wrote:
> > 
> > Dhinakaran Pandiyan schreef op wo 08-02-2017 om 22:38 [-0800]:
> > > 
> > > Having a ->atomic_release callback is useful to release shared
> > > resources
> > > that get allocated in compute_config(). This function is expected
> > > to
> > > be
> > > called in the atomic_check() phase before new resources are
> > > acquired.
> > > 
> > > v2: Moved the caller hunk to this patch (Daniel)
> > > 
> > > Suggested-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> > > Signed-off-by: Dhinakaran Pandiyan <dhinakaran.pandiyan at intel.com
> > > >
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c      | 19
> > > +++++++++++++++++++
> > >  include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h | 13 +++++++++++++
> > >  2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> > > index 8795088..92bd741 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> > > @@ -576,6 +576,25 @@ drm_atomic_helper_check_modeset(struct
> > > drm_device *dev,
> > >  		}
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > +	for_each_connector_in_state(state, connector,
> > > connector_state, i) {
> > > +		const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs
> > > *conn_funcs;
> > > +		struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
> > > +
> > > +		conn_funcs = connector->helper_private;
> > > +		if (!conn_funcs->atomic_release)
> > > +			continue;
> > > +
> > > +		if (!connector->state->crtc)
> > > +			continue;
> > > +
> > > +		crtc_state =
> > > drm_atomic_get_existing_crtc_state(state, connector->state-
> > > >crtc);
> > > +
> > > +		if (crtc_state->connectors_changed ||
> > > +		    crtc_state->mode_changed ||
> > > +		    (crtc_state->active_changed && !crtc_state-
> > > > 
> > > > active))
> > > +			conn_funcs->atomic_release(connector,
> > > connector_state);
> > > +	}
> > 
> > Could we deal with the VCPI state separately in
> > intel_modeset_checks,
> > like we do with dpll?
> 
> We'd want to release the VCPI slots before they are acquired in
> ->compute_config(). intel_modeset_checks() will be too late to
> release
> them. Are you suggesting both acquiring and releasing slots should be
> done in intel_modeset_checks()?

That makes things a bit more nasty. Maybe add a
conn_funcs->atomic_check that always gets called, something like I did
below?

I'd love to use it for some atomic connector properties too.
> > 
> > 
> > Maybe implementing the relevant VCPI state could be done as an
> > atomic
> > helper function too, so other atomic drivers can just plug it in.
> > 
> The idea was to reduce boilerplate in the drivers and use the
> private_obj state for different object types.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Not sure how doable this is, but if it's not too hard, then it's
> > probably cleaner :)
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