[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 6/8] drm/i915: Only attempt to pass the first request to execlists

[Mika Kuoppala]

Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> writes:

> Only the first request added to the execlist queue, can be submitted. If
> this request is not the first request on the queue, it means that there
> are already higher priority requests waiting upon the tasklet and
> kicking it will make no difference.
>
> This is more relevant for a later patch, where we more eagerly try and
> kick the tasklet to handle the submission of new requests.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at intel.com>
> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com

Reviewed-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at intel.com>

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
> index a46a05f0e79c..9bf8858ecdcf 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_lrc.c
> @@ -651,10 +651,11 @@ static void execlists_submit_request(struct drm_i915_gem_request *request)
>  	/* Will be called from irq-context when using foreign fences. */
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&engine->timeline->lock, flags);
>  
> -	if (insert_request(&request->priotree, &engine->execlist_queue))
> +	if (insert_request(&request->priotree, &engine->execlist_queue)) {
>  		engine->execlist_first = &request->priotree.node;
> -	if (execlists_elsp_idle(engine))
> -		tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->irq_tasklet);
> +		if (execlists_elsp_idle(engine))
> +			tasklet_hi_schedule(&engine->irq_tasklet);
> +	}
>  
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&engine->timeline->lock, flags);
>  }
> -- 
> 2.11.0