[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3] drm/i915: Add interface to reserve fence registers for vGPU

[Zhenyu Wang]

On 2017.09.04 11:01:41 +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Quoting changbin.du at intel.com (2017-09-04 09:01:01)
> > From: Changbin Du <changbin.du at intel.com>
> > 
> > In the past, vGPU alloc fence registers by walking through mm.fence_list
> > to find fence which pin_count = 0 and vma is empty. vGPU may not find
> > enough fence registers this way. Because a fence can be bind to vma even
> > though it is not in using. We have found such failure many times these
> > days.
> > 
> > An option to resolve this issue is that we can force-remove fence from
> > vma in this case.
> > 
> > This patch added two new api to the fence management code:
> >  - i915_reserve_fence() will try to find a free fence from fence_list
> >    and force-remove vma if need.
> >  - i915_unreserve_fence() reclaim a reserved fence after vGPU has
> >    finished.
> > 
> > With this change, the fence management is more clear to work with vGPU.
> > GVTg do not need remove fence from fence_list in private.
> > 
> > v3: (Chris)
> >   - Add struct_mutex lock assertion.
> >   - Only count for unpinned fence.
> > 
> > v2: (Chris)
> >   - Rename the new api for symmetry.
> >   - Add safeguard to ensure at least 1 fence remained for host display.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du at intel.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> 
> Anyone want to give an ack/review for the GVT side, and then I'll push.

Acked-by: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw at linux.intel.com>

thanks
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