[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 2/3] drm/i915: Provide a timeout to i915_gem_wait_for_idle() on setup

[Mika Kuoppala]

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

> With a broken GPU we expect it to fail during the initial
> GPU setup where do a couple of context switches to record the defaults.
> This is a task that takes a few milliseconds even on the slowest of
> devices, but we may have to wait 60s for hangcheck to give in and
> declare the machine inoperable. In this a case where any gpu hang is
> unacceptable, both from a timeliness and practical standpoint.
>
> We can therefore set a timeout on our wait-for-idle that is shorter than
> the hangcheck (which may be up to 60s for a declaring a wedged driver)
> and so detect the broken GPU much more quickly during driver load (and
> so prevent stalling userspace for ages).
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>

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