[Intel-gfx] [RFC] drm/i915/gt: create a subfolder for GT debugfs

Daniele Ceraolo Spurio daniele.ceraolospurio at intel.com
Mon Aug 5 15:57:09 UTC 2019



On 8/3/19 1:27 AM, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Quoting Daniele Ceraolo Spurio (2019-08-03 02:09:44)
>> The idea is to better organize our debugfs entries by moving the
>> GT-related ones into their own subfolder, similarly to what we did for
>> the kernel code.
>>
>> As an example, this patch moves the GuC/HuC and user_forcewake debugfs,
>> but a few more files can be moved if we decide to go this way (engine
>> status, gt_pm etc). Test updates will also be required to look for the
>> file in the correct place.
> 
> Quick question, why stop at intel_gt_debugfs.c? Do we not want to pull the
> [gh]uc closer to the source i.e. gt/uc/intel_uc_debugfs.c?

That works for me. I first wanted to see if the idea of using a 
subfolder for GT would fly before doing any proper refactoring. I picked 
the uC files as an example in this RFC just because I have been touching 
that area recently ;)

> 
> I'd also recommend for any future debugfs, we split it between the
> debugfs hook and the pretty printer, and spit out yaml :)

You mean having a pretty printer that takes a key:value pair? Sounds 
reasonable, but I wouldn't mix it with moving the files around.

Daniele

> -Chris
> 


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