[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v3 2/2] drm/i915/gtt: ignore min_page_size for paging structures

[Matthew Auld]

The min_page_size is only needed for pages inserted into the GTT, and
for our paging structures we only need at most 4K bytes, so simply
ignore the min_page_size restrictions here, otherwise we might see some
severe overallocation on some devices.

v2(Thomas): add some commentary

Signed-off-by: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld at intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom at linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c
index 084ea65d59c0..f7e0352edb62 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.c
@@ -16,7 +16,19 @@ struct drm_i915_gem_object *alloc_pt_lmem(struct i915_address_space *vm, int sz)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 
-	obj = i915_gem_object_create_lmem(vm->i915, sz, 0);
+	/*
+	 * To avoid severe over-allocation when dealing with min_page_size
+	 * restrictions, we override that behaviour here by allowing an object
+	 * size and page layout which can be smaller. In practice this should be
+	 * totally fine, since GTT paging structures are not typically inserted
+	 * into the GTT.
+	 *
+	 * Note that we also hit this path for the scratch page, and for this
+	 * case it might need to be 64K, but that should work fine here since we
+	 * used the passed in size for the page size, which should ensure it
+	 * also has the same alignment.
+	 */
+	obj = __i915_gem_object_create_lmem_with_ps(vm->i915, sz, sz, 0);
 	/*
 	 * Ensure all paging structures for this vm share the same dma-resv
 	 * object underneath, with the idea that one object_lock() will lock
-- 
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