[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 6/8] drm/i915: preparation for using PAT index

[Andi Shyti]

Hi Fei,

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 02:12:17PM -0700, fei.yang at intel.com wrote:
> From: Fei Yang <fei.yang at intel.com>
> 
> This patch is a preparation for replacing enum i915_cache_level with PAT
> index. Caching policy for buffer objects is set through the PAT index in
> PTE, the old i915_cache_level is not sufficient to represent all caching
> modes supported by the hardware.
> 
> Preparing the transition by adding some platform dependent data structures
> and helper functions to translate the cache_level to pat_index.
> 
> cachelevel_to_pat: a platform dependent array mapping cache_level to
>                    pat_index.
> 
> max_pat_index: the maximum PAT index supported by the hardware. Needed for
>                validating the PAT index passed in from user space.
> 
> i915_gem_get_pat_index: function to convert cache_level to PAT index.
> 
> obj_to_i915(obj): macro moved to header file for wider usage.
> 
> I915_MAX_CACHE_LEVEL: upper bound of i915_cache_level for the
>                       convenience of coding.
> 
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris.p.wilson at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper at intel.com>
> Cc: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti at linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fei Yang <fei.yang at intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti at linux.intel.com> 

Andi