[PATCH v6 0/4] drm: Use full allocated minor range for DRM

[Michał Winiarski]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 01:38:38PM GMT, Alex Deucher wrote:
> Are there any objections to this series?  We have been running into
> this limit as a problem for a while now on big servers.

I don't think there were any objections, just a general lack of
interest - so there are no R-b / Acks.
If you're interested to have a go at it - I can resend it.
It should still apply on latest drm-tip.

-Michał

> 
> Alex
> 
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 5:15 PM Michał Winiarski
> <michal.winiarski at intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > 64 DRM device nodes is not enough for everyone.
> > Upgrade it to ~512K (which definitely is more than enough).
> >
> > To allow testing userspace support for >64 devices, add additional DRM
> > modparam (force_extended_minors) which causes DRM to skip allocating minors
> > in 0-192 range.
> > Additionally - convert minors to use XArray instead of IDR to simplify the
> > locking.
> >
> > v1 -> v2:
> > Don't touch DRM_MINOR_CONTROL and its range (Simon Ser)
> >
> > v2 -> v3:
> > Don't use legacy scheme for >=192 minor range (Dave Airlie)
> > Add modparam for testing (Dave Airlie)
> > Add lockdep annotation for IDR (Daniel Vetter)
> >
> > v3 -> v4:
> > Convert from IDR to XArray (Matthew Wilcox)
> >
> > v4 -> v5:
> > Fixup IDR to XArray conversion (Matthew Wilcox)
> >
> > v5 -> v6:
> > Also convert Accel to XArray
> > Rename skip_legacy_minors to force_extended_minors
> >
> > Michał Winiarski (4):
> >   drm: Use XArray instead of IDR for minors
> >   accel: Use XArray instead of IDR for minors
> >   drm: Expand max DRM device number to full MINORBITS
> >   drm: Introduce force_extended_minors modparam
> >
> >  drivers/accel/drm_accel.c      | 110 +++------------------------------
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c      | 105 ++++++++++++++++---------------
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c     |   2 +-
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_internal.h |   4 --
> >  include/drm/drm_accel.h        |  18 +-----
> >  include/drm/drm_file.h         |   5 ++
> >  6 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 175 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.41.0
> >