[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 1/2] clover: implement CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR

[Grigori Goronzy]

This flag is typically used to request pinned host memory, to avoid
any copies between GPU and CPU.

This improves throughput with an older OpenCL app which I unfortunately
can't publish due to its licensing.
---
 src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/resource.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/resource.cpp b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/resource.cpp
index bcf87e1..8ed4c42 100644
--- a/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/resource.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/state_trackers/clover/core/resource.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ root_resource::root_resource(clover::device &dev, memory_obj &obj,
                 PIPE_BIND_TRANSFER_READ |
                 PIPE_BIND_TRANSFER_WRITE);
 
+   if (obj.flags() & CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR) {
+      info.usage = PIPE_USAGE_STAGING;
+   }
+
    pipe = dev.pipe->resource_create(dev.pipe, &info);
    if (!pipe)
       throw error(CL_OUT_OF_RESOURCES);
-- 
1.9.1