[Mesa-stable] [Mesa-dev] [PATCH 1/2] swr/rast: don't create wrapper for every Create LLVM call

[Emil Velikov]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 at 17:59, Hota, Alok <alok.hota at intel.com> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Emil Velikov [mailto:emil.l.velikov at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 7:04 AM
> > To: Hota, Alok <alok.hota at intel.com>
> > Cc: mesa-dev at lists.freedesktop.org; mesa-stable at lists.freedesktop.org
> > Subject: Re: [Mesa-dev] [PATCH 1/2] swr/rast: don't create wrapper for
> > every Create LLVM call
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 17:04, Hota, Alok <alok.hota at intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: mesa-dev [mailto:mesa-dev-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On
> > > > Behalf Of Emil Velikov
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 4, 2019 3:21 AM
> > > > To: mesa-dev at lists.freedesktop.org
> > > > Cc: mesa-stable at lists.freedesktop.org; emil.l.velikov at gmail.com;
> > > > Hota, Alok <alok.hota at intel.com>
> > > > Subject: [Mesa-dev] [PATCH 1/2] swr/rast: don't create wrapper for
> > > > every Create LLVM call
> > > >
> > > > We user only a fraction (approximatelly 1/4) of the API - generate only
> > those.
> > > >
> > > > This way, we spend less time processing and generate smaller file.
> > > > This also removes the need for hacks needed for compiling files
> > > > bootstrapped with another LLVM version.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the patch!
> > > I had to add one function, CreateNeg, to used_functions for it to compile
> > for me.
> > >
> > Thanks, can I consider this a Tested-by?
> > A review or even an ack from SWR developers would also be appreciated.
>
> Sorry to let this hang for so long.
> After some review, it looks like we have some upcoming changes internally that would be complicated with this change, and with this approach. At the time, I think we will hold off on this change, though I will be keeping it in mind.

Can you elaborate what seems to be the problem? I'm more than happy to
rework the patch so it works for you guys - do you have a WIP branch
somewhere?

Thanks
Emil