[PATCH v3 0/6] Add support for atomic async page-flips

[Ville Syrjälä]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 04:52:56PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 06:43:15PM +0000, Simon Ser wrote:
> > This series adds support for DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC for atomic
> > commits, aka. "immediate flip" (which might result in tearing).
> > The feature was only available via the legacy uAPI, however for
> > gaming use-cases it may be desirable to enable it via the atomic
> > uAPI too.
> > 
> > - Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/107683/
> > - User-space patch: https://github.com/Plagman/gamescope/pull/595
> > - IGT patch: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/107681/
> 
> So no tests that actually verify that the kernel properly rejects
> stuff stuff like modesets, gamma LUT updates, plane movement,
> etc.?

Pondering this a bit more, it just occurred to me the current driver
level checks might easily lead to confusing behaviour. Eg. is
the ioctl going to succeed if you ask for an async change of some
random property while the crtc disabled, but fails if you ask for
the same async property change when the crtc is active?

So another reason why rejecting most properties already at
the uapi level might be a good idea.

-- 
Ville Syrjälä
Intel