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From: Pekka Paalanen <pq-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org>
To: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/nouveau: handle same-fb page flips
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:49:29 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121006104929.04e729b8@farn.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121005193759.GA8531-OI9uyE9O0yo@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 21:37:59 +0200
Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> It's questionable use case, but weston/wayland already relies on this behaviour,
> and other drivers don't care about it, so it's a matter of compatibility.
> Without it, process invoking such page flip hangs in unkillable state, trying
> to reserve the same buffer twice.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

I'd say a process going into unkillable state for something like
this is already a bug in itself.

I'm very happy if this makes Weston run on Nouveau, we've had many
unhappy users so far.

-- 
Pekka Paalanen
http://www.iki.fi/pq/

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-10-06  7:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-05 19:37 [PATCH] drm/nouveau: handle same-fb page flips Marcin Slusarz
     [not found] ` <20121005193759.GA8531-OI9uyE9O0yo@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-05 19:53   ` Marcin Slusarz
2012-10-06  7:49   ` Pekka Paalanen [this message]
2012-10-16 21:40   ` Marcin Slusarz
2012-10-17  4:30   ` Ben Skeggs
     [not found]     ` <20121017043056.GA4049-yqdYmcOkqV0XGNroddHbYwC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2012-10-17  5:51       ` Marcin Ślusarz

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