From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pekka Paalanen Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/nouveau: handle same-fb page flips Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:49:29 +0300 Message-ID: <20121006104929.04e729b8@farn.lan> References: <20121005193759.GA8531@joi.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20121005193759.GA8531-OI9uyE9O0yo@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nouveau-bounces+gcfxn-nouveau=m.gmane.org-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org Errors-To: nouveau-bounces+gcfxn-nouveau=m.gmane.org-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org To: Marcin Slusarz Cc: nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org List-Id: nouveau.vger.kernel.org On Fri, 5 Oct 2012 21:37:59 +0200 Marcin Slusarz 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 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/