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From: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@linux.intel.com>
To: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>,
	Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Actually make per-fd contexts useful
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:13:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a91c9t0i.fsf@gaia.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150121111521.GH18602@nuc-i3427.alporthouse.com>

Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> writes:

> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:11:11PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>> This goes back to when there was just one global context, when
>> restoring kinda didn't make sense.
>> 
>> Also with execlist we already have these semantics, so better to be a
>> bit more consistent.
>
> Where are the benchmark results? The context switch has angered QA
> before...
>

What if we isolate fds and context by default but then let clients
choose, by using per-context parameter, if they are ok with leftover
state. From other context owned by them, or optionally even from
other clients.

- Mika

> Do we even have an igt context switch microbenchmark?
> -Chris
>
> -- 
> Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-21 13:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-21 11:11 [PATCH] drm/i915: Actually make per-fd contexts useful Daniel Vetter
2015-01-21 11:15 ` Chris Wilson
2015-01-21 13:13   ` Mika Kuoppala [this message]
2015-01-21 17:28     ` Dave Gordon

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