Re: [PATCH 3/5] drm/i915: implement SNB workaround for lazy global gtt

[Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:10:08PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:50:23 +0100, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> wrote:
> > +	/* Sandybridge PPGTT errata: We need a global gtt mapping for MI and
> > +	 * pipe_control writes because the gpu doesn't properly redirect them
> > +	 * through the ppgtt for non_secure batchbuffers. */
> > +	if (unlikely(IS_GEN6(dev) &&
> > +	    reloc->write_domain == I915_GEM_DOMAIN_INSTRUCTION &&
> > +	    !target_i915_obj->has_global_gtt_mapping)) {
> > +		i915_gem_gtt_bind_object(target_i915_obj,
> > +					 target_i915_obj->cache_level);
> > +		target_i915_obj->has_global_gtt_mapping = 1;
> 
> i915_gem_gtt_bind_object() sets has_global_gtt_mapping, so no need to
> repeat ourselves here.
> 
> I guess that was the easy one you throw in to make sure people are
> reading your patches?
> 
> A little uneasy still with that heuristic, but I have to agree that it
> is the lesser of the evils, meh.
> 
> I'm pretty happy now with this series as I've been beating upon it ever
> since it landed in danvet/my-next, so
> Reviewed-and-tested-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>

I've slurped this in for -next (with the small thing you've noticed in
this patch fixed), thanks for the review.
-Daniel
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