From: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
To: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] drm/i915: Error checks in gen6_set_rps
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:25:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <275ffc$6hj53c@fmsmga002.fm.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1347072225-10654-6-git-send-email-ben@bwidawsk.net>
On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:43:42 -0700, Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net> wrote:
> With the new "standardized" sysfs interfaces we need to be a bit more
> careful about setting the RPS values.
>
> Because the sysfs code and the rps workqueue can run at the same time,
> if the sysfs setter wins the race to the mutex, the workqueue can come
> in and set a value which is out of range (ie. we're no longer protecting
> by RPINTLIM).
>
> I was not able to actually make this error occur in testing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>
Good catch, care to squeeze the comment into a single line ;-)
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris
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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-09 18:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-08 2:43 [PATCH 0/8 v2] Moar sysfs stuff Ben Widawsky
2012-09-08 2:43 ` [REPOST PATCH 1/7] drm/i915: variable renames Ben Widawsky
2012-09-08 2:43 ` [REPOST PATCH 2/7] drm/i915: #define gpu freq multipler Ben Widawsky
2012-09-08 2:43 ` [REPOST PATCH 3/7 v2] drm/i915: Add current/max/min GPU freq to sysfs Ben Widawsky
2012-09-08 2:43 ` [PATCH 4/7] drm/i915: POSTING_READ the new rps value Ben Widawsky
2012-09-09 18:26 ` Chris Wilson
2012-09-08 2:43 ` [PATCH 5/7] drm/i915: Error checks in gen6_set_rps Ben Widawsky
2012-09-09 18:25 ` Chris Wilson [this message]
2012-09-12 21:37 ` Daniel Vetter
2012-09-08 2:43 ` [PATCH 6/7 v3] drm/i915: Add setters for min/max frequency Ben Widawsky
2012-09-12 14:46 ` Daniel Vetter
2012-09-13 1:12 ` [PATCH 6/7 v4] " Ben Widawsky
2012-09-08 2:43 ` [REPOST PATCH 7/7] drm/i915: Show render P state thresholds in sysfs Ben Widawsky
2012-09-14 16:51 ` Daniel Vetter
2012-09-08 2:43 ` [PATCH] sysfs rps test added Ben Widawsky
2012-09-14 18:32 ` Daniel Vetter
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