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From: Dave Gordon <david.s.gordon@intel.com>
To: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>, intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: a couple more uses for i915_gem_object_mark_dirty()
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:20:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5722465E.1060501@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160428163633.GD29549@nuc-i3427.alporthouse.com>

On 28/04/16 17:36, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 05:26:21PM +0100, Dave Gordon wrote:
>> intel_pin_and_map_ringbuffer_obj() should have been setting the dirty
>> flag, but wasn't; and the LRC code in intel_lr_context_do_pin() is also
>> updated to use the new function.
>
> Technically it doesn't need to. Whilst there is any valid content in the
> ringbuffer, it is pinned for use by requests and the hadware. Unlike the
> context object whose content does need to persist when inactive.
> -Chris

What about across suspend and/or hibernate? Any chance of there being 
valid (new) content in a ringbuffer that gets thrown away? Though 
presumably we insist that all pending work is completed before allowing 
hibernation/suspend anyway?

.Dave.
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-28 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-04-28 16:26 [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: introduce & use i915_gem_object_mark_dirty() Dave Gordon
2016-04-28 16:26 ` [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: a couple more uses for i915_gem_object_mark_dirty() Dave Gordon
2016-04-28 16:36   ` Chris Wilson
2016-04-28 17:20     ` Dave Gordon [this message]
2016-04-28 17:27       ` Chris Wilson
2016-04-28 16:34 ` [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: introduce & use i915_gem_object_mark_dirty() Chris Wilson
2016-04-28 17:32   ` Dave Gordon
2016-04-28 17:48 ` ✗ Fi.CI.BAT: warning for series starting with [1/2] " Patchwork
2016-04-28 18:36   ` Dave Gordon
2016-05-02  8:58     ` Daniel Vetter

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