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From: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
To: intel-gfx <intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: properly lock gt_fifo_count
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:39:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d08817$23njts@azsmga001.ch.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1320540095-1346-1-git-send-email-daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>

On Sun,  6 Nov 2011 01:41:35 +0100, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> wrote:
> Use a combination of atomic_t and a spinlocked slow-path to make most
> writes fast.

What happened to the rule that this was protected by struct_mutex?
Did you find a violation? Or is this step 1 in the hundred step plan to
clarify and fix the locking around register access?
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre

  reply	other threads:[~2011-11-06  8:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-06  0:31 [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: properly lock gt_fifo_count Daniel Vetter
2011-11-06  0:31 ` [PATCH 2/2] drm/i915: protect force_wake_(get|put) with the gt_lock Daniel Vetter
2011-11-06  0:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] drm/i915: properly lock gt_fifo_count Daniel Vetter
2011-11-06  8:39   ` Chris Wilson [this message]
2011-11-06 10:46     ` Daniel Vetter
2011-11-06 11:31       ` [PATCH] drm/i915: protect force_wake_(get|put) with the gt_lock Daniel Vetter
2011-11-06 11:57         ` Chris Wilson
2011-11-06 12:35           ` Daniel Vetter
2011-11-06 21:01             ` Chris Wilson
2011-11-06 22:06               ` Daniel Vetter

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