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author | Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com> | 2022-04-12 11:28:42 +0300 |
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committer | Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com> | 2022-04-12 11:28:42 +0300 |
commit | c16c8bfa09d5f318c1bd65698d058d3739970c24 (patch) | |
tree | a3ac5a1cad695c93d698cfff0b7629fd1a2ff79c /Documentation/gpu | |
parent | 8e7e5c077cd57ee9a36d58c65f07257dc49a88d5 (diff) | |
parent | b85ffe47c4ec172214a38b7e7087c60582c488f0 (diff) | |
download | linux-c16c8bfa09d5f318c1bd65698d058d3739970c24.tar.bz2 |
Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-next
Pull in TTM changes needed for DG2 CCS enabling from Ram.
Signed-off-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gpu')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 47 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gpu/vgaarbiter.rst | 2 |
4 files changed, 49 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst index 198bcc1affa1..f32ccce5722d 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst @@ -466,6 +466,15 @@ DRM MM Range Allocator Function References .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c :export: +DRM Buddy Allocator +=================== + +DRM Buddy Function References +----------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_buddy.c + :export: + DRM Cache Handling and Fast WC memcpy() ======================================= diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst index 199afb503ab1..ce47b4292481 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-uapi.rst @@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ clients together with the legacy drmAuth authentication procedure. If a driver advertises render node support, DRM core will create a separate render node called renderD<num>. There will be one render node per device. No ioctls except PRIME-related ioctls will be allowed on -this node. Especially GEM_OPEN will be explicitly prohibited. Render +this node. Especially GEM_OPEN will be explicitly prohibited. For a +complete list of driver-independent ioctls that can be used on render +nodes, see the ioctls marked DRM_RENDER_ALLOW in drm_ioctl.c Render nodes are designed to avoid the buffer-leaks, which occur if clients guess the flink names or mmap offsets on the legacy interface. Additionally to this basic interface, drivers must mark their diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index 7bf7f2111696..127e76ee0b2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -241,6 +241,28 @@ Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>, Daniel Vetter Level: Advanced +Benchmark and optimize blitting and format-conversion function +-------------------------------------------------------------- + +Drawing to dispay memory quickly is crucial for many applications' +performance. + +On at least x86-64, sys_imageblit() is significantly slower than +cfb_imageblit(), even though both use the same blitting algorithm and +the latter is written for I/O memory. It turns out that cfb_imageblit() +uses movl instructions, while sys_imageblit apparently does not. This +seems to be a problem with gcc's optimizer. DRM's format-conversion +helpers might be subject to similar issues. + +Benchmark and optimize fbdev's sys_() helpers and DRM's format-conversion +helpers. In cases that can be further optimized, maybe implement a different +algorithm. For micro-optimizations, use movl/movq instructions explicitly. +That might possibly require architecture-specific helpers (e.g., storel() +storeq()). + +Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> + +Level: Intermediate drm_framebuffer_funcs and drm_mode_config_funcs.fb_create cleanup ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -475,8 +497,12 @@ This is a really varied tasks with lots of little bits and pieces: achieved by using an IPI to the local processor. * There's a massive confusion of different panic handlers. DRM fbdev emulation - helpers have one, but on top of that the fbcon code itself also has one. We - need to make sure that they stop fighting over each another. + helpers had their own (long removed), but on top of that the fbcon code itself + also has one. We need to make sure that they stop fighting over each other. + This is worked around by checking ``oops_in_progress`` at various entry points + into the DRM fbdev emulation helpers. A much cleaner approach here would be to + switch fbcon to the `threaded printk support + <https://lwn.net/Articles/800946/>`_. * ``drm_can_sleep()`` is a mess. It hides real bugs in normal operations and isn't a full solution for panic paths. We need to make sure that it only @@ -488,16 +514,15 @@ This is a really varied tasks with lots of little bits and pieces: even spinlocks (because NMI and hardirq can panic too). We need to either make sure to not call such paths, or trylock everything. Really tricky. -* For the above locking troubles reasons it's pretty much impossible to - attempt a synchronous modeset from panic handlers. The only thing we could - try to achive is an atomic ``set_base`` of the primary plane, and hope that - it shows up. Everything else probably needs to be delayed to some worker or - something else which happens later on. Otherwise it just kills the box - harder, prevent the panic from going out on e.g. netconsole. +* A clean solution would be an entirely separate panic output support in KMS, + bypassing the current fbcon support. See `[PATCH v2 0/3] drm: Add panic handling + <https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20190311174218.51899-1-noralf@tronnes.org/>`_. -* There's also proposal for a simplied DRM console instead of the full-blown - fbcon and DRM fbdev emulation. Any kind of panic handling tricks should - obviously work for both console, in case we ever get kmslog merged. +* Encoding the actual oops and preceding dmesg in a QR might help with the + dread "important stuff scrolled away" problem. See `[RFC][PATCH] Oops messages + transfer using QR codes + <https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1446217392-11981-1-git-send-email-alexandru.murtaza@intel.com/>`_ + for some example code that could be reused. Contact: Daniel Vetter diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/vgaarbiter.rst b/Documentation/gpu/vgaarbiter.rst index 339ed5fecd2e..bde3c0afb059 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/vgaarbiter.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/vgaarbiter.rst @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ In-kernel interface .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/vgaarb.h :internal: -.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/pci/vgaarb.c :export: libpciaccess |