On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:35:13 -0700, Ben Widawsky <b...@bwidawsk.net> wrote: > Clear the cached instdone state to match what we expect from hardware > and prevent us from comparing stale values. > > Actually, clearing the state is not the same as setting idle state. > There would be a known state of idle (ie. all units are done), but since > it differs for every platform, we can just set 0, and let the hangcheck > progress as normal. > > By putting the clear into add_request we are essentially initializing > the cached instdone to a known state before we start the hangcheck > timer. > > v2: clear instdone in more place (Chris) > Rewrote the commit message > > References: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52429 > Tested-by: Guang A Yang <guang.a.y...@intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <b...@bwidawsk.net>
So if hangcheck is already running and we add a new request, we still clear the "stale" state. This means that we may take an extra tick after a new request for hangcheck to raise an error. Not a big deal and it keeps the code clean. Though possibly deserves a comment? Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk> -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
