On Wed, 15 Apr 2015, Chris Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 06:11:33PM +0100, Michel Thierry wrote:
>> WaIdleLiteRestore is an execlists-only workaround, and requires the driver
>> to ensure that any context always has HEAD!=TAIL when attempting lite
>> restore.
>> 
>> Add two extra MI_NOOP instructions at the end of each request, but keep
>> the requests tail pointing before the MI_NOOPs. We may not need to
>> executed them, and this is why request->tail is sampled before adding
>> these extra instructions.
>> 
>> If we submit a context to the ELSP which has previously been submitted,
>> move the tail pointer past the MI_NOOPs. This ensures HEAD!=TAIL.
>> 
>> v2: Move overallocation to gen8_emit_request, and added note about
>> sampling request->tail in commit message (Chris).
>> 
>> v3: Remove redundant request->tail assignment in __i915_add_request, in
>> lrc mode this is already set in execlists_context_queue.
>> Do not add wa implementation details inside gem (Chris).
>> 
>> v4: Apply the wa whenever the req has been resubmitted and update
>> comment (Chris).
>> 
>> Cc: Chris Wilson <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Daniel <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Michel Thierry <[email protected]>
>
> Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <[email protected]>

Pushed to drm-intel-next-fixes, thanks for the patch and review.

BR,
Jani.


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