On 21/07/16 15:14, Chris Wilson wrote:
On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 04:39:58PM +0300, Joonas Lahtinen wrote:
On ke, 2016-07-20 at 14:12 +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
if (so.aux_batch_size > 8) {
- ret = req->engine->dispatch_execbuffer(req,
- (so.ggtt_offset +
- so.aux_batch_offset),
- so.aux_batch_size,
- I915_DISPATCH_SECURE);
+ ret = req->engine->emit_bb_start(req,
+ (so.ggtt_offset +
+ so.aux_batch_offset),
+ so.aux_batch_size,
+ I915_DISPATCH_SECURE);
if (ret)
goto out;
}
The code above this line is exact reason why I don't like the a->b->c
(especially when there is repetition). But it's not new to this patch
so guess it'll do. Some future work to shorten down a little bit might
not hurt.
I presume you mean req->engine->x here, not so.y. Is it just the depth
and saving 5 columns? Or something else?
-Chris
It can also hurt code efficiency. For example in
int i915_gem_render_state_init(struct drm_i915_gem_request *req)
{
ret = i915_gem_render_state_prepare(req->engine, &so);
...
ret = req->engine->dispatch_execbuffer(req, so.ggtt_offset,
so.rodata->batch_items * 4, I915_DISPATCH_SECURE);
...
if (so.aux_batch_size > 8) {
ret = req->engine->dispatch_execbuffer(req,
(so.ggtt_offset + so.aux_batch_offset),
so.aux_batch_size, I915_DISPATCH_SECURE);
if (ret)
goto out;
}
...
}
The compiler may not -- and in this case, *is not allowed to* -- assume
that req->engine is the same at each callsite. We have passed the
non-const pointer "req" to callees, so it must assume that req->engine
may have been changed and re-fetch it from memory.
By inspection of the generated code, we find that a local for a value
that is used only once is a net loss, twice is breakeven, and three or
more times is a definite win.
And it generally makes the code prettier too :)
.Dave.
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