Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Fix the frame buffer fence starvation

2018-02-20 Thread Chris Wilson
Quoting Guang Bai (2018-02-20 11:41:03) > Currently a tiled frame buffer to be scanned out is always installed > with a fence, leading to fence starvation on gen9lp virtualization > use case where graphics stacks of service and guest OSes compete for > fences. > > By design, this fence is always n

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Fix the frame buffer fence starvation

2018-02-20 Thread Guang Bai
Currently a tiled frame buffer to be scanned out is always installed with a fence, leading to fence starvation on gen9lp virtualization use case where graphics stacks of service and guest OSes compete for fences. By design, this fence is always needed by i965-(GEN4-) platforms. For GEN4 and above,