[PATCH 3/4] drm/amdgpu: add IOCTL interface for per VM BOs v2

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On 30/08/17 03:42 PM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On 30/08/17 03:09 PM, Christian König wrote:
>> Am 29.08.2017 um 19:20 schrieb Deucher, Alexander:
>>>> From: amd-gfx [mailto:amd-gfx-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf
>>>> Of Christian König
>>>>
>>>> @@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ extern "C" {
>>>>   #define AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_SHADOW        (1 << 4)
>>>>   /* Flag that allocating the BO should use linear VRAM */
>>>>   #define AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_CONTIGUOUS    (1 << 5)
>>>> +/* Flag that BO is local in the VM */
>>>> +#define AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_LOCAL            (1 << 6)
>>> I'm not crazy about the name LOCAL.  Maybe something like ALWAYS_VALID?
>>
>> Works for me as well. Dave any other opinion?
>>
>> If everybody is ok with ALWAYS_VALID I'm going to use that one.
> 
> FWIW, I like LOCAL better than ALWAYS_VALID. The latter suggests that
> the BO is valid under any circumstances, whereas LOCAL indicates that it
> cannot be used outside of the GPUVM it was created in.
> 
> I don't feel strongly about it though, feel free to go with either.

Another idea:

/* The BO can only be used in the VM it was created in */
#define AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_UNSHAREABLE            (1 << 6)


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Earthling Michel Dänzer               |               http://www.amd.com
Libre software enthusiast             |             Mesa and X developer


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