Re: [PATCH 2/3] drm: Make drm_gem_fb_alloc available for drivers to use

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On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 03:40:17PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Alexandru-Cosmin Gheorghe
> <Alexandru-Cosmin.Gheorghe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 01:54:12PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:08:38PM +0100, Liviu Dudau wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 03:10:04PM +0100, Alexandru Gheorghe wrote:
> >> > > Some drivers can't use drm_gem_fb_create, so instead of copying the
> >> > > logic that does the framebuffer allocation allow them to use core
> >> > > drm_gem_fb_alloc.
> >> > >
> >> > > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gheorghe <alexandru-cosmin.gheorghe@xxxxxxx>
> >> >
> >> > To me it looks like an useful thing to have exported, so for what is worth:
> >> >
> >> > Acked-by: Liviu Dudau <liviu.dudau@xxxxxxx>
> >> >
> >> > Sean, Maarten, Laurent, Gustavo, Daniel(s), do you have any objections?
> >>
> >> In general please add meaningful kernel-doc for exported functions,
> >> explaing what's different and how it works together.
> >>
> >> Wrt the specific issue, I think we should teach drm core and helpers how
> >> to allocate formats with tiled blocks. Means we need to extend
> >> drm_format_info a bit. Your YUV formats won't be the only ones where the
> >> format itself arranges pixels in blocks, and hence has format-based
> >> alignment criteria for pitch and size (due to line rounding).
> >
> > Something like a tile_size or do you have other ideas ?
> > Any idea if there are any tile formats out there where the tile it's
> > not a square ?
> 
> I think both tile_w/_h in pixels and tile_size in bytes is what you
> want for full description of all options. And yes I think some of the
> compressed GL formats aren't square. Not that I expect we'll ever have
> to scan those out, but who knows. This would also allow drivers to let
> the core check basic tiled layouts by supplying that information for a
> (fourcc, modifier) pair.
> 
> The tricky part is then how you expect stride to be set, since that's
> in bytes per line, which might not align. But since all the tiles I've
> seen are power-of-two in height, shouldn't be an issue in practice. A
> check + WARN_ON would be good though.

Another option would be to add to the drm_framebuffer_funcs structure a
hook that drivers could implement that does the validation of the fb and
could be used to bypass the more strict check in drm_gem_fb_create_fb_with_funcs()

Best regards,
Liviu

> -Daniel
> 
> >> I think this would also fit better into the overall design where drivers
> >> can overwrite the drm_format_info for specific (fourcc, modifier)
> >> combinations.
> >> -Daniel
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Best regards,
> >> > Liviu
> >> >
> >> > > ---
> >> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c | 3 ++-
> >> > >  include/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.h     | 5 +++++
> >> > >  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> > >
> >> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c
> >> > > index 2810d4131411..64eddf5a1bd9 100644
> >> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c
> >> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c
> >> > > @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct drm_gem_object *drm_gem_fb_get_obj(struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
> >> > >  }
> >> > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_fb_get_obj);
> >> > >
> >> > > -static struct drm_framebuffer *
> >> > > +struct drm_framebuffer *
> >> > >  drm_gem_fb_alloc(struct drm_device *dev,
> >> > >            const struct drm_mode_fb_cmd2 *mode_cmd,
> >> > >            struct drm_gem_object **obj, unsigned int num_planes,
> >> > > @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ drm_gem_fb_alloc(struct drm_device *dev,
> >> > >
> >> > >   return fb;
> >> > >  }
> >> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_fb_alloc);
> >> > >
> >> > >  /**
> >> > >   * drm_gem_fb_destroy - Free GEM backed framebuffer
> >> > > diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.h
> >> > > index a38de7eb55b4..d20c1356000a 100644
> >> > > --- a/include/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.h
> >> > > +++ b/include/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.h
> >> > > @@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ struct drm_simple_display_pipe;
> >> > >
> >> > >  struct drm_gem_object *drm_gem_fb_get_obj(struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
> >> > >                                     unsigned int plane);
> >> > > +struct drm_framebuffer *
> >> > > +drm_gem_fb_alloc(struct drm_device *dev,
> >> > > +          const struct drm_mode_fb_cmd2 *mode_cmd,
> >> > > +          struct drm_gem_object **obj, unsigned int num_planes,
> >> > > +          const struct drm_framebuffer_funcs *funcs);
> >> > >  void drm_gem_fb_destroy(struct drm_framebuffer *fb);
> >> > >  int drm_gem_fb_create_handle(struct drm_framebuffer *fb, struct drm_file *file,
> >> > >                        unsigned int *handle);
> >> > > --
> >> > > 2.18.0
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > ====================
> >> > | I would like to |
> >> > | fix the world,  |
> >> > | but they're not |
> >> > | giving me the   |
> >> >  \ source code!  /
> >> >   ---------------
> >> >     ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
> >>
> >> --
> >> Daniel Vetter
> >> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> >> http://blog.ffwll.ch
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Alex G
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Vetter
> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> +41 (0) 79 365 57 48 - http://blog.ffwll.ch

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