Re: [PATCH 4/4 v6] drm/virtio: enqueue virtio_gpu_create_context after the first 3D ioctl

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 04:54:02PM -0800, Gurchetan Singh wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 3:06 PM Chia-I Wu <olvaffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 2:34 PM Gurchetan Singh
> > <gurchetansingh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > For old userspace, initialization will still be implicit.
> > >
> > > For backwards compatibility, enqueue virtio_gpu_cmd_context_create after
> > > the first 3D ioctl.
> > >
> > > v3: staticify virtio_gpu_create_context
> > >     remove notify to batch vm-exit
> > > v6: Remove nested 3D checks (emil.velikov):
> > >       - unify 3D check in resource create
> > >       - VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_GET_CAPSET is listed as a 2D ioctl, added a
> > >         3D check there.
> > I missed this change.  Why do we need a context to get capsets?  Is
> > this a workaround or something?
> 
> No, don't need a context to get a capset.  The patch tries to create a
> context when a 3D userspace first talks to the host, not when a 3D
> userspace first needs a context ID.  If the latter is preferred, we
> can do that too.

I think it makes sense to exclude the capset ioctls here.

Possibly they are used for non-3d-related capabilities at some
point in the future.

Also userspace gets capsets while checking device capabilities
and possibly does so before deciding how to drive the device.

cheers,
  Gerd

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