Re: [PATCH 0/4] vkms: Switch to shadow-buffered plane state

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Hi

Am 05.07.21 um 23:29 schrieb Melissa Wen:
On 07/05, Daniel Vetter wrote:
On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 12:05:28PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
Hi

Am 05.07.21 um 11:27 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 09:46:29AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
Vkms copies each plane's framebuffer into the output buffer; essentially
using a shadow buffer. DRM provides struct drm_shadow_plane_state, which
handles the details of mapping/unmapping shadow buffers into memory for
active planes.

Convert vkms to the helpers. Makes vkms use shared code and gives more
test exposure to shadow-plane helpers.

Thomas Zimmermann (4):
    drm/gem: Export implementation of shadow-plane helpers
    drm/vkms: Inherit plane state from struct drm_shadow_plane_state
    drm/vkms: Let shadow-plane helpers prepare the plane's FB
    drm/vkms: Use dma-buf mapping from shadow-plane state for composing

So I think right now this fits, but I think it'll mismit going forward: We
don't really have a shadow-plane that we then toss to the hw, it's a
shadow-crtc-area. Right now there's no difference, because we don't
support positioning/scaling the primary plane. But that's all kinda stuff
that's on the table.

But conceptually at least the compositioning buffer should bet part of the
crtc, not of the primary plane.

So not sure what to do, but also coffee hasn't kicked in yet, so maybe I'm
just confused.

I'm not sure if I understand your concern. Can you elaborate? The
compositing output buffer is not affected by this patchset. Only the input
frambuffers of the planes. Those are shadow buffers. AFAICT the composer
code memcpy's the primary plane and then blends the other planes on top.
Supporting transformation of the primary plane doesn't really change much
wrt to the vmaping of input fbs.

Yeah that's the current implementation, because that's easier. But
fundamentally we don't need a copy of the input shadow plane, we need a
scratch area that's sized for the crtc.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I am not sure the relevance for vkms to
switch to shadow-buffered plane. (?)

It replaces the vkms code with shared code. Nothing else. For the shared shadow-buffer code it means more testing. If vkms ever supports color formats that use multiple planes, the new code will be ready.

Best regards
Thomas


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