Re: [PATCH RFC 1/4] drm/i915: add create_context2 ioctl

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On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 03:25:43PM +0300, Mika Kuoppala wrote:
> Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 02:48:04PM +0300, Mika Kuoppala wrote:
> >> From: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> 
> >> Add i915_gem_context_create2_ioctl for passing flags
> >> (e.g. SVM) when creating a context.
> >> 
> >> v2: check the pad on create_context
> >> v3: rebase
> >> v4: i915_dma is no more. create_gvt needs flags
> >> 
> >> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (v1)
> >> Signed-off-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Considering we can use deferred ppgtt creation and have setparam do we
> > need a new create ioctl just to set a flag?
> 
> So like this:
> 
> - create ctx with the default create ioctl
> - set cxt param it for svm capable.
> - first submit deferred creates
> 
> And we use the setparam point for returning
> error if svm context are not there.

(and a call to set svm on a context after first use is illegal)

That's the outline I had in my head. I am not sure if the result is
cleaner - I just hope it is ;)
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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