Re: [PATCH igt] lib: Avoid actually throttling from igt_require_gem()

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On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 11:53:22AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Quoting Chris Wilson (2017-08-18 11:46:19)
> > igt_require_gem() checks whether we can use the i915 fd for submitting
> > requests by detecting a wedged driver. It was intended to be used just
> > after opening DRIVER_INTEL for a gem test to provide an early skip if
> > the device was unusable. However, it is also used at the start of
> > library functions like igt_spin_batch_new() which may be called after
> > the test has setup some state, and importantly submitted some batches.
> > igt_require_gem() has the risk of then waiting on those batches, unless
> > we tell it to use a clean fd.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko@xxxxxxxxx>

You probably wanted to Cc: other Michal ;)

<snip>

+/* We only want to use the throttle-ioctl for its -EIO reporting
+ * of a wedged device, not for actually waiting on outstanding
+ * requests! So create a new drm_file for the device that is clean.
+ */

But while here: if you just need -EIO, why not read "i915_wedged" from debugfs ?

Michal

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