[PATCH 4/4] drm/i915: Cleanup instdone state when idle

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On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:42:07 -0700, Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net> wrote:
> On 2012-08-14 00:39, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:41:11 -0700, Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net> 
> > wrote:
> >> The previous state is bogus when we've gone into idle. Actually 
> >> there
> >> would be a known state of idle (ie. all units are done), but since 
> >> it
> >> differs for every platform, we can just set 0, and let the hangcheck
> >> progress as normal.
> >>
> >> References: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52429
> >> Tested-by: Guang A Yang <guang.a.yang at intel.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net>
> >
> > I think you have a point, but I don't think this should be just on 
> > idle.
> > Everytime we kick off the hangcheck, we should not be comparing to 
> > stale
> > state.
> 
> Are you suggesting this is a patch which already exists somewhere?

Not yet. :) Just that I agree with you that this a problem, and it is a
bigger problem than first thought.
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre


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