On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:48:47PM -0700, Ben Widawsky wrote: > As we move toward dynamic page table allocation, it becomes much easier > to manage our data structures if break do things less coarsely by > breaking up all of our actions into individual tasks. This makes the > code easier to write, read, and verify. > > Aside from the dissection of the allocation functions, the patch > statically allocates the page table structures without a page directory. > This remains the same for all platforms, > > The patch itself should not have much functional difference. The primary > noticeable difference is the fact that page tables are no longer > allocated, but rather statically declared as part of the page directory. > This has non-zero overhead, but things gain non-trivial complexity as a > result. We increase overhead for increased complexity. What's the selling point of this patch then? Otherwise, patch does as you say. -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
