Re: [PATCH 2/9] drm/i915: Extract node allocation from bind

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On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 05:55:00PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 09:00:16AM -0700, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> > On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 04:53:08PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 07, 2014 at 08:45:38AM -0700, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> > > > Hmm. I really don't see what's actually upsetting. Can you be a bit more
> > > > explicit about what's so bothersome to you for my edification?
> > > 
> > > evict_something() make assumptions about the ranges of the vm which it
> > > searches. At the moment, they mirror its parent's function.
> > 
> > Ah, thanks. So is plumbing starting eviction offset into evict something an
> > appealing solution here?
> 
> Yes. I have to admit to not being overly sold on the code migration yet.
> I guess you have an ulterior motive... Evictable vm?
> -Chris
> 

The only immediate goal is to be able to get this bit logic out of
bind_to_vm, so I can use "preallocated" nodes a bit more cleanly. At
least for the present, I have no plans with it other than that. I did
like the resuse of the PDE allocation for gen7.

If I think of a better reason, I'll let you know.

-- 
Ben Widawsky, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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