Re: [PATCH 4/5] drm/i915: Only set gem object L3 cache level for IVB devices

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On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 09:38:52AM -0800, Wayne Boyer wrote:
> Do some further clean up based on the initial review of
> drm/i915: Separate cherryview from valleyview.
> 
> In this case, in i915_gem_alloc_context_obj() only call
> i915_gem_object_set_cache_level() for Ivy Bridge devices
> since later platforms don't have L3 control bits in the PTE.
> 
> v2: Expand comment to mention snooping requirement. (Ville, Imre)
> 
> Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wayne Boyer <wayne.boyer@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
> index 4b1161d..900ffd0 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
> @@ -189,8 +189,15 @@ i915_gem_alloc_context_obj(struct drm_device *dev, size_t size)
>  	 * shouldn't touch the cache level, especially as that
>  	 * would make the object snooped which might have a
>  	 * negative performance impact.
> +	 *
> +	 * Snooping is required on non-llc platforms in execlist
> +	 * mode, but since all GGTT accesses use PAT entry 0 we
> +	 * get snooping anyway regardless of cache_level.
> +	 *
> +	 * This is only applicable for Ivy Bridge devices since
> +	 * later platforms don't have L3 control bits in the PTE.
>  	 */
> -	if (INTEL_INFO(dev)->gen >= 7 && !IS_VALLEYVIEW(dev) && !IS_CHERRYVIEW(dev)) {
> +	if (IS_IVYBRIDGE(dev)) {
>  		ret = i915_gem_object_set_cache_level(obj, I915_CACHE_L3_LLC);
>  		/* Failure shouldn't ever happen this early */
>  		if (WARN_ON(ret)) {
> -- 
> 2.6.3

-- 
Ville Syrjälä
Intel OTC
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