On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 03:13:23PM +0100, Maarten Lankhorst wrote: > Hey, > > Den 2024-12-13 kl. 14:07, skrev Maxime Ripard: > > On Sun, Dec 08, 2024 at 01:15:34PM +0100, Friedrich Vock wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On 04.12.24 14:44, Maarten Lankhorst wrote: > > > > > > > Because it only deals with memory regions, the UAPI has been updated > > > > to use dmem.min/low/max/current, and to make the API cleaner, the > > > > names are changed too. > > > > > > > > dmem.current could contain a line like: > > > > "drm/0000:03:00.0/vram0 1073741824" > > > > > > > > But I think using "drm/card0/vram0" instead of PCIID would perhaps > > > > be good too. I'm open to changing it to that based on feedback. > > > > > > Agree, allowing userspace to reference DRM devices via "cardN" syntax > > > sounds good. > > > > > > What about other subsystems potentially using dmem cgroups? > > > I'm not familiar with the media subsystem, but I imagine we might be > > > dealing with things like USB devices there? Is something like a > > > "deviceN" possible there as well, or would device IDs look completely > > > different? > > I'd just take what makes sense for each driver. dev_name() would be a good > approximation. Yeah, dev_name() seems good enough to me too. > I agree that cardN is not stable. > > > > I have some patches to enable the cgroup in GEM-based drivers, media > > ones and dma-buf heaps. The dma-buf heaps are simple enough since the > > heaps names are supposed to be stable. > > I've used your patch as a base enable cgroup in drivers that use the VRAM > manager. I didn't want to enable it for all of GEM, because it would > conflict with drivers using TTM. Some more discussion is needed first. > > For DMA-BUF heaps, I think it's fine and there is a lot less need of > discussion. I just felt it should be sent separately from the initial > enablement. Definitely. > > I don't think using card0 vs card1 (or v4l0 vs v4l1 for example) will > > work because I don't think we have any sort of guarantee that these > > names will always point to the same devices across reboots or updates. > > > > If the module is loaded later than it used to for example, we could very > > well end up in a situation where card0 and card1 are swapped, while the > > constraints apply to the previous situation. > > I agree, just put it out there for discussion. I don't think the benefits > weigh up against the downsides :-) Oh absolutely. The way to define a stable name is going to be framework specific anyway. My point was that we wanted to have a stable name. Maxime
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature