The shadow-buffered framebuffer console only needs the buffer object
to be mapped during updates. While not being updated from the shadow
buffer, the buffer object can remain unmapped.
An unmapped buffer object can be evicted to system memory and does
not consume video ram until displayed. This allows to use generic fbdev
emulation with drivers for low-memory devices, such as ast and mgag200.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index 1984e5c54d58..2a6538f229e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ static void drm_fb_helper_dirty_work(struct work_struct *work)
struct drm_clip_rect *clip = &helper->dirty_clip;
struct drm_clip_rect clip_copy;
unsigned long flags;
+ void *vaddr;
spin_lock_irqsave(&helper->dirty_lock, flags);
clip_copy = *clip;
@@ -412,10 +413,18 @@ static void drm_fb_helper_dirty_work(struct work_struct *work)
/* call dirty callback only when it has been really touched */
if (clip_copy.x1 < clip_copy.x2 && clip_copy.y1 < clip_copy.y2) {
+
/* Generic fbdev uses a shadow buffer */
- if (helper->buffer)
+ if (helper->buffer) {
+ vaddr = drm_client_buffer_vmap(helper->buffer);
+ if (IS_ERR(vaddr))
+ return;
drm_fb_helper_dirty_blit_real(helper, &clip_copy);
+ }
helper->fb->funcs->dirty(helper->fb, NULL, 0, 0, &clip_copy, 1);
+
+ if (helper->buffer)
+ drm_client_buffer_vunmap(helper->buffer);
}
}
@@ -2231,6 +2240,9 @@ int drm_fb_helper_generic_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
fbi->fbdefio = &drm_fbdev_defio;
fb_deferred_io_init(fbi);
+
+ /* unmapped by default */
+ drm_client_buffer_vunmap(fb_helper->buffer);
}
return 0;
--
2.21.0
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