Previously, dummy_read_page was used only for read-only user allocations; it
filled in pages that were not present in the user address map (presumably,
these were allocated but never written to pages).
This patch allows them to be used for read-only ttms allocated from the
kernel, so that applications can over-allocate buffers without forcing every
page to be allocated.
I'm hoping to use the dummy_read_page for kernel allocated buffers to avoid
allocating extra pages for read-only buffers (like vertex and batch buffers).
This also eliminates the 'write' parameter to drm_ttm_set_user and just
has DRM_TTM_PAGE_WRITE passed into drm_ttm_create.
Aside from changing drm_bind_ttm to drm_ttm_bind, this patch
adds only documentation and fixes the functions inside drm_ttm.c
to all be prefixed with drm_ttm_.
Creating a ttm was done with drm_ttm_init while destruction was done with
drm_destroy_ttm. Renaming these to drm_ttm_create and drm_ttm_destroy makes
their use clearer. Passing page_flags to the create function will allow that
to know whether user or kernel pages are needed, with the goal of allowing
kernel ttms to be saved for later reuse.
This mapping allows cached objects to be mapped in/out of the TT space
with the appropriate flushing calls.
It should put back the old CACHED functionality for snooped mappings
Modify the TTM backend bind arguments.
Export a number of functions needed for driver-specific super-ioctls.
Add a function to map buffer objects from the kernel, regardless of where they're
currently placed.
A number of error fixes.
otherwise data will be missing, which becomes apparent when the kernel evicts
batch buffers which are likely to be written into in the evicted state,
and then rebound to the AGP aperture.
This means we cannot rely on the AGP module to flush the
cache for us.
Fix buffer bound caching policy changing, Allow
on-the-fly changing of caching policy on bound buffers if the hardware
supports it.
Allow drivers to use driver-specific AGP memory types for TTM AGP pages.
Will make AGP drivers much easier to migrate.
Adapt for new functions in the 2.6.19 kernel.
Remove the ability to have multiple regions in one TTM.
This simplifies a lot of code.
Remove the ability to access TTMs from user space.
We don't need it anymore without ttm regions.
Don't change caching policy for evicted buffers. Instead change it only
when the buffer is accessed by the CPU (on the first page fault).
This tremendously speeds up eviction rates.
Current code is safe for kernels <= 2.6.14.
Should also be OK with 2.6.19 and above.
Alex Deucher
Dave Airlie
Patrice Mandin
Thomas Hellstrom
Eric Anholt
Keith Packard
Dave Airlie