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List:       freedesktop-intel-gfx
Subject:    Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Flush ggtt writes through the old fenced vma before changing fence
From:       "Lahtinen, Joonas" <joonas.lahtinen () intel ! com>
Date:       2018-01-31 10:46:47
Message-ID: 1517395605.8863.18.camel () intel ! com
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On Tue, 2018-01-30 at 16:44 +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> This is a precautionary measure as I have no evidence to suggest we've
> hit a bug here (I was hoping this might explain gdg's odd behaviour, but
> alas), but given that we have a function to flush the ggtt writes it
> seems prudent to use it prior to changing the fence register. Due to the
> intrinsic nature of the GTT often operating as an independent mmio path,
> we should not just rely on the write to the fence acting as a full flush
> for GTT writes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>

Regards, Joonas
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