Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] dma-buf/sync_file: only enable fence signalling on poll()

From: Gustavo Padovan
Date: Thu Aug 04 2016 - 17:19:06 EST


2016-08-03 Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 03:08:45PM -0300, Gustavo Padovan wrote:
> > From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Signalling doesn't need to be enabled at sync_file creation, it is only
> > required if userspace waiting the fence to signal through poll().
> >
> > Thus we delay fence_add_callback() until poll is called. It only adds the
> > callback the first time poll() is called. This avoid re-adding the same
> > callback multiple times.
> >
> > v2: rebase and update to work with new fence support for sync_file
> >
> > v3: use atomic operation to set enabled and protect fence_add_callback()
>
> There's actually a spare bit in fence->flags you can use for this.
>
> #define POLL_ENABLED FENCE_FLAG_USER_BITS

Wouldn't it be better to add a new bit to fence_flags_bit?

Gustavo