Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm: Widen vblank count to 64 bits. Change vblank time precision to ns

From: Michel DÃnzer
Date: Thu Jul 06 2017 - 03:46:20 EST


On 06/07/17 07:10 AM, Keith Packard wrote:
> This modifies the datatypes used by the vblank code to provide both 64
> bits of vblank count and to increase the resolution of the vblank
> timestamp from microseconds to nanoseconds.
>
> The driver interfaces have also been changed to return 64-bits of
> vblank count; fortunately all of the code necessary to widen that value
> was already included to handle devices returning fewer than 32-bits.
>
> This will provide the necessary datatypes for the Vulkan API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@xxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

> @@ -1492,9 +1515,11 @@ int drm_wait_vblank(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
>
> switch (vblwait->request.type & _DRM_VBLANK_TYPES_MASK) {
> case _DRM_VBLANK_RELATIVE:
> - vblwait->request.sequence += seq;
> + req_seq = seq + vblwait->request.sequence;
> vblwait->request.type &= ~_DRM_VBLANK_RELATIVE;

Subtle breakage here: vblwait->request.sequence must still get updated
for _DRM_VBLANK_RELATIVE, in case we're interrupted by a signal.


> @@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ int via_driver_irq_postinstall(struct drm_device *dev)
> if (!dev_priv)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + if (dev->driver->get_vblank_counter)
> + dev->max_vblank_count = 0xffffffff;

What's the purpose of this? All drivers providing get_vblank_counter
should already initialize max_vblank_count correctly.


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