Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] drm: Add fdinfo memory stats

From: Emil Velikov
Date: Fri Apr 21 2023 - 06:27:13 EST


On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 23:43, Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +/**
> + * enum drm_gem_object_status - bitmask of object state for fdinfo reporting
> + * @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_RESIDENT: object is resident in memory (ie. not unpinned)
> + * @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_PURGEABLE: object marked as purgeable by userspace
> + *
> + * Bitmask of status used for fdinfo memory stats, see &drm_gem_object_funcs.status
> + * and drm_show_fdinfo(). Note that an object can DRM_GEM_OBJECT_PURGEABLE if
> + * it still active or not resident, in which case drm_show_fdinfo() will not

nit: s/can/can be/;s/if it still/if it is still/

> + * account for it as purgeable. So drivers do not need to check if the buffer
> + * is idle and resident to return this bit. (Ie. userspace can mark a buffer
> + * as purgeable even while it is still busy on the GPU.. it does not _actually_
> + * become puregeable until it becomes idle. The status gem object func does

nit: s/puregeable/purgeable/


I think we want a similar note in the drm-usage-stats.rst file.

With the above the whole series is:
Reviewed-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@xxxxxxxxx>

Fwiw: Keeping the i915 patch as part of this series would be great.
Sure i915_drm_client->id becomes dead code, but it's a piece one can
live with for a release or two. Then again it's not my call to make.

HTH
Emil