Re: [PATCH v10 07/11] drm/etnaviv: Add support for the dma coherent device

From: Sui Jingfeng
Date: Wed Jun 21 2023 - 10:45:49 EST


Hi,

On 2023/6/21 18:00, Lucas Stach wrote:
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h
index 9cd72948cfad..644e5712c050 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_drv.h
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ struct etnaviv_drm_private {
struct xarray active_contexts;
u32 next_context_id;
+ /*
+ * If true, the GPU is capable of snooping cpu cache. Here, it
+ * also means that cache coherency is enforced by the hardware.
+ */
+ bool dma_coherent;
+
No need for this, I think. Just use dev_is_dma_coherent() where you
need to know this.

No, we want this value cached by the driver.

We only need call  dev_is_dma_coherent() once!

We need to reuse this variable on other places.

--
Jingfeng