linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Hold struct

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:24:39 +0200
From:	Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
To:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
Cc:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Hold struct_mutex during hotplug processing

Two things I've noticed:
- Why not dev->mode_config.mutex? I was under the impression that
mode_config.mutex protects most of the modesetting state and
dev->struct_mutex protects things related to the gpu execution cores
(i.e. all things gem), with struct_mutex nested within
mode_config.mutex. It's hazy at the edges and likely broken in tons of
corner cases, but still ... This has also the benefit that it won't
stall execbuf.
- And a nitpick: Why the dev_priv->dev indirection, when dev is
already lying around?

-Daniel
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