linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2 2/4] drm/i915/skl: Only flush pipes when we change the ddb allocation

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2016 09:34:44 +0200
From:	Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Lyude <cpaul@...hat.com>, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	Matt Roper <matthew.d.roper@...el.com>
Cc:	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2 2/4] drm/i915/skl: Only flush pipes when we
 change the ddb allocation

Op 21-07-16 om 21:23 schreef Lyude:
> Manual pipe flushes are only necessary in order to make sure that we prevent
> pipes with changed ddb allocations from overlapping from one another at
> any point in time. Additionally, forcing us to wait for the next vblank
> every time we have to update the watermark values because the cursor was
> moving between screens will introduce a rather noticable lag for users.
This screams for a testcase in kms_cursor_legacy, when does this happen exactly?

I'm guessing it needs 2 screens, page flip on both and cursor update on both, one hiding the cursor other screen making it reappear..

~Maarten