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Message-Id: <aa55eef7e63b8f3d0f69b525db2dd2eb87e9db6b.1658924372.git.mchehab@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:29:56 +0200
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
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Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/6] drm/i915/gt: describe the new tlb parameter at i915_vma_resource

TLB cache invalidation can happen on two different situations:

1. synchronously, at __vma_put_pages();
2. asynchronously.

On the first case, TLB cache invalidation happens inside
__vma_put_pages(). So, no need to do it later on.

However, on the second case, the pages will keep in memory
until __i915_vma_evict() is called.

So, we need to store the TLB data at struct i915_vma_resource,
in order to do a TLB cache invalidation before allowing
userspace to re-use the same memory.

So, i915_vma_resource_unbind() has gained a new parameter
in order to store the TLB data at the second case.

Document it.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
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See [PATCH v3 0/6] at: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1658924372.git.mchehab@kernel.org/

 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma_resource.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma_resource.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma_resource.c
index 5a67995ea5fe..4fe09ea0a825 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_vma_resource.c
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ i915_vma_resource_fence_notify(struct i915_sw_fence *fence,
 /**
  * i915_vma_resource_unbind - Unbind a vma resource
  * @vma_res: The vma resource to unbind.
+ * @tlb: pointer to vma->obj->mm.tlb associated with the resource
+ *	 to be stored at vma_res->tlb. When not-NULL, it will be used
+ *	 to do TLB cache invalidation before freeing a VMA resource.
+ *	 used only for async unbind.
  *
  * At this point this function does little more than publish a fence that
  * signals immediately unless signaling is held back.
-- 
2.36.1