linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] drm/doc: Document DRM device reset expectations

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Message-ID: <8e560379-4bdc-a3f0-591a-435833bfacda@mailbox.org>
Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:11:35 +0200
From:   Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@...lbox.org>
To:     André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     pierre-eric.pelloux-prayer@....com,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        'Marek Olšák' <maraeo@...il.com>,
        Timur Kristóf <timur.kristof@...il.com>,
        Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@...il.com>,
        Samuel Pitoiset <samuel.pitoiset@...il.com>,
        kernel-dev@...lia.com, alexander.deucher@....com,
        christian.koenig@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] drm/doc: Document DRM device reset expectations

On 8/11/23 20:55, André Almeida wrote:
> Create a section that specifies how to deal with DRM device resets for
> kernel and userspace drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>

[...]

> +Robustness
> +----------
> +
> +The only way to try to keep an application working after a reset is if it
> +complies with the robustness aspects of the graphical API that it is using.

"The only way to try to keep a graphical API context working after a device reset [...]"

If a graphical API context stops working properly, it doesn't necessarily mean that the application as a whole stops working.


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