drm/i915: Move the modulus for ring emission to the register write

Space reservation is already safe with respect to the ring->size
modulus, but hardware only expects to see values in the range
0...ring->size-1 (inclusive) and so requires the modulus to prevent us
writing the value ring->size instead of 0. As this is only required for
the register itself, we can defer the modulus to the register update and
not perform it after every command packet. We keep the
intel_ring_advance() around in the code to provide demarcation for the
end-of-packet (which then can be compared against intel_ring_begin() as
the number of dwords emitted must match the reserved space).

v2: Assert that the ring size is a power-of-two to match assumptions in
the code. Simplify the comment before writing the tail value to explain
why the modulus is necessary.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Gordon <david.s.gordon@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1470174640-18242-13-git-send-email-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
index 14d2ea36fb88..7d4a2814b331 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_ringbuffer.h
@@ -460,14 +460,20 @@ static inline void intel_ring_emit_reg(struct intel_ring *ring, i915_reg_t reg)
 
 static inline void intel_ring_advance(struct intel_ring *ring)
 {
-	/* The modulus is required so that we avoid writing
-	 * request->tail == ring->size, rather than the expected 0,
-	 * into the RING_TAIL register as that can cause a GPU hang.
-	 * As this is only strictly required for the request->tail,
-	 * and only then as we write the value into hardware, we can
-	 * one day remove the modulus after every command packet.
+	/* Dummy function.
+	 *
+	 * This serves as a placeholder in the code so that the reader
+	 * can compare against the preceding intel_ring_begin() and
+	 * check that the number of dwords emitted matches the space
+	 * reserved for the command packet (i.e. the value passed to
+	 * intel_ring_begin()).
 	 */
-	ring->tail &= ring->size - 1;
+}
+
+static inline u32 intel_ring_offset(struct intel_ring *ring, u32 value)
+{
+	/* Don't write ring->size (equivalent to 0) as that hangs some GPUs. */
+	return value & (ring->size - 1);
 }
 
 int __intel_ring_space(int head, int tail, int size);