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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c index 428c75b466aa..7c7d1bc9d1be 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_dma.c @@ -1951,7 +1951,22 @@ int i915_driver_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags) prealloc_size = dev_priv->mm.gtt->gtt_stolen_entries << PAGE_SHIFT; agp_size = dev_priv->mm.gtt->gtt_mappable_entries << PAGE_SHIFT; - dev_priv->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("i915"); + /* The i915 workqueue is primarily used for batched retirement of + * requests (and thus managing bo) once the task has been completed + * by the GPU. i915_gem_retire_requests() is called directly when we + * need high-priority retirement, such as waiting for an explicit + * bo. + * + * It is also used for periodic low-priority events, such as + * idle-timers and hangcheck. + * + * All tasks on the workqueue are expected to acquire the dev mutex + * so there is no point in running more than one instance of the + * workqueue at any time: max_active = 1 and NON_REENTRANT. + */ + dev_priv->wq = alloc_workqueue("i915", + WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_NON_REENTRANT, + 1); if (dev_priv->wq == NULL) { DRM_ERROR("Failed to create our workqueue.\n"); ret = -ENOMEM; |
