On April 16, 2021 05:37:52 Matthew Auld matthew.auld@intel.com wrote:
Add some example usage for the extension chaining also, which is quite nifty.
v2: (Daniel)
- clarify that the name is just some integer, also document that the name space is not global
Suggested-by: Daniel Vetter daniel@ffwll.ch Signed-off-by: Matthew Auld matthew.auld@intel.com Cc: Joonas Lahtinen joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com Cc: Jordan Justen jordan.l.justen@intel.com Cc: Daniel Vetter daniel.vetter@intel.com Cc: Kenneth Graunke kenneth@whitecape.org Cc: Jason Ekstrand jason@jlekstrand.net Cc: Dave Airlie airlied@gmail.com Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch
include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h index 92da48e935d1..d79b51c12ff2 100644 --- a/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h +++ b/include/uapi/drm/i915_drm.h @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ extern "C" { #define I915_ERROR_UEVENT "ERROR" #define I915_RESET_UEVENT "RESET"
-/*
- i915_user_extension: Base class for defining a chain of extensions
+/**
- struct i915_user_extension - Base class for defining a chain of extensions
- Many interfaces need to grow over time. In most cases we can simply
- extend the struct and have userspace pass in more data. Another option,
@@ -76,12 +76,58 @@ extern "C" {
- increasing complexity, and for large parts of that interface to be
- entirely optional. The downside is more pointer chasing; chasing across
- the __user boundary with pointers encapsulated inside u64.
- Example chaining:
- .. code-block:: C
- struct i915_user_extension ext3 {
- .next_extension = 0, // end
- .name = ...,
- };
- struct i915_user_extension ext2 {
- .next_extension = (uintptr_t)&ext3,
- .name = ...,
- };
- struct i915_user_extension ext1 {
- .next_extension = (uintptr_t)&ext2,
- .name = ...,
- };
- Typically the i915_user_extension would be embedded in some uAPI
struct, and
- in this case we would feed it the head of the chain(i.e ext1), which would
- then apply all of the above extensions.
*/ struct i915_user_extension {
- /**
- @next_extension:
- Pointer to the next struct i915_user_extension, or zero if the end.
- */
__u64 next_extension;
- /**
- @name: Name of the extension.
- Note that the name here is just some integer.
- Also note that the name space for this is not global for the whole
- driver, but rather its scope/meaning is limited to the specific piece
- of uAPI which has embedded the struct i915_user_extension.
We may want to rethink this decision. In Vulkan, we have several cases where we use the same extension multiple places. Given that the only extensible thing currently landed is context creation, we still could make this global. Then again, forcing us to go through the exercise of redefining every time has its advantages too.
In any case, this is a correct description of the current state of affairs, so
Reviewed-by: Jason Ekstrand jason@jlekstrand.net
- */
__u32 name;
- __u32 flags; /* All undefined bits must be zero. */
- __u32 rsvd[4]; /* Reserved for future use; must be zero. */
- /**
- @flags: MBZ
- All undefined bits must be zero.
- */
- __u32 flags;
- /**
- @rsvd: MBZ
- Reserved for future use; must be zero.
- */
- __u32 rsvd[4];
};
/*
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