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We use the request pointer inside the i915_active_node as the indicator of the barrier's status; we mark it as used during i915_request_add_active_barriers(), and search for an available barrier in reuse_idle_barrier(). That check must be carefully serialised to ensure we do use an engine for the barrier and not just a random pointer. (Along the other reuse path, we are fully serialised by the timeline->mutex.) The acquisition of the barrier itself is ordered through the strong memory barrier in llist_del_all(). Bugzilla: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111397 Fixes: d8af05ff38ae ("drm/i915: Allow sharing the idle-barrier from other kernel requests") Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> Reviewed-by: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20190813200905.11369-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.