On Mon, 2021-10-18 at 18:45 +0100, Matthew Auld wrote:
> While the pages can't be swapped out, they can be discarded by the
> shrinker.
> Normally such objects are marked with __I915_MADV_PURGED, which can't
> be
> unset, and therefore requires a new object. For kernel internal
> objects
> this is
While the pages can't be swapped out, they can be discarded by the shrinker.
Normally such objects are marked with __I915_MADV_PURGED, which can't be
unset, and therefore requires a new object. For kernel internal objects
this is not true, since the madv hint is reset for our special volatile
objec