Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 04/71] drm/i915: Keep one request in our ring_list

2018-05-03 Thread Tvrtko Ursulin
On 03/05/2018 07:36, Chris Wilson wrote: Don't pre-emptively retire the oldest request in our ring's list if it is the only request. We keep various bits of state alive using the active reference from the request and would rather transfer that state over to a new request rather than the more inv

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 04/71] drm/i915: Keep one request in our ring_list

2018-05-02 Thread Chris Wilson
Don't pre-emptively retire the oldest request in our ring's list if it is the only request. We keep various bits of state alive using the active reference from the request and would rather transfer that state over to a new request rather than the more involved process of retiring and reacquiring it