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-rw-r--r--linux-core/drm_bo.c43
-rw-r--r--linux-core/drm_objects.h26
2 files changed, 62 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/linux-core/drm_bo.c b/linux-core/drm_bo.c
index 171c074a..df10e12b 100644
--- a/linux-core/drm_bo.c
+++ b/linux-core/drm_bo.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int drm_bo_add_ttm(struct drm_buffer_object *bo)
page_flags |= DRM_TTM_PAGE_WRITE;
switch (bo->type) {
- case drm_bo_type_dc:
+ case drm_bo_type_device:
case drm_bo_type_kernel:
bo->ttm = drm_ttm_create(dev, bo->num_pages << PAGE_SHIFT,
page_flags, dev->bm.dummy_read_page);
@@ -1155,7 +1155,12 @@ static void drm_bo_fill_rep_arg(struct drm_buffer_object *bo,
rep->size = bo->num_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
rep->offset = bo->offset;
- if (bo->type == drm_bo_type_dc)
+ /*
+ * drm_bo_type_device buffers have user-visible
+ * handles which can be used to share across
+ * processes. Hand that back to the application
+ */
+ if (bo->type == drm_bo_type_device)
rep->arg_handle = bo->map_list.user_token;
else
rep->arg_handle = 0;
@@ -1786,7 +1791,12 @@ int drm_buffer_object_create(struct drm_device *dev,
if (ret)
goto out_err;
- if (bo->type == drm_bo_type_dc) {
+ /*
+ * For drm_bo_type_device buffers, allocate
+ * address space from the device so that applications
+ * can mmap the buffer from there
+ */
+ if (bo->type == drm_bo_type_device) {
mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
ret = drm_bo_setup_vm_locked(bo);
mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);
@@ -1849,7 +1859,12 @@ int drm_bo_create_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *fil
return -EINVAL;
}
- bo_type = (req->buffer_start) ? drm_bo_type_user : drm_bo_type_dc;
+ /*
+ * If the buffer creation request comes in with a starting address,
+ * that points at the desired user pages to map. Otherwise, create
+ * a drm_bo_type_device buffer, which uses pages allocated from the kernel
+ */
+ bo_type = (req->buffer_start) ? drm_bo_type_user : drm_bo_type_device;
/*
* User buffers cannot be shared
@@ -2607,6 +2622,14 @@ void drm_bo_unmap_virtual(struct drm_buffer_object *bo)
unmap_mapping_range(dev->dev_mapping, offset, holelen, 1);
}
+/**
+ * drm_bo_takedown_vm_locked:
+ *
+ * @bo: the buffer object to remove any drm device mapping
+ *
+ * Remove any associated vm mapping on the drm device node that
+ * would have been created for a drm_bo_type_device buffer
+ */
static void drm_bo_takedown_vm_locked(struct drm_buffer_object *bo)
{
struct drm_map_list *list;
@@ -2614,7 +2637,7 @@ static void drm_bo_takedown_vm_locked(struct drm_buffer_object *bo)
struct drm_device *dev = bo->dev;
DRM_ASSERT_LOCKED(&dev->struct_mutex);
- if (bo->type != drm_bo_type_dc)
+ if (bo->type != drm_bo_type_device)
return;
list = &bo->map_list;
@@ -2637,6 +2660,16 @@ static void drm_bo_takedown_vm_locked(struct drm_buffer_object *bo)
drm_bo_usage_deref_locked(&bo);
}
+/**
+ * drm_bo_setup_vm_locked:
+ *
+ * @bo: the buffer to allocate address space for
+ *
+ * Allocate address space in the drm device so that applications
+ * can mmap the buffer and access the contents. This only
+ * applies to drm_bo_type_device objects as others are not
+ * placed in the drm device address space.
+ */
static int drm_bo_setup_vm_locked(struct drm_buffer_object *bo)
{
struct drm_map_list *list = &bo->map_list;
diff --git a/linux-core/drm_objects.h b/linux-core/drm_objects.h
index 98421e4c..a2d10b5d 100644
--- a/linux-core/drm_objects.h
+++ b/linux-core/drm_objects.h
@@ -404,9 +404,31 @@ struct drm_bo_mem_reg {
};
enum drm_bo_type {
- drm_bo_type_dc,
+ /*
+ * drm_bo_type_device are 'normal' drm allocations,
+ * pages are allocated from within the kernel automatically
+ * and the objects can be mmap'd from the drm device. Each
+ * drm_bo_type_device object has a unique name which can be
+ * used by other processes to share access to the underlying
+ * buffer.
+ */
+ drm_bo_type_device,
+ /*
+ * drm_bo_type_user are buffers of pages that already exist
+ * in the process address space. They are more limited than
+ * drm_bo_type_device buffers in that they must always
+ * remain cached (as we assume the user pages are mapped cached),
+ * and they are not sharable to other processes through DRM
+ * (although, regular shared memory should still work fine).
+ */
drm_bo_type_user,
- drm_bo_type_kernel, /* for initial kernel allocations */
+ /*
+ * drm_bo_type_kernel are buffers that exist solely for use
+ * within the kernel. The pages cannot be mapped into the
+ * process. One obvious use would be for the ring
+ * buffer where user access would not (ideally) be required.
+ */
+ drm_bo_type_kernel,
};
struct drm_buffer_object {