Re: [PATCH 09/10] drm/qxl: map/unmap framebuffers in prepare_fb+cleanup_fb callbacks.

[Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 02:46:21PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 16.02.21 um 14:27 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann:
> > Hi
> > 
> > this is a shadow-buffered plane. Did you consider using the new helpers
> > for shadow-buffered planes? They will map the user BO for you and
> > provide the mapping in the plane state.
> > 
> >  From there, you should implement your own plane state on top of struct
> > drm_shadow_plane_state, and also move all the other allocations and
> > vmaps into prepare_fb and cleanup_fb. Most of this is not actually
> > allowed in commit tails. All we'd have to do is to export the reset,
> > duplicate and destroy code; similar to what
> > __drm_atomic_helper_plane_reset() does.
> 
> AFAICT the cursor_bo is used to implement double buffering for the cursor
> image.
> 
> Ideally, you can do what ast does: pre-allocate/vmap 2 BOs at the end of the
> vram. Then pageflip between them in atomic_update(). Resolves all the
> allocation and mapping headaches.

Just waded through the ast patches.

It is not that simple for qxl.  You have to send a command to the
virtualization host and take care of the host accessing that memory
when processing the command, so you can't reuse the memory until the
host signals it is fine to do so.

But, yes, it should be possible to handle cursor_bo creation in
prepare_fb without too much effort.

take care,
  Gerd