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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index dea9082c0e5f..f872d3d33218 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Advanced: Tricky tasks that need fairly good understanding of the DRM subsystem and graphics topics. Generally need the relevant hardware for development and testing. +Expert: Only attempt these if you've successfully completed some tricky +refactorings already and are an expert in the specific area + Subsystem-wide refactorings =========================== @@ -168,6 +171,22 @@ Contact: Daniel Vetter, respective driver maintainers Level: Advanced +Move Buffer Object Locking to dma_resv_lock() +--------------------------------------------- + +Many drivers have their own per-object locking scheme, usually using +mutex_lock(). This causes all kinds of trouble for buffer sharing, since +depending which driver is the exporter and importer, the locking hierarchy is +reversed. + +To solve this we need one standard per-object locking mechanism, which is +dma_resv_lock(). This lock needs to be called as the outermost lock, with all +other driver specific per-object locks removed. The problem is tha rolling out +the actual change to the locking contract is a flag day, due to struct dma_buf +buffer sharing. + +Level: Expert + Convert logging to drm_* functions with drm_device paramater ------------------------------------------------------------ |