On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 03:07:04PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:57:08 +0200
> Boris Brezillon <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:13:25 +0200
> > Maxime Ripard <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 06:03:14PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:  
> > > > Prepare things for standardizing synchronization around CPU accesses
> > > > of GEM buffers. This will be used to provide default
> > > > drm_gem_dmabuf_{begin,end}_cpu_access() implementations, and provide
> > > > a way for drivers to add their own ioctls to synchronize CPU
> > > > writes/reads when they can't do it directly from userland.
> > > > 
> > > > v2:
> > > > - New commit
> > > > 
> > > > v3:
> > > > - No changes
> > > > 
> > > > v4:
> > > > - Add Steve's R-b
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <[email protected]>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Steven Price <[email protected]>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c | 10 +++++++++
> > > >  include/drm/drm_gem.h     | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  2 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> > > > index a1a9c828938b..a1431e4f2404 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c
> > > > @@ -1333,6 +1333,16 @@ void drm_gem_vunmap(struct drm_gem_object *obj, 
> > > > struct iosys_map *map)
> > > >  }
> > > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_vunmap);
> > > >  
> > > > +int drm_gem_sync(struct drm_gem_object *obj, size_t offset, size_t 
> > > > size,
> > > > +                enum drm_gem_object_access_flags access)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       if (obj->funcs->sync)
> > > > +               return obj->funcs->sync(obj, offset, size, access);
> > > > +
> > > > +       return 0;
> > > > +}
> > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_sync);
> > > > +
> > > >  /**
> > > >   * drm_gem_lock_reservations - Sets up the ww context and acquires
> > > >   * the lock on an array of GEM objects.
> > > > diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem.h b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
> > > > index 8d48d2af2649..1c33e59ab305 100644
> > > > --- a/include/drm/drm_gem.h
> > > > +++ b/include/drm/drm_gem.h
> > > > @@ -66,6 +66,33 @@ enum drm_gem_object_status {
> > > >         DRM_GEM_OBJECT_ACTIVE    = BIT(2),
> > > >  };
> > > >  
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * enum drm_gem_object_status - bitmask describing GEM access types to 
> > > > prepare for    
> > > 
> > > Treating an enum as a bitmask is a bit weird to me. I'd say either have
> > > a bitmask with BIT(enum values), or no enum at all.  
> > 
> > I'll drop the enum and make it pure defines.
> > 
> > >   
> > > > + */
> > > > +enum drm_gem_object_access_flags {
> > > > +       /** @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_CPU_ACCESS: Prepare for a CPU access. */
> > > > +       DRM_GEM_OBJECT_CPU_ACCESS = 0,
> > > > +
> > > > +       /** @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_DEV_ACCESS: Prepare for a device access. */
> > > > +       DRM_GEM_OBJECT_DEV_ACCESS = BIT(0),
> > > > +
> > > > +       /** @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_ACCESSOR_MASK: Mask used to check the 
> > > > entity doing the access. */
> > > > +       DRM_GEM_OBJECT_ACCESSOR_MASK = BIT(0),    
> > > 
> > > Do we really want to have to variants with the same discriminant? If so,
> > > we should document why it's something we want.
> > >   
> > > > +       /** @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_READ_ACCESS: Prepare for read-only 
> > > > accesses. */
> > > > +       DRM_GEM_OBJECT_READ_ACCESS = BIT(1),
> > > > +
> > > > +       /** @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_WRITE_ACCESS: Prepare for write-only 
> > > > accesses. */
> > > > +       DRM_GEM_OBJECT_WRITE_ACCESS = BIT(2),
> > > > +
> > > > +       /** @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_RW_ACCESS: Prepare for a read/write 
> > > > accesses. */
> > > > +       DRM_GEM_OBJECT_RW_ACCESS = DRM_GEM_OBJECT_READ_ACCESS |
> > > > +                                  DRM_GEM_OBJECT_WRITE_ACCESS,
> > > > +
> > > > +       /** @DRM_GEM_OBJECT_ACCESS_TYPE_MASK: Mask used to check the 
> > > > access type. */
> > > > +       DRM_GEM_OBJECT_ACCESS_TYPE_MASK = DRM_GEM_OBJECT_RW_ACCESS,    
> > > 
> > > Same thing.
> > > 
> > > Or is it that you encode both the direction and access type, and have a
> > > mask to isolate each?  
> > 
> > This ^.
> > 
> > > 
> > > If so, we should really move it out from an enum into defines, or treat 
> > > each
> > > separately like dma_sync_does.  
> > 
> > Sure, I can do that.
> 
> Actually, looking at the enum just above the one added in this patch
> (drm_gem_object_status), it seems that it has the same flaws, and I
> think it was the reason I went for this enum-based approach, because I
> tend to be consistent with the code base I'm modifying.
> 
> Now, I get that defining flags with an enum and then composing those to
> then pass the composition to some helper pretending it's still an enum
> only works in C (because with C you can do anything you want :D), and
> probably not if you're in pedantic mode. But if we want to enforce
> that, we should probably fix the existing code base, otherwise this
> will keep happening ;-). And no, before you ask, I'm not volunteering
> for this :P.

I'm fine with it not being totally consistent with the other enums
around, if anything because those aren't consistent with the typical way
we use enums in C.

And I don't expect to fix everything else, especially if you don't have
the time. It's still not worth creating more work down the line when
you'll volunteer ;)

Maxime

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