drm/i915: Pass intel_context to i915_request_create()

Start acquiring the logical intel_context and using that as our primary
means for request allocation. This is the initial step to allow us to
avoid requiring struct_mutex for request allocation along the
perma-pinned kernel context, but it also provides a foundation for
breaking up the complex request allocation to handle different scenarios
inside execbuf.

For the purpose of emitting a request from inside retirement (see the
next patch for engine power management), we also need to lift control
over the timeline mutex to the caller.

v2: Note that the request carries the active reference upon construction.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20190424200717.1686-4-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
index a982664618c2..36f13b74ec58 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_request.h
@@ -240,6 +240,13 @@ static inline bool dma_fence_is_i915(const struct dma_fence *fence)
 }
 
 struct i915_request * __must_check
+__i915_request_create(struct intel_context *ce, gfp_t gfp);
+struct i915_request * __must_check
+i915_request_create(struct intel_context *ce);
+
+struct i915_request *__i915_request_commit(struct i915_request *request);
+
+struct i915_request * __must_check
 i915_request_alloc(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,
 		   struct i915_gem_context *ctx);
 void i915_request_retire_upto(struct i915_request *rq);