[PATCH] fence: dma-buf cross-device synchronization (v13)

2013-08-15 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
A fence can be attached to a buffer which is being filled or consumed by hw, to allow userspace to pass the buffer without waiting to another device. For example, userspace can call page_flip ioctl to display the next frame of graphics after kicking the GPU but while the GPU is still rendering. T

Re: [PATCH] fence: dma-buf cross-device synchronization (v13)

2013-08-15 Thread Marcin Ślusarz
2013/8/15 Maarten Lankhorst : > A fence can be attached to a buffer which is being filled or consumed > by hw, to allow userspace to pass the buffer without waiting to another > device. For example, userspace can call page_flip ioctl to display the > next frame of graphics after kicking the GPU bu

Re: [PATCH] fence: dma-buf cross-device synchronization (v13)

2013-08-15 Thread Maarten Lankhorst
Op 15-08-13 14:45, Marcin Ślusarz schreef: > 2013/8/15 Maarten Lankhorst : >> A fence can be attached to a buffer which is being filled or consumed >> by hw, to allow userspace to pass the buffer without waiting to another >> device. For example, userspace can call page_flip ioctl to display the >