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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst index 72932fa31b8d..eba09c3ddce4 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/i915.rst @@ -358,8 +358,6 @@ Locking Guidelines #. All locking rules and interface contracts with cross-driver interfaces (dma-buf, dma_fence) need to be followed. -#. No struct_mutex anywhere in the code - #. dma_resv will be the outermost lock (when needed) and ww_acquire_ctx is to be hoisted at highest level and passed down within i915_gem_ctx in the call chain @@ -367,11 +365,6 @@ Locking Guidelines #. While holding lru/memory manager (buddy, drm_mm, whatever) locks system memory allocations are not allowed - * Enforce this by priming lockdep (with fs_reclaim). If we - allocate memory while holding these looks we get a rehash - of the shrinker vs. struct_mutex saga, and that would be - real bad. - #. Do not nest different lru/memory manager locks within each other. Take them in turn to update memory allocations, relying on the object’s dma_resv ww_mutex to serialize against other operations. |