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, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
index 37dff694456c..3eb1a664b5fa 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_context.c
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ int i915_gem_switch_to_kernel_context(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
 		struct intel_ring *ring;
 		struct i915_request *rq;
 
-		rq = i915_request_alloc(engine, i915->kernel_context);
+		rq = i915_request_create(engine->kernel_context);
 		if (IS_ERR(rq))
 			return PTR_ERR(rq);
 
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ gen8_modify_rpcs(struct intel_context *ce, struct intel_sseu sseu)
 	/* Submitting requests etc needs the hw awake. */
 	wakeref = intel_runtime_pm_get(i915);
 
-	rq = i915_request_alloc(ce->engine, i915->kernel_context);
+	rq = i915_request_create(ce->engine->kernel_context);
 	if (IS_ERR(rq)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(rq);
 		goto out_put;