The command parser scans batch buffers submitted via execbuffer ioctls before
the driver submits them to hardware. At a high level, it looks for several
things:
1) Commands which are explicitly defined as privileged or which should only be
used by the kernel driver. The parser generally rejects such commands, with
the provision that it may allow some from the drm master process.
2) Commands which access registers. To support correct/enhanced userspace
functionality, particularly certain OpenGL extensions, the parser provides a
whitelist of registers which userspace may safely access (for both normal and
drm master processes).
3) Commands which access privileged memory (i.e. GGTT, HWS page, etc). The
parser always rejects such commands.
See the overview comment in the source for more details.
This patch only implements the logic. Subsequent patches will build the tables
that drive the parser.
v2: Don't set the secure bit if the parser succeeds
Fail harder during init
Makefile cleanup
Kerneldoc cleanup
Clarify module param description
Convert ints to bools in a few places
Move client/subclient defs to i915_reg.h
Remove the bits_count field
OTC-Tracker: AXIA-4631
Change-Id: I50b98c71c6655893291c78a2d1b8954577b37a30
Signed-off-by: Brad Volkin <bradley.d.volkin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
[danvet: Appease checkpatch.]
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
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* For the very latest on DRI development, please see: *
* http://dri.freedesktop.org/ *
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The Direct Rendering Manager (drm) is a device-independent kernel-level
device driver that provides support for the XFree86 Direct Rendering
Infrastructure (DRI).
The DRM supports the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) in four major
ways:
1. The DRM provides synchronized access to the graphics hardware via
the use of an optimized two-tiered lock.
2. The DRM enforces the DRI security policy for access to the graphics
hardware by only allowing authenticated X11 clients access to
restricted regions of memory.
3. The DRM provides a generic DMA engine, complete with multiple
queues and the ability to detect the need for an OpenGL context
switch.
4. The DRM is extensible via the use of small device-specific modules
that rely extensively on the API exported by the DRM module.
Documentation on the DRI is available from:
http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/Documentation
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=387
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/
For specific information about kernel-level support, see:
The Direct Rendering Manager, Kernel Support for the Direct Rendering
Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/drm_low_level.html
Hardware Locking for the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/hardware_locking_low_level.html
A Security Analysis of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure
http://dri.sourceforge.net/doc/security_low_level.html
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