Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 26 May 2015 09:17:50 +0200 | From | Heiko Schocher <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] video/logo: introduce new system state for checking if logos are freed |
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Hello Tomi,
Am 26.05.2015 08:54, schrieb Tomi Valkeinen: > > > On 26/05/15 06:56, Heiko Schocher wrote: > >>> Without locking, the initmem may be freed while fb_find_logo() is >>> running. >> >> Yes, you are right, that must be added ... but has such a change a >> chance to go in mainline? > > I don't know. To be honest, this whole thing feels a bit like hackery. I
Full Ack ;-)
> think initdata should only be accessed from initcalls, never asynchronously.
Yes.
>> BTW: Could this not be currently a problem on multicore systems? >> If lets say core 2 just draws the logo, another core 1 calls >> fb_logo_late_init() and later core 1 free_initmem(), while the core 2 >> still draws it? > > Yes, I think so... > > So, maybe it would be better to not even try to go forward with the > current approach. Two approaches come to my mind: > > 1) Keep the logos in the memory, and don't even try to free them. I > don't know many bytes they are in total, though.
That was my first thought too... but we waste memory ... not nice.
> 2) Make a copy of the logos to a kmalloced area at some early boot > stage. Then manually free the logos at some point (after the first > access to the logos? after a certain time (urgh...)?).
maybe yes ... or ...
3) wait for all cores, until they reached SYSTEM_FREEING_MEM and free init mem only than? But are all cores used/started when booting?
4) draw only one logo even on multicores ... why must every core draw a logo? Currently each core draws the logo, and on a system with more than 4 cores, I think this looks not really good ...
Hmm... I do not really have a lot experience in this area ... but why is the logo only drawed when booting? Is there nothing like a "redraw" of it?
Maybe others have here a good idea?
bye, Heiko -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
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