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author | Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@gmail.com> | 2019-02-16 00:39:14 +0200 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-02-18 09:46:44 +0100 |
commit | 0861e41de53044694bfdf2e8f246a0d8fb077e5d (patch) | |
tree | 45ff382ab65bbfd6bf719841e1e551aec0071fb5 /include/uapi | |
parent | 99b9d7b4970cf131fd17a8f4ad4870049bd7a365 (diff) | |
download | linux-0861e41de53044694bfdf2e8f246a0d8fb077e5d.tar.gz |
habanalabs: add context and ASID modules
This patch adds two modules - ASID and context. Each user process that opens a device's file must have at least one context before it is able to "work" with the device. Each context has its own device address-space and contains information about its runtime state (its active command submissions). To have address-space separation between contexts, each context is assigned a unique ASID, which stands for "address-space id". Goya supports up to 1024 ASIDs. Currently, the driver doesn't support multiple contexts. Therefore, the user doesn't need to actively create a context. A "primary context" is created automatically when the user opens the device's file. Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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