Bug 260 - Figure out creating userspace-driven explicit synchronization for Linux Kernel sync_file and dma_fence
Summary: Figure out creating userspace-driven explicit synchronization for Linux Kerne...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Libre-SOC's first SoC
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Source Code (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Linux
: --- enhancement
Assignee: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
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Reported: 2020-03-17 18:15 GMT by Jacob Lifshay
Modified: 2020-03-17 18:25 GMT (History)
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Description Jacob Lifshay 2020-03-17 18:15:08 GMT 
See conversation at:
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2020-March/224262.html

sync_file is required for implementing Vulkan's standard extension for synchronizing cross-process
Comment 1 Jacob Lifshay 2020-03-17 18:25:47 GMT 
This may require creating a new kernel driver.