/* note usage for clock and power gating */
        void (*begin_use)(struct amdgpu_ring *ring);
        void (*end_use)(struct amdgpu_ring *ring);
+       void (*emit_switch_buffer) (struct amdgpu_ring *ring);
 };
 
 /*
 #define amdgpu_ring_emit_gds_switch(r, v, db, ds, wb, ws, ab, as) (r)->funcs->emit_gds_switch((r), (v), (db), (ds), (wb), (ws), (ab), (as))
 #define amdgpu_ring_emit_hdp_flush(r) (r)->funcs->emit_hdp_flush((r))
 #define amdgpu_ring_emit_hdp_invalidate(r) (r)->funcs->emit_hdp_invalidate((r))
+#define amdgpu_ring_emit_switch_buffer(r) (r)->funcs->emit_switch_buffer((r))
 #define amdgpu_ring_pad_ib(r, ib) ((r)->funcs->pad_ib((r), (ib)))
 #define amdgpu_ring_init_cond_exec(r) (r)->funcs->init_cond_exec((r))
 #define amdgpu_ring_patch_cond_exec(r,o) (r)->funcs->patch_cond_exec((r),(o))
 
                amdgpu_ring_patch_cond_exec(ring, patch_offset);
 
        ring->current_ctx = ctx;
+       if (ring->funcs->emit_switch_buffer)
+               amdgpu_ring_emit_switch_buffer(ring);
        amdgpu_ring_commit(ring);
        return 0;
 }
 
        amdgpu_ring_write(ring, upper_32_bits(seq));
 }
 
+static void gfx_v8_ring_emit_sb(struct amdgpu_ring *ring)
+{
+       amdgpu_ring_write(ring, PACKET3(PACKET3_SWITCH_BUFFER, 0));
+       amdgpu_ring_write(ring, 0);
+}
+
 static void gfx_v8_0_set_gfx_eop_interrupt_state(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
                                                 enum amdgpu_interrupt_state state)
 {
        .test_ib = gfx_v8_0_ring_test_ib,
        .insert_nop = amdgpu_ring_insert_nop,
        .pad_ib = amdgpu_ring_generic_pad_ib,
+       .emit_switch_buffer = gfx_v8_ring_emit_sb,
 };
 
 static const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs gfx_v8_0_ring_funcs_compute = {