Re: [RFC PATCH] drm/amd/display: fix bandwidth validation failure on DCN 2.1

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jan 03, 2024 at 09:44:18AM -0500, Hamza Mahfooz wrote:
> On 12/29/23 11:25, Melissa Wen wrote:
> > IGT `amdgpu/amd_color/crtc-lut-accuracy` fails right at the beginning of
> > the test execution, during atomic check, because DC rejects the
> > bandwidth state for a fb sizing 64x64. The test was previously working
> > with the deprecated dc_commit_state(). Now using
> > dc_validate_with_context() approach, the atomic check needs to perform a
> > full state validation. Therefore, set fast_validation to false in the
> > dc_validate_global_state call for atomic check.
> > 
> > Fixes: b8272241ff9d ("drm/amd/display: Drop dc_commit_state in favor of dc_commit_streams")
> > Signed-off-by: Melissa Wen <mwen@igalia.com>
> > ---
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > It's a long story. I was inspecting this bug report:
> > - https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/2016
> > and noticed the IGT test `igt@amdgpu/amd_color@crtc-lut-accuracy`
> > mentioned there wasn't even being executed on a laptop with DCN 2.1
> > (HP HP ENVY x360 Convertible 13-ay1xxx/8929). The test fails right at
> > the beginning due to an atomic check rejection, as below:
> > 
> > Starting subtest: crtc-lut-accuracy
> > (amd_color:14772) igt_kms-CRITICAL: Test assertion failure function igt_display_commit_atomic, file ../lib/igt_kms.c:4530:
> > (amd_color:14772) igt_kms-CRITICAL: Failed assertion: ret == 0
> > (amd_color:14772) igt_kms-CRITICAL: Last errno: 22, Invalid argument
> > (amd_color:14772) igt_kms-CRITICAL: error: -22 != 0
> > Stack trace:
> >    #0 ../lib/igt_core.c:1989 __igt_fail_assert()
> >    #1 [igt_display_commit_atomic+0x44]
> >    #2 ../tests/amdgpu/amd_color.c:159 __igt_unique____real_main395()
> >    #3 ../tests/amdgpu/amd_color.c:395 main()
> >    #4 ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:74 __libc_start_call_main()
> >    #5 ../csu/libc-start.c:128 __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34()
> >    #6 [_start+0x21]
> > Subtest crtc-lut-accuracy failed.
> > 
> > Checking dmesg, we can see that a bandwidth validation failure causes
> > the atomic check rejection:
> > 
> > [  711.147663] amdgpu 0000:04:00.0: [drm] Mode Validation Warning: Unknown Status failed validation.
> > [  711.147667] [drm:amdgpu_dm_atomic_check [amdgpu]] DC global validation failure: Bandwidth validation failure (BW and Watermark) (13)
> > [  711.147772] [drm:amdgpu_irq_dispatch [amdgpu]] Unregistered interrupt src_id: 243 of client_id:8
> > [  711.148033] [drm:amdgpu_dm_atomic_check [amdgpu]] Atomic check failed with err: -22
> > 
> > I also noticed that the atomic check doesn't fail if I change the fb
> > width and height used in the test from 64 to 66, and I can get the test
> > execution back (and with success). However, I recall that all test cases
> > of IGT `amd_color` were working in the past, so I bisected and found the
> > first bad commit:
> > 
> > b8272241ff9d drm/amd/display: Drop dc_commit_state in favor of dc_commit_streams
> > 
> > Bringing the `dc_commit_state` machinery back also prevents the
> > bandwidth validation failure, but the commit above says
> > dc_commit_streams validation is more complete than dc_commit_state, so I
> > discarded this approach.
> > 
> > After some debugging and code inspection, I found out that avoiding fast
> > validation on dc_validate_global_state during atomic check solves the
> > issue, but I'm not sure if this change may affect performance. I
> > compared exec time of some IGT tests and didn't see any differences, but
> > I recognize it doesn't provide enough evidence.
> > 
> > What do you think about this change? Should I examine other things? Do
> > you see any potential issue that I should investigate? Could you
> > recommend a better approach to assess any side-effect of not enabling
> > fast validation in the atomic check?
> > 
> > Please, let me know your thoughts.
> 
> We shouldn't be doing fast updates when lock_and_validation_needed is
> true, so this seems to be correct.
> 
> Which is to say, applied, thanks!
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

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