Re: [PATCH v6] drm/i915/edp: Be less aggressive about changing link config on eDP

Jim Bride
2017-08-22T16:35:59Z

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 11:27:37PM +0000, Vivi, Rodrigo wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-08-21 at 14:03 -0700, Jim Bride wrote:
> > This set of changes has some history to them. There were several attempts
> > to add what was called "fast link training" to i915, which actually wasn't
> > fast link training as per the DP spec. These changes were:
> >
> > commit 5fa836a9d859 ("drm/i915: DP link training optimization")
> > commit 4e96c97742f4 ("drm/i915: eDP link training optimization")
> >
> > which were eventually hand-reverted by:
> >
> > commit 34511dce4b35 ("drm/i915: Revert DisplayPort fast link training
> > feature")
> >
> > in kernel 4.7-rc4. The eDP pieces of the above revert, however, had some
> > very bad side-effects on PSR functionality on Skylake. The issue at
> > hand is that when PSR exits i915 briefly emits TP1 followed by TP2/3
> > (depending on the original link configuration) in order to quickly get
> > the source and sink back in synchronization across the link before handing
> > control back to the i915. There's an assumption that none of the link
> > configuration information has changed (and thus it's still valid) since the
> > last full link training operation. The revert above was identified via a
> > bisect as the cause of some of Skylake's PSR woes. This patch, largely
> > based on commit 4e96c97742f4 ("drm/i915: eDP link training optimization")
> > puts the eDP portions of this patch back in place. None of the flickering
> > issues that spurred the revert have been seen, and I suspect the real
> > culprits here were addressed by some of the recent link training changes
> > that Manasi has implemented, and PSR on Skylake is definitely more happy
> > with these changes in-place.
> >
> > v2 and v3: Rebase
> > v4: * Clean up accesses to train_set_valid a bit for easier
> > reading. (Chris)
> > * Rebase
> > v5: * Checkpatch cleanup
> > * Rebase
> > v6: * is_edp() => intel_dp_is_edp()
> > * rebase
> >
> > Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
> > Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
> > Cc: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni@intel.com>
> > Cc: Manasi D Navare <manasi.d.navare@intel.com>
> > Cc: Mika Kahola <mika.kahola@intel.com>
> > Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
> > Fixes: 34511dce4 ("drm/i915: Revert DisplayPort fast link training feature")
> > Signed-off-by: Jim Bride <jim.bride@linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c | 2 ++
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> > drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h | 2 ++
> > 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > index e385658..38bc7e0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > @@ -4750,6 +4750,7 @@ intel_dp_long_pulse(struct intel_connector *intel_connector)
> > intel_dp->max_link_rate = intel_dp_max_common_rate(intel_dp);
> >
> > intel_dp->reset_link_params = false;
> > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > }
> >
> > intel_dp_print_rates(intel_dp);
> > @@ -6019,6 +6020,7 @@ intel_dp_init_connector(struct intel_digital_port *intel_dig_port,
> > intel_dp_set_source_rates(intel_dp);
> >
> > intel_dp->reset_link_params = true;
> > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > intel_dp->pps_pipe = INVALID_PIPE;
> > intel_dp->active_pipe = INVALID_PIPE;
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > index 05907fa..79fe369 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ static bool
> > intel_dp_reset_link_train(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
> > uint8_t dp_train_pat)
> > {
> > - memset(intel_dp->train_set, 0, sizeof(intel_dp->train_set));
> > + if (!intel_dp->train_set_valid)
> > + memset(intel_dp->train_set, 0, sizeof(intel_dp->train_set));
> > intel_dp_set_signal_levels(intel_dp);
> > return intel_dp_set_link_train(intel_dp, dp_train_pat);
> > }
> > @@ -162,9 +163,18 @@ intel_dp_link_training_clock_recovery(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> > DP_TRAINING_PATTERN_1 |
> > DP_LINK_SCRAMBLING_DISABLE)) {
> > DRM_ERROR("failed to enable link training\n");
> > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > return false;
> > }
> >
> > + /*
> > + * The initial set of link parameters are set by this point, so go
> > + * ahead and set intel_dp->train_set_valid to false in case any of
> > + * the succeeding steps fail. It will be set back to true if we were
> > + * able to achieve clock recovery in the specified configuration.
> > + */
> > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > +
> > voltage_tries = 1;
> > max_vswing_tries = 0;
> > for (;;) {
> > @@ -179,6 +189,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_clock_recovery(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> >
> > if (drm_dp_clock_recovery_ok(link_status, intel_dp->lane_count)) {
> > DRM_DEBUG_KMS("clock recovery OK\n");
> > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = intel_dp_is_edp(intel_dp);
>
> Is this one really enough for this case?

Yep, it's the only success path.

> I wonder if we should merge is_edp and intel_dp_is_edp somehow instead
> of fighting with names and their meanings...

Jani patched the two functions while I was wrestling with how to
rename is_edp(). Even though it's potentially confusing, I do
think intel_dp_is_edp() is probably as good as it gets.

> > return true;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -256,6 +267,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_channel_equalization(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> > training_pattern |
> > DP_LINK_SCRAMBLING_DISABLE)) {
> > DRM_ERROR("failed to start channel equalization\n");
> > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > return false;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -296,6 +308,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_channel_equalization(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> > /* Try 5 times, else fail and try at lower BW */
> > if (tries == 5) {
> > intel_dp_dump_link_status(link_status);
> > + intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Channel equalization failed 5 times\n");
> > }
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > index 2940d39..891c892 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > @@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ struct intel_dp {
> > struct drm_dp_aux aux;
> > enum intel_display_power_domain aux_power_domain;
> > uint8_t train_set[4];
> > + bool train_set_valid;
> > int panel_power_up_delay;
> > int panel_power_down_delay;
> > int panel_power_cycle_delay;
> > @@ -1549,6 +1550,7 @@ static inline unsigned int intel_dp_unused_lane_mask(int lane_count)
> > }
> >
> > bool intel_dp_read_dpcd(struct intel_dp *intel_dp);
> > +bool is_edp(struct intel_dp *intel_dp);

Whoops. I'll fix this.

> it seems you don't need this anymore...
>
> > int intel_dp_link_required(int pixel_clock, int bpp);
> > int intel_dp_max_data_rate(int max_link_clock, int max_lanes);
> > bool intel_digital_port_connected(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,