Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Wait for PSR exit before checking for vblank evasion for an atomic update

[Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>]

On Sun, 29 Apr 2018, Tarun Vyas <tarun.vyas@intel.com> wrote:
> From: Tarun <tarun.vyas@intel.com>
>
> The PIPEDSL freezes on PSR entry and if PSR hasn't fully exited, then
> the pipe_update_start call schedules itself out to check back later.
>
> On ChromeOS-4.4 kernel, which is fairly up-to-date w.r.t drm/i915 but
> lags w.r.t core kernel code, hot plugging an external display triggers
> tons of "potential atomic update errors" in the dmesg, on *pipe A*. A
> closer analysis reveals that we try to read the scanline 3 times and
> eventually timeout, b/c PSR hasn't exited fully leading to a PIPEDSL
> stuck @ 1599. This issue is not seen on upstream kernels, b/c for *some*
> reason we loop inside intel_pipe_update start for ~2+ msec which in this
> case is more than enough to exit PSR fully, hence an *unstuck* PIPEDSL
> counter, hence no error. On the other hand, the ChromeOS kernel spends
> ~1.1 msec looping inside intel_pipe_update_start and hence errors out
> b/c the source is still in PSR.
>
> Regardless, we should wait for PSR exit (if PSR is supported and active
> on the current pipe) before reading the PIPEDSL, b/c if we haven't
> fully exited PSR, then checking for vblank evasion isn't actually
> applicable.
>
> This scenario applies to a configuration with an additional pipe,
> as of now.

I'll let others look at the content of the patch, but for this to be
considered for inclusion this needs your Signed-off-by [1].

BR,
Jani.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#developer-s-certificate-of-origin-1-1

>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c
> index aa1dfaa692b9..135b41568503 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_sprite.c
> @@ -107,14 +107,17 @@ void intel_pipe_update_start(const struct intel_crtc_state *new_crtc_state)
>  						      VBLANK_EVASION_TIME_US);
>  	max = vblank_start - 1;
>  
> -	local_irq_disable();
> -
>  	if (min <= 0 || max <= 0)
>  		return;
>  
>  	if (WARN_ON(drm_crtc_vblank_get(&crtc->base)))
>  		return;
>  
> +	if(new_crtc_state->has_psr && dev_priv->psr.active)
> +		intel_wait_for_register(dev_priv, EDP_PSR_STATUS, EDP_PSR_STATUS_STATE_MASK, EDP_PSR_STATUS_STATE_IDLE, 5);
> +
> +	local_irq_disable();
> +
>  	crtc->debug.min_vbl = min;
>  	crtc->debug.max_vbl = max;
>  	trace_i915_pipe_update_start(crtc);

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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