Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: Expand force_probe to block probe of devices as well.

[Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 03:01:34PM -0300, Gustavo Sousa wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 11:12:30AM -0500, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> > There are new cases where we want to block i915 probe, such
> > as when experimenting or developing the new Xe driver.
> > 
> > But also, with the new hibrid cards, users or developers might
> > want to use i915 only on integrated and fully block the probe
> > of the i915 for the discrete. Or vice versa.
> > 
> > Oh, and there are even older development and validation reasons,
> > like when you use some distro where the modprobe.blacklist is
> > not present.
> > 
> > But in any case, let's introduce a more granular control, but without
> > introducing yet another parameter, but using the existent force_probe
> > one.
> > 
> > Just by adding a ! in the begin of the id in the force_probe, like
> > in this case where we would block the probe for Alder Lake:
> > 
> > $ insmod i915.ko force_probe='!46a6'
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig       | 13 ++++++++++---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c |  2 +-
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c    | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
> > index 3efce05d7b57..8873cd0355b7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
> > @@ -54,24 +54,31 @@ config DRM_I915
> >  	  If "M" is selected, the module will be called i915.
> >  
> >  config DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE
> > -	string "Force probe driver for selected new Intel hardware"
> > +	string "Force probe i915 for selected Intel hardware IDs"
> >  	depends on DRM_I915
> >  	help
> >  	  This is the default value for the i915.force_probe module
> >  	  parameter. Using the module parameter overrides this option.
> >  
> > -	  Force probe the driver for new Intel graphics devices that are
> > +	  Force probe the i915 for Intel graphics devices that are
> >  	  recognized but not properly supported by this kernel version. It is
> >  	  recommended to upgrade to a kernel version with proper support as soon
> >  	  as it is available.
> >  
> > +	  It can also be used to block the probe of recognized and fully
> > +	  supported devices.
> > +
> >  	  Use "" to disable force probe. If in doubt, use this.
> >  
> > -	  Use "<pci-id>[,<pci-id>,...]" to force probe the driver for listed
> > +	  Use "<pci-id>[,<pci-id>,...]" to force probe the i915 for listed
> >  	  devices. For example, "4500" or "4500,4571".
> >  
> >  	  Use "*" to force probe the driver for all known devices.
> >  
> > +	  Use "!" right before the ID to block the probe of the device. For
> > +	  example, "4500,!4571" forces the probe of 4500 and blocks the probe of
> > +	  4571.
> > +
> >  config DRM_I915_CAPTURE_ERROR
> >  	bool "Enable capturing GPU state following a hang"
> >  	depends on DRM_I915
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> > index 61578f2860cd..d634bd3f641a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
> > @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ i915_param_named_unsafe(enable_psr2_sel_fetch, bool, 0400,
> >  	"Default: 0");
> >  
> >  i915_param_named_unsafe(force_probe, charp, 0400,
> > -	"Force probe the driver for specified devices. "
> > +	"Force probe options for specified supported devices. "
> >  	"See CONFIG_DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE for details.");
> >  
> >  i915_param_named_unsafe(disable_power_well, int, 0400,
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
> > index 668e9da52584..fc1383f3a646 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pci.c
> > @@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static void i915_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> >  }
> >  
> >  /* is device_id present in comma separated list of ids */
> > -static bool force_probe(u16 device_id, const char *devices)
> > +static bool device_id_in_list(u16 device_id, const char *devices, bool negative)
> >  {
> >  	char *s, *p, *tok;
> >  	bool ret;
> > @@ -1272,6 +1272,12 @@ static bool force_probe(u16 device_id, const char *devices)
> >  	for (p = s, ret = false; (tok = strsep(&p, ",")) != NULL; ) {
> >  		u16 val;
> >  
> > +		if (negative && tok[0] == '!')
> > +			tok++;
> > +		else if ((negative && tok[0] != '!') ||
> > +			 (!negative && tok[0] == '!'))
> > +			 continue;
> > +
> >  		if (kstrtou16(tok, 16, &val) == 0 && val == device_id) {
> >  			ret = true;
> >  			break;
> > @@ -1283,6 +1289,16 @@ static bool force_probe(u16 device_id, const char *devices)
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static bool id_forced(u16 device_id)
> > +{
> > +	return device_id_in_list(device_id, i915_modparams.force_probe, false);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static bool id_blocked(u16 device_id)
> > +{
> > +	return device_id_in_list(device_id, i915_modparams.force_probe, true);
> > +}
> 
> I think id_blocked() would return true for any device id if force_probe was "*".

good catch. I will just wait until middle next week to see if someone has something
against the idea in general and then re-spin a version with:

- if (strcmp(devices, "*") == 0)
+ if (strcmp(devices, "*") == 0 && !negative)

> 
> > +
> >  bool i915_pci_resource_valid(struct pci_dev *pdev, int bar)
> >  {
> >  	if (!pci_resource_flags(pdev, bar))
> > @@ -1308,10 +1324,9 @@ static int i915_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
> >  		(struct intel_device_info *) ent->driver_data;
> >  	int err;
> >  
> > -	if (intel_info->require_force_probe &&
> > -	    !force_probe(pdev->device, i915_modparams.force_probe)) {
> > +	if (intel_info->require_force_probe && !id_forced(pdev->device)) {
> >  		dev_info(&pdev->dev,
> > -			 "Your graphics device %04x is not properly supported by the driver in this\n"
> > +			 "Your graphics device %04x is not properly supported by i915 in this\n"
> >  			 "kernel version. To force driver probe anyway, use i915.force_probe=%04x\n"
> >  			 "module parameter or CONFIG_DRM_I915_FORCE_PROBE=%04x configuration option,\n"
> >  			 "or (recommended) check for kernel updates.\n",
> > @@ -1319,6 +1334,12 @@ static int i915_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
> >  		return -ENODEV;
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	if (id_blocked(pdev->device)) {
> > +		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "I915 probe blocked for Device ID %04x.\n",
> > +			 pdev->device);
> > +		return -ENODEV;
> > +	}
> > +
> >  	/* Only bind to function 0 of the device. Early generations
> >  	 * used function 1 as a placeholder for multi-head. This causes
> >  	 * us confusion instead, especially on the systems where both
> > -- 
> > 2.38.1
> >