Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915: do not reset PLANE_SURF on plane disable on older gens

Ville Syrjälä
2022-09-06T14:43:35Z

On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 05:36:05PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 05:14:56PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 03:57:37PM +0200, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 06.09.2022 13:22, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 01:09:16PM +0200, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On 05.09.2022 19:44, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> > > >>> On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 07:02:40PM +0200, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> > > >>>> On 05.09.2022 13:48, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> > > >>>>> On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 10:05:00AM +0200, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> > > >>>>>> In case of ICL and older generations disabling plane and/or disabling
> > > >>>>>> async update is always performed on vblank,
> > > >>>>> It should only be broken on bdw-glk (see. need_async_flip_disable_wa).
> > > >>>> On CFL it is reported every drmtip run:
> > > >>>> https://intel-gfx-ci.01.org/tree/drm-tip/drmtip.html?testfilter=tiled-max-hw
> > > >>>> https://intel-gfx-ci.01.org/tree/drm-tip/drmtip_1209/fi-cfl-8109u/igt@kms_big_fb@yf-tiled-max-hw-stride-32bpp-rotate-180-async-flip.html#dmesg-warnings402
> > > >>>> https://intel-gfx-ci.01.org/tree/drm-tip/drmtip_1209/fi-cfl-8109u/igt@kms_big_fb@y-tiled-max-hw-stride-64bpp-rotate-180-async-flip.html#dmesg-warnings402
> > > >>>> https://intel-gfx-ci.01.org/tree/drm-tip/drmtip_1209/fi-cfl-8109u/igt@kms_big_fb@y-tiled-max-hw-stride-32bpp-rotate-180-async-flip.html
> > > >>>> https://intel-gfx-ci.01.org/tree/drm-tip/drmtip_1208/fi-cfl-8109u/igt@kms_big_fb@y-tiled-max-hw-stride-64bpp-rotate-180-async-flip.html
> > > >>>> ...
> > > >>>> On APL it is less frequent, probably due to other bugs preventing run of
> > > >>>> this test, last seen at:
> > > >>>> https://intel-gfx-ci.01.org/tree/drm-tip/drmtip_1190/fi-apl-guc/igt@kms_big_fb@y-tiled-max-hw-stride-32bpp-rotate-180-async-flip.html
> > > >>>> Similar for SKL:
> > > >>>> https://intel-gfx-ci.01.org/tree/drm-tip/drmtip_1181/fi-skl-guc/igt@kms_big_fb@x-tiled-max-hw-stride-64bpp-rotate-180-async-flip.html
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> I am not sure if I correctly read the docs but [1] says that 9th bit of
> > > >>>> PLANE_CFG (Async Address Update Enable) is "not double buffered and the
> > > >>>> changes will apply immediately" only for ICL, JSL, LKF1.
> > > >>> It got broken in bdw and fixed again in icl.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> So the change is not necessary in case of icl_plane_disable_arm.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> [1]: https://gfxspecs.intel.com/Predator/Home/Index/7656
> > > >>>>>> but if async update is enabled
> > > >>>>>> PLANE_SURF register is updated asynchronously. Writing 0 to PLANE_SURF
> > > >>>>>> when plane is still enabled can cause DMAR/PIPE errors.
> > > >>>>>> On the other side PLANE_SURF is used to arm plane registers - we need to
> > > >>>>>> write to it to trigger update on VBLANK, writting current value should
> > > >>>>>> be safe - the buffer address is valid till vblank.
> > > >>>>> I think you're effectively saying that somehow the async
> > > >>>>> flip disable w/a is not kicking in sometimes.
> > > >>>> I was not aware of existence of this w/a and I am little lost in
> > > >>>> figuring out how this w/a can prevent zeroing PLANE_SURF too early.
> > > >>> When it works as designed it should:
> > > >>> 1. turn off the async flip bit
> > > >>> 2. wait for vblank so that gets latched
> > > >>> 3. do the sync plane update/disable normally
> > > >> After debugging this terra incognita, I've figured out that plane states
> > > >> are not populated in intel_crtc_async_flip_disable_wa
> > > >> so for_each_old_intel_plane_in_state does not iterate over affected
> > > >> planes and w/a does not work at all.
> > > >> I have no idea where affected plane states should be added.
> > > >> Adding them to the beginning of intel_atomic_check helped, but this is
> > > >> just blind shot:
> > > >>
> > > >> @@ -6778,10 +6778,14 @@ static int intel_atomic_check(struct drm_device
> > > >> *dev,
> > > >>              new_crtc_state->uapi.mode_changed = true;
> > > >>
> > > >>          if (new_crtc_state->uapi.scaling_filter !=
> > > >>              old_crtc_state->uapi.scaling_filter)
> > > >>              new_crtc_state->uapi.mode_changed = true;
> > > >> +
> > > >> +        ret = intel_atomic_add_affected_planes(state, crtc);
> > > >> +        if (ret)
> > > >> +            goto fail;
> > > >>      }
> > > >>
> > > >>      intel_vrr_check_modeset(state);
> > > >>
> > > >>      ret = drm_atomic_helper_check_modeset(dev, &state->base);
> > > > ^
> > > > This guy should be adding them for any crtc that has been flagged
> > > > for modeset ahead of time. For modesets flagged later we have to
> > > > add them by hand (eg. in intel_modeset_all_pipes()).
> > >
> > > This is no-modeset scenario, drm_atomic_helper_check_modeset does not
> > > add planes in this case.
> >
> > Then he mystery is how intel_crtc_async_flip_disable_wa() manages
> > to not disable async flip for some planes...
>
> After a few minutes of pondering I have a theory:
> 1. async flip on plane 1
> crtc_state.*async_flip: false -> true
> 2. sync flip on plane 2, plane 1 not include in state
> crtc_state.*async_flip: true -> false, but plane 1 still remains in
> async flip mode
> 3. sync update/disable plane 1
> crtc_state.*async_flip = true -> true, so the async flip disable w/a
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Meant to write false->false there.

> is not triggeed
>
> Should be easy to type up a dedicated test case for that.
>
> I think there are two options of handling this:
> - Switch all planes out of async flip mode for any sync update.
> Not great because then you can't mix async flips with any other
> sync updates on the same crtc
> - Start tracking which planes are in async flip mode vs. not
> Should allow more freedom in mixing async flips with other updates
> on the crtc
>
> --
> Ville Syrjälä
> Intel