Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] ALSA: hda: Disabled unused audio controller for Dell platforms with Switchable Graphics

Kai-Heng Feng
2018-04-12T14:13:01Z

at 6:50 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:42:39 +0200,
> Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
>> Some Dell platforms (Preicsion 7510/7710/7520/7720) have a BIOS option
>> "Switchable Graphics" (SG).
>>
>> When SG is enabled, we have:
>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 591b (rev 04)
>> 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation CM238 HD Audio Controller (rev 31)
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
>> [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Polaris10]
>> 01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere
>> [Radeon RX 580]
>>
>> The Intel Audio outputs all the sound, including HDMI audio. The audio
>> controller comes with AMD graphics doesn't get used.
>>
>> When SG is disabled, we have:
>> 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation CM238 HD Audio Controller (rev 31)
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
>> [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Polaris10]
>> 01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere
>> [Radeon RX 580]
>>
>> Now it's a typical discrete-only system. HDMI audio comes from AMD audio
>> controller, others from Intel audio controller.
>>
>> When SG is enabled, the unused AMD audio controller still exposes its
>> sysfs, so userspace still opens the control file and stream. If
>> userspace tries to output sound through the stream, it hangs when
>> runtime suspend kicks in:
>> [ 12.796265] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Disabling via vga_switcheroo
>> [ 12.796367] snd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1: Cannot lock devices!
>>
>> Since the discrete audio controller isn't useful when SG enabled, we
>> should just disable the device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
>
> Adding Lukas to Cc.
>
> I thought we manage this better now with runtime PM by Lukas's recent
> patchset?
>

Yes, that's true. I'll update commit log for next iteration.

Nevertheless, the unusable control file and stream still get exposed via
sysfs.
We should disable them when SG is enabled.

Kai-Heng

>
> thanks,
>
> Takashi
>
>> ---
>> v3: Simplify dell_switchable_gfx_is_enabled() by returning bool instead
>> of error code.
>> Use DMI_DEV_TYPE_OEM_STRING to match Dell System.
>>
>> v2: Mario suggested to squash the HDA part into the same series.
>>
>> sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
>> index 7720e3102bcc..d9310616d5ca 100644
>> --- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
>> +++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
>> @@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
>> #include <linux/clocksource.h>
>> #include <linux/time.h>
>> #include <linux/completion.h>
>> +#include <linux/dell-common.h>
>> +#include <linux/dmi.h>
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_X86
>> /* for snoop control */
>> @@ -1629,6 +1631,38 @@ static void check_msi(struct azx *chip)
>> }
>> }
>>
>> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DELL_LAPTOP)
>> +static bool check_dell_switchable_gfx(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>> +{
>> + bool (*dell_switchable_gfx_is_enabled_func)(void);
>> + bool enabled;
>> +
>> + /* Only need to check for Dell laptops and AIOs */
>> + if (!dmi_find_device(DMI_DEV_TYPE_OEM_STRING, "Dell System", NULL) ||
>> + !(dmi_match(DMI_CHASSIS_TYPE, "10") ||
>> + dmi_match(DMI_CHASSIS_TYPE, "13")) ||
>> + !(pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_ATI ||
>> + pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA))
>> + return false;
>> +
>> + dell_switchable_gfx_is_enabled_func =
>> + symbol_request(dell_switchable_gfx_is_enabled);
>> + if (!dell_switchable_gfx_is_enabled_func)
>> + return false;
>> +
>> + enabled = dell_switchable_gfx_is_enabled_func();
>> +
>> + symbol_put(dell_switchable_gfx_is_enabled);
>> +
>> + return enabled;
>> +}
>> +#else
>> +static bool check_dell_switchable_gfx(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>> +{
>> + return false;
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>> /* check the snoop mode availability */
>> static void azx_check_snoop_available(struct azx *chip)
>> {
>> @@ -1711,6 +1745,11 @@ static int azx_create(struct snd_card *card,
>> struct pci_dev *pci,
>> if (err < 0)
>> return err;
>>
>> + if (check_dell_switchable_gfx(pci)) {
>> + pci_disable_device(pci);
>> + return -ENODEV;
>> + }
>> +
>> hda = kzalloc(sizeof(*hda), GFP_KERNEL);
>> if (!hda) {
>> pci_disable_device(pci);
>> --
>> 2.17.0