From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: hns@goldelico.com, zhengxingda@iscas.ac.cn,
jani.nikula@linux.intel.com, maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com,
mripard@kernel.org, airlied@gmail.com, simona@ffwll.ch,
akemnade@kernel.org, javierm@redhat.com
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
letux-kernel@openphoenux.org, kernel@pyra-handheld.com,
sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH v4] drm/fb-helper: Only consider active CRTCs for vblank sync
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 16:50:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702145021.226932-1-tzimmermann@suse.de> (raw)
Only synchronize fbdev output to the vblank of an active CRTC. Go over
the list of CRTCs and pick the first that matches. Fixes warnings as
the one shown below
[ 77.201354] WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vblank.c:1320 at drm_crtc_wait_one_vblank+0x194/0x1cc [drm], CPU#1: kworker/1:7/1867
[ 77.201354] omapdrm omapdrm.0: [drm] vblank wait timed out on crtc 0
This currently happens if the fbdev output is not on CRTC 0.
Atomic and non-atomic drivers require distinct code paths. As for other
fbdev operations, implement both and select the correct one at runtime.
Not finding an active CRTC is not a bug. Do not wait in this case, but
flush the display update as before.
v4:
- avoid possible deadlocks with locking context (Sashiko)
v3:
- drop excessive state validation (Jani)
- acquire plane and CRTC mutices (Sashiko)
v2:
- move look-up code into separate helper
- support drivers with legacy modesetting
v1:
- see https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/1c9e0e24-9c4a-4259-8700-cf9e5fd60ca3@suse.de/
Co-authored-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@goldelico.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Fixes: d8c4bddcd8bcb ("drm/fb-helper: Synchronize dirty worker with vblank")
Tested-by: Icenowy Zheng <zhengxingda@iscas.ac.cn>
Tested-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@goldelico.com>
Closes: https://bugs.debian.org/1138033
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 91 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
index 3316bb00a662..d4664ed468b2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
@@ -225,16 +225,106 @@ static void drm_fb_helper_resume_worker(struct work_struct *work)
console_unlock();
}
+static int find_crtc_index_atomic(struct drm_fb_helper *helper)
+{
+ struct drm_device *dev = helper->dev;
+ int crtc_index = -EINVAL;
+ struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx ctx;
+ struct drm_plane *plane;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ drm_modeset_acquire_init(&ctx, 0);
+
+retry:
+ drm_for_each_plane(plane, dev) {
+ const struct drm_plane_state *plane_state;
+
+ if (plane->type != DRM_PLANE_TYPE_PRIMARY)
+ continue;
+
+ ret = drm_modeset_lock(&plane->mutex, &ctx);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_drm_modeset_lock;
+ plane_state = plane->state;
+
+ if (plane_state->fb == helper->fb && plane_state->crtc) {
+ struct drm_crtc *crtc = plane_state->crtc;
+
+ ret = drm_modeset_lock(&crtc->mutex, &ctx);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_drm_modeset_lock;
+ if (crtc->state->active)
+ crtc_index = crtc->index;
+ drm_modeset_unlock(&crtc->mutex);
+ }
+ drm_modeset_unlock(&plane->mutex);
+
+ if (crtc_index >= 0)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ drm_modeset_drop_locks(&ctx);
+ drm_modeset_acquire_fini(&ctx);
+
+ return crtc_index;
+
+err_drm_modeset_lock:
+ if (ret == -EDEADLK) {
+ drm_modeset_backoff(&ctx);
+ goto retry;
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int find_crtc_index_legacy(struct drm_fb_helper *helper)
+{
+ struct drm_device *dev = helper->dev;
+ struct drm_crtc *crtc;
+
+ drm_for_each_crtc(crtc, dev) {
+ struct drm_plane *plane = crtc->primary;
+
+ if (!crtc->enabled)
+ continue;
+ if (!plane || plane->fb != helper->fb)
+ continue; /* CRTC doesn't display fbdev emulation */
+
+ return crtc->index;
+ }
+
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int drm_fb_helper_find_crtc_index(struct drm_fb_helper *helper)
+{
+ struct drm_device *dev = helper->dev;
+ int crtc_index;
+
+ mutex_lock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
+
+ if (drm_drv_uses_atomic_modeset(dev))
+ crtc_index = find_crtc_index_atomic(helper);
+ else
+ crtc_index = find_crtc_index_legacy(helper);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
+
+ return crtc_index;
+}
+
static void drm_fb_helper_fb_dirty(struct drm_fb_helper *helper)
{
struct drm_device *dev = helper->dev;
struct drm_clip_rect *clip = &helper->damage_clip;
struct drm_clip_rect clip_copy;
+ int crtc_index;
unsigned long flags;
int ret;
mutex_lock(&helper->lock);
- drm_client_modeset_wait_for_vblank(&helper->client, 0);
+ crtc_index = drm_fb_helper_find_crtc_index(helper);
+ if (crtc_index >= 0)
+ drm_client_modeset_wait_for_vblank(&helper->client, crtc_index);
mutex_unlock(&helper->lock);
if (drm_WARN_ON_ONCE(dev, !helper->funcs->fb_dirty))
--
2.54.0
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2026-07-08 16:28 ` [PATCH v4] drm/fb-helper: Only consider active CRTCs for vblank sync Maxime Ripard
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