Re: [PATCH v3] drm: of: Properly try all possible cases for bridge/panel detection

Bjorn Andersson
2022-04-03T03:36:44Z

On Fri 01 Apr 00:44 PDT 2022, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:

> Hi Bjorn,
>
> On Thu 31 Mar 22, 20:16, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> > On Tue 29 Mar 06:27 PDT 2022, Paul Kocialkowski wrote:
> >
> > > While bridge/panel detection was initially relying on the usual
> > > port/ports-based of graph detection, it was recently changed to
> > > perform the lookup on any child node that is not port/ports
> > > instead when such a node is available, with no fallback on the
> > > usual way.
> > >
> > > This results in breaking detection when a child node is present
> > > but does not contain any panel or bridge node, even when the
> > > usual port/ports-based of graph is there.
> > >
> > > In order to support both situations properly, this commit reworks
> > > the logic to try both options and not just one of the two: it will
> > > only return -EPROBE_DEFER when both have failed.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for your patch Paul, it fixed a regression on a device where I
> > have a eDP bridge with an of_graph and a aux-bus defined.
> >
> > But unfortunately it does not resolve the regression I have for the
> > USB based DisplayPort setup described below.
> >
> >
> > In the Qualcomm DisplayPort driver We're calling:
> >
> > devm_drm_of_get_bridge(dev, dev->of_node, 1, 0);
> >
> > and with the following DT snippet the behavior changed:
> >
> > displayport-controller@ae90000 {
> > compatible = "qcom,sc8180x-dp";
> > ...
> >
> > operating-points-v2 = <&dp0_opp_table>;
> >
> > ports {
> > #address-cells = <1>;
> > #size-cells = <0>;
> >
> > port@0 {
> > reg = <0>;
> > dp0_in: endpoint {
> > remote-endpoint = <&display_driver>;
> > };
> > };
> > };
> >
> > dp0_opp_table: opp-table {
> > ...;
> > };
> > };
> >
> > Prior to the introduction of 80253168dbfd ("drm: of: Lookup if child
> > node has panel or bridge") this would return -ENODEV, so we could
> > differentiate the case when we have a statically defined eDP panel from
> > that of a dynamically attached (over USB) DP panel.
> >
> > Prior to your change, above case without the opp-table node would have
> > still returned -ENODEV.
> >
> > But now this will just return -EPROBE_DEFER in both cases.
>
> Oh that's right, the -ENODEV case was just completely removed by my change.
> Initially this would happen if !of_graph_is_present or if the remote node
> doesn't exist.
>
> Now that we are also checking for child nodes, we can't just return -ENODEV
> when the graph or remote node is missing: we must also check that there is no
> child node that is a panel/bridge.
>
> For the graph remote case, we can reliabily return -EPROBE_DEFER when
> of_graph_is_present and the remote exists and of_device_is_available.

Right, if I have a of_graph port@1 which references something that isn't
available we can reliably claim this is -EPROBE_DEFER.

> Otherwise we can go for -ENODEV.

Are you suggesting that if we find a "port" or "ports" we return -ENODEV
if we didn't find the requested port@N?

> I think getting -EPROBE_DEFER at this point
> should stop the drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge process.
>

I think that makes sense, i.e. if we found an of_graph reference, but
it's not a panel yet.

> On the other hand for the child panel/bridge node case, I don't see how we
> can reliably distinguish between -EPROBE_DEFER and -ENODEV, because
> of_drm_find_panel and of_drm_find_bridge will behave the same if the child
> node is a not-yet-probed panel/bridge or a totally unrelated node.
> So I think we should always return -EPROBE_DEFER in that case.
>
> As a result you can't get -ENODEV if using the of graph while having any
> (unrelated) child node there, so your issue remains.
>
> Do you see any way we could make this work?
>

I'm afraid I don't have any good suggestions on determining if that
child node is a panel/bridge or something else.

> > I thought the appropriate method of referencing the dsi panel was to
> > actually reference that using the of_graph, even though it's a child of
> > the dsi controller - that's at least how we've done it in e.g. [1].
> > I find this to be much nicer than to just blindly define that all
> > children of any sort of display controller must be a bridge or a panel.
>
> Yes I totally agree. Given that using the child node directly apparently
> can't allow us to distinguish between -EPROBE_DEFER/-ENODEV I would be in
> favor of dropping this mechanism and going with explicit of graph in any case
> (even if it's a child node). I don't see any downside to this approach.
>
> What do yout think?
>

The explicit of_graph reference is a little bit clunky, but it's clear
and doesn't rely on "skipping" or only including names based on
particular names etc.

So I am in favour of reverting this back to the explicit reference.

Regards,
Bjorn

> Paul
>
> > [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/sdm845-mtp.dts#n436
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bjorn
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <paul.kocialkowski@bootlin.com>
> > > Fixes: 80253168dbfd ("drm: of: Lookup if child node has panel or bridge")
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Changes since v2:
> > > - Removed unnecessary else statement and added a comment about
> > > clearing the panel pointer on error.
> > >
> > > Changes since v1:
> > > - Renamed remote to node;
> > > - Renamed helper to find_panel_or_bridge;
> > > - Cleared bridge pointer early;
> > > - Returned early to make the code more concise;
> > >
> > > ---
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> > > 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
> > > index 9d90cd75c457..8716da6369a6 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
> > > @@ -219,6 +219,29 @@ int drm_of_encoder_active_endpoint(struct device_node *node,
> > > }
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_of_encoder_active_endpoint);
> > >
> > > +static int find_panel_or_bridge(struct device_node *node,
> > > + struct drm_panel **panel,
> > > + struct drm_bridge **bridge)
> > > +{
> > > + if (panel) {
> > > + *panel = of_drm_find_panel(node);
> > > + if (!IS_ERR(*panel))
> > > + return 0;
> > > +
> > > + /* Clear the panel pointer in case of error. */
> > > + *panel = NULL;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + /* No panel found yet, check for a bridge next. */
> > > + if (bridge) {
> > > + *bridge = of_drm_find_bridge(node);
> > > + if (*bridge)
> > > + return 0;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > /**
> > > * drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge - return connected panel or bridge device
> > > * @np: device tree node containing encoder output ports
> > > @@ -241,66 +264,44 @@ int drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge(const struct device_node *np,
> > > struct drm_panel **panel,
> > > struct drm_bridge **bridge)
> > > {
> > > - int ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
> > > - struct device_node *remote;
> > > + struct device_node *node;
> > > + int ret;
> > >
> > > if (!panel && !bridge)
> > > return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > if (panel)
> > > *panel = NULL;
> > > -
> > > - /**
> > > - * Devices can also be child nodes when we also control that device
> > > - * through the upstream device (ie, MIPI-DCS for a MIPI-DSI device).
> > > - *
> > > - * Lookup for a child node of the given parent that isn't either port
> > > - * or ports.
> > > - */
> > > - for_each_available_child_of_node(np, remote) {
> > > - if (of_node_name_eq(remote, "port") ||
> > > - of_node_name_eq(remote, "ports"))
> > > - continue;
> > > -
> > > - goto of_find_panel_or_bridge;
> > > + if (bridge)
> > > + *bridge = NULL;
> > > +
> > > + /* Check for a graph on the device node first. */
> > > + if (of_graph_is_present(np)) {
> > > + node = of_graph_get_remote_node(np, port, endpoint);
> > > + if (node) {
> > > + ret = find_panel_or_bridge(node, panel, bridge);
> > > + of_node_put(node);
> > > +
> > > + if (!ret)
> > > + return 0;
> > > + }
> > > }
> > >
> > > - /*
> > > - * of_graph_get_remote_node() produces a noisy error message if port
> > > - * node isn't found and the absence of the port is a legit case here,
> > > - * so at first we silently check whether graph presents in the
> > > - * device-tree node.
> > > - */
> > > - if (!of_graph_is_present(np))
> > > - return -ENODEV;
> > > -
> > > - remote = of_graph_get_remote_node(np, port, endpoint);
> > > -
> > > -of_find_panel_or_bridge:
> > > - if (!remote)
> > > - return -ENODEV;
> > > + /* Otherwise check for any child node other than port/ports. */
> > > + for_each_available_child_of_node(np, node) {
> > > + if (of_node_name_eq(node, "port") ||
> > > + of_node_name_eq(node, "ports"))
> > > + continue;
> > >
> > > - if (panel) {
> > > - *panel = of_drm_find_panel(remote);
> > > - if (!IS_ERR(*panel))
> > > - ret = 0;
> > > - else
> > > - *panel = NULL;
> > > - }
> > > -
> > > - /* No panel found yet, check for a bridge next. */
> > > - if (bridge) {
> > > - if (ret) {
> > > - *bridge = of_drm_find_bridge(remote);
> > > - if (*bridge)
> > > - ret = 0;
> > > - } else {
> > > - *bridge = NULL;
> > > - }
> > > + ret = find_panel_or_bridge(node, panel, bridge);
> > > + of_node_put(node);
> > >
> > > + /* Stop at the first found occurrence. */
> > > + if (!ret)
> > > + return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - of_node_put(remote);
> > > - return ret;
> > > + return -EPROBE_DEFER;
> > > }
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge);
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.35.1
> > >
>
> --
> Paul Kocialkowski, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com