Re: [PATCH 2/5] drm/nouveau: Do not implement mode_set_base_atomic callback

Lyude Paul
2025-11-26T23:07:41Z

Reviewed-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>

On Tue, 2025-11-25 at 13:52 +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Remove the implementation of the CRTC helper mode_set_base_atomic
> from nouveau. It pretends to provide mode setting for kdb debugging,
> but has been broken for some time.
>
> Kdb output has been supported only for non-atomic mode setting since
> commit 9c79e0b1d096 ("drm/fb-helper: Give up on kgdb for atomic drivers")
> from 2017.
>
> While nouveau provides non-atomic mode setting for some devices, kdb
> assumes that the GEM buffer object is at a fixed location in video
> memory. This has not been the case since
> commit 4a16dd9d18a0 ("drm/nouveau/kms: switch to drm fbdev helpers")
> from 2022. Fbdev-ttm helpers use a shadow buffer with a movable GEM
> buffer object. Triggering kdb does therefore not update the display.
>
> Hence remove the whole kdb support from nouveau.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/crtc.c | 24 ++++--------------------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/crtc.c
> index c063756eaea3..80493224eb6c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/crtc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/crtc.c
> @@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ nv_crtc_gamma_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc, u16 *r, u16 *g, u16 *b,
> static int
> nv04_crtc_do_mode_set_base(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
> struct drm_framebuffer *passed_fb,
> - int x, int y, bool atomic)
> + int x, int y)
> {
> struct nouveau_crtc *nv_crtc = nouveau_crtc(crtc);
> struct drm_device *dev = crtc->dev;
> @@ -850,19 +850,12 @@ nv04_crtc_do_mode_set_base(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
> NV_DEBUG(drm, "index %d\n", nv_crtc->index);
>
> /* no fb bound */
> - if (!atomic && !crtc->primary->fb) {
> + if (!crtc->primary->fb) {
> NV_DEBUG(drm, "No FB bound\n");
> return 0;
> }
>
> - /* If atomic, we want to switch to the fb we were passed, so
> - * now we update pointers to do that.
> - */
> - if (atomic) {
> - drm_fb = passed_fb;
> - } else {
> - drm_fb = crtc->primary->fb;
> - }
> + drm_fb = crtc->primary->fb;
>
> nvbo = nouveau_gem_object(drm_fb->obj[0]);
> nv_crtc->fb.offset = nvbo->offset;
> @@ -920,15 +913,7 @@ nv04_crtc_mode_set_base(struct drm_crtc *crtc, int x, int y,
> int ret = nv_crtc_swap_fbs(crtc, old_fb);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
> - return nv04_crtc_do_mode_set_base(crtc, old_fb, x, y, false);
> -}
> -
> -static int
> -nv04_crtc_mode_set_base_atomic(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
> - struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
> - int x, int y, enum mode_set_atomic state)
> -{
> - return nv04_crtc_do_mode_set_base(crtc, fb, x, y, true);
> + return nv04_crtc_do_mode_set_base(crtc, old_fb, x, y);
> }
>
> static void nv04_cursor_upload(struct drm_device *dev, struct nouveau_bo *src,
> @@ -1274,7 +1259,6 @@ static const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs nv04_crtc_helper_funcs = {
> .commit = nv_crtc_commit,
> .mode_set = nv_crtc_mode_set,
> .mode_set_base = nv04_crtc_mode_set_base,
> - .mode_set_base_atomic = nv04_crtc_mode_set_base_atomic,
> .disable = nv_crtc_disable,
> .get_scanout_position = nouveau_display_scanoutpos,
> };

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Cheers,
Lyude Paul (she/her)
Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat

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