[PATCH] drm: Send a hotplug uevent after performing a sysfs connection probe

Daniel Vetter daniel at ffwll.ch
Thu Nov 19 06:10:01 PST 2015


On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 01:51:37PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> If we probe the connector status from sysfs and find it has a new value,
> we should synthesize the associated hotplug uevent. This keeps our
> behaviour consistent and informs userspace of any override or change
> imposed by the user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
> index 615b7e667320..382b82f871bc 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
> @@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ static ssize_t status_store(struct device *device,
>  		if (dev->mode_config.poll_enabled)
>  			schedule_delayed_work(&dev->mode_config.output_poll_work,
>  					      0);
> +
> +		drm_kms_helper_hotplug_event(dev);

I don't like leaking these all over the place. What about the (untested)
idea below?
-Daniel

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
index a214a4a93b03..b7bdf12c54a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ static int drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes_merge_bits(struct drm_connect
 	list_for_each_entry(mode, &connector->modes, head)
 		mode->status = MODE_UNVERIFIED;
 
+	old_status = connector->status;
+
 	if (connector->force) {
 		if (connector->force == DRM_FORCE_ON ||
 		    connector->force == DRM_FORCE_ON_DIGITAL)
@@ -156,33 +158,31 @@ static int drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes_merge_bits(struct drm_connect
 		if (connector->funcs->force)
 			connector->funcs->force(connector);
 	} else {
-		old_status = connector->status;
-
 		connector->status = connector->funcs->detect(connector, true);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Normally either the driver's hpd code or the poll loop should
+	 * pick up any changes and fire the hotplug event. But if
+	 * userspace sneaks in a probe, we might miss a change. Hence
+	 * check here, and if anything changed start the hotplug code.
+	 */
+	if (old_status != connector->status) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] status updated from %d to %d\n",
+			      connector->base.id,
+			      connector->name,
+			      old_status, connector->status);
 
 		/*
-		 * Normally either the driver's hpd code or the poll loop should
-		 * pick up any changes and fire the hotplug event. But if
-		 * userspace sneaks in a probe, we might miss a change. Hence
-		 * check here, and if anything changed start the hotplug code.
+		 * The hotplug event code might call into the fb
+		 * helpers, and so expects that we do not hold any
+		 * locks. Fire up the poll struct instead, it will
+		 * disable itself again.
 		 */
-		if (old_status != connector->status) {
-			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] status updated from %d to %d\n",
-				      connector->base.id,
-				      connector->name,
-				      old_status, connector->status);
-
-			/*
-			 * The hotplug event code might call into the fb
-			 * helpers, and so expects that we do not hold any
-			 * locks. Fire up the poll struct instead, it will
-			 * disable itself again.
-			 */
-			dev->mode_config.delayed_event = true;
-			if (dev->mode_config.poll_enabled)
-				schedule_delayed_work(&dev->mode_config.output_poll_work,
-						      0);
-		}
+		dev->mode_config.delayed_event = true;
+		if (dev->mode_config.poll_enabled)
+			schedule_delayed_work(&dev->mode_config.output_poll_work,
+					      0);
 	}
 
 	/* Re-enable polling in case the global poll config changed. */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
index 9ac4ffa6cce3..8cc69f0b64bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_sysfs.c
@@ -167,39 +167,28 @@ static ssize_t status_store(struct device *device,
 {
 	struct drm_connector *connector = to_drm_connector(device);
 	struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
-	enum drm_connector_status old_status;
+	enum drm_connector_force old_force;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&dev->mode_config.mutex);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	old_status = connector->status;
+	old_force = connector->force;
 
-	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "detect")) {
+	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "detect"))
 		connector->force = 0;
-		connector->status = connector->funcs->detect(connector, true);
-	} else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "on")) {
+	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "on"))
 		connector->force = DRM_FORCE_ON;
-	} else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "on-digital")) {
+	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "on-digital"))
 		connector->force = DRM_FORCE_ON_DIGITAL;
-	} else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "off")) {
+	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "off"))
 		connector->force = DRM_FORCE_OFF;
-	} else
+	else
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (ret == 0 && connector->force) {
-		if (connector->force == DRM_FORCE_ON ||
-		    connector->force == DRM_FORCE_ON_DIGITAL)
-			connector->status = connector_status_connected;
-		else
-			connector->status = connector_status_disconnected;
-		if (connector->funcs->force)
-			connector->funcs->force(connector);
-	}
-
-	if (old_status != connector->status) {
-		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] status updated from %d to %d\n",
+	if (old_force != connector->force) {
+		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("[CONNECTOR:%d:%s] force updated from %d to %d\n",
 			      connector->base.id,
 			      connector->name,
 			      old_status, connector->status);
-- 
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch


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