[PATCH v3 2/2] amd/display: only require overlay plane to cover whole CRTC on ChromeOS

[Harry Wentland]

On 2021-09-29 15:06, Simon Ser wrote:
> Commit ddab8bd788f5 ("drm/amd/display: Fix two cursor duplication when
> using overlay") changed the atomic validation code to forbid the
> overlay plane from being used if it doesn't cover the whole CRTC. The
> motivation is that ChromeOS uses the atomic API for everything except
> the cursor plane (which uses the legacy API). Thus amdgpu must always
> be prepared to enable/disable/move the cursor plane at any time without
> failing (or else ChromeOS will trip over).
> 
> As discussed in [1], there's no reason why the ChromeOS limitation
> should prevent other fully atomic users from taking advantage of the
> overlay plane. Let's limit the check to ChromeOS.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/amd-gfx/JIQ_93_cHcshiIDsrMU1huBzx9P9LVQxucx8hQArpQu7Wk5DrCl_vTXj_Q20m_L-8C8A5dSpNcSJ8ehfcCrsQpfB5QG_Spn14EYkH9chtg0=@emersion.fr/>> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Ser <contact at emersion.fr>
> Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher at amd.com>
> Cc: Harry Wentland <hwentlan at amd.com>
> Cc: Nicholas Kazlauskas <nicholas.kazlauskas at amd.com>
> Cc: Bas Nieuwenhuizen <bas at basnieuwenhuizen.nl>
> Fixes: ddab8bd788f5 ("drm/amd/display: Fix two cursor duplication when using overlay")
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
> index 6472c0032b54..f06d6e794721 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
> @@ -10590,6 +10590,10 @@ static int validate_overlay(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
>  	struct drm_plane_state *new_plane_state;
>  	struct drm_plane_state *primary_state, *overlay_state = NULL;
>  
> +	/* This is a workaround for ChromeOS only */
> +	if (strcmp(current->comm, "chrome") != 0)

current->comm is "DrmThread" on my ChromeOS system.

Harry

> +		return 0;
> +
>  	/* Check if primary plane is contained inside overlay */
>  	for_each_new_plane_in_state_reverse(state, plane, new_plane_state, i) {
>  		if (plane->type == DRM_PLANE_TYPE_OVERLAY) {
>