[PATCH 1/2] drm/amdgpu: read back DB_CTRL register after written for VCN v4.0.5

David (Ming Qiang) Wu David.Wu3 at amd.com
Tue May 13 16:29:11 UTC 2025


On VCN v4.0.5 there is a race condition where the WPTR is not
updated after starting from idle when doorbell is used. The read-back
of regVCN_RB1_DB_CTRL register after written is to ensure the
doorbell_index is updated before it can work properly.

Link: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/12528
Signed-off-by: David (Ming Qiang) Wu <David.Wu3 at amd.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c
index ed00d35039c1..d6be8b05d7a2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_5.c
@@ -1033,6 +1033,8 @@ static int vcn_v4_0_5_start_dpg_mode(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst,
 	WREG32_SOC15(VCN, inst_idx, regVCN_RB1_DB_CTRL,
 			ring->doorbell_index << VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__OFFSET__SHIFT |
 			VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__EN_MASK);
+	/* Read DB_CTRL to flush the write DB_CTRL command. */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, inst_idx, regVCN_RB1_DB_CTRL);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1195,6 +1197,8 @@ static int vcn_v4_0_5_start(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst)
 	WREG32_SOC15(VCN, i, regVCN_RB1_DB_CTRL,
 		     ring->doorbell_index << VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__OFFSET__SHIFT |
 		     VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__EN_MASK);
+	/* Read DB_CTRL to flush the write DB_CTRL command. */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, i, regVCN_RB1_DB_CTRL);
 
 	WREG32_SOC15(VCN, i, regUVD_RB_BASE_LO, ring->gpu_addr);
 	WREG32_SOC15(VCN, i, regUVD_RB_BASE_HI, upper_32_bits(ring->gpu_addr));
-- 
2.49.0



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