[PATCH V2 2/2] drm/amdgpu: read back register after written for VCN v4.0.0 and v5.0.0

David (Ming Qiang) Wu David.Wu3 at amd.com
Tue May 13 18:23:07 UTC 2025


V2: not to add extra read-back in vcn_v4_0_start and vcn_v5_0_0_start as
    there are read-back calls already. New comments for better understanding.

Similar to the previous changes made for VCN v4.0.5, the addition of
register read-back support in VCN v4.0.0 and v5.0.0 is intended to
prevent potential race conditions, even though such issues have not
been observed yet. This change ensures consistency across different
VCN variants and helps avoid similar issues on newer or closely
related GPUs. The overhead introduced by this read-back is negligible.

Signed-off-by: David (Ming Qiang) Wu <David.Wu3 at amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c   | 4 ++++
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c
index 8fff470bce873..070a2a8cdf6f4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c
@@ -1122,6 +1122,10 @@ static int vcn_v4_0_start_dpg_mode(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst, bool indirect)
 			ring->doorbell_index << VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__OFFSET__SHIFT |
 			VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__EN_MASK);
 
+	/* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done, otherwise
+	 * it may introduce race conditions */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, inst_idx, regVCN_RB1_DB_CTRL);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c
index 27dcc6f37a730..77c27a317e4c8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c
@@ -794,6 +794,10 @@ static int vcn_v5_0_0_start_dpg_mode(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst,
 		ring->doorbell_index << VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__OFFSET__SHIFT |
 		VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__EN_MASK);
 
+	/* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done, otherwise
+	 * it may introduce race conditions */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, inst_idx, regVCN_RB1_DB_CTRL);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.34.1



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