[PATCH v1 3/8] drm/amdgpu: read back register after written

David (Ming Qiang) Wu David.Wu3 at amd.com
Wed May 14 17:22:46 UTC 2025


The addition of register read-back in VCN v2.5 is intended to prevent
potential race conditions.

Signed-off-by: David (Ming Qiang) Wu <David.Wu3 at amd.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c
index 3eec1b8feaee..beffe0795ca9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v2_5.c
@@ -1158,6 +1158,11 @@ static int vcn_v2_5_start_dpg_mode(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst, bool indirect)
 	WREG32_P(SOC15_REG_OFFSET(VCN, inst_idx, mmUVD_POWER_STATUS),
 		0, ~UVD_POWER_STATUS__STALL_DPG_POWER_UP_MASK);
 
+	/* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done, otherwise
+	 * it may introduce race conditions
+	 */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, inst_idx, mmUVD_RBC_RB_WPTR);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1343,6 +1348,11 @@ static int vcn_v2_5_start(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst)
 	WREG32_SOC15(VCN, i, mmUVD_RB_SIZE2, ring->ring_size / 4);
 	fw_shared->multi_queue.encode_lowlatency_queue_mode &= ~FW_QUEUE_RING_RESET;
 
+	/* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done, otherwise
+	 * it may introduce race conditions
+	 */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, i, mmUVD_RBC_RB_WPTR);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.49.0



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