[PATCH v1 4/8] drm/amdgpu: read back register after written

David (Ming Qiang) Wu David.Wu3 at amd.com
Wed May 14 17:22:47 UTC 2025


The addition of register read-back in VCN v3.0 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_v3_0.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c
index 0b19f0ab4480..792edc6582c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v3_0.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,11 @@ static int vcn_v3_0_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;
 }
 
@@ -1360,6 +1365,11 @@ static int vcn_v3_0_start(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst)
 		fw_shared->multi_queue.encode_lowlatency_queue_mode &= cpu_to_le32(~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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