[PATCH v3 6/9] drm/amdgpu: read back register after written

David (Ming Qiang) Wu David.Wu3 at amd.com
Wed May 21 20:24:11 UTC 2025


The addition of register read-back in VCN v4.0.3 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_v4_0_3.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_3.c
index 764b3ff09f1ee..5a33140f57235 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_3.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0_3.c
@@ -977,6 +977,11 @@ static int vcn_v4_0_3_start_dpg_mode(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst,
 	/*resetting done, fw can check RB ring */
 	fw_shared->sq.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, vcn_inst, regUVD_STATUS);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1370,6 +1375,12 @@ static int vcn_v4_0_3_stop_dpg_mode(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst)
 	/* disable dynamic power gating mode */
 	WREG32_P(SOC15_REG_OFFSET(VCN, vcn_inst, regUVD_POWER_STATUS), 0,
 		 ~UVD_POWER_STATUS__UVD_PG_MODE_MASK);
+
+	/* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done,
+	 * otherwise it may introduce race conditions.
+	 */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, vcn_inst, regUVD_STATUS);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1453,6 +1464,11 @@ static int vcn_v4_0_3_stop(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst)
 	/* apply HW clock gating */
 	vcn_v4_0_3_enable_clock_gating(vinst);
 
+	/* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done,
+	 * otherwise it may introduce race conditions.
+	 */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, vcn_inst, regUVD_STATUS);
+
 Done:
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.34.1



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