[PATCH v3 8/9] drm/amdgpu: read back register after written

David (Ming Qiang) Wu David.Wu3 at amd.com
Wed May 21 20:24:13 UTC 2025


The addition of register read-back in VCN v5.0.0 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_v5_0_0.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

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..f8e3f0b882da5 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 +794,11 @@ 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, regUVD_STATUS);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -946,6 +951,11 @@ static int vcn_v5_0_0_start(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst)
 	WREG32_SOC15(VCN, i, regVCN_RB_ENABLE, tmp);
 	fw_shared->sq.queue_mode &= ~(FW_QUEUE_RING_RESET | FW_QUEUE_DPG_HOLD_OFF);
 
+	/* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done,
+	 * otherwise it may introduce race conditions.
+	 */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, i, regUVD_STATUS);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -977,6 +987,11 @@ static void vcn_v5_0_0_stop_dpg_mode(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst)
 	WREG32_P(SOC15_REG_OFFSET(VCN, inst_idx, 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, inst_idx, regUVD_STATUS);
+
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -1058,6 +1073,11 @@ static int vcn_v5_0_0_stop(struct amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst)
 	/* enable VCN power gating */
 	vcn_v5_0_0_enable_static_power_gating(vinst);
 
+	/* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done,
+	 * otherwise it may introduce race conditions.
+	 */
+	RREG32_SOC15(VCN, i, regUVD_STATUS);
+
 done:
 	if (adev->pm.dpm_enabled)
 		amdgpu_dpm_enable_vcn(adev, false, i);
-- 
2.34.1



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