[PATCH 1/2 v2] vgaarb: Don't default exclusively to first video device with mem+io

Andreas Noever andreas.noever at gmail.com
Tue Aug 26 08:32:24 PDT 2014


On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Bruno Prémont
<bonbons at linux-vserver.org> wrote:
> With commit 20cde694027e boot video device detection was moved from
> efifb to x86 and ia64 pci/fixup.c.
>
> For dual-GPU Apple computers above change represents a regression as
> code in efifb did forcefully override vga_default_device while the
> merge did not (vgaarb happens prior to PCI fixup).
>
> To improve on initial device selection by vgaarb (it cannot know if
> PCI device not behind bridges see/decode legacy VGA I/O or not), move
> the screen_info based check from pci_video_fixup to vgaarb's init
> function and use it to refine/override decision taken while adding
> the individual PCI VGA devices.
> This way PCI fixup has no reason to adjust vga_default_device
> anymore but can depend on its value for flagging shadowed VBIOS.
>
> This has the nice benefit of removing duplicated code but does
> introduce a #if defined() block in vgaarb.
> Not all architectures have screen_info and would cause compile to
> fail without it.
>
> Reported-By: Andreas Noever <andreas.noever at gmail.com>
> CC: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett at nebula.com>
> CC: stable at vger.kernel.org # v3.5+
> Signed-off-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons at linux-vserver.org>
> ---
> Andreas, does this work properly for you, including the improvement
> on i915 complaint about VBIOS going from KERN_ERR to KERN_INFO?
Yep, thanks!

>
> Other arches using PCI and vgaarb that have screen_info may want
> to be added to the #if defined() block or even introduce a new
> CONFIG_HAVE_SCREEN_INFO or similar...
>
>
>  arch/ia64/pci/fixup.c    | 24 +-----------------------
>  arch/x86/pci/fixup.c     | 24 +-----------------------
>  drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/pci/fixup.c b/arch/ia64/pci/fixup.c
> index ec73b2c..fc505d5 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/pci/fixup.c
> +++ b/arch/ia64/pci/fixup.c
> @@ -38,27 +38,6 @@ static void pci_fixup_video(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>                 return;
>         /* Maybe, this machine supports legacy memory map. */
>
> -       if (!vga_default_device()) {
> -               resource_size_t start, end;
> -               int i;
> -
> -               /* Does firmware framebuffer belong to us? */
> -               for (i = 0; i < DEVICE_COUNT_RESOURCE; i++) {
> -                       if (!(pci_resource_flags(pdev, i) & IORESOURCE_MEM))
> -                               continue;
> -
> -                       start = pci_resource_start(pdev, i);
> -                       end  = pci_resource_end(pdev, i);
> -
> -                       if (!start || !end)
> -                               continue;
> -
> -                       if (screen_info.lfb_base >= start &&
> -                           (screen_info.lfb_base + screen_info.lfb_size) < end)
> -                               vga_set_default_device(pdev);
> -               }
> -       }
> -
>         /* Is VGA routed to us? */
>         bus = pdev->bus;
>         while (bus) {
> @@ -83,8 +62,7 @@ static void pci_fixup_video(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>                 pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &config);
>                 if (config & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) {
>                         pdev->resource[PCI_ROM_RESOURCE].flags |= IORESOURCE_ROM_SHADOW;
> -                       dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &pdev->dev, "Boot video device\n");
> -                       vga_set_default_device(pdev);
> +                       dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &pdev->dev, "Video device with shadowed ROM\n");
>                 }
>         }
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c b/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
> index c61ea57..9a2b710 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
> @@ -326,27 +326,6 @@ static void pci_fixup_video(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>         struct pci_bus *bus;
>         u16 config;
>
> -       if (!vga_default_device()) {
> -               resource_size_t start, end;
> -               int i;
> -
> -               /* Does firmware framebuffer belong to us? */
> -               for (i = 0; i < DEVICE_COUNT_RESOURCE; i++) {
> -                       if (!(pci_resource_flags(pdev, i) & IORESOURCE_MEM))
> -                               continue;
> -
> -                       start = pci_resource_start(pdev, i);
> -                       end  = pci_resource_end(pdev, i);
> -
> -                       if (!start || !end)
> -                               continue;
> -
> -                       if (screen_info.lfb_base >= start &&
> -                           (screen_info.lfb_base + screen_info.lfb_size) < end)
> -                               vga_set_default_device(pdev);
> -               }
> -       }
> -
>         /* Is VGA routed to us? */
>         bus = pdev->bus;
>         while (bus) {
> @@ -371,8 +350,7 @@ static void pci_fixup_video(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>                 pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &config);
>                 if (config & (PCI_COMMAND_IO | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY)) {
>                         pdev->resource[PCI_ROM_RESOURCE].flags |= IORESOURCE_ROM_SHADOW;
> -                       dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &pdev->dev, "Boot video device\n");
> -                       vga_set_default_device(pdev);
> +                       dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, &pdev->dev, "Video device with shadowed ROM\n");
>                 }
>         }
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c b/drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c
> index d2077f0..cffdff9 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
>  #include <linux/poll.h>
>  #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/screen_info.h>
>
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>
> @@ -585,8 +586,11 @@ static bool vga_arbiter_add_pci_device(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>          */
>  #ifndef __ARCH_HAS_VGA_DEFAULT_DEVICE
>         if (vga_default == NULL &&
> -           ((vgadev->owns & VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MASK) == VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MASK))
> +           ((vgadev->owns & VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MASK) == VGA_RSRC_LEGACY_MASK)) {
> +               pr_info("vgaarb: setting as boot device: PCI:%s\n",
> +                       pci_name(pdev));
>                 vga_set_default_device(pdev);
> +       }
>  #endif
>
>         vga_arbiter_check_bridge_sharing(vgadev);
> @@ -1320,6 +1324,38 @@ static int __init vga_arb_device_init(void)
>         pr_info("vgaarb: loaded\n");
>
>         list_for_each_entry(vgadev, &vga_list, list) {
> +#if defined(CONFIG_X86) || defined(CONFIG_IA64)
> +               /* Override I/O based detection done by vga_arbiter_add_pci_device()
> +                * as it may take the wrong device (e.g. on Apple system under EFI).
> +                *
> +                * Select the device owning the boot framebuffer if there is one.
> +                */
> +               resource_size_t start, end;
> +               int i;
> +
> +               /* Does firmware framebuffer belong to us? */
> +               for (i = 0; i < DEVICE_COUNT_RESOURCE; i++) {
> +                       if (!(pci_resource_flags(vgadev->pdev, i) & IORESOURCE_MEM))
> +                               continue;
> +
> +                       start = pci_resource_start(vgadev->pdev, i);
> +                       end  = pci_resource_end(vgadev->pdev, i);
> +
> +                       if (!start || !end)
> +                               continue;
> +
> +                       if (screen_info.lfb_base < start ||
> +                           (screen_info.lfb_base + screen_info.lfb_size) >= end)
> +                               continue;
> +                       if (!vga_default_device())
> +                               pr_info("vgaarb: setting as boot device: PCI:%s\n",
> +                                       pci_name(vgadev->pdev));
> +                       else if (vgadev->pdev != vga_default_device())
> +                               pr_info("vgaarb: overriding boot device: PCI:%s\n",
> +                                       pci_name(vgadev->pdev));
> +                       vga_set_default_device(vgadev->pdev);
> +               }
> +#endif
>                 if (vgadev->bridge_has_one_vga)
>                         pr_info("vgaarb: bridge control possible %s\n", pci_name(vgadev->pdev));
>                 else
> --
> 1.8.5.5
>


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