[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2 02/20] drm: Don't update plane properties for atomic planes if it stays the same

[Daniel Vetter]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:23:45AM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> Op 13-07-15 om 11:13 schreef Daniel Vetter:
> > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 10:59:32AM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> >> Op 08-07-15 om 22:12 schreef Daniel Vetter:
> >>> On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 08:25:07PM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> >>>> Op 08-07-15 om 19:52 schreef Daniel Vetter:
> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 06:35:47PM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> >>>>>> Op 08-07-15 om 10:55 schreef Daniel Vetter:
> >>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 10:00:22AM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Op 07-07-15 om 18:43 schreef Daniel Vetter:
> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 05:08:34PM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> Op 07-07-15 om 14:10 schreef Daniel Vetter:
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 12:20:10PM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Op 07-07-15 om 11:18 schreef Daniel Vetter:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 09:08:13AM +0200, Maarten Lankhorst wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> This allows the first atomic call during hw init to be a real modeset,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> which is useful for forcing a recalculation.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> fbcon is optional, you can't rely on anything being done in any specific
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> way. What exactly do you need this for, what's the implications?
> >>>>>>>>>>>> In the hw readout I noticed some warnings when I wasn't setting any mode property in the readout.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I want the first function to be the modeset, so we have a sane base to commit changes on.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Ideally this whole function would have a atomic counterpart which does it in one go. :)
> >>>>>>>>>>> Yeah. Otoh as soon as we have atomic modeset working we can replace all
> >>>>>>>>>>> the legacy entry points with atomic helpers, and then even plane_disable
> >>>>>>>>>>> will be a full atomic modeset.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> What did fall apart with just touching properties/planes now?
> >>>>>>>>>> Also when i915 is fully atomic it calculates in intel_modeset_compute_config
> >>>>>>>>>> if a modeset is needed after the first atomic call. Right now because
> >>>>>>>>>> intel_modeset_compute_config is only called in set_config so this works as expected.
> >>>>>>>>>> Otherwise drm_plane_force_disable or rotate_0 will force a modeset,
> >>>>>>>>>> and if the final mode is different this will introduce a double modeset.
> >>>>>>>>> For expensive properties (i.e. a no-op changes causes something that takes
> >>>>>>>>> time like modeset or vblank wait) we need to make sure we filter them out
> >>>>>>>>> in atomic_check. Yeah not quite there yet with pure atomic, but meanwhile
> >>>>>>>>> the existing legacy set_prop functions should all filter out no-op changes
> >>>>>>>>> themselves. If we don't do that for rotation then that's a bug.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Same for disabling planes harder, that shouldn't take time. Especially
> >>>>>>>>> since fbcon only force-disable non-primary plane, and for driver load
> >>>>>>>>> that's the exact thing we already do in the driver anyway.
> >>>>>>>> Something like this?
> >>>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> >>>>>>>> index a1d4e13f3908..2989232f4996 100644
> >>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> >>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
> >>>>>>>> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
> >>>>>>>>  #include <drm/drm_plane_helper.h>
> >>>>>>>>  #include <drm/drm_crtc_helper.h>
> >>>>>>>>  #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
> >>>>>>>> +#include "drm_crtc_internal.h"
> >>>>>>>>  #include <linux/fence.h>
> >>>>>>>>  
> >>>>>>>>  /**
> >>>>>>>> @@ -1716,7 +1717,12 @@ drm_atomic_helper_crtc_set_property(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
> >>>>>>>>  {
> >>>>>>>>  	struct drm_atomic_state *state;
> >>>>>>>>  	struct drm_crtc_state *crtc_state;
> >>>>>>>> -	int ret = 0;
> >>>>>>>> +	uint64_t retval;
> >>>>>>>> +	int ret;
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +	ret = drm_atomic_get_property(&crtc->base, property, &retval);
> >>>>>>>> +	if (!ret && val == retval)
> >>>>>>>> +		return 0;
> >>>>>>>>  
> >>>>>>>>  	state = drm_atomic_state_alloc(crtc->dev);
> >>>>>>>>  	if (!state)
> >>>>>>>> @@ -1776,7 +1782,12 @@ drm_atomic_helper_plane_set_property(struct drm_plane *plane,
> >>>>>>>>  {
> >>>>>>>>  	struct drm_atomic_state *state;
> >>>>>>>>  	struct drm_plane_state *plane_state;
> >>>>>>>> -	int ret = 0;
> >>>>>>>> +	uint64_t retval;
> >>>>>>>> +	int ret;
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +	ret = drm_atomic_get_property(&plane->base, property, &retval);
> >>>>>>>> +	if (!ret && val == retval)
> >>>>>>>> +		return 0;
> >>>>>>>>  
> >>>>>>>>  	state = drm_atomic_state_alloc(plane->dev);
> >>>>>>>>  	if (!state)
> >>>>>>>> @@ -1836,7 +1847,12 @@ drm_atomic_helper_connector_set_property(struct drm_connector *connector,
> >>>>>>>>  {
> >>>>>>>>  	struct drm_atomic_state *state;
> >>>>>>>>  	struct drm_connector_state *connector_state;
> >>>>>>>> -	int ret = 0;
> >>>>>>>> +	uint64_t retval;
> >>>>>>>> +	int ret;
> >>>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>>> +	ret = drm_atomic_get_property(&connector->base, property, &retval);
> >>>>>>>> +	if (!ret && val == retval)
> >>>>>>>> +		return 0;
> >>>>>>>>  
> >>>>>>>>  	state = drm_atomic_state_alloc(connector->dev);
> >>>>>>>>  	if (!state)
> >>>>>>> The reason I didn't do this is that a prop change might still result in no
> >>>>>>> hw state change (e.g. if you go automitic->explicit setting matching
> >>>>>>> automatic one). Hence I think we need to solve this in lower levels
> >>>>>>> anyway, i.e. in when computing the config. But it shouldn't cause trouble
> >>>>>>> yet.
> >>>>>> Is that a ack or nack?
> >>>>> I think we shouldn't need this really for i915, and it might cover up
> >>>>> bugs. I prefer we just do the evade modeset logic you've implemented once
> >>>>> we switch over to atomic props. Since atm we only have atomic props which
> >>>>> get updated in pageflips we shouldn't have serious problems here yet (for
> >>>>> setting the rotation prop to 0° again when fbdev starts up).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Or do I miss something still here?
> >>>> Yes, if the hardware mode is incompatible with its calculated sw mode,
> >>>> and we set a different mode from fbdev you get 2 modesets instead of 1.
> >>> How does that happen? For setting the rotation property we should just
> >>> duplicate the current crtc state. Since there's no mode changing (they
> >>> should match perfectly no matter how botched the reconstruction is) there
> >>> shouldn't be any need to recompute the config completely and discover that
> >>> there's a mismatch. Which means we'll just do the plane update (which
> >>> might do a few silly mmios but shouldn't block) and that's it.
> >>>
> >>> At least that's what I'd expect - where does this fall apart?
> >> If crtc is active and primary fb visible, and converted to atomic:
> >>
> >> restore_fbdev_mode() ->
> >> 	drm_mode_plane_set_obj_prop() ->
> >> 		drm_atomic_helper_plane_set_property() ->
> >> 			drm_atomic_get_plane_state() ->
> >> 				drm_atomic_get_crtc_state()
> >> crtc state is part of the state, intel_modeset_pipe_config performs
> >> the initial check if modeset's needed. Lets assume yes:
> > "Let's assume yes" -> that's imo a bug, so where does this happen so that
> > we can fix it? Disabling a plane or setting a plane prop really shouldn't
> > result in a modeset. Well at least if it's not a plane prop that does
> > required a modeset (but I don't think we have any of those).
> From a driver point of view you wouldn't be able to distinguish it from a real modeset to the same mode. :(
> In both cases you have all planes added and the crtc.
> 
> Thinking about it more there will be 1 thing saving us from a modeset,
> drm_atomic_crtc_check will reject enable without mode_blob for atomic drivers,
> so until the first mode is set all atomic updates to the crtc will be rejected.
> 
> Unfortunately you will still get WARN_ON's for this, so a better solution's needed.

Ok I think I start to grasp what's wrong, the trouble is that we don't
have the mode stuff fully set up yet (which is part of fastboot), which
means we'll get a bogus crtc_state->mode_changed despite that nothing
really changed. Ugly.

Could we insert a dummy mode_blob to avoid the WARNs and the bogus
mode_changed instead? The problem really is that doing this here is just
plugging the one source of troubles you're seeing right now (fbcon), the
initial set_* calls could come from anything really in any order. So we
really better be able to cope.

Even converting fbdev to have an optional atomic patch for DRIVER_ATOMIC
(unsafe i915 options aren't a concern here for me) won't fix this.
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch