[PATCH] drm: rcar-du: Setup planes before enabling CRTC to avoid flicker

Kieran Bingham kieran.bingham+renesas at ideasonboard.com
Wed Jul 12 16:35:53 UTC 2017


Hi Laurent,

On 28/06/17 19:50, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Commit 52055bafa1ff ("drm: rcar-du: Move plane commit code from CRTC
> start to CRTC resume") changed the order of the plane commit and CRTC
> enable operations to accommodate the runtime PM requirements. However,
> this introduced corruption in the first displayed frame, as the CRTC is
> now enabled without any plane configured. On Gen2 hardware the first
> frame will be black and likely unnoticed, but on Gen3 hardware we end up
> starting the display before the VSP compositor, which is more
> noticeable.
> 
> To fix this, revert the order of the commit operations back, and handle
> runtime PM requirements in the CRTC .atomic_begin() and .atomic_enable()
> helper operation handlers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas at ideasonboard.com>

I only have code reduction or comment suggestions below - so either with or
without those changes, feel free to add my:

Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas at ideasonboard.com>

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h |  4 +--
>  drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c  |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c
> index 6b5219ef0ad2..76cdb88b2b8e 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c
> @@ -448,14 +448,8 @@ static void rcar_du_crtc_wait_page_flip(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
>   * Start/Stop and Suspend/Resume
>   */
>  
> -static void rcar_du_crtc_start(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
> +static void rcar_du_crtc_setup(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
>  {
> -	struct drm_crtc *crtc = &rcrtc->crtc;
> -	bool interlaced;
> -
> -	if (rcrtc->started)
> -		return;
> -
>  	/* Set display off and background to black */
>  	rcar_du_crtc_write(rcrtc, DOOR, DOOR_RGB(0, 0, 0));
>  	rcar_du_crtc_write(rcrtc, BPOR, BPOR_RGB(0, 0, 0));
> @@ -467,6 +461,18 @@ static void rcar_du_crtc_start(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
>  	/* Start with all planes disabled. */
>  	rcar_du_group_write(rcrtc->group, rcrtc->index % 2 ? DS2PR : DS1PR, 0);
>  
> +	/* Enable the VSP compositor. */
> +	if (rcar_du_has(rcrtc->group->dev, RCAR_DU_FEATURE_VSP1_SOURCE))
> +		rcar_du_vsp_enable(rcrtc);
> +
> +	/* Turn vertical blanking interrupt reporting on. */
> +	drm_crtc_vblank_on(&rcrtc->crtc);
> +}
> +
> +static void rcar_du_crtc_start(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
> +{
> +	bool interlaced;
> +
>  	/* Select master sync mode. This enables display operation in master

Are we close enough here to fix this multiline comment style ?
(Not worth doing unless the patch is respun for other reasons ...)

Actually - there are a lot in this file, so it would be better to do them all in
one hit/patch at a point of least conflicts ...


>  	 * sync mode (with the HSYNC and VSYNC signals configured as outputs and
>  	 * actively driven).
> @@ -477,24 +483,12 @@ static void rcar_du_crtc_start(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
>  			     DSYSR_TVM_MASTER);
>  
>  	rcar_du_group_start_stop(rcrtc->group, true);
> -
> -	/* Enable the VSP compositor. */
> -	if (rcar_du_has(rcrtc->group->dev, RCAR_DU_FEATURE_VSP1_SOURCE))
> -		rcar_du_vsp_enable(rcrtc);
> -
> -	/* Turn vertical blanking interrupt reporting back on. */
> -	drm_crtc_vblank_on(crtc);
> -
> -	rcrtc->started = true;
>  }
>  
>  static void rcar_du_crtc_stop(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
>  {
>  	struct drm_crtc *crtc = &rcrtc->crtc;
>  
> -	if (!rcrtc->started)
> -		return;
> -
>  	/* Disable all planes and wait for the change to take effect. This is
>  	 * required as the DSnPR registers are updated on vblank, and no vblank
>  	 * will occur once the CRTC is stopped. Disabling planes when starting
> @@ -525,8 +519,6 @@ static void rcar_du_crtc_stop(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
>  	rcar_du_crtc_clr_set(rcrtc, DSYSR, DSYSR_TVM_MASK, DSYSR_TVM_SWITCH);
>  
>  	rcar_du_group_start_stop(rcrtc->group, false);
> -
> -	rcrtc->started = false;
>  }
>  
>  void rcar_du_crtc_suspend(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
> @@ -546,12 +538,10 @@ void rcar_du_crtc_resume(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
>  		return;
>  
>  	rcar_du_crtc_get(rcrtc);
> -	rcar_du_crtc_start(rcrtc);
> +	rcar_du_crtc_setup(rcrtc);

Every call to _setup is immediately prefixed by a call to _get()

Could the _get() be done in the _setup() for code reduction?

I'm entirely open to that not happening here as it might be preferred to keep
the _get() and _start() separate for style purposes.

>  
>  	/* Commit the planes state. */
> -	if (rcar_du_has(rcrtc->group->dev, RCAR_DU_FEATURE_VSP1_SOURCE)) {
> -		rcar_du_vsp_enable(rcrtc);
> -	} else {
> +	if (!rcar_du_has(rcrtc->group->dev, RCAR_DU_FEATURE_VSP1_SOURCE)) {
>  		for (i = 0; i < rcrtc->group->num_planes; ++i) {
>  			struct rcar_du_plane *plane = &rcrtc->group->planes[i];
>  
> @@ -563,6 +553,7 @@ void rcar_du_crtc_resume(struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc)
>  	}
>  
>  	rcar_du_crtc_update_planes(rcrtc);
> +	rcar_du_crtc_start(rcrtc);
>  }
>  
>  /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> @@ -574,7 +565,16 @@ static void rcar_du_crtc_atomic_enable(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
>  {
>  	struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc = to_rcar_crtc(crtc);
>  
> -	rcar_du_crtc_get(rcrtc);
> +	/*
> +	 * If the CRTC has already been setup by the .atomic_begin() handler we
> +	 * can skip the setup stage.
> +	 */
> +	if (!rcrtc->initialized) {
> +		rcar_du_crtc_get(rcrtc);
> +		rcar_du_crtc_setup(rcrtc);
> +		rcrtc->initialized = true;
> +	}
> +
>  	rcar_du_crtc_start(rcrtc);
>  }
>  
> @@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ static void rcar_du_crtc_atomic_disable(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
>  	}
>  	spin_unlock_irq(&crtc->dev->event_lock);
>  
> +	rcrtc->initialized = false;
>  	rcrtc->outputs = 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -601,6 +602,19 @@ static void rcar_du_crtc_atomic_begin(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
>  {
>  	struct rcar_du_crtc *rcrtc = to_rcar_crtc(crtc);
>  
> +	WARN_ON(!crtc->state->enable);

Is this necessary if it's handled by the rcrtc->initialized flag? or is it so
that we find out if it happens ?

(Or is this due to the re-ordering of the _commit_tail() function below?)


> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If a mode set is in progress we can be called with the CRTC disabled.
> +	 * We then need to first setup the CRTC in order to configure planes.
> +	 * The .atomic_enable() handler will notice and skip the CRTC setup.
> +	 */

I'm assuming this comment is the reason for the WARN_ON above ...


> +	if (!rcrtc->initialized) {
> +		rcar_du_crtc_get(rcrtc);
> +		rcar_du_crtc_setup(rcrtc);
> +		rcrtc->initialized = true;
> +	}


If the _get() was moved into the _setup(), and _setup() was protected by the
rcrtc->initialized flag, then _atomic_begin() _enable() and _resume() could all
just simply call _setup(). The _resume() should only ever be called with
rcrtc->initialized = false anyway, as that is set in _suspend()

> +
>  	if (rcar_du_has(rcrtc->group->dev, RCAR_DU_FEATURE_VSP1_SOURCE))
>  		rcar_du_vsp_atomic_begin(rcrtc);
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h
> index 0b6d26ecfc38..3cc376826592 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.h
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct rcar_du_vsp;
>   * @extclock: external pixel dot clock (optional)
>   * @mmio_offset: offset of the CRTC registers in the DU MMIO block
>   * @index: CRTC software and hardware index
> - * @started: whether the CRTC has been started and is running
> + * @initialized: whether the CRTC has been initialized and clocks enabled
>   * @event: event to post when the pending page flip completes
>   * @flip_wait: wait queue used to signal page flip completion
>   * @outputs: bitmask of the outputs (enum rcar_du_output) driven by this CRTC
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct rcar_du_crtc {
>  	struct clk *extclock;
>  	unsigned int mmio_offset;
>  	unsigned int index;
> -	bool started;
> +	bool initialized;
>  
>  	struct drm_pending_vblank_event *event;
>  	wait_queue_head_t flip_wait;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c
> index 82b978a5dae6..c2f382feca07 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c
> @@ -255,9 +255,9 @@ static void rcar_du_atomic_commit_tail(struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
>  
>  	/* Apply the atomic update. */
>  	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_disables(dev, old_state);
> -	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(dev, old_state);
>  	drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes(dev, old_state,
>  					DRM_PLANE_COMMIT_ACTIVE_ONLY);

Except for DRM_PLANE_COMMIT_ACTIVE_ONLY, this function now looks very much like
the default drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail() code.

Reading around other uses /variants of commit_tail() style functions in other
drivers has left me confused as to how the ordering affects things here.

Could be worth adding a comment at least to describe why we can't use the
default helper...


> +	drm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(dev, old_state);
>  >  	drm_atomic_helper_commit_hw_done(old_state);
>  	drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(dev, old_state);
> 


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