[PATCH] drm/komeda: Skips the invalid writeback job

Wed Jul 31 11:08:12 UTC 2019

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 06:11:25PM +0800, Lowry Li wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 06:15:46PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 4:44 PM Brian Starkey <Brian.Starkey at arm.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 04:23:56PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 08:13:00AM +0000, Lowry Li (Arm Technology China) wrote:
> > > > > Current DRM-CORE accepts the writeback_job with a empty fb, but that
> > > > > is an invalid job for HW, so need to skip it when commit it to HW.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Lowry Li (Arm Technology China) <lowry.li at arm.com>
> > > >
> > > > Hm, this sounds a bit like an oversight in core writeback code? Not sure
> > > > how this can even happen, setting up a writeback job without an fb sounds
> > > > a bit like a bug to me at least ...
> > > >
> > > > If we don't have a good reason for why other hw needs to accept this, then
> > > > imo this needs to be rejected in shared code. For consistent behaviour
> > > > across all writeback supporting drivers.
> > > > -Daniel
> > >
> > > I think it's only this way to simplify the drm_writeback_set_fb()
> > > implementation in the case where the property is set more than once in
> > > the same commit (to something valid, and then 0).
> > >
> > > The core could indeed handle it - drm_writeback_set_fb() would check
> > > fb. If it's NULL and there's no writeback job, then it can just early
> > > return. If it's NULL and there's already a writeback job then it
> > > should drop the reference on the existing fb and free that job.
> > >
> > > Could lead to the job getting alloc/freed multiple times if userspace
> > > is insane, but meh.
> > 
> > Generally these consistency checks need to be in in the atomic_check
> > phase, not when we set properties. So either somewhere in the helpers,
> > or in drm_atomic_connector_check() if we want it in core, enforced for
> > everyone.
> > -Daniel
> 
> Thanks Daniel and Brian's comments. Agree with it to add the check in
> atomic_check phase. Will send an update patch.
> 
> -Lowry
The new patchset has been committed at:
https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/64493/
Thanks again for the comments and this patch will be droped.

Best regards,
Lowry
> > >
> > > -Brian
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_crtc.c         | 2 +-
> > > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_wb_connector.c | 9 ++++++++-
> > > > >  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_crtc.c
> > > > > index 2fed1f6..372e99a 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_crtc.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_crtc.c
> > > > > @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void komeda_crtc_handle_event(struct komeda_crtc *kcrtc,
> > > > >  komeda_pipeline_update(slave, old->state);
> > > > >
> > > > >  conn_st = wb_conn ? wb_conn->base.base.state : NULL;
> > > > > -if (conn_st && conn_st->writeback_job)
> > > > > +if (conn_st && conn_st->writeback_job && conn_st->writeback_job->fb)
> > > > >  drm_writeback_queue_job(&wb_conn->base, conn_st);
> > > > >
> > > > >  /* step 2: notify the HW to kickoff the update */
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_wb_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_wb_connector.c
> > > > > index 9787745..8e2ef63 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_wb_connector.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_wb_connector.c
> > > > > @@ -52,9 +52,16 @@
> > > > >  struct komeda_data_flow_cfg dflow;
> > > > >  int err;
> > > > >
> > > > > -if (!writeback_job || !writeback_job->fb)
> > > > > +if (!writeback_job)
> > > > >  return 0;
> > > > >
> > > > > +if (!writeback_job->fb) {
> > > > > +if (writeback_job->out_fence)
> > > > > +DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Out fence required on a invalid writeback job.\n");
> > > > > +
> > > > > +return writeback_job->out_fence ? -EINVAL : 0;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > >  if (!crtc_st->active) {
> > > > >  DRM_DEBUG_ATOMIC("Cannot write the composition result out on a inactive CRTC.\n");
> > > > >  return -EINVAL;
> > > > > --
> > > > > 1.9.1
> > > > >
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> Regards,
> Lowry

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Regards,
Lowry