[PATCH v2 0/6] drm/vc4: kms: Misc fixes for HVS commits

Maxime Ripard maxime at cerno.tech
Fri Nov 26 15:45:32 UTC 2021


On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 06:24:34PM +0800, Jian-Hong Pan wrote:
> Maxime Ripard <maxime at cerno.tech> 於 2021年11月18日 週四 下午6:40寫道:
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 02:42:58PM +0800, Jian-Hong Pan wrote:
> > > Maxime Ripard <maxime at cerno.tech> 於 2021年11月17日 週三 下午5:45寫道:
> > > > The conversion to DRM commit helpers (f3c420fe19f8, "drm/vc4: kms: Convert to
> > > > atomic helpers") introduced a number of issues in corner cases, most of them
> > > > showing themselves in the form of either a vblank timeout or use-after-free
> > > > error.
> > > >
> > > > These patches should fix most of them, some of them still being debugged.
> > > >
> > > > Maxime
> > > >
> > > > Changes from v1:
> > > >   - Prevent a null pointer dereference
> > > >
> > > > Maxime Ripard (6):
> > > >   drm/vc4: kms: Wait for the commit before increasing our clock rate
> > > >   drm/vc4: kms: Fix return code check
> > > >   drm/vc4: kms: Add missing drm_crtc_commit_put
> > > >   drm/vc4: kms: Clear the HVS FIFO commit pointer once done
> > > >   drm/vc4: kms: Don't duplicate pending commit
> > > >   drm/vc4: kms: Fix previous HVS commit wait
> > > >
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_kms.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++-------------------
> > > >  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > I tested the v2 patches based on latest mainline kernel with RPi 4B.
> > > System can boot up into desktop environment.
> >
> > So the thing that was broken initially isn't anymore?
> 
> No.  It does not appear anymore.
> 
> > > Although it still hit the bug [1], which might be under debugging, I
> > > think these patches LGTM.
> >
> > The vblank timeout stuff is a symptom of various different bugs. Can you
> > share your setup, your config.txt, and what you're doing to trigger it?
> 
> I get the RPi boot firmware files from raspberrypi's repository at tag
> 1.20211029 [1]
> And, make system boots:
> RPi firmware -> U-Boot -> Linux kernel (aarch64) with corresponding DTB
> 
> The config.txt only has:
> enable_uart=1
> arm_64bit=1
> kernel=uboot.bin
> 
> This bug can be reproduced with es2gears command easily.  May need to
> wait it running a while.
> 
> Mesa: 21.2.2
> libdrm: 2.4.107
> xserver/wayland: 1.20.11  Using wayland
> 
> This bug happens with direct boot path as well:
> RPi firmware -> Linux kernel (aarch64) with corresponding DTB
> 
> I tried with Endless OS and Ubuntu's RPi 4B images.
> An easy setup is using Ubuntu 21.10 RPi 4B image [2].  Then, replace
> the kernel & device tree blob and edit the config.txt.

Does it still appear if you raise the core clock in the config.txt file
using: core_freq_min=600 ?

Thanks!
Maxime
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