[PATCH v8 00/10] vgaarb: Rework default VGA device selection

Huacai Chen chenhuacai at gmail.com
Sat Jan 8 03:26:44 UTC 2022


For the whole series:
Tested-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai at loongson.cn>

On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 12:30 AM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> [+to Maarten, Maxime, Thomas: sorry, I forgot to use
> get_maintainer.pl so I missed you the first time.  Beginning of thread:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220106000658.243509-1-helgaas@kernel.org/#t
> Git branch with this v8 + a couple trivial renames, based on v5.16-rc1:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/helgaas/pci.git/log/?h=0f4caffa1297]
>
> On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 06:06:48PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas at google.com>
> >
> > Current default VGA device selection fails in some cases because part of it
> > is done in the vga_arb_device_init() subsys_initcall, and some arches
> > enumerate PCI devices in pcibios_init(), which runs *after* that.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> >   - On BMC system, the AST2500 bridge [1a03:1150] does not implement
> >     PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_VGA.  This is perfectly legal but means the legacy VGA
> >     resources won't reach downstream devices unless they're included in the
> >     usual bridge windows.
> >
> >   - vga_arb_select_default_device() will set a device below such a bridge
> >     as the default VGA device as long as it has PCI_COMMAND_IO and
> >     PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY enabled.
> >
> >   - vga_arbiter_add_pci_device() is called for every VGA device, either at
> >     boot-time or at hot-add time, and it will also set the device as the
> >     default VGA device, but ONLY if all bridges leading to it implement
> >     PCI_BRIDGE_CTL_VGA.
> >
> >   - This difference between vga_arb_select_default_device() and
> >     vga_arbiter_add_pci_device() means that a device below an AST2500 or
> >     similar bridge can only be set as the default if it is enumerated
> >     before vga_arb_device_init().
> >
> >   - On ACPI-based systems, PCI devices are enumerated by acpi_init(), which
> >     runs before vga_arb_device_init().
> >
> >   - On non-ACPI systems, like on MIPS system, they are enumerated by
> >     pcibios_init(), which typically runs *after* vga_arb_device_init().
> >
> > This series consolidates all the default VGA device selection in
> > vga_arbiter_add_pci_device(), which is always called after enumerating a
> > PCI device.
> >
> > Almost all the work here is Huacai's.  I restructured it a little bit and
> > added a few trivial patches on top.
> >
> > I'd like to move vgaarb.c to drivers/pci eventually, but there's another
> > initcall ordering snag that needs to be resolved first, so this leaves
> > it where it is.
> >
> > Bjorn
> >
> > Version history:
> > V0 original implementation as final quirk to set default device.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210514080025.1828197-6-chenhuacai@loongson.cn
> >
> > V1 rework vgaarb to do all default device selection in
> > vga_arbiter_add_pci_device().
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210705100503.1120643-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn
> >
> > V2 move arbiter to PCI subsystem, fix nits.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210722212920.347118-1-helgaas@kernel.org
> >
> > V3 rewrite the commit log of the last patch (which is also summarized
> > by Bjorn).
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210820100832.663931-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn
> >
> > V4 split the last patch to two steps.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210827083129.2781420-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn
> >
> > V5 split Patch-9 again and sort the patches.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210911093056.1555274-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn
> >
> > V6 split Patch-5 again and sort the patches again.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210916082941.3421838-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn
> >
> > V7 stop moving vgaarb to drivers/pci because of ordering issues with
> > misc_init().
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211015061512.2941859-1-chenhuacai@loongson.cn
> > https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAAhV-H7FhAjM-Ha42Z1dLrE4PvC9frfyeU27KHWcyWKkMftEsA@mail.gmail.com
> >
> >
> > Bjorn Helgaas (8):
> >   vgaarb: Factor out vga_select_framebuffer_device()
> >   vgaarb: Factor out default VGA device selection
> >   vgaarb: Move framebuffer detection to ADD_DEVICE path
> >   vgaarb: Move non-legacy VGA detection to ADD_DEVICE path
> >   vgaarb: Move disabled VGA device detection to ADD_DEVICE path
> >   vgaarb: Remove empty vga_arb_device_card_gone()
> >   vgaarb: Use unsigned format string to print lock counts
> >   vgaarb: Replace full MIT license text with SPDX identifier
> >
> > Huacai Chen (2):
> >   vgaarb: Move vga_arb_integrated_gpu() earlier in file
> >   vgaarb: Log bridge control messages when adding devices
> >
> >  drivers/gpu/vga/vgaarb.c | 311 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> >  1 file changed, 154 insertions(+), 157 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
> >


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