[Intel-gfx] [DMC_BUGFIX_SKL_V2 1/5] drm/i915/skl: Added a check for the hardware status of csr fw before loading.

Rafael J. Wysocki rafael.j.wysocki at intel.com
Mon Sep 28 16:54:53 PDT 2015


On 9/28/2015 8:52 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:49:36PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> On 9/23/2015 7:17 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>>> acpi_target_system_state() seems to be almost the thing we're looking
>>> for, except that it's only valid in the suspend callbacks since it
>>> gets reset to ACPI_STATE_S0 when resuming. So probably we want
>>> something else ...
>> Right.
>>
>> The idea is to add a way for drivers to check if
>> (a) suspend is going to enter the BIOS
>> (b) resume has been triggered by the BIOS
>> and that's really what drivers need to know.
>>
>> For suspend-to-idle those two will return false and for S3 they'll return
>> true.
>>
>> Would that help?
> Not sure that matches exaxtly what we'd need here ... Essentially we need
> to know whether we've been in S3/S4 (firmware has been eaten) or in one of
> the higher suspend-to-idle/standby states (firmware still alive, don't
> disturb it). Additional fun that just crossed my mind is that if the
> suspend-to-mem is aborted (some other driver failed) then that function
> should _not_ indicate that we've been in S3. So maybe something like

So it really looks like the interface I was talking about would be suitable:

pm_suspend_via_firmware() == true -> firmware is going to be eaten (use 
that during suspend if needed)
pm_resume_via_firmware() == true -> firmware was eaten

The latter will only return 'true' if we really have entered the BIOS 
(platform firmware).

> acpi_source_system_state() which usually is S0 and only when acpi
> successfully went into the suspend state in platform_suspend_ops->enter it
> gets set to the value of acpi_target_system_state. And then reset once the
> resume has completed. I think that would be what we'd want here.

We need to new functions like the above, because some things already 
depend on acpi_target_system_state working the way it does currently.

I see no reason to make that ACPI-specific, though, in principle.

> Anyway I'll pull in Animesh series meanwhile, amended with a FIXME comment.

Fine by me.

Thanks,
Rafael


>>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 6:28 PM, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
>>>> Actually add Rafael this time around ...
>>>> -Daniel
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Daniel Vetter <daniel at ffwll.ch> wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 12:53:21AM +0530, Animesh Manna wrote:
>>>>>>> On 9/14/2015 1:16 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:36:24AM +0530, Animesh Manna wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 9/10/2015 8:15 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 01:58:54AM +0530, Animesh Manna wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/2/2015 2:24 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 07:40:54PM +0530, Animesh Manna wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/26/2015 6:40 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 01:36:05AM +0530, Animesh Manna wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dmc will restore the csr program except DC9, cold boot,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> warm reset, PCI function level reset, and hibernate/suspend.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> intel_csr_load_program() function is used to load the firmware
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> data from kernel memory to csr address space.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All values of csr address space will be zero if it got reset and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the first byte of csr program is always a non-zero if firmware
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is loaded successfuly. Based on hardware status will load the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> firmware.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Without this condition check if we overwrite the firmware data the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> counters exposed for dc5/dc6 (help for debugging) will be nullified.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bacause of the above reason mentioned just above we need to block firmware loading again.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So only WARN_ON will not help.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> v1: Initial version.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> v2: Based on review comments from Daniel,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Added a check to know hardware status and load the firmware if not loaded.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at intel.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Damien Lespiau <damien.lespiau at intel.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Imre Deak <imre.deak at intel.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: Sunil Kamath <sunil.kamath at intel.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Animesh Manna <animesh.manna at intel.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Vathsala Nagaraju <vathsala.nagaraju at intel.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c | 9 +++++++++
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> index ba1ae03..682cc26 100644
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_csr.c
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -252,6 +252,15 @@ void intel_csr_load_program(struct drm_device *dev)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>               return;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       }
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +     /*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +      * Dmc will restore the csr the program except DC9, cold boot,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +      * warm reset, PCI function level reset, and hibernate/suspend.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +      * This condition will help to check if csr address space is reset/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +      * not loaded.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +      */
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Atm we call this from driver load and resume, which doesn seem to cover
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all the cases you mention in the comment. Should this be a WARN_ON
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> instead? Or do we have troubles in our init sequence where we load too
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> many times?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, the above statement taken from bspec to describe about the special cases dmc will not restore the firmware.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Agree, In our cases cold boot and hibernate/suspend mainly we need to load the firmware again, so in my
>>>>>>>>>>>>> second sentence I wanted to comment mainly regarding this condition check added for suspend-hibernate(reset)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and cold boot(not loaded).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyways the same api later can be used to load the firmware from anywhere, so my intention to check firmware loaded or not.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If already loaded then not to overwrite the csr address space to maintain the dc5/dc6 counter value.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can the below comment more clear to you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>         /*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>          * Dmc will restore the csr the program except DC9, cold boot,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>          * warm reset, PCI function level reset, and hibernate/suspend.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>          * If firmware is restored by dmc then no need to load again which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>          * will keep the dc5/dc6 counter exposed by firmware.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>          */
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No issue in init sequence.
>>>>>>>>>>>> That seems to still cover all the callers of the function afaics - we do
>>>>>>>>>>>> pci resets over suspend resume unconditionally. So I still don't
>>>>>>>>>>>> understand where exactly we try to load the dmc firmware in i915.ko when
>>>>>>>>>>>> it's already loaded.
>>>>>>>>>>> During resume intel_csr_load_program() will be called from
>>>>>>>>>>> intel_runtime_resume().
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> intel_runtime_resume()-> skl_resume_prepare()-> intel_csr_load_program()
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> During Pc10 entry testing I can see dmc is restoring back the firmware always,
>>>>>>>>>>> but as you mentioned pci-reset can happen unconditionally, but still then
>>>>>>>>>>> also during resume intel_runtime_resume() will be called and based on
>>>>>>>>>>> register read of csr-base-address firmware loading will happen.
>>>>>>>>>> But in your comment you're saying it won't get restored in case of dc9 and
>>>>>>>>>> suspend. So that seems to mismatch what you're saying here (and what the
>>>>>>>>>> commit message says) and what the code does. And this function here is
>>>>>>>>>> called for resume after suspend/hibernate only.
>>>>>>>>> pc10 entry explanation I told is for skylake. dc9 in skylake is not possible.
>>>>>>>>> I think you are confusing between dc6 and dc9. Pc10 can be achieved by
>>>>>>>>> entering into dc6 (not dc9) for skylake. dc9 is the lowest possible state
>>>>>>>>> for broxton which is not present for skylake.
>>>>>>>> I have no idea at all about different pc levels on skl. What I'm talking
>>>>>>>> about is system suspend/resume and driver load, which are the places this
>>>>>>>> function gets called. At least afaics.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here intel_csr_load_program() will be used for both skylake and broxton, and instruction
>>>>>>>>> execution flow will be different in case of suspend/resume which I think is confusing
>>>>>>>>> you.
>>>>>>>> That seems like really important information. What's different on bxt?
>>>>>>>> These are the kind of details you should explain in the commit message ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am ready explain you in detail. It will be good if we discuss specific use-case scenario
>>>>>>>>> and itz software design for specific platform. Another point - as dmc related code for
>>>>>>>>> broxton is not merged better first we close design for skylake. Now, I have added dc9
>>>>>>>>> description in comment thinking of future. If you want I can remove for now and later
>>>>>>>>> can add in bxt patch series for enabling dmc. Will wait for your reply.
>>>>>>>> This question here isn't about the overall design and how to handle power
>>>>>>>> wells in skl/bxt. That's a separate discussion and tracked somewhere else.
>>>>>>>> I'm really just confused about when exactly we need to reload to firmware,
>>>>>>>> and why we need a runtime check for that. Normally we should know when to
>>>>>>>> reload the firmware and just either reload or not, without checking hw
>>>>>>>> state. And I don't like checking for hw state since at least in the past
>>>>>>>> that kind of code ended up being fragile - it's an illusion that it does
>>>>>>>> the right thing no matter what, since often there's other tricky ordering
>>>>>>>> constraints. And if you have automatic duct-tape like then no one will
>>>>>>>> ever spot those other, harder to spot issues, until an expensive customer
>>>>>>>> escalation happens.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So what I want to know here is:
>>>>>>>> - When exactly do we need to reload dmc firmware.
>>>>>>> In skl, during driver load first time we load the firmware, during normal
>>>>>>> suspend-resume (dc6 entry/exit)
>>>>>>> no need to reload the firmware again as dmc will take care of it. But during
>>>>>>> suspend/hibernation
>>>>>>> dmc will not restore the firmware. In that case driver need to reload it
>>>>>>> again. I do not know
>>>>>>> how to differentiate pm-suspend and suspend-hibernation and thought both the
>>>>>>> cases
>>>>>>> intel_runtime_resume() will be called where we can check the h/w state and
>>>>>>> reload the
>>>>>>> firmware if dmc is not restored.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In bxt, during driver load first time we load the firmware, during normal
>>>>>>> suspend-resume
>>>>>>> display engine will enter into dc9 and dmc will not restore the firmware. So
>>>>>>> every
>>>>>>> suspend-resume we need to reload the firmware.
>>>>>>>> - What exactly is the reason why we can't make that decision statically in
>>>>>>>>    the code (by calling csr_load at the right spots).
>>>>>>> As I mentioned before in case of skylake can we differentiate between
>>>>>>> "resume from pm-suspend" with "resume from suspend-hibernation" inside
>>>>>>> driver?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In case of broxton, every time we need to reload, so we can decide
>>>>>>> statically.
>>>>>> Of course we can differentiate between all the different resume paths, and
>>>>>> we also have a per-platform split to take care of bxt vs. skl. And there
>>>>>> are actually 3 different resume paths:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - runtime PM resume. This calls the runtime_resume hook. It sounds like on
>>>>>>    skl we should _not_ load the csr firmware, but on bxt we should load it.
>>>>>>    This can be fixed by removing the intel_csr_load_program call from
>>>>>>    skl_resume_prepare.
>>>>>> - resume from hibernate-to-disk (i.e. system completely off, state stored
>>>>>>    on the swap partition) is done by calling the thaw callbacks.
>>>>>> - resume from suspend-to-mem (i.e. system in low-power with only memory
>>>>>>    in self-refresh, all state stored in memory) is done by calling the
>>>>>>    resume callbacks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For i915 we use unified handlers in our dev_pm_ops for both thaw and
>>>>>> resume, but it sounds like that won't be a problem for skl/bxt since we
>>>>>> need to reload the csr firmware in all cases. Although I'm not perfectly
>>>>>> sure since you don't explain what kind of resume you mean exactly (since
>>>>>> you don't use the linux names for them).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway it sounds like we can replace this patch by one where we remove
>>>>>> that errornous csr load call from skl runtime pm resume and that's all.
>>>>>> But I suggest to make sure we get this right we keep the check you're
>>>>>> adding here, but wrap it in a WARN_ON. Then we'll get a backtrace when
>>>>>> this is going wrong again. Like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>          if (WARN_ON(csr_loaded_already()))
>>>>>>                  return;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also when redoing the commits please explain in detail what exactly are
>>>>>> the requirements like you've done above, but please use the standard linux
>>>>>> names, i.e. "runtime PM" and "hibernate-to-disk" and "suspend-to-mem".
>>>>> Ok hooray there's more suspend-to-something things I've totally missed:
>>>>> - suspend-to-idle (done by cat freeze > /sys/power/state) and
>>>>> - suspend (done by cat suspend > /sys/power/state)
>>>>>
>>>>> And apparently there's really no way to drivers to tell them apart.
>>>>> Rafael, is there really no way for drivers to take different paths for
>>>>> these 3 suspend cases? I tried grepping for PM_SUSPEND_ON/STANDY/MEM
>>>>> and didn't spot anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also we're completely missing test coverage for that in igt. That is
>>>>> something that needs to be fixed asap (yet another case of
>>>>> combinatorial explosion in igt tests, yay). And at least one of those
>>>>> suspend-to-idle testcase better be in the BAT.
>>>>> -Daniel
>>>>> --
>>>>> Daniel Vetter
>>>>> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
>>>>> +41 (0) 79 365 57 48 - http://blog.ffwll.ch
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Daniel Vetter
>>>> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
>>>> +41 (0) 79 365 57 48 - http://blog.ffwll.ch
>>>



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