[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v2] drm/i915/fbc: FBC causes display flicker when VT-d is enabled on Skylake

[Jani Nikula]

On Wed, 03 Aug 2016, Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> Erratum SKL075: Display Flicker May Occur When Both VT-d And FBC Are Enabled
>
> "Display flickering may occur when both FBC (Frame Buffer Compression)
> and VT - d (Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O) are enabled
> and in use by the display controller."
>
> Ville found the w/a name in the database:
> WaFbcTurnOffFbcWhenHyperVisorIsUsed:skl
>
> v2: Log when the quirk is applied.
> v3: Ensure i915.enable_fbc is false when !HAS_FBC()
> v4: Fix function name after rebase
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni at intel.com>
> Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org

?

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbc.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbc.c
> index 8147eb9e8475..b673c7c54a46 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbc.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fbc.c
> @@ -1229,12 +1229,28 @@ static int intel_sanitize_fbc_option(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
>  	if (i915.enable_fbc >= 0)
>  		return !!i915.enable_fbc;
>  
> +	if (!HAS_FBC(dev_priv))
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	if (IS_BROADWELL(dev_priv))
>  		return 1;
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static bool need_fbc_wa(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU
> +	/* WaFbcTurnOffFbcWhenHyperVisorIsUsed:skl */
> +	if (intel_iommu_gfx_mapped && IS_SKYLAKE(dev_priv)) {
> +		DRM_INFO("Disabling framebuffer compression (FBC) to prevent screen flicker with VT-d enabled\n");
> +		return true;
> +	}
> +#endif
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * intel_fbc_init - Initialize FBC
>   * @dev_priv: the i915 device
> @@ -1252,6 +1268,9 @@ void intel_fbc_init(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
>  	fbc->active = false;
>  	fbc->work.scheduled = false;
>  
> +	if (need_fbc_wa(dev_priv))
> +		mkwrite_device_info(dev_priv)->has_fbc = false;
> +
>  	i915.enable_fbc = intel_sanitize_fbc_option(dev_priv);
>  	DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Sanitized enable_fbc value: %d\n", i915.enable_fbc);

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center