[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v7] drm/i915/edp: Be less aggressive about changing link config on eDP

Fri Sep 15 18:19:12 UTC 2017

The patch looks good for eDP link training optimizations.

Reviewed-by: Manasi Navare <manasi.d.navare at intel.com>

Manasi

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 09:34:46AM -0700, Jim Bride wrote:
> This set of changes has some history to them.  There were several attempts
> to add what was called "fast link training" to i915, which actually wasn't
> fast link training as per the DP spec.  These changes were:
> 
> commit 5fa836a9d859 ("drm/i915: DP link training optimization")
> commit 4e96c97742f4 ("drm/i915: eDP link training optimization")
> 
> which were eventually hand-reverted by:
> 
> commit 34511dce4b35 ("drm/i915: Revert DisplayPort fast link training
>                      feature")
> 
> in kernel 4.7-rc4.  The eDP pieces of the above revert, however, had some
> very bad side-effects on PSR functionality on Skylake. The issue at
> hand is that when PSR exits i915 briefly emits TP1 followed by TP2/3
> (depending on the original link configuration) in order to quickly get
> the source and sink back in synchronization across the link before handing
> control back to the i915.  There's an assumption that none of the link
> configuration information has changed (and thus it's still valid) since the
> last full link training operation.  The revert above was identified via a
> bisect as the cause of some of Skylake's PSR woes.  This patch, largely
> based on commit 4e96c97742f4 ("drm/i915: eDP link training optimization")
> puts the eDP portions of this patch back in place.  None of the flickering
> issues that spurred the revert have been seen, and I suspect the real
> culprits here were addressed by some of the recent link training changes
> that Manasi has implemented, and PSR on Skylake is definitely more happy
> with these changes in-place.
> 
> v2 and v3: Rebase
> v4: * Clean up accesses to train_set_valid a bit for easier
>       reading. (Chris)
>     * Rebase
> v5: * Checkpatch cleanup
>     * Rebase
> v6: * is_edp() => intel_dp_is_edp()
>     * rebase
> v7: * Remove extraneous is_edp() prototype (Rodrigo)
> 
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi at intel.com>
> Cc: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni at intel.com>
> Cc: Manasi D Navare <manasi.d.navare at intel.com>
> Cc: Mika Kahola <mika.kahola at intel.com>
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at intel.com>
> Fixes: 34511dce4 ("drm/i915: Revert DisplayPort fast link training feature")
> Signed-off-by: Jim Bride <jim.bride at linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c               |  2 ++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h              |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> index e385658..38bc7e0 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> @@ -4750,6 +4750,7 @@ intel_dp_long_pulse(struct intel_connector *intel_connector)
>  		intel_dp->max_link_rate = intel_dp_max_common_rate(intel_dp);
>  
>  		intel_dp->reset_link_params = false;
> +		intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
>  	}
>  
>  	intel_dp_print_rates(intel_dp);
> @@ -6019,6 +6020,7 @@ intel_dp_init_connector(struct intel_digital_port *intel_dig_port,
>  	intel_dp_set_source_rates(intel_dp);
>  
>  	intel_dp->reset_link_params = true;
> +	intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
>  	intel_dp->pps_pipe = INVALID_PIPE;
>  	intel_dp->active_pipe = INVALID_PIPE;
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> index 05907fa..79fe369 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ static bool
>  intel_dp_reset_link_train(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
>  			uint8_t dp_train_pat)
>  {
> -	memset(intel_dp->train_set, 0, sizeof(intel_dp->train_set));
> +	if (!intel_dp->train_set_valid)
> +		memset(intel_dp->train_set, 0, sizeof(intel_dp->train_set));
>  	intel_dp_set_signal_levels(intel_dp);
>  	return intel_dp_set_link_train(intel_dp, dp_train_pat);
>  }
> @@ -162,9 +163,18 @@ intel_dp_link_training_clock_recovery(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  				       DP_TRAINING_PATTERN_1 |
>  				       DP_LINK_SCRAMBLING_DISABLE)) {
>  		DRM_ERROR("failed to enable link training\n");
> +		intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
>  		return false;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * The initial set of link parameters are set by this point, so go
> +	 * ahead and set intel_dp->train_set_valid to false in case any of
> +	 * the succeeding steps fail.  It will be set back to true if we were
> +	 * able to achieve clock recovery in the specified configuration.
> +	 */
> +	intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> +
>  	voltage_tries = 1;
>  	max_vswing_tries = 0;
>  	for (;;) {
> @@ -179,6 +189,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_clock_recovery(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  
>  		if (drm_dp_clock_recovery_ok(link_status, intel_dp->lane_count)) {
>  			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("clock recovery OK\n");
> +			intel_dp->train_set_valid = intel_dp_is_edp(intel_dp);
>  			return true;
>  		}
>  
> @@ -256,6 +267,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_channel_equalization(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  				     training_pattern |
>  				     DP_LINK_SCRAMBLING_DISABLE)) {
>  		DRM_ERROR("failed to start channel equalization\n");
> +		intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
>  		return false;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -296,6 +308,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_channel_equalization(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
>  	/* Try 5 times, else fail and try at lower BW */
>  	if (tries == 5) {
>  		intel_dp_dump_link_status(link_status);
> +		intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
>  		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Channel equalization failed 5 times\n");
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> index 2940d39..f4354ec 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> @@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ struct intel_dp {
>  	struct drm_dp_aux aux;
>  	enum intel_display_power_domain aux_power_domain;
>  	uint8_t train_set[4];
> +	bool train_set_valid;
>  	int panel_power_up_delay;
>  	int panel_power_down_delay;
>  	int panel_power_cycle_delay;
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 