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

Mika Kahola mika.kahola at intel.com
Wed Sep 27 12:23:32 UTC 2017


On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 12:55 -0700, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 06:19:12PM +0000, Manasi Navare wrote:
> > 
> > The patch looks good for eDP link training optimizations.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Manasi Navare <manasi.d.navare at intel.com>
> I haven't merged this patch yet because I'd like an Ack from Jani.
> 
> Also I'd like to hear from Mika if he believes it is safe or not.
> 
> On his revert commit he wrote:
> "It has been found out that in some HW combination the DisplayPort
>  fast link training feature caused screen flickering. Let's revert
>  this feature for now until we can ensure that the feature works for
>  all platforms."
At the time of this revert there were quite a few bug reports of
flickering. The community felt that this "fast link training" was to
blame for flickering issues and therefore we decided to revert that.
However, it turned out later on that this revert didn't solve the
flickering issues. Flickering was gone once watermark work landed.

Therefore, I feel that this feature is safe to re-enable.

> 
> I don't want to merge this patch to fix a feature that is disabled
> by default with the risk of bringing flickerings back.
> 
> But even if we decide to go ahead and merge I believe we need to
> resend the test and collect a full round of CI that now runs
> all IGT tests.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rodrigo.
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 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_DISABL
> > > E)) {
> > >  		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;
-- 
Mika Kahola - Intel OTC



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