[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] drm/i915/tgl/psr: Fix glitches when doing frontbuffer modifications

[Mun, Gwan-gyeong]

On Thu, 2020-10-22 at 12:43 +0000, Mun, Gwan-gyeong wrote:
> 1. While testing the problematic scenario, it has not always shown
> the
> IOMMU DAMR related below errors on the drm-tip. 
>    (sometimes the error messages raised, but some times it has not
> happened on the same kernel and scenario.
>   
> DMAR: DRHD: handling fault status reg 2
> DMAR: [DMA Read] Request device [00:02.0] PASID 0xffffffff fault addr
> 0xfc001000 [fault reason 06] PTE Read access is not set
> DMAR: DRHD: handling fault status reg 3
> DMAR: [DMA Read] Request device [00:02.0] PASID 0xffffffff fault addr
> 0xfc000000 [fault reason 06] PTE Read access is not set
> 
> 2  After applying this patch the screen glitch issues have been
> remarkably alleviated.
>   - Eventhough there infrequently showed the screen glitch issues.
>   - But I agree to apply this patch as a workaround by adding the
> explanation below.
>  
> 3. The dc state and PSR enable/disable scenarios has been changed by
> this patch.
>       
> (1)Before applying patch
>   enable psr 
>     -> (front buffer updates) 
>         -> intel_psr_flush 
>                   ^   -> psr_force_hw_tracking_exit()
>                   |                   : write CURSURFLIVE 
>                   |                          |
>                   |  (front buffer updates)  |
>                   +--------------------------+
> 
>     PSR enabled -------------------------------------- -->
>    ( DC state controlled by DMC firmware)
>                                    
> 
>  (2) After applying patch
>   enable psr 
>    ^  -> (front buffer updates) 
>    |       -> intel_psr_flush
>    |          -> psr_force_hw_tracking_exit()
>    |               : call intel_psr_exit()
>    |                                 -> disable psr
>    |                                         |
>    |                                         |
>    +-----------------------------------------+
> 
> PSR enabled ---------------------------> PSR disabled
>   ^                                          |
>   |                                          |
>   +------------------------------------------+
>    ( DC state controlled by DMC firmware)
> 
> the repeating of enabling and disabling of PSR by the rapid screen
> updates prevents entering of low power dc states.
> Infereing from this scenario, it indirectly touches DC state and it
> alleviates the issue.
> 
with the previous comments,
Tested-by: Gwan-gyeong Mun <gwan-gyeong.mun at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Gwan-gyeong Mun <gwan-gyeong.mun at intel.com>
> 
> On Fri, 2020-10-02 at 16:16 -0700, José Roberto de Souza wrote:
> > Writes to CURSURFLIVE in TGL are causing IOMMU errors and visual
> > glitches that are often reproduced when executing CPU intensive
> > workloads while a eDP 4K panel is attached.
> > 
> > Manually exiting PSR causes the frontbuffer to be updated without
> > glitches and the IOMMU errors are also gone but this comes at the
> > cost
> > of less time with PSR active.
> > 
> > So using this workaround until this issue is root caused and a
> > better
> > fix is found.
> > 
> > The current code is already ready to enable PSR after this exit if
> > there is not other frontbuffer modifications.
> > 
> > Adding a new if block in psr_force_hw_tracking_exit() instead of
> > reuse
> > the else/gen8- block because the plan is to revert this workaround
> > as soon as a better solution is found.
> > 
> > Cc: Gwan-gyeong Mun <gwan-gyeong.mun at intel.com>
> > Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala at linux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: José Roberto de Souza <jose.souza at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_psr.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_psr.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_psr.c
> > index 8a9d0bdde1bf..8630121dbbbe 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_psr.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_psr.c
> > @@ -1152,7 +1152,21 @@ void intel_psr_disable(struct intel_dp
> > *intel_dp,
> >  
> >  static void psr_force_hw_tracking_exit(struct drm_i915_private
> > *dev_priv)
> >  {
> > -	if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 9)
> > +	if (IS_TIGERLAKE(dev_priv))
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Writes to CURSURFLIVE in TGL are causing IOMMU
> > errors and
> > +		 * visual glitches that are often reproduced when
> > executing
> > +		 * CPU intensive workloads while a eDP 4K panel is
> > attached.
> > +		 *
> > +		 * Manually exiting PSR causes the frontbuffer to be
> > updated
> > +		 * without glitches and the IOMMU errors are also gone
> > but
> > +		 * this comes at the cost of less time with PSR active.
> > +		 *
> > +		 * So using this workaround until this issue is root
> > caused
> > +		 * and a better fix is found.
> > +		 */
> > +		intel_psr_exit(dev_priv);
> > +	else if (INTEL_GEN(dev_priv) >= 9)
> >  		/*
> >  		 * Display WA #0884: skl+
> >  		 * This documented WA for bxt can be safely applied
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