[PATCH 01/19] drm/i915/lnl+/tc: Fix handling of an enabled/disconnected dp-alt sink

Jani Nikula jani.nikula at linux.intel.com
Thu Aug 7 12:19:17 UTC 2025


On Thu, 07 Aug 2025, Imre Deak <imre.deak at intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2025 at 01:59:21PM +0300, Luca Coelho wrote:
>> On Tue, 2025-08-05 at 10:36 +0300, Imre Deak wrote:
>> > The TypeC PHY HW readout during driver loading and system resume
>> > determines which TypeC mode the PHY is in (legacy/DP-alt/TBT-alt) and
>> > whether the PHY is connected, based on the PHY's Owned and Ready flags.
>> > For the PHY to be in DP-alt or legacy mode and for the PHY to be in the
>> > connected state in these modes, both the Owned (set by the BIOS/driver)
>> > and the Ready (set by the HW) flags should be set.
>> > 
>> > On ICL-MTL the HW kept the PHY's Ready flag set after the driver
>> > connected the PHY by acquiring the PHY ownership (by setting the Owned
>> > flag), until the driver disconnected the PHY by releasing the PHY
>> > ownership (by clearing the Owned flag). On LNL+ this has changed, in
>> > that the HW clears the Ready flag as soon as the sink gets disconnected,
>> > even if the PHY ownership was acquired already and hence the PHY is
>> > being used by the display.
>> > 
>> > When inheriting the HW state from BIOS for a PHY connected in DP-alt
>> > mode on which the sink got disconnected - i.e. in a case where the sink
>> > was connected while BIOS/GOP was running and so the sink got enabled
>> > connecting the PHY, but the user disconnected the sink by the time the
>> > driver loaded - the PHY Owned but not Ready state must be accounted for
>> > on LNL+ according to the above. Do that by assuming on LNL+ that the PHY
>> > is connected in DP-alt mode whenever the PHY Owned flag is set,
>> > regardless of the PHY Ready flag.
>> > 
>> > This fixes a problem on LNL+, where the PHY TypeC mode / connected state
>> > was detected incorrectly for a DP-alt sink, which got connected and then
>> > disconnected by the user in the above way.
>> > 
>> > Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v6.8+
>> > Reported-by: Charlton Lin <charlton.lin at intel.com>
>> > Tested-by: Khaled Almahallawy <khaled.almahallawy at intel.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Imre Deak <imre.deak at intel.com>
>> > ---
>> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_tc.c | 16 ++++++++++------
>> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>> > 
>> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_tc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_tc.c
>> > index 3bc57579fe53e..73a08bd84a70a 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_tc.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_tc.c
>> > @@ -1226,14 +1226,18 @@ static void tc_phy_get_hw_state(struct intel_tc_port *tc)
>> >  	tc->phy_ops->get_hw_state(tc);
>> >  }
>> >  
>> > -static bool tc_phy_is_ready_and_owned(struct intel_tc_port *tc,
>> > -				      bool phy_is_ready, bool phy_is_owned)
>> > +static bool tc_phy_in_legacy_or_dp_alt_mode(struct intel_tc_port *tc,
>> > +					    bool phy_is_ready, bool phy_is_owned)
>> 
>> Personally I don't like the "or" in the function name.  You're
>> returning a boolean which is true or false.  The return value is akin
>> to answering "Yes/No" to the question "Is it black or white".
>
> The question the function is meant to answer is "Is the PHY in legacy or
> DP-alt mode?". The return value is true (yes) if the PHY is in either
> legacy or DP-alt mode, false (no) if the PHY is neither in legacy or
> DP-alt mode. There are many other uses of "or" in function names in this
> sense, so not sure how else I'd name this one. Simply leaving out "or"
> would make it less clear that the legacy and DP-alt modes are two
> separate modes.

What's the opposite of "Is the PHY in legacy or DP-alt mode"?

Would that lead to a simpler name, with the reversed return value?

BR,
Jani.



>
>> This is a nitpick, obviously, so I'll leave it up to you.
>> 
>> Regardless:
>> 
>> Reviewed-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho at intel.com>
>> 
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Luca.
>> 
>> >  {
>> >  	struct intel_display *display = to_intel_display(tc->dig_port);
>> >  
>> > -	drm_WARN_ON(display->drm, phy_is_owned && !phy_is_ready);
>> > +	if (DISPLAY_VER(display) < 20) {
>> > +		drm_WARN_ON(display->drm, phy_is_owned && !phy_is_ready);
>> >  
>> > -	return phy_is_ready && phy_is_owned;
>> > +		return phy_is_ready && phy_is_owned;
>> > +	} else {
>> > +		return phy_is_owned;
>> > +	}
>> >  }
>> >  
>> >  static bool tc_phy_is_connected(struct intel_tc_port *tc,
>> > @@ -1244,7 +1248,7 @@ static bool tc_phy_is_connected(struct intel_tc_port *tc,
>> >  	bool phy_is_owned = tc_phy_is_owned(tc);
>> >  	bool is_connected;
>> >  
>> > -	if (tc_phy_is_ready_and_owned(tc, phy_is_ready, phy_is_owned))
>> > +	if (tc_phy_in_legacy_or_dp_alt_mode(tc, phy_is_ready, phy_is_owned))
>> >  		is_connected = port_pll_type == ICL_PORT_DPLL_MG_PHY;
>> >  	else
>> >  		is_connected = port_pll_type == ICL_PORT_DPLL_DEFAULT;
>> > @@ -1352,7 +1356,7 @@ tc_phy_get_current_mode(struct intel_tc_port *tc)
>> >  	phy_is_ready = tc_phy_is_ready(tc);
>> >  	phy_is_owned = tc_phy_is_owned(tc);
>> >  
>> > -	if (!tc_phy_is_ready_and_owned(tc, phy_is_ready, phy_is_owned)) {
>> > +	if (!tc_phy_in_legacy_or_dp_alt_mode(tc, phy_is_ready, phy_is_owned)) {
>> >  		mode = get_tc_mode_in_phy_not_owned_state(tc, live_mode);
>> >  	} else {
>> >  		drm_WARN_ON(display->drm, live_mode == TC_PORT_TBT_ALT);

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel


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