[PATCH] drm/i915/display: Optimize panel power-on wait time

Dibin Moolakadan Subrahmanian dibin.moolakadan.subrahmanian at intel.com
Mon Jun 30 12:23:39 UTC 2025


 The current wait_panel_on() uses intel_de_wait() with a long timeout
 (5000ms), which is suboptimal on Xe platforms where the underlying
 xe_mmio_wait32() employs an exponential backoff strategy. This leads
 to unnecessary delays during resume or power-on  when the panel becomes
 ready earlier than the full timeout.

 This patch splits the total wait time into two pases
    - First wait for the typical panel-on time(180ms)
    - If panel is not ready , continue polling in short 20ms intervals
      until the maximum timeout (5000ms) is reached

Signed-off-by: Dibin Moolakadan Subrahmanian <dibin.moolakadan.subrahmanian at intel.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_pps.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_pps.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_pps.c
index bff81fb5c316..57a062c8038d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_pps.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_pps.c
@@ -598,8 +598,67 @@ void intel_pps_check_power_unlocked(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
 #define IDLE_CYCLE_MASK		(PP_ON | PP_SEQUENCE_MASK | PP_CYCLE_DELAY_ACTIVE | PP_SEQUENCE_STATE_MASK)
 #define IDLE_CYCLE_VALUE	(0     | PP_SEQUENCE_NONE | 0                     | PP_SEQUENCE_STATE_OFF_IDLE)
 
+#define PANEL_TYPICAL_ON_TIME_MS		(180)
+#define PANEL_MAXIMUM_ON_TIME_MS		(5000)
+
 static void intel_pps_verify_state(struct intel_dp *intel_dp);
 
+/*
+ * Panel power-on typically completes within ~200ms. Using a large timeout
+ * (5000ms) with intel_de_wait() results in unnecessary delays,
+ * especially under Xe, where xe_mmio_wait32() uses an exponential backoff.
+ *
+ * To optimize resume and power-on latency, we first wait for the typical
+ * completion window, then perform short polling loops thereafter.
+ * This reduces worst-case latency while still ensuring correctness.
+ */
+static void wait_panel_on_status(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
+{
+	struct intel_display *display = to_intel_display(intel_dp);
+	struct intel_digital_port *dig_port = dp_to_dig_port(intel_dp);
+	i915_reg_t pp_stat_reg, pp_ctrl_reg;
+	u32 mask = IDLE_ON_MASK;
+	u32 value = IDLE_ON_VALUE;
+	int elapsed  = PANEL_TYPICAL_ON_TIME_MS;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&display->pps.mutex);
+
+	intel_pps_verify_state(intel_dp);
+
+	pp_stat_reg = _pp_stat_reg(intel_dp);
+	pp_ctrl_reg = _pp_ctrl_reg(intel_dp);
+
+	drm_dbg_kms(display->drm,
+		    "[ENCODER:%d:%s] %s mask: 0x%08x value: 0x%08x PP_STATUS: 0x%08x PP_CONTROL: 0x%08x\n",
+		    dig_port->base.base.base.id, dig_port->base.base.name,
+		    pps_name(intel_dp),
+		    mask, value,
+		    intel_de_read(display, pp_stat_reg),
+		    intel_de_read(display, pp_ctrl_reg));
+
+	/* Wait for typical panel on time first */
+	if (intel_de_wait(display, pp_stat_reg, mask, value, PANEL_TYPICAL_ON_TIME_MS) == 0)
+		goto panel_wait_complete;
+
+	/* Wait for maxtime in 20ms intervals */
+	while (elapsed < PANEL_MAXIMUM_ON_TIME_MS) {
+		if (intel_de_wait(display, pp_stat_reg, mask, value, 20) == 0)
+			goto panel_wait_complete;
+
+		elapsed += 20;
+	}
+
+	drm_err(display->drm,
+		"[ENCODER:%d:%s] %s panel status timeout: PP_STATUS: 0x%08x PP_CONTROL: 0x%08x\n",
+		dig_port->base.base.base.id, dig_port->base.base.name,
+		pps_name(intel_dp),
+		intel_de_read(display, pp_stat_reg),
+		intel_de_read(display, pp_ctrl_reg));
+
+panel_wait_complete:
+	drm_dbg_kms(display->drm, "Wait complete\n");
+}
+
 static void wait_panel_status(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
 			      u32 mask, u32 value)
 {
@@ -642,7 +701,7 @@ static void wait_panel_on(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
 		    "[ENCODER:%d:%s] %s wait for panel power on\n",
 		    dig_port->base.base.base.id, dig_port->base.base.name,
 		    pps_name(intel_dp));
-	wait_panel_status(intel_dp, IDLE_ON_MASK, IDLE_ON_VALUE);
+	wait_panel_on_status(intel_dp);
 }
 
 static void wait_panel_off(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
-- 
2.43.0



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