[Nouveau] VGA resume & thaw (wake up from S3 & S4) broken - kernel(nouveau) exclusively

Mon Sep 15 01:23:55 PDT 2014

On 14.09.2014 11:53, Roy Spliet wrote:
> Op 14-09-14 om 10:31 schreef poma:
>> On 13.09.2014 23:45, Roy Spliet wrote:
>>> Dear Poma,
>>>
>>> Don't get anyone wrong, your input is greatly valued. The reason why
>>> "we" (nouveau developers) generally ask for a git bisection is because
>>> we don't know or track specific distributions. Although your search has
>>> narrowed the problem down (thanks for that!), we don't know how big the
>>> difference is between kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git9.1.fc21 and
>>> kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git10.1.fc21. Is the difference literally just that
>>> one patch? Or were there more patches to nouveau or drm that might have
>>> been the culprit? So far I haven't succeeded in finding the exact
>>> differences between the two kernels. Git bisect on the upstream kernel
>>> on the other hand will always point at the precise patch that broke the
>>> kernel, narrowing down the search space of the bug for developers thus
>>> reducing the time it takes to fix your issue. Unless developers can
>>> reproduce your issue, Unfortunately the user is the person who has to do
>>> the bisecting.
>>> So in short: narrowing down the search space often saves a lot of time
>>> of the developer, reducing the time it takes to fix your issue!
>>> Thus, if you can find the time to perform a git bisect (with the right
>>> good/bad markers it really should not take that many kernels to build),
>>> or if you can validate that the patch you mention *really* is the only
>>> difference between the two kernels, it'd be greatly appreciated.
>>> Thanks! Yours,
>>>
>>> Roy
>>>
>> Are you saying Fedora kernels aren't valid for testing purposes!?
> No, that's not what I'm saying. You used a Fedora kernel which is fairly 
> recent and found a bug. However, they're less useful for pinpointing 
> your problem to  the offending bit of code, as you demonstrate below.
>> Madre mía!
> Salud...
>>
>> Moreover, this regression is not just for my device.
>> Apart from Ben, in "Red Fedora" there are several skilled kernel developers.
>> Why they do not help!?
>> Everything is on the user's back, really?
>>
>>
>> WORKING VIDEO RESUME/THAW KERNEL:
>>
>> $ ls -1 kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git9.1.fc21.src/*.xz
>> kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git9.1.fc21.src/linux-3.15.tar.xz
>> kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git9.1.fc21.src/patch-3.15-git9.xz
>>
>> $ xzgrep -P '(?=.*^diff)(?=.*nouveau)' kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git9.1.fc21.src/patch-3.15-git9.xz
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
>>
>> $ grep nouveau kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git9.1.fc21.src/*.patch
>> kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git9.1.fc21.src/acpi-video-Add-use-native-backlight-quirk-for-the-Th.patch:"nouveau: Don't check acpi_video_backlight_support() before registering backlight"
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> BROKEN VIDEO RESUME/THAW KERNEL:
>>
>> $ ls -1 kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git10.1.fc21.src/*.xz
>> kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git10.1.fc21.src/linux-3.15.tar.xz
>> kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git10.1.fc21.src/patch-3.15-git10.xz
>>
>> $ xzgrep -P '(?=.*^diff)(?=.*nouveau)' kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git10.1.fc21.src/patch-3.15-git10.xz
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Makefile
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/event.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/event.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/core/object.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/gm100.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/gm100.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv04.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv04.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv10.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv10.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv20.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv20.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv30.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv30.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv40.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv40.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nvc0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nvc0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nve0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/device/nve0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/base.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/conn.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/conn.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/conn.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/conn.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/dport.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/dport.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/dport.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/dport.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/gm107.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/gm107.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv04.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv04.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv50.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv50.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv84.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv84.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv94.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv94.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nva0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nva0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nva3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nva3.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nvd0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nvd0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nve0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nve0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nvf0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nvf0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/outp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/outp.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/outp.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/outp.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/outpdp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/outpdp.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/outpdp.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/outpdp.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/piornv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/piornv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/priv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/priv.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/sornv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/sornv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/sornv94.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/sornv94.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/sornvd0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/sornvd0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/base.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/gk20a.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nv04.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nv04.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nv84.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nv84.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nvc0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nvc0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nve0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nve0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nve0.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/fifo/nve0.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxgk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxgk20a.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxnv108.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxnv108.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxnvc0.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxnvc0.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxnve4.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxnve4.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxnvf0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/ctxnvf0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/gk20a.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/nv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/nv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/nvc0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/nvc0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/nvc0.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/nvc0.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/nve4.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/graph/nve4.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/software/nv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/software/nv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/software/nv50.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/software/nv50.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/software/nvc0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/software/nvc0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/class.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/class.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/event.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/core/event.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/disp.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/disp.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/fifo.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/fifo.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/graph.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/engine/graph.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/bios/conn.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/bios/conn.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/bios/dp.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/bios/dp.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/clock.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/clock.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/fb.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/fb.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/gpio.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/gpio.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/i2c.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/i2c.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/ibus.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/include/subdev/ibus.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bar/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bar/base.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bar/nvc0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bar/nvc0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/base.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/conn.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/conn.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/dp.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/init.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/bios/init.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/base.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nv04.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nv04.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nv40.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nv40.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nva3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nva3.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nvaa.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nvaa.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nvc0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nvc0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nve0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/clock/nve0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/gk20a.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/priv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/priv.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramgk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramgk20a.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramnv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramnv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramnva3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramnva3.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramnvc0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramnvc0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramnve0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/fb/ramnve0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/base.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nv10.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nv10.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nv92.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nv92.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nvd0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nvd0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nve0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/nve0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/priv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/gpio/priv.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/anx9805.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/anx9805.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/aux.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/aux.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/base.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/bit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/bit.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv04.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv04.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv4e.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv4e.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv50.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv50.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv94.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nv94.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nvd0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nvd0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nve0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/nve0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/pad.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/pad.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/pad.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/pad.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/padnv04.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/padnv04.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/padnv94.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/padnv94.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/port.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/port.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/priv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/i2c/priv.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/ibus/gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/ibus/gk20a.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/nv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/nv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/nv98.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/nv98.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/nvc0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mc/nvc0.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mxm/nv50.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/mxm/nv50.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/therm/ic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/therm/ic.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/therm/nva3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/subdev/therm/nva3.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/dac.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/dac.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/dfp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/dfp.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/disp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/disp.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/tvnv04.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/tvnv04.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/tvnv17.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/tvnv17.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_backlight.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_connector.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_crtc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_crtc.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_dp.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_encoder.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_encoder.h
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_fence.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_ioc32.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_ioc32.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_vga.c
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_display.c
>>
>> $ grep nouveau kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git10.1.fc21.src/*.patch
>> kernel-3.16.0-0.rc0.git10.1.fc21.src/acpi-video-Add-use-native-backlight-quirk-for-the-Th.patch:"nouveau: Don't check acpi_video_backlight_support() before registering backlight"
> This is precisely why the user is often asked to perform a git bisect. 
> There's a mountain of files touched between the two Fedora kernels 
> (xzgrep output), corresponding witk something like 20 patches. Any of 
> those could be the offender. We don't know, and now the search space 
> still is 20 patches. Git bisect is nothing more than taking a kernel, 
> marking a good and a bad kernel in terms of patches in the git history 
> (like you requested below), and compiling and testing a few. Git makes 
> sure that every kernel you try roughly halves the search space, so 
> you'll have the offender in 5 steps.
> It's not that we hate you and want you to suffer on complex procedures 
> preferably including kernel compiles, but this process just gives more 
> precise information to the developers... and I bet it takes less time 
> than trying random kernels from Koji to narrow down the search space.
> Anyway, we're not forcing you to do a bisect. If you don't, that's fine, 
> but it probably takes longer to find the specific bug. We'd be grateful 
> if you do though, as it'll save a lot of time from the hard-working 
> developers that rather want to focus their attention on problems like 
> reclocking and getting the latest generations of cards to work.
>> http://git.linuxtv.org/cgit.cgi/media_build.git
>> Whether the nouveau project has something like this?
> We do, it's right here: 
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/linux-2.6/log/?h=linux-3.16 . 
> Problem is that it's not aligned with distributions' kernels, so it 
> doesn't tell you a lot.
> To come back to putting all the burden on the user: bugs don't always 
> trigger for everyone. I've never seen this bug before. Most often it's a 
> software error that only hits on one or several video cards in very 
> specific configurations (like dual monitor, specific output port, 
> optimus, VRAM), and developers don't always have this configuration 
> available for testing. If developers can't reproduce and they don't know 
> where to look, they're not going to be able to fix a bug.
> 
> Roy

You guys were in at least right in one, in this particular case Fedora kernel is unusable.
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Tested with vanilla...

Chipset: G98 (NV98)
Family : NV50

WORKING VIDEO RESUME(S3)

3.15.0-rc8.1.git.7a014a8
3.15.0-rc8.2.git.456b057
3.15.0-rc8.3.git.b8407c9
3.15.0-rc8.4.git.bb7ef1e

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BROKEN VIDEO RESUME(S3)

STARTING WITH:
3.15.0-rc8.5.git.415f12e

commit 415f12efc1b2308411b2cbc3e82666b3db8a7758
Author: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs at redhat.com>
Date:   Wed May 21 11:24:43 2014 +1000

    drm/nv50/disp: start removing direct vbios parsing from supervisor

    Signed-off-by: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs at redhat.com>

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv50.c?id=415f12e
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/core/engine/disp/nv50.c?id=415f12e

...
CONTINUED VIDEO RESUME(S3) BROKENNESS WITH:

3.15.0-rc8.7.git.3b52a1f
3.15.0-rc8.9.git.1ecee1c
3.15.0-rc8.13.git.8894f49
3.15.0-rc8.22.git.1ae5a62
3.15.0-rc8.100.git.fcc8fd7

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PROCEDURE (especially for fellow tester adamwill)

$ mkdir RESUMEVIDEOTEST
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git
$ cd linux-next/
$ git log /* search for offended commit & copy git_sha_short */
$ git archive --format=tar.gz -o ../RESUMEVIDEOTEST/3.15.0-rc8.5.git.<git_sha_short>.tar.gz <git_sha_short>
$ cd ../RESUMEVIDEOTEST/
$ ls
3.15.0-rc8.5.git.415f12e.tar.gz
$ tar xf 3.15.0-rc8.5.git.415f12e.tar.gz
$ cp ../config-mini-3.17.0-0.rc4.git4.1 .config /* mostly removed unnecessary modules via "make menuconfig" */
$ time make -j3 bzImage && time make -j3 modules /* 5m51.210s & 8m24.461s */
$ su
# make -j3 install && make -j3 modules_install
# dracut --kver 3.15.0-rc8.5.git.415f12e -vf
# systemctl reboot
...
$ uname -r
3.15.0-rc8.5.git.415f12e
$ systemctl suspend
...
RESUME(S3)

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