[Nouveau] [PATCH 0/4] nouveau fixes for RPM/Optimus-related hangs

Hans de Goede hdegoede at redhat.com
Wed May 25 09:08:15 UTC 2016


Hi,

On 25-05-16 00:52, Peter Wu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here are two patches to fix an issue reported on kernel bugzilla (infinite loop
> due to unchecked function) and a more important fix to fix hanging Optimus
> machines when runtime PM is enabled (with pm/pci patches).
>
> An older (obsolete) patch for the first issue was tested by the reporter:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104791#c11
> (it is replaced by "check for function 0x1B before using it").
>
> The second issue will occur when:
>  - A modern Optimus laptop is in use (designed for Windows 8 or newer).
>  - nouveau runtime PM is enabled (1 or the default -1).
>  - The patch "PCI: Add runtime PM support for PCIe ports" from Mika is pulled
>    into v4.7 (or v4.8[1]?) via the pci/pm branch,
>    https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/helgaas/pci.git/commit/?h=pci/pm&id=8b71f5652eeac561acf883da01ab4810f763ee42
> (see also the discussion for "[PATCH] PCI: Power on bridges before scanning new
> devices" at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.power-management.general/76411)
>
> The first two patches are just refactoring to reduce code duplication (and
> scratch an itch) and make the following patches possible. The next two patches
> fix the problems reported above.
>
> I intend to get these patches in 4.7 (or the first version where pci/pm gets
> merged) to avoid a lockup when runpm is enabled. Note:
>  - If the fourth patch is merged before/without Mika's PCIe port patch, then
>    those modern Optimus machines above will not be put into D3cold.
>  - If the fourth patch is not merged (or merged after Mika's patch), then under
>    the above conditions the affected machine can lock up.
>  - The three other patches are unrelated to this issue and can safely be merged.
>
> Tested with:
>  - Linux v4.6 + pci/pm + these four patches
>  - Hardware: Clevo P651RA with acpi_osi="!Windows 2015" (the latter is a
>    workaround for another PCIe issue).
>  - Card is asleep, woke up with lspci, waited a bit and retried/suspended:
>    - # lspci -xxxxnnvvvv >/dev/null; sleep 5
>    - # lspci -xxxxnnvvvv >/dev/null; sleep 5; systemctl suspend
>    - # lspci -xxxxnnvvvv >/dev/null; systemctl suspend

Series looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>

Regards,

Hans





>
> Kind regards,
> Peter
>
>  [1]: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160524211309.GH1789@lahna.fi.intel.com
>
> Peter Wu (4):
>   drm/nouveau/acpi: ensure matching ACPI handle and supported functions
>   drm/nouveau/acpi: return supported DSM functions
>   drm/nouveau/acpi: check for function 0x1B before using it
>   drm/nouveau/acpi: fix lockup with PCIe runtime PM
>
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_acpi.c | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>


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