EXT: [PATCH weston v6 00/73] Head-based output configuration API a.k.a clone mode infrastructure

Ray, Ian (GE Healthcare) ian.ray at ge.com
Fri Mar 23 13:12:27 UTC 2018


> On 16 Feb 2018, at 16.56, Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen at collabora.co.uk>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> here is the v6 of the shared-CRTC clone mode series. Since v5, quite
> many patches have been extracted from this series, sent out and merged
> upstream. However, now the series is bigger than ever, because here I am
> posting the complete series, including the full DRM-backend migration
> and DRM shared-CRTC clone mode implementation, thanks to having the
> basic atomic modesetting landed upstream.
> 
> The previous submission is here:
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-December/036236.html
> 
> Design discussion etc. (sequence diagrams!) can be found here:
> https://phabricator.freedesktop.org/T7727
> https://phabricator.freedesktop.org/w/wayland/weston/atomic-output-config/
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/wayland-devel/2017-October/035604.html
> 
> The series is available as a branch at:
> https://gitlab.collabora.com/pq/weston/commits/clonemode-6
> 
> Highlights since v5:
> - DRM-backend migration
> - shared-CRTC clone mode implemented in DRM backend
> - applied review comments from v5
> - don't create a weston_output just to turn it off (DRM)
> - cms-colord will print a warning when used with clone mode
> - cms-colord vs. clone mode mentioned in weston-drm.man
> 
> Unfortunately the testing results are not 100%, you can find my testing
> procedure below the diffstat.
> 
> The patch series is structured as follows:
> 
> - Patches 1-17 introduce most of the new head-based API, and build the
>  scaffolding that allows migrating the frontends and the backends one
>  by one.
> 

Patches 01-17 : Reviewed-by Ian Ray <ian.ray at ge.com>


> - Patches 18-24 migrate the frontends one by one. Patch 19 introduces
>  the simple output configurator which is first used for all backends,
>  including the DRM-backend.
> 
> - Patches 25-30 clean up libweston after the frontend migration.
> 
> - Patches 31-38 migrate all the backends to the head-based API. At this
>  point the DRM-backend migration is basically a fake, though.
> 
> - Patch 39 removes weston_output::head with the last bits of the
>  scaffolding.
> 
> - Patches 40-44 enhances libweston core to better support the
>  DRM-backend's clone mode configuration and improve logging.
> 
> - Patches 45-55 implement the head-based API for real in the
>  DRM-backend, culminating in patch 55 which creates heads for all
>  connectors.
> 
> - Patch 56 removes unused_connectors array which has been replace with
>  the head list.
> 
> - Patches 57-70 finally implement everything needed for shared-CRTC
>  clone mode in the DRM-backend.
> 
> - Patches 71-73 add a new output configrator logic in the frontend to
>  handle clone mode, supporting a new weston.ini key "same-as".
> 
> 
> Do you think we should call the weston.ini key "clone-of" instead, to
> leave "same-as" reserved for clone mode where only the desktop area is
> the same but the monitors would have different video modes, scaling,
> etc.?
> 
> There are several imaginable uses for "same-as" variants:
> - get me shared-CRTC clone mode or fail
> - get me clone mode, preferring shared-CRTC but automatic fallback to
>  independent CRTCs
> - get me clone mode, but I want one monitor with HiDPI and one with
>  LoDPI
> 
> Here I have implemented the automatic fallback version, except it cannot
> actually fall back, because we have no API to make two weston_outputs
> show the same area, and libweston's damage tracking could not handle it
> even if we could.
> 
> 
> Pekka Paalanen (73):
>  libweston: introduce weston_head
>  libweston: move wl_output to weston_head
>  libweston: use head in wl_output global
>  libweston: make wl_output point to weston_head
>  libweston: refactor weston_mode_switch_finish
>  libweston: introduce weston_output::head_list
>  libweston: properly orphan wl_output resources
>  libweston: strdup head make, model, serial_number
>  cms-colord: find a good head
>  libweston: add name to weston_head
>  libweston: add weston_head::connected
>  libweston: add weston_head_is_enabled()
>  libweston: add compositor list of heads
>  libweston: add heads_changed hook
>  libweston: new head-based output management API
>  libweston: add weston_head destroy signal
>  libweston: add weston_head_is_device_changed() API
>  weston: move weston_output_enable() into callers
>  weston: migrate headless to head-based output API
>  weston: migrate x11 to head-based output API
>  weston: migrate wayland to head-based output API
>  weston: migrate fbdev to head-based output API
>  weston: migrate RDP to head-based output API
>  weston: migrate DRM to head-based output API
>  libweston: change windowed_output_api output_create to create_head
>  libweston: remove output_pending_signal
>  libweston: stop auto-adding the implicit head
>  libweston: assert make/model in weston_output_enable()
>  libweston: assert current_mode in weston_output_enable()
>  libweston: cancel idle_repaint on output destroy
>  compositor-headless: migrate to head-based output API
>  compositor-rdp: migrate to head-based output API
>  compositor-fbdev: make re-enable less drastic
>  compositor-fbdev: migrate to head-based output API
>  compositor-x11: migrate to head-based output API
>  compositor-wayland: strict surface create/destroy
>  compositor-wayland: migrate to head-based output API
>  compositor-drm: start migration to head-based output API
>  libweston: remove weston_output::head
>  libweston: print head names on output enable
>  libweston: create/find output by name
>  libweston: support user data on weston_output
>  libweston: allow attaching heads to enabled outputs
>  libweston: log head detach on enabled output
>  compositor-drm: drm_output_find_by_connector from head_list
>  compositor-drm: use head_find_by_connector in update_unused_outputs
>  compositor-drm: find disconnects from head_list
>  compositor-drm: move backlight into drm_head
>  compositor-drm: move connector fields into drm_head
>  compositor-drm: allocate CRTC on enable()
>  compositor-drm: simplify drm_output_find_by_crtc()
>  compositor-drm: simplify drm_output_find_special_plane()
>  compositor-drm: get current mode on head discovery
>  compositor-drm: move mode list to set_mode()
>  compositor-drm: create heads for all connectors
>  compositor-drm: remove unused_connectors array
>  compositor-drm: drm_output_apply_state_legacy heads
>  compositor-drm: drm_output_apply_state_atomic heads
>  compositor-drm: drm_set_backlight heads
>  compositor-drm: unify head status logging
>  compositor-drm: combine mode list from heads
>  compositor-drm: backlight control for all heads
>  compositor-drm: update video mode printing
>  compositor-drm: introduce drm_head_read_current_setup()
>  compositor-drm: no need to clear inherited_mode
>  compositor-drm: rewrite crtc picking for clone mode
>  compositor-drm: preserve CRTC routing harder
>  compositor-drm: head detach requires a modeset
>  compositor-drm: head attach requires a modeset
>  compositor-drm: allow shared-CRTC cloning
>  weston: store weston_compositor in wet_compositor
>  weston: use wet.compositor consistently in main()
>  weston: support clone mode on DRM-frontend
> 
> compositor/cms-colord.c             |   45 +-
> compositor/main.c                   |  818 +++++++++++++++++++++----
> compositor/weston-screenshooter.c   |    2 +-
> desktop-shell/input-panel.c         |    4 +-
> desktop-shell/shell.c               |    4 +-
> fullscreen-shell/fullscreen-shell.c |    4 +-
> ivi-shell/input-panel-ivi.c         |    4 +-
> libweston-desktop/wl-shell.c        |    2 +-
> libweston-desktop/xdg-shell-v6.c    |    2 +-
> libweston/compositor-drm.c          | 1128 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> libweston/compositor-fbdev.c        |  206 ++++---
> libweston/compositor-headless.c     |   75 ++-
> libweston/compositor-rdp.c          |   64 +-
> libweston/compositor-wayland.c      |  254 ++++++--
> libweston/compositor-x11.c          |   71 ++-
> libweston/compositor.c              | 1107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> libweston/compositor.h              |  198 +++++-
> libweston/windowed-output-api.h     |   23 +-
> man/weston-drm.man                  |   12 +
> tests/weston-test.c                 |    2 +-
> 20 files changed, 3249 insertions(+), 776 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> Testing procedure and results:
> 
> All tests were successful except where otherwise mentioned.
> 
> 
> headless-backend testing:
> 
> $ make -j7 distcheck
> 
> 
> x11-backend testing:
> 
> $ weston
> $ weston --output-count=3
>  - close x11 windows one by one
> $ weston --fullscreen (equally broken before and after)
> 
> 
> Wayland-backend testing:
> 
> parent: $ weston --output-count=2 --width=700
> outputs have different height
> 
> tests:
> 
> weston --use-pixman
> weston --use-pixman --fullscreen
> weston --use-pixman --output-count=2
> weston --use-pixman --sprawl
> - close parent outputs one by one
> 
> In the --sprawl case, closing the first output soon results in the
> parent compositor:
> 
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x00007ffff7ba3b8f in wl_signal_emit (signal=0x555555da74a8, data=0x555555da74a0) at /home/pq/local/include/wayland-server-core.h:467
> 467		wl_list_for_each_safe(l, next, &signal->listener_list, link)
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x00007ffff7ba3b8f in wl_signal_emit (signal=0x555555da74a8, data=0x555555da74a0) at /home/pq/local/include/wayland-server-core.h:467
> #1  0x00007ffff7ba8a4c in weston_surface_destroy (surface=0x555555da74a0) at /home/pq/git/weston/libweston/compositor.c:1904
> #2  0x00007fffee108196 in fade_out_done_idle_cb (data=0x555555da7d20) at /home/pq/git/weston/desktop-shell/shell.c:2281
> #3  0x00007ffff798dcac in wl_event_loop_dispatch_idle (loop=loop at entry=0x55555576c250) at src/event-loop.c:600
> #4  0x00007ffff798dd64 in wl_event_loop_dispatch (loop=0x55555576c250, timeout=timeout at entry=-1) at src/event-loop.c:646
> #5  0x00007ffff798c4fa in wl_display_run (display=0x55555576c170) at src/wayland-server.c:1260
> #6  0x000055555555dd86 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffdb58) at /home/pq/git/weston/compositor/main.c:2477
> 
> 
> 
> parent: $ weston --output-count=2 --width=700 --shell=fullscreen-shell.so
> 
> tests:
> 
> weston --use-pixman
> - close parent outputs one by one
> 
> 
> RDP-backend testing:
> 
> - using remmina as client, connected twice in a row
> 
> 
> 
> fbdev-backend testing:
> 
> $ weston -Bfbdev-backend.so
> 
> 
> DRM-backend testing:
> 
> Two outputs plugged in, third unplugged.
> 1. start Weston, ensure both outputs work
> 2. unplug one output, ensure remaining output works
> 3. re-plug the output, ensure both outputs work
> 4. quit
> 
> One output plugged in, the rest unplugged. The plugged-in output is
> configured to be off in weston.ini.
> 1. start Weston, zero outputs, check via remote login weston-info works
> 2. plug in an output, check it works
> 3. unplug the output, check weston-info via remote
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> pq
> 
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