[PATCH xserver v2] xfree86: Immediately handle failure to set HW cursor

Michael Thayer michael.thayer at oracle.com
Mon Apr 4 20:09:24 UTC 2016


Hello,

Please excuse the top posting.  Tested this in a dual-head non-mirrored 
virtual machine and hit the following problem: xf86CursorSetCursor() in 
hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.c calls xf86SetCursor() which fails because 
the cursor is not visible on one of the two screens, and falls back to 
software cursor rendering as a result.  Perhaps xf86_crtc_show_cursor() 
should return TRUE if crtc->cursor_shown is FALSE?

I'm afraid I will be away from the computer again for a few weeks, so it 
will be a while before I can test again.

Regards,

Michael

On 30.03.2016 08:41, Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> There is currently no reliable way to report failure to set a HW
> cursor. Still such failures can happen if e.g. the MODE_CURSOR DRM
> ioctl fails (which currently happens at least with modesetting on Tegra
> for format incompatibility reasons).
>
> As failures are currently handled by setting the HW cursor size to
> (0,0), the fallback to SW cursor will not happen until the next time the
> cursor changes and xf86CursorSetCursor() is called again. In the
> meantime, the cursor will be invisible to the user.
>
> This patch addresses that by adding _xf86CrtcFuncs::set_cursor_check and
> _xf86CursorInfoRec::ShowCursorCheck hook variants that return booleans.
> This allows to propagate errors up to xf86CursorSetCursor(), which can
> then fall back to using the SW cursor immediately.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot at nvidia.com>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - Keep the old hooks unchanged to preserve compatibility
>
>   hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c | 15 +++++++-----
>   hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h                      |  4 ++++
>   hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c                   | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------
>   hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h                   |  1 +
>   hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c                   | 18 ++++++++++----
>   5 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c
> index f573a27f4985..28d663c3d22e 100644
> --- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c
> +++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/drmmode_display.c
> @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ drmmode_set_cursor_position(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, int x, int y)
>       drmModeMoveCursor(drmmode->fd, drmmode_crtc->mode_crtc->crtc_id, x, y);
>   }
>
> -static void
> +static Bool
>   drmmode_set_cursor(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>   {
>       drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
> @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ drmmode_set_cursor(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>                                 handle, ms->cursor_width, ms->cursor_height,
>                                 cursor->bits->xhot, cursor->bits->yhot);
>           if (!ret)
> -            return;
> +            return TRUE;
>           if (ret == -EINVAL)
>               use_set_cursor2 = FALSE;
>       }
> @@ -566,7 +566,10 @@ drmmode_set_cursor(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>           cursor_info->MaxWidth = cursor_info->MaxHeight = 0;
>           drmmode_crtc->drmmode->sw_cursor = TRUE;
>           /* fallback to swcursor */
> +	return FALSE;
>       }
> +
> +    return TRUE;
>   }
>
>   static void
> @@ -599,12 +602,12 @@ drmmode_hide_cursor(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>                        ms->cursor_width, ms->cursor_height);
>   }
>
> -static void
> -drmmode_show_cursor(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
> +static Bool
> +drmmode_show_cursor_check(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>   {
>       drmmode_crtc_private_ptr drmmode_crtc = crtc->driver_private;
>       drmmode_crtc->cursor_up = TRUE;
> -    drmmode_set_cursor(crtc);
> +    return drmmode_set_cursor(crtc);
>   }
>
>   static void
> @@ -844,7 +847,7 @@ static const xf86CrtcFuncsRec drmmode_crtc_funcs = {
>       .set_mode_major = drmmode_set_mode_major,
>       .set_cursor_colors = drmmode_set_cursor_colors,
>       .set_cursor_position = drmmode_set_cursor_position,
> -    .show_cursor = drmmode_show_cursor,
> +    .show_cursor_check = drmmode_show_cursor_check,
>       .hide_cursor = drmmode_hide_cursor,
>       .load_cursor_argb = drmmode_load_cursor_argb,
>
> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h
> index 8b0160845a02..4bc4d6fc78fd 100644
> --- a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h
> +++ b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h
> @@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ typedef struct _xf86CrtcFuncs {
>        */
>       void
>        (*show_cursor) (xf86CrtcPtr crtc);
> +    Bool
> +     (*show_cursor_check) (xf86CrtcPtr crtc);
>
>       /**
>        * Hide cursor
> @@ -982,6 +984,8 @@ extern _X_EXPORT void
>    */
>   extern _X_EXPORT void
>    xf86_show_cursors(ScrnInfoPtr scrn);
> +extern _X_EXPORT Bool
> + xf86_show_cursors_check(ScrnInfoPtr scrn);
>
>   /**
>    * Called by the driver to turn cursors off
> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
> index 5df1ab73a37e..ae581001c222 100644
> --- a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
> +++ b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
> @@ -333,17 +333,23 @@ xf86_hide_cursors(ScrnInfoPtr scrn)
>       }
>   }
>
> -static void
> +static Bool
>   xf86_crtc_show_cursor(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>   {
>       if (!crtc->cursor_shown && crtc->cursor_in_range) {
> -        crtc->funcs->show_cursor(crtc);
> -        crtc->cursor_shown = TRUE;
> +        if (crtc->funcs->show_cursor_check) {
> +            crtc->cursor_shown = crtc->funcs->show_cursor_check(crtc);
> +        } else {
> +            crtc->funcs->show_cursor(crtc);
> +            crtc->cursor_shown = TRUE;
> +        }
>       }
> +
> +    return crtc->cursor_shown;
>   }
>
> -void
> -xf86_show_cursors(ScrnInfoPtr scrn)
> +Bool
> +xf86_show_cursors_check(ScrnInfoPtr scrn)
>   {
>       xf86CrtcConfigPtr xf86_config = XF86_CRTC_CONFIG_PTR(scrn);
>       int c;
> @@ -352,9 +358,17 @@ xf86_show_cursors(ScrnInfoPtr scrn)
>       for (c = 0; c < xf86_config->num_crtc; c++) {
>           xf86CrtcPtr crtc = xf86_config->crtc[c];
>
> -        if (crtc->enabled)
> -            xf86_crtc_show_cursor(crtc);
> +        if (crtc->enabled && !xf86_crtc_show_cursor(crtc))
> +            return FALSE;
>       }
> +
> +    return TRUE;
> +}
> +
> +void
> +xf86_show_cursors(ScrnInfoPtr scrn)
> +{
> +    xf86_show_cursors_check(scrn);
>   }
>
>   void
> @@ -631,7 +645,7 @@ xf86_cursors_init(ScreenPtr screen, int max_width, int max_height, int flags)
>       cursor_info->SetCursorPosition = xf86_set_cursor_position;
>       cursor_info->LoadCursorImageCheck = xf86_load_cursor_image;
>       cursor_info->HideCursor = xf86_hide_cursors;
> -    cursor_info->ShowCursor = xf86_show_cursors;
> +    cursor_info->ShowCursorCheck = xf86_show_cursors_check;
>       cursor_info->UseHWCursor = xf86_use_hw_cursor;
>       if (flags & HARDWARE_CURSOR_ARGB) {
>           cursor_info->UseHWCursorARGB = xf86_use_hw_cursor_argb;
> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h b/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h
> index 6e88240d9ab7..a1afb1c86ed9 100644
> --- a/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h
> +++ b/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ typedef struct _xf86CursorInfoRec {
>       Bool (*LoadCursorImageCheck) (ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, unsigned char *bits);
>       void (*HideCursor) (ScrnInfoPtr pScrn);
>       void (*ShowCursor) (ScrnInfoPtr pScrn);
> +    Bool (*ShowCursorCheck) (ScrnInfoPtr pScrn);
>       unsigned char *(*RealizeCursor) (struct _xf86CursorInfoRec *, CursorPtr);
>       Bool (*UseHWCursor) (ScreenPtr, CursorPtr);
>
> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c b/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c
> index 84febe0df5cd..458781cae7e9 100644
> --- a/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c
> +++ b/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c
> @@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ xf86InitHardwareCursor(ScreenPtr pScreen, xf86CursorInfoPtr infoPtr)
>       if (!infoPtr->SetCursorPosition ||
>           !xf86DriverHasLoadCursorImage(infoPtr) ||
>           !infoPtr->HideCursor ||
> -        !infoPtr->ShowCursor || !infoPtr->SetCursorColors)
> +        (!infoPtr->ShowCursor && !infoPtr->ShowCursorCheck) ||
> +        !infoPtr->SetCursorColors)
>           return FALSE;
>
>       if (infoPtr->RealizeCursor) {
> @@ -119,6 +120,15 @@ xf86InitHardwareCursor(ScreenPtr pScreen, xf86CursorInfoPtr infoPtr)
>       return TRUE;
>   }
>
> +static Bool
> +xf86ShowCursor(xf86CursorInfoPtr infoPtr)
> +{
> +    if (*infoPtr->ShowCursorCheck)
> +        return (*infoPtr->ShowCursorCheck) (infoPtr->pScrn);
> +    (*infoPtr->ShowCursor) (infoPtr->pScrn);
> +    return TRUE;
> +}
> +
>   Bool
>   xf86SetCursor(ScreenPtr pScreen, CursorPtr pCurs, int x, int y)
>   {
> @@ -161,8 +171,8 @@ xf86SetCursor(ScreenPtr pScreen, CursorPtr pCurs, int x, int y)
>
>       (*infoPtr->SetCursorPosition) (infoPtr->pScrn, x, y);
>
> -    (*infoPtr->ShowCursor) (infoPtr->pScrn);
> -    return TRUE;
> +    return xf86ShowCursor(infoPtr);
> +
>   }
>
>   void
> @@ -184,7 +194,7 @@ xf86SetTransparentCursor(ScreenPtr pScreen)
>           xf86DriverLoadCursorImage (infoPtr,
>                                      ScreenPriv->transparentData);
>
> -    (*infoPtr->ShowCursor) (infoPtr->pScrn);
> +    xf86ShowCursor(infoPtr);
>   }
>
>   void
>

-- 
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