Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] CMDQ refinement of Mediatek DRM driver

From: Chun-Kuang Hu
Date: Wed Sep 29 2021 - 10:25:58 EST


+Jason:

Hi, Enric:

Please test Jason's series [1], [2]. Does these series fixes your problem?

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/list/?series=554759
[2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mediatek/list/?series=554767

Regards,
Chun-Kuang.

Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@xxxxxxxxxx> 於 2021年9月24日 週五 上午7:43寫道:
>
> Hi, Enric:
>
> Enric Balletbo Serra <eballetbo@xxxxxxxxx> 於 2021年9月24日 週五 上午12:36寫道:
> >
> > Hi Chun-Kuang,
> >
> > Missatge de Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@xxxxxxxxxx> del dia dt., 21 de
> > set. 2021 a les 15:15:
> > >
> > > Hi, Enric:
> > >
> > > Enric Balletbo Serra <eballetbo@xxxxxxxxx> 於 2021年9月21日 週二 下午4:36寫道:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Chun-Kuang,
> > > >
> > > > (again without html format, sorry for the noise)
> > > >
> > > > Missatge de Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@xxxxxxxxxx> del dia dj., 12
> > > > d’ag. 2021 a les 2:13:
> > > > >
> > > > > Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@xxxxxxxxxx> 於 2021年8月9日 週一 上午7:47寫道:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > These refinements include using standard mailbox callback interface,
> > > > > > timeout detection, and a fixed cmdq_handle.
> > > > >
> > > > > For this series, applied to mediatek-drm-next [1].
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chunkuang.hu/linux.git/log/?h=mediatek-drm-next
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > These patches seem to break the display on the Acer Chromebook R 13
> > > > (MT8173) in the current mainline. After running a bisection it pointed
> > > > me to the following commit
> > > >
> > > > commit f4be17cd5b14dd73545b0e014a63ebe9ab5ef837
> > > > Author: Chun-Kuang Hu <chunkuang.hu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Date: Sun Jul 4 15:36:48 2021 +0800
> > > >
> > > > drm/mediatek: Remove struct cmdq_client
> > > >
> > > > Reverting this patch alone is not trivial, so I ended up reverting the
> > > > full series, and I can confirm that reverting the full series makes
> > > > the display work again.
> > >
> > > I think you could not just revert "drm/mediatek: Remove struct
> > > cmdq_client", you should also revert the patches after it, such as
> > >
> > > "drm/mediatek: Clear pending flag when cmdq packet is done"
> > > "drm/mediatek: Add cmdq_handle in mtk_crtc"
> > > "drm/mediatek: Detect CMDQ execution timeout"
> > >
> >
> > Yes, in fact I reverted:
> >
> > 9efb16c2fdd6 drm/mediatek: Clear pending flag when cmdq packet is done
> > bc9241be73d9 drm/mediatek: Add cmdq_handle in mtk_crtc
> > 8cdcb3653424 drm/mediatek: Detect CMDQ execution timeout
> > f4be17cd5b14 drm/mediatek: Remove struct cmdq_client
> > c1ec54b7b5af drm/mediatek: Use mailbox rx_callback instead of cmdq_task_cb
> >
> > Without these patches 5.15-rc2 works again on my platform.
> >
> > The commit 'c1ec54b7b5af drm/mediatek: Use mailbox rx_callback instead
> > of cmdq_task_cb' alone introduces lots of warnings in the kernel
> >
> > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at drivers/mailbox/mtk-cmdq-mailbox.c:198
> > cmdq_task_exec_done+0xb8/0xe0
>
> I think the WARN_ON in cmdq driver should be remove because that
> warning show that cmdq_task_cb is not used but I that is what I want.
>
> >
> > I think is just a leftover or the mentioned warning, but that confused
> > me a bit doing the bisection. Then, after commit 'f4be17cd5b14
> > drm/mediatek: Remove struct cmdq_client' my system simply gets stuck.
> > For now I don't see any obvious mistake but will dig further.
> >
> > Can I ask you in which platform did you test? And if you can double
> > check if your platform is broken too in current mainline?
>
> I've no environment to test code now. I apply this series because I
> assume Yongqiang has test his patch "Clear pending flag when cmdq
> packet is done". Before I setup the environment (this may take a long
> time), I would find others to fix this problem.
> According to your information, "c1ec54b7b5af drm/mediatek: Use mailbox
> rx_callback instead of cmdq_task_cb" would cause many warning but
> display still work, right? If so, I think we should focus on
> "f4be17cd5b14 drm/mediatek: Remove struct cmdq_client".
>
> Regards,
> Chun-Kuang.
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Enric
> >
> > > If "drm/mediatek: Remove struct cmdq_client" is the patch cause
> > > display abnormal, I think you could compare code w/ and w/o this
> > > patch. Focus on the value accuracy, such as cmdq_cl and cmdq_chan. And
> > > focus on the flow accuracy, such as mtk_drm_crtc_update_config() and
> > > ddp_cmdq_cb(). If this could not find the problem, I think the latest
> > > way is to break this patch into small patches, changes little in each
> > > small patches and we could finally find out the problem.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Chun-Kuang.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, after the merge window, different things broke for this
> > > > device, and I didn't finish isolating them, and it is not clear to me
> > > > yet whether the logs I'm getting are useful for this specific issue or
> > > > not. Basically with this series merged the kernel seems to be stuck,
> > > > and the display is not working. Latest message is
> > > >
> > > > [ 12.329173] mtk-iommu 10205000.iommu: Partial TLB flush timed out,
> > > > falling back to full flush
> > > >
> > > > Without the series, the kernel goes far and display works, however
> > > > there are other issues affecting the cros-ec, but I think that's
> > > > another issue.
> > > >
> > > > I'll try to dig a bit more, but, meanwhile, if you have any idea
> > > > please let me know.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Enric
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Chun-Kuang.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Changes in v2:
> > > > > > 1. Define mtk_drm_cmdq_pkt_create() and mtk_drm_cmdq_pkt_destroy()
> > > > > > when CONFIG_MTK_CMDQ is reachable.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chun-Kuang Hu (4):
> > > > > > drm/mediatek: Use mailbox rx_callback instead of cmdq_task_cb
> > > > > > drm/mediatek: Remove struct cmdq_client
> > > > > > drm/mediatek: Detect CMDQ execution timeout
> > > > > > drm/mediatek: Add cmdq_handle in mtk_crtc
> > > > > >
> > > > > > drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_crtc.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > > > > 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > 2.25.1
> > > > > >