[PATCH] drm: msm: adreno: attempt to recover from ringbuffer drain timeout
From: Paul Sajna
Date: Sun Mar 08 2026 - 17:13:31 EST
I found a 13-year-old TODO while debugging gpu stalls on sdm6xx/a5xx
and thought I might as well try to implement it. It doesn't fully
resolve all stalls in the driver, but it's a start.
[drm:adreno_idle [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.9.0: timeout waiting to drain ringbuffer 0 rptr/wptr = 32C/C
msm_dpu c901000.display-controller: CP | opcode error | possible opcode=0x00000000
msm_dpu c901000.display-controller: [drm:a5xx_irq [msm]] *ERROR* gpu fault ring 0 fence 29 status 800001C1 rb 0380/000c ib1 0000000001898000/0000 ib2 000000000366D000/0000
[drm:adreno_idle [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.9.0: timeout waiting to drain ringbuffer 0 rptr/wptr = 32C/C
msm_dpu c901000.display-controller: [drm:a5xx_irq [msm]] *ERROR* gpu fault ring 0 fence 29 status 800001C1 rb 000c/000c ib1 0000000001898000/0000 ib2 000000000366D000/0000
[drm:adreno_idle [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.9.0: timeout waiting to drain ringbuffer 0 rptr/wptr = 32C/C
msm_dpu c901000.display-controller: [drm:a5xx_irq [msm]] *ERROR* gpu fault ring 0 fence 29 status 800001C1 rb 0051/000c ib1 0000000001898000/0000 ib2 000000000366D000/0000
[drm:adreno_idle [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.9.0: timeout waiting to drain ringbuffer 0 rptr/wptr = 32C/C
msm_dpu c901000.display-controller: [drm:recover_worker [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.9.0: hangcheck recover!
msm_dpu c901000.display-controller: [drm:a5xx_irq [msm]] *ERROR* gpu fault ring 0 fence 29 status 800001C1 rb 000c/000c ib1 0000000001898000/0000 ib2 000000000366D000/0000
msm_dpu c901000.display-controller: [drm:recover_worker [msm]] *ERROR* 5.0.9.0: offending task: sway (sway -c /home/user/.config/sxmo/sway)
watchdog: CPU1: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 2
Signed-off-by: Paul Sajna <sajattack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index d5fe6f6f0dec..77cda368eba1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -742,10 +742,11 @@ bool adreno_idle(struct msm_gpu *gpu, struct msm_ringbuffer *ring)
if (!spin_until(get_rptr(adreno_gpu, ring) == wptr))
return true;
- /* TODO maybe we need to reset GPU here to recover from hang? */
DRM_ERROR("%s: timeout waiting to drain ringbuffer %d rptr/wptr = %X/%X\n",
gpu->name, ring->id, get_rptr(adreno_gpu, ring), wptr);
+ adreno_gpu->funcs->base.recover(gpu);
+
return false;
}
---
base-commit: 52584178a10aa82d80aadda690f4bbc76d92ddda
change-id: 20260308-adreno-ringbuffer-drain-timeout-recovery-617ea69813fc
Best regards,
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Paul Sajna <sajattack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>