[PATCH] drm/atomic-helper: Downgrade vblank wait timeout from WARN to drm_warn
From: Jiakai Xu
Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 07:47:43 EST
When the system is under severe CPU pressure (e.g., SOFTLOCKUP), the
hrtimer-based vblank simulation used by virtual GPU drivers like virtio-gpu
may not fire within the 1000ms timeout. This triggers a WARN that, when
panic_on_warn is set, panics the kernel unnecessarily.
The timeout is not a kernel logic bug — it is a transient system resource
condition. drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done() already uses drm_err()
for a similar timeout, so downgrade this WARN to drm_warn() for consistency
and to prevent secondary crashes under system stress.
Fixes: 8d4d0d700dda ("drm/atomic-helper: Print an error if vblank wait times out")
Signed-off-by: Jiakai Xu <xujiakai24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
index 51f39edc31ed..7cad7aa4dd2e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c
@@ -1918,8 +1918,9 @@ drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks(struct drm_device *dev,
drm_crtc_vblank_count(crtc),
msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
- WARN(!ret, "[CRTC:%d:%s] vblank wait timed out\n",
- crtc->base.id, crtc->name);
+ if (!ret)
+ drm_warn(dev, "[CRTC:%d:%s] vblank wait timed out\n",
+ crtc->base.id, crtc->name);
drm_crtc_vblank_put(crtc);
}
--
2.34.1
Found by fuzzing. Here is the report:
------------[ cut here ]------------
[CRTC:35:crtc-0] vblank wait timed out
WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1922 at drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks+0x39a/0x3f0 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1921, CPU#0: kworker/0:0/80597
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 80597 Comm: kworker/0:0 Tainted: G L 7.0.10 #2 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events drm_fb_helper_damage_work
RIP: 0010:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_vblanks+0x3a5/0x3f0 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1921
Code: f0 02 00 00 48 39 c5 7d 28 e8 47 7f 6c fe e9 b2 fd ff ff e8 3d 7f 6c fe 48 8d 3d 56 41 7f 04 41 8b 75 60 4c 89 eb 49 8b 55 20 <67> 48 0f b9 3a eb b3 e8 1f 7f 6c fe eb 05 e8 18 7f 6c fe 48 8d 05
RSP: 0018:ffa000000e817b40 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff82faa093 RBX: ff1100000d5cebc8 RCX: ff11000018d39840
RDX: ff1100000d2ca830 RSI: 0000000000000023 RDI: ffffffff8779e1f0
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff82faa052 R09: 0000027b3c832418
R10: 0000027b3c832418 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ff1100000a8f3230
R13: ff1100000d5cebc8 R14: ff11000018207300 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff110000f40c5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000000071ad60 CR3: 0000000060bac000 CR4: 0000000000751ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x132/0x1e0 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:1997
commit_tail+0x11d/0x210 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2074
drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x3d5/0x3e0 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_helper.c:2312
drm_atomic_commit+0x148/0x170 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c:1782
drm_atomic_helper_dirtyfb+0x32b/0x440 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_damage_helper.c:183
drm_fbdev_shmem_helper_fb_dirty+0x6f/0x120 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_shmem.c:117
drm_fb_helper_fb_dirty home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:248 [inline]
drm_fb_helper_damage_work+0xcf/0x1e0 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c:274
process_one_work home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/kernel/workqueue.c:3289 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0x2f8/0x6b0 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/kernel/workqueue.c:3372
worker_thread+0x318/0x480 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/kernel/workqueue.c:3453
kthread+0x18d/0x1e0 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/kernel/kthread.c:436
ret_from_fork+0x19f/0x480 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 home/zzzrrll/tmp/linux-7.0.10/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Code disassembly (best guess), 2 bytes skipped:
0: 00 00 add %al,(%rax)
2: 48 39 c5 cmp %rax,%rbp
5: 7d 28 jge 0x2f
7: e8 47 7f 6c fe call 0xfe6c7f53
c: e9 b2 fd ff ff jmp 0xfffffdc3
11: e8 3d 7f 6c fe call 0xfe6c7f53
16: 48 8d 3d 56 41 7f 04 lea 0x47f4156(%rip),%rdi # 0x47f4173
1d: 41 8b 75 60 mov 0x60(%r13),%esi
21: 4c 89 eb mov %r13,%rbx
24: 49 8b 55 20 mov 0x20(%r13),%rdx
* 28: 67 48 0f b9 3a ud1 (%edx),%rdi <-- trapping instruction
2d: eb b3 jmp 0xffffffe2
2f: e8 1f 7f 6c fe call 0xfe6c7f53
34: eb 05 jmp 0x3b
36: e8 18 7f 6c fe call 0xfe6c7f53
3b: 48 rex.W
3c: 8d .byte 0x8d
3d: 05 .byte 0x5