[PATCH v2] drm/mgag200: validate pixel clock against PLL range in mode_valid

From: Berkant Koc

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 08:45:44 EST


The per-model pixpllc_atomic_check helpers for G200WB, G200EH, G200ER,
G200EV, G200EH3 and G200EW3 initialise m, n, p and s to zero and only
update them when the inner search loop finds a candidate whose delta
to the requested clock improves on the previous best. They return 0
unconditionally afterwards. If the requested pixel clock falls outside
the model's VCO window so that the outer guard skips every iteration,
no candidate is recorded and atomic_update later programs pixpllc->m - 1
(unsigned underflow) into PIXPLLCM/N/P. The result is a corrupted
output clock on those models.

Following Thomas Zimmermann's suggestion, reject such modes earlier in
the pipeline rather than inside atomic_check. Add an optional
pixpllc_mode_valid callback to struct mgag200_device_funcs and dispatch
it from the shared mgag200_crtc_helper_mode_valid. Each affected helper
provides an implementation that walks the same divider space as its
atomic_check counterpart and returns MODE_CLOCK_RANGE when no candidate
falls within the same 0.5% (5/1000) tolerance that g200se has always
enforced. Models without the callback (G200, G200SE, G200EH5) keep
their current behaviour.

Filtering at mode_valid time means the userspace mode list never
contains modes the PLL cannot synthesise, so atomic_check no longer has
to defend against an empty search loop and atomic_update is never
reached with zeroed pixpllc values.

Tested with static analysis against the linux-7.1-rc4 tree; runtime
confirmation on physical Matrox hardware welcome. checkpatch.pl --strict
clean.

Suggested-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Berkant Koc <me@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7 berkoc-pipeline
---
drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h | 8 ++++
drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh3.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200er.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ev.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ew3.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200wb.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c | 13 ++++++
8 files changed, 278 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h
index a875c4bf8c..3eae8756cc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.h
@@ -248,6 +248,14 @@ struct mgag200_device_info {
}

struct mgag200_device_funcs {
+ /*
+ * Optional. Validate that @mode's pixel clock falls within the
+ * model's PIXPLLC window. Called from mgag200_crtc_helper_mode_valid
+ * so that out-of-range modes are filtered before atomic_check.
+ */
+ enum drm_mode_status (*pixpllc_mode_valid)(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+ const struct drm_display_mode *mode);
+
/*
* Validate that the given state can be programmed into PIXPLLC. On
* success, the calculated parameters should be stored in the CRTC's
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh.c
index d2aa931f57..189bb1671e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh.c
@@ -40,6 +40,46 @@ void mgag200_g200eh_init_registers(struct mga_device *mdev)
* PIXPLLC
*/

+static enum drm_mode_status mgag200_g200eh_pixpllc_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+ const struct drm_display_mode *mode)
+{
+ static const unsigned int vcomax = 800000;
+ static const unsigned int vcomin = 400000;
+ static const unsigned int pllreffreq = 33333;
+
+ long clock = mode->clock;
+ unsigned int delta, tmpdelta, permitteddelta;
+ unsigned int testp, testm, testn;
+ unsigned int computed;
+
+ if (clock <= 0)
+ return MODE_CLOCK_LOW;
+
+ delta = 0xffffffff;
+ permitteddelta = clock * 5 / 1000;
+
+ for (testp = 16; testp > 0; testp >>= 1) {
+ if (clock * testp > vcomax)
+ continue;
+ if (clock * testp < vcomin)
+ continue;
+
+ for (testm = 1; testm < 33; testm++) {
+ for (testn = 17; testn < 257; testn++) {
+ computed = (pllreffreq * testn) / (testm * testp);
+ if (computed > clock)
+ tmpdelta = computed - clock;
+ else
+ tmpdelta = clock - computed;
+ if (tmpdelta < delta)
+ delta = tmpdelta;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return (delta > permitteddelta) ? MODE_CLOCK_RANGE : MODE_OK;
+}
+
static int mgag200_g200eh_pixpllc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
struct drm_atomic_state *new_state)
{
@@ -230,6 +270,7 @@ static const struct mgag200_device_info mgag200_g200eh_device_info =
MGAG200_DEVICE_INFO_INIT(2048, 2048, 37500, false, 1, 0, false);

static const struct mgag200_device_funcs mgag200_g200eh_device_funcs = {
+ .pixpllc_mode_valid = mgag200_g200eh_pixpllc_mode_valid,
.pixpllc_atomic_check = mgag200_g200eh_pixpllc_atomic_check,
.pixpllc_atomic_update = mgag200_g200eh_pixpllc_atomic_update,
};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh3.c
index 7bea7a728f..621e4efb47 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh3.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200eh3.c
@@ -15,6 +15,43 @@
* PIXPLLC
*/

+static enum drm_mode_status mgag200_g200eh3_pixpllc_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+ const struct drm_display_mode *mode)
+{
+ static const unsigned int vcomax = 3000000;
+ static const unsigned int vcomin = 1500000;
+ static const unsigned int pllreffreq = 25000;
+
+ long clock = mode->clock;
+ unsigned int delta, tmpdelta, permitteddelta;
+ unsigned int testm, testn;
+ unsigned int computed;
+
+ if (clock <= 0)
+ return MODE_CLOCK_LOW;
+
+ delta = 0xffffffff;
+ permitteddelta = clock * 5 / 1000;
+
+ for (testm = 150; testm >= 6; testm--) {
+ if (clock * testm > vcomax)
+ continue;
+ if (clock * testm < vcomin)
+ continue;
+ for (testn = 120; testn >= 60; testn--) {
+ computed = (pllreffreq * testn) / testm;
+ if (computed > clock)
+ tmpdelta = computed - clock;
+ else
+ tmpdelta = clock - computed;
+ if (tmpdelta < delta)
+ delta = tmpdelta;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return (delta > permitteddelta) ? MODE_CLOCK_RANGE : MODE_OK;
+}
+
static int mgag200_g200eh3_pixpllc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
struct drm_atomic_state *new_state)
{
@@ -134,6 +171,7 @@ static const struct mgag200_device_info mgag200_g200eh3_device_info =
MGAG200_DEVICE_INFO_INIT(2048, 2048, 0, false, 1, 0, false);

static const struct mgag200_device_funcs mgag200_g200eh3_device_funcs = {
+ .pixpllc_mode_valid = mgag200_g200eh3_pixpllc_mode_valid,
.pixpllc_atomic_check = mgag200_g200eh3_pixpllc_atomic_check,
.pixpllc_atomic_update = mgag200_g200eh_pixpllc_atomic_update, // same as G200EH
};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200er.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200er.c
index 8fa8fe943a..d030094ae4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200er.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200er.c
@@ -57,6 +57,55 @@ static void mgag200_g200er_reset_tagfifo(struct mga_device *mdev)
* PIXPLLC
*/

+static enum drm_mode_status mgag200_g200er_pixpllc_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+ const struct drm_display_mode *mode)
+{
+ static const unsigned int vcomax = 1488000;
+ static const unsigned int vcomin = 1056000;
+ static const unsigned int pllreffreq = 48000;
+ static const unsigned int m_div_val[] = { 1, 2, 4, 8 };
+
+ long clock = mode->clock;
+ unsigned int delta, tmpdelta, permitteddelta;
+ int testr, testn, testm, testo;
+ unsigned int computed, vco;
+
+ if (clock <= 0)
+ return MODE_CLOCK_LOW;
+
+ delta = 0xffffffff;
+ permitteddelta = clock * 5 / 1000;
+
+ for (testr = 0; testr < 4; testr++) {
+ if (delta == 0)
+ break;
+ for (testn = 5; testn < 129; testn++) {
+ if (delta == 0)
+ break;
+ for (testm = 3; testm >= 0; testm--) {
+ if (delta == 0)
+ break;
+ for (testo = 5; testo < 33; testo++) {
+ vco = pllreffreq * (testn + 1) / (testr + 1);
+ if (vco < vcomin)
+ continue;
+ if (vco > vcomax)
+ continue;
+ computed = vco / (m_div_val[testm] * (testo + 1));
+ if (computed > clock)
+ tmpdelta = computed - clock;
+ else
+ tmpdelta = clock - computed;
+ if (tmpdelta < delta)
+ delta = tmpdelta;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return (delta > permitteddelta) ? MODE_CLOCK_RANGE : MODE_OK;
+}
+
static int mgag200_g200er_pixpllc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
struct drm_atomic_state *new_state)
{
@@ -267,6 +316,7 @@ static const struct mgag200_device_info mgag200_g200er_device_info =
MGAG200_DEVICE_INFO_INIT(2048, 2048, 55000, false, 1, 0, false);

static const struct mgag200_device_funcs mgag200_g200er_device_funcs = {
+ .pixpllc_mode_valid = mgag200_g200er_pixpllc_mode_valid,
.pixpllc_atomic_check = mgag200_g200er_pixpllc_atomic_check,
.pixpllc_atomic_update = mgag200_g200er_pixpllc_atomic_update,
};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ev.c
index 3fadbeb10a..8286e4d6ad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ev.c
@@ -46,6 +46,47 @@ static void mgag200_g200ev_set_hiprilvl(struct mga_device *mdev)
* PIXPLLC
*/

+static enum drm_mode_status mgag200_g200ev_pixpllc_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+ const struct drm_display_mode *mode)
+{
+ static const unsigned int vcomax = 550000;
+ static const unsigned int vcomin = 150000;
+ static const unsigned int pllreffreq = 50000;
+
+ long clock = mode->clock;
+ unsigned int delta, tmpdelta, permitteddelta;
+ unsigned int testp, testm, testn;
+ unsigned int computed;
+
+ if (clock <= 0)
+ return MODE_CLOCK_LOW;
+
+ delta = 0xffffffff;
+ permitteddelta = clock * 5 / 1000;
+
+ for (testp = 16; testp > 0; testp--) {
+ if (clock * testp > vcomax)
+ continue;
+ if (clock * testp < vcomin)
+ continue;
+
+ for (testn = 1; testn < 257; testn++) {
+ for (testm = 1; testm < 17; testm++) {
+ computed = (pllreffreq * testn) /
+ (testm * testp);
+ if (computed > clock)
+ tmpdelta = computed - clock;
+ else
+ tmpdelta = clock - computed;
+ if (tmpdelta < delta)
+ delta = tmpdelta;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return (delta > permitteddelta) ? MODE_CLOCK_RANGE : MODE_OK;
+}
+
static int mgag200_g200ev_pixpllc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
struct drm_atomic_state *new_state)
{
@@ -268,6 +309,7 @@ static const struct mgag200_device_info mgag200_g200ev_device_info =
MGAG200_DEVICE_INFO_INIT(2048, 2048, 32700, false, 0, 1, false);

static const struct mgag200_device_funcs mgag200_g200ev_device_funcs = {
+ .pixpllc_mode_valid = mgag200_g200ev_pixpllc_mode_valid,
.pixpllc_atomic_check = mgag200_g200ev_pixpllc_atomic_check,
.pixpllc_atomic_update = mgag200_g200ev_pixpllc_atomic_update,
};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ew3.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ew3.c
index e387a455ea..8db95f4d13 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ew3.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200ew3.c
@@ -22,6 +22,50 @@ static void mgag200_g200ew3_init_registers(struct mga_device *mdev)
* PIXPLLC
*/

+static enum drm_mode_status mgag200_g200ew3_pixpllc_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+ const struct drm_display_mode *mode)
+{
+ static const unsigned int vcomax = 800000;
+ static const unsigned int vcomin = 400000;
+ static const unsigned int pllreffreq = 25000;
+
+ long clock = mode->clock;
+ unsigned int delta, tmpdelta, permitteddelta;
+ unsigned int testp, testm, testn, testp2;
+ unsigned int computed;
+
+ if (clock <= 0)
+ return MODE_CLOCK_LOW;
+
+ delta = 0xffffffff;
+ permitteddelta = clock * 5 / 1000;
+
+ for (testp = 1; testp < 8; testp++) {
+ for (testp2 = 1; testp2 < 8; testp2++) {
+ if (testp < testp2)
+ continue;
+ if ((clock * testp * testp2) > vcomax)
+ continue;
+ if ((clock * testp * testp2) < vcomin)
+ continue;
+ for (testm = 1; testm < 26; testm++) {
+ for (testn = 32; testn < 2048; testn++) {
+ computed = (pllreffreq * testn) /
+ (testm * testp * testp2);
+ if (computed > clock)
+ tmpdelta = computed - clock;
+ else
+ tmpdelta = clock - computed;
+ if (tmpdelta < delta)
+ delta = tmpdelta;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return (delta > permitteddelta) ? MODE_CLOCK_RANGE : MODE_OK;
+}
+
static int mgag200_g200ew3_pixpllc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
struct drm_atomic_state *new_state)
{
@@ -143,6 +187,7 @@ static const struct mgag200_device_info mgag200_g200ew3_device_info =
MGAG200_DEVICE_INFO_INIT(2048, 2048, 0, true, 0, 1, false);

static const struct mgag200_device_funcs mgag200_g200ew3_device_funcs = {
+ .pixpllc_mode_valid = mgag200_g200ew3_pixpllc_mode_valid,
.pixpllc_atomic_check = mgag200_g200ew3_pixpllc_atomic_check,
.pixpllc_atomic_update = mgag200_g200wb_pixpllc_atomic_update, // same as G200WB
};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200wb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200wb.c
index d847fa8ded..63f9909a99 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200wb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_g200wb.c
@@ -38,6 +38,46 @@ void mgag200_g200wb_init_registers(struct mga_device *mdev)
* PIXPLLC
*/

+static enum drm_mode_status mgag200_g200wb_pixpllc_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
+ const struct drm_display_mode *mode)
+{
+ static const unsigned int vcomax = 550000;
+ static const unsigned int vcomin = 150000;
+ static const unsigned int pllreffreq = 48000;
+
+ long clock = mode->clock;
+ unsigned int delta, tmpdelta, permitteddelta;
+ unsigned int testp, testm, testn;
+ unsigned int computed;
+
+ if (clock <= 0)
+ return MODE_CLOCK_LOW;
+
+ delta = 0xffffffff;
+ permitteddelta = clock * 5 / 1000;
+
+ for (testp = 1; testp < 9; testp++) {
+ if (clock * testp > vcomax)
+ continue;
+ if (clock * testp < vcomin)
+ continue;
+
+ for (testm = 1; testm < 17; testm++) {
+ for (testn = 1; testn < 151; testn++) {
+ computed = (pllreffreq * testn) / (testm * testp);
+ if (computed > clock)
+ tmpdelta = computed - clock;
+ else
+ tmpdelta = clock - computed;
+ if (tmpdelta < delta)
+ delta = tmpdelta;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return (delta > permitteddelta) ? MODE_CLOCK_RANGE : MODE_OK;
+}
+
static int mgag200_g200wb_pixpllc_atomic_check(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
struct drm_atomic_state *new_state)
{
@@ -277,6 +317,7 @@ static const struct mgag200_device_info mgag200_g200wb_device_info =
MGAG200_DEVICE_INFO_INIT(1280, 1024, 31877, true, 0, 1, false);

static const struct mgag200_device_funcs mgag200_g200wb_device_funcs = {
+ .pixpllc_mode_valid = mgag200_g200wb_pixpllc_mode_valid,
.pixpllc_atomic_check = mgag200_g200wb_pixpllc_atomic_check,
.pixpllc_atomic_update = mgag200_g200wb_pixpllc_atomic_update,
};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c
index 8894a063b1..ed82171a84 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_mode.c
@@ -583,6 +583,8 @@ enum drm_mode_status mgag200_crtc_helper_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
{
struct mga_device *mdev = to_mga_device(crtc->dev);
const struct mgag200_device_info *info = mdev->info;
+ const struct mgag200_device_funcs *funcs = mdev->funcs;
+ enum drm_mode_status status;

/*
* Some devices have additional limits on the size of the
@@ -605,6 +607,17 @@ enum drm_mode_status mgag200_crtc_helper_mode_valid(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
return MODE_BAD;
}

+ /*
+ * Reject modes whose pixel clock falls outside the per-model PIXPLLC
+ * window. Without this filter, pixpllc_atomic_check can return success
+ * with zeroed PLL parameters and atomic_update would underflow.
+ */
+ if (funcs->pixpllc_mode_valid) {
+ status = funcs->pixpllc_mode_valid(crtc, mode);
+ if (status != MODE_OK)
+ return status;
+ }
+
return MODE_OK;
}

--
2.47.3