[PATCH v6 13/15] drm/atomic-uapi: Add DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_RESET flag
From: Maxime Ripard
Date: Thu Oct 22 2026 - 10:03:21 EST
From: Sebastian Wick <sebastian.wick@xxxxxxxxxx>
Userspace currently has no atomic way to reset all KMS object states
to their defaults. To bring a display pipeline to a known state, a
compositor must explicitly set every property on every object, which
requires tracking which properties exist and what their defaults are.
Introduce DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_RESET (0x0800) which, when passed to the
atomic ioctl, fills the commit with default states for all KMS
objects before applying the properties supplied in the request.
Properties not explicitly included in the commit remain at their
defaults (CRTCs inactive, planes disabled, connectors unbound, and
so on).
The flag cannot be combined with DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC, since a
full state reset is incompatible with an async flip.
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Wick <sebastian.wick@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Stone <daniels@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c | 3 +++
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c | 3 +++
include/uapi/drm/drm.h | 10 ++++++++++
include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h | 14 +++++++++++++-
5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index c3c38695814f..e7867da2d921 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -1614,4 +1614,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_get_new_bridge_state);
* drm_atomic_helper_colorop_create_state() and do not have a per-driver hook.
*
+ * This is used to report the %DRM_CAP_ATOMIC_RESET capability to userspace,
+ * and as a precondition in drm_atomic_commit_fill_with_defaults().
+ *
* Returns:
* True if all objects implement atomic_create_state, false otherwise.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
index 1eebcf6f5e05..9ff1ddecb8ed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
@@ -1674,4 +1674,11 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
}
+ if ((arg->flags & DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_RESET) &&
+ (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC)) {
+ drm_dbg_atomic(dev,
+ "commit failed: reset cannot be combined with async flip\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
state = drm_atomic_commit_alloc(dev);
if (!state)
@@ -1689,4 +1696,15 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
num_fences = 0;
+ if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_RESET) {
+ if (!drm_atomic_implements_create_state(dev)) {
+ ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = drm_atomic_commit_fill_with_defaults(file_priv, state);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < arg->count_objs; i++) {
uint32_t obj_id, count_props;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
index 0dbf04d4aa9e..e589d93871e2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_ioctl.c
@@ -306,4 +306,7 @@ static int drm_getcap(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_file *file_
dev->mode_config.async_page_flip;
break;
+ case DRM_CAP_ATOMIC_RESET:
+ req->value = drm_atomic_implements_create_state(dev);
+ break;
default:
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
index bc7ef7684099..b6e2f2edd122 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm.h
@@ -796,4 +796,14 @@ struct drm_gem_change_handle {
#define DRM_CAP_ATOMIC_ASYNC_PAGE_FLIP 0x15
+/**
+ * DRM_CAP_ATOMIC_RESET
+ *
+ * If set to 1, the driver supports the &DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_RESET flag in
+ * &DRM_IOCTL_MODE_ATOMIC commits. When supported, userspace can pass that
+ * flag to reset all KMS object states to their defaults before applying
+ * property changes.
+ */
+#define DRM_CAP_ATOMIC_RESET 0x16
+
/* DRM_IOCTL_GET_CAP ioctl argument type */
struct drm_get_cap {
diff --git a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
index ed1a660a3dfd..32eb3f650d7a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
+++ b/include/uapi/drm/drm_mode.h
@@ -1329,4 +1329,15 @@ struct drm_mode_destroy_dumb {
*/
#define DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET 0x0400
+/**
+ * DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_RESET
+ *
+ * Reset all KMS object states (CRTCs, planes, connectors, color operations)
+ * to their default values before applying the properties in this commit.
+ * Properties not explicitly included in the commit will remain at their
+ * defaults (CRTCs inactive, planes disabled, connectors unbound, etc.).
+ *
+ * This flag cannot be combined with &DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC.
+ */
+#define DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_RESET 0x0800
/**
@@ -1341,5 +1352,6 @@ struct drm_mode_destroy_dumb {
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY |\
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_NONBLOCK |\
- DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET)
+ DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET |\
+ DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_RESET)
struct drm_mode_atomic {
--
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