[PATCH v3 3/4] drm/vc4: dsi: Serialize host transfers
From: Henry Zhang
Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 15:18:13 EST
vc4_dsi_host_transfer() fills the command FIFOs and the TXPKT registers
and waits on a single completion without any locking. Two callers
sending at the same time, for example a panel driver and a backlight
update, can overwrite each other's packets. Nothing keeps a transfer
from running while the bridge callbacks reprogram the block either,
for example while pre_enable sets up the PHY timings.
Add a mutex and hold it for the whole host transfer and in the bridge
pre_enable, enable, disable and post_disable callbacks. None of these
callbacks calls into the DSI device, so the lock is never taken
recursively.
Signed-off-by: Henry Zhang <henryzhang62@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c
index face44a23..ea3a6d06b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_dsi.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
#include <linux/dmaengine.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/of_address.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
@@ -595,6 +596,11 @@ struct vc4_dsi {
*/
struct clk *pixel_clock;
+ /*
+ * Serializes host transfers against each other and against the
+ * bridge enable/disable paths, which reprogram the block.
+ */
+ struct mutex transfer_lock;
struct completion xfer_completion;
int xfer_result;
@@ -805,6 +811,8 @@ static void vc4_dsi_bridge_disable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
struct vc4_dsi *dsi = bridge_to_vc4_dsi(bridge);
u32 disp0_ctrl;
+ guard(mutex)(&dsi->transfer_lock);
+
disp0_ctrl = DSI_PORT_READ(DISP0_CTRL);
disp0_ctrl &= ~DSI_DISP0_ENABLE;
DSI_PORT_WRITE(DISP0_CTRL, disp0_ctrl);
@@ -816,6 +824,8 @@ static void vc4_dsi_bridge_post_disable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
struct vc4_dsi *dsi = bridge_to_vc4_dsi(bridge);
struct device *dev = &dsi->pdev->dev;
+ guard(mutex)(&dsi->transfer_lock);
+
clk_disable_unprepare(dsi->pll_phy_clock);
clk_disable_unprepare(dsi->escape_clock);
clk_disable_unprepare(dsi->pixel_clock);
@@ -891,6 +901,8 @@ static void vc4_dsi_bridge_pre_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
unsigned long phy_clock;
int ret;
+ guard(mutex)(&dsi->transfer_lock);
+
ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(dev);
if (ret) {
drm_err(bridge->dev, "Failed to runtime PM enable on DSI%d\n", dsi->variant->port);
@@ -1148,6 +1160,8 @@ static void vc4_dsi_bridge_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
bool debug_dump_regs = false;
u32 disp0_ctrl;
+ guard(mutex)(&dsi->transfer_lock);
+
disp0_ctrl = DSI_PORT_READ(DISP0_CTRL);
disp0_ctrl |= DSI_DISP0_ENABLE;
DSI_PORT_WRITE(DISP0_CTRL, disp0_ctrl);
@@ -1181,6 +1195,8 @@ static ssize_t vc4_dsi_host_transfer(struct mipi_dsi_host *host,
bool is_long = mipi_dsi_packet_format_is_long(msg->type);
u32 cmd_fifo_len = 0, pix_fifo_len = 0;
+ guard(mutex)(&dsi->transfer_lock);
+
mipi_dsi_create_packet(&packet, msg);
pkth |= VC4_SET_FIELD(packet.header[0], DSI_TXPKT1H_BC_DT);
@@ -1807,6 +1823,7 @@ static int vc4_dsi_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
struct vc4_dsi *dsi;
+ int ret;
dsi = devm_drm_bridge_alloc(&pdev->dev, struct vc4_dsi, bridge, &vc4_dsi_bridge_funcs);
if (IS_ERR(dsi))
@@ -1814,6 +1831,9 @@ static int vc4_dsi_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
dev_set_drvdata(dev, dsi);
dsi->pdev = pdev;
+ ret = devm_mutex_init(dev, &dsi->transfer_lock);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
#ifdef CONFIG_OF
dsi->bridge.of_node = dev->of_node;
#endif
--
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