Re: [PATCH 3/3] drm/amd/display: report synced Apple 5K tiles to PowerPlay for MCLK switch

From: Richard Lane

Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 19:39:11 EST


On 27/10/2026 18:26, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 5:41 AM Richard Lane <richardlanedev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> When driving both 2560x2880 tiles of an Apple 5K iMac panel, Display
>> Core's program_timing_sync() already aligns both CRTCs in hardware
>> during dc_commit_streams() because the two streams share identical
>> timings.
>>
>> However, on DCE < 12 (iMac15,1 through Polaris-based iMac19,1), Display
>> Core leaves pp_display_cfg.all_displays_in_sync unset. Because PowerPlay
>> is not informed that the two streams have synchronized vertical blanking
>> intervals, SMU7 prevents MCLK switching at idle or causes modeset
>> underflows.
>>
>> Report all_displays_in_sync = true to PowerPlay after committing both
>> tiled streams so SMU7 knows the tiles blank simultaneously and can
>> safely downclock MCLK at idle.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Richard Lane <richardlanedev@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
>> index 548f975c7324..384a81371f80 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
>> @@ -4788,6 +4788,19 @@ static void amdgpu_dm_commit_streams(struct drm_atomic_commit *state,
>> mutex_lock(&dm->dc_lock);
>> dc_exit_ips_for_hw_access(dm->dc);
>> WARN_ON(!dc_commit_streams(dm->dc, &params));
>> + /*
>> + * DCE < 12 leaves all_displays_in_sync unset; report synchronized
>> + * Apple 5K tiles to PowerPlay after commit so SMU7 can downclock MCLK
>> + * at idle without modeset underflows.
>> + */
>> + if (params.stream_count == 2 &&
>> + params.streams[0]->link->tiled_peer == params.streams[1]->link) {
>
> This should be made generic for any combination of displays with
> identical timings.
>
> Alex
>

I have changed it to the following to make it generic:

if (params.stream_count > 1 &&
dm->dc->current_state->stream_status[0].timing_sync_info.group_size ==
params.stream_count) {

Richard

>> + struct dm_pp_display_configuration *pp_cfg =
>> + &dm->dc->current_state->pp_display_cfg;
>> +
>> + pp_cfg->all_displays_in_sync = true;
>> + dm_pp_apply_display_requirements(dm->dc->ctx, pp_cfg);
>> + }
>>
>> bool frl_stream_found = false;
>>
>> --
>> 2.55.0