Re: [PATCH v3] Fix loading of module radeonfb on PowerMac
From: Mathieu Malaterre
Date: Tue Jan 30 2018 - 08:14:37 EST
Bartlomiej,
On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
<b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thursday, December 21, 2017 11:07:56 PM Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> When the linux kernel is build with (typical kernel ship with Debian
>> installer):
>>
>> CONFIG_FB_OF=y
>> CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING=y
>> CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m
>>
>> The offb driver takes precedence over module radeonfb. It is then
>> impossible to load the module, error reported is:
>>
>> [ 96.551486] radeonfb 0000:00:10.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
>> [ 96.551526] radeonfb 0000:00:10.0: BAR 0: can't reserve [mem 0x98000000-0x9fffffff pref]
>> [ 96.551531] radeonfb (0000:00:10.0): cannot request region 0.
>> [ 96.551545] radeonfb: probe of 0000:00:10.0 failed with error -16
>>
>> This patch reproduce the behavior of the module radeon, so as to make it
>> possible to load radeonfb when offb is first loaded.
>>
>> It should be noticed that `offb_destroy` is never called which explain the
>> need to skip error detection on the radeon side.
>
> This still needs to be explained more, from my last mail:
>
> "The last put_fb_info() on fb_info should call ->fb_destroy
> (offb_destroy in our case) and remove_conflicting_framebuffers()
> is calling put_fb_info() so there is some extra reference on
> fb_info somewhere preventing it from going away.
>
> Please look into fixing this."
I am not familiar with the fb stuff internals but here is what I see:
# modprobe radeonfb
leads to:
[ 52.058546] bus: 'pci': add driver radeonfb
[ 52.058588] bus: 'pci': driver_probe_device: matched device
0000:00:10.0 with driver radeonfb
[ 52.058595] bus: 'pci': really_probe: probing driver radeonfb with
device 0000:00:10.0
[ 52.058608] devices_kset: Moving 0000:00:10.0 to end of list
[ 52.058613] radeonfb_pci_register BEGIN
[ 52.058634] radeonfb 0000:00:10.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
<at this point radeon_kick_out_firmware_fb is called>
[ 52.058666] checking generic (9c008000 96000) vs hw (98000000 8000000)
[ 52.058667] fb: switching to radeonfb from OFfb ATY,RockHo
[ 52.058844] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 52.058860] device: 'fb0': device_unregister
[ 52.058956] PM: Removing info for No Bus:fb0
[ 52.059014] device: 'fb0': device_create_release
<a call to do_unregister_framebuffer is done>
<put_fb_info is done with a count=2 and dev=NULL>
[ 52.059048] device: 'vtcon1': device_unregister
[ 52.059076] PM: Removing info for No Bus:vtcon1
[ 52.059091] device: 'vtcon1': device_create_release
[ 52.059107] radeonfb 0000:00:10.0: BAR 0: can't reserve [mem
0x98000000-0x9fffffff pref]
[ 52.256151] aper_base: 98000000 MC_FB_LOC to: 9bff9800, MC_AGP_LOC
to: ffffa000
[ 52.256157] radeonfb (0000:00:10.0): Found 32768k of DDR 64 bits
wide videoram
I can confirm that offb_destroy is never called (not sure exactly
why), but in any case the call to radeon_kick_out_firmware_fb happen
much earlier, at least before the put_fb_info.
Could you describe a bit more the chain of calls you were thinking of ?
>> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Malaterre <malat@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Link: https://bugs.debian.org/826629#57
>> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119741
>> Suggested-by: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2: Only fails when CONFIG_PCC is not set
>> v3: Only fails when CONFIG_FB_OF is not set, CONFIG_PCC was too broad. Since the conflicts in region is due to OFfb explicitly refers to it.
>
> It seems that there may still be configurations when this is
> incorrect -> when offb drives primary (non-radeon) card and radeonfb
> drives secondary (radeon) card..
>
>> drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c
>> index 4d77daeecf99..221879196531 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c
>> @@ -2259,6 +2259,22 @@ static const struct bin_attribute edid2_attr = {
>> .read = radeon_show_edid2,
>> };
>>
>> +static int radeon_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>> +{
>> + struct apertures_struct *ap;
>> +
>> + ap = alloc_apertures(1);
>> + if (!ap)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + ap->ranges[0].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
>> + ap->ranges[0].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0);
>> +
>> + remove_conflicting_framebuffers(ap, KBUILD_MODNAME, false);
>> + kfree(ap);
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>>
>> static int radeonfb_pci_register(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>> const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>> @@ -2312,19 +2328,27 @@ static int radeonfb_pci_register(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>> rinfo->fb_base_phys = pci_resource_start (pdev, 0);
>> rinfo->mmio_base_phys = pci_resource_start (pdev, 2);
>>
>> + ret = radeon_kick_out_firmware_fb(pdev);
>> + if (ret)
>> + return ret;
>> +
>> /* request the mem regions */
>> ret = pci_request_region(pdev, 0, "radeonfb framebuffer");
>> if (ret < 0) {
>> +#ifndef CONFIG_FB_OF
>> printk( KERN_ERR "radeonfb (%s): cannot request region 0.\n",
>> pci_name(rinfo->pdev));
>> goto err_release_fb;
>> +#endif
>> }
>>
>> ret = pci_request_region(pdev, 2, "radeonfb mmio");
>> if (ret < 0) {
>> +#ifndef CONFIG_FB_OF
>> printk( KERN_ERR "radeonfb (%s): cannot request region 2.\n",
>> pci_name(rinfo->pdev));
>> goto err_release_pci0;
>> +#endif
>> }
>>
>> /* map the regions */
>> @@ -2509,10 +2533,12 @@ static int radeonfb_pci_register(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>> iounmap(rinfo->mmio_base);
>> err_release_pci2:
>> pci_release_region(pdev, 2);
>> +#ifndef CONFIG_FB_OF
>> err_release_pci0:
>> pci_release_region(pdev, 0);
>> err_release_fb:
>> framebuffer_release(info);
>> +#endif
>> err_disable:
>> err_out:
>> return ret;
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
> Samsung R&D Institute Poland
> Samsung Electronics
>
Thanks,
-M