Re: [PATCH] drm/vkms: Solve bug on kms_crc_cursor tests

[Daniel Vetter]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:11:07AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:26:06AM -0300, Shayenne Moura wrote:
> > vkms_crc_work_handle needs the value of the actual frame to
> > schedule the workqueue that calls periodically the vblank
> > handler and the destroy state functions. However, the frame
> > value returned from vkms_vblank_simulate is updated and
> > diminished in vblank_get_timestamp because it is not in a
> > vblank interrupt, and return an inaccurate value.
> > 
> > Solve this getting the actual vblank frame directly from the
> > vblank->count inside the `struct drm_crtc`, instead of using
> > the `drm_accurate_vblank_count` function.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Shayenne Moura <shayenneluzmoura@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Sorry for the delay, I'm a bit swamped right now :-/
> 
> Debug work you're doing here is really impressive! But I have no idea
> what's going on. It doesn't look like it's just papering over a bug (like
> the in_vblank_irq check we've discussed on irc), but I also have no idea
> why it works.
> 
> I'll pull in Ville, he understands this better than me.

Works better if I actually add Ville ...
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
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