Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] drm/msm/dp: handle irq_hpd with sink_count = 0 correctly

[Stephen Boyd]

Quoting khsieh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (2021-05-19 09:01:02)
> On 2021-05-18 14:42, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> > Quoting Kuogee Hsieh (2021-05-14 10:35:13)
> >> irq_hpd interrupt should be handled after dongle plugged in and
> >> before dongle unplugged. Hence irq_hpd interrupt is enabled at
> >> the end of the plugin handle and disabled at the beginning of
> >> unplugged handle. Current irq_hpd with sink_count = 0 is wrongly
> >> handled same as the dongle unplugged which tears down the mainlink
> >> and disables the phy. This patch fixes this problem by only tearing
> >> down the mainlink but keeping phy enabled at irq_hpd with
> >> sink_count = 0 handle so that next irq_hpd with sink_count =1 can be
> >> handled by setup mainlink only.
> >>
> >> Changes in v2:
> >> -- add ctrl->phy_Power_count
> >>
> >> Changes in v3:
> >> -- del ctrl->phy_Power_count
> >> -- add phy_power_off to dp_ctrl_off_link_stream()
> >>
> >> Changes in v4:
> >> -- return immediately if clock disable failed at
> >> dp_ctrl_off_link_stream()
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Kuogee Hsieh <khsieh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I think we want some Fixes tag. Not sure what it would be though.
> >
> > I also noticed that if I plug and unplug the HDMI cable from my apple
> > dongle that I see this error message
> >
> >   [drm:dp_display_usbpd_attention_cb] *ERROR* Disconnected, no
> > DP_LINK_STATUS_UPDATED
>
> > *ERROR* Disconnected, no DP_LINK_STATUS_UPDATED <== this is caused by
> > dongle generate the second
> irq_hpd with sink_count = 0 after first first irq_hpd with sink_count =
> 0. The fix is you have
> set dongle to D3 (power off) state after first irq_pd with sink_count =
> 0 handled.
> I have a patch fix this problem. I will merge and re submit for review.

That's good. I still don't understand how the kthread can't race with
irq_hpd and hpd going low though. Userspace will have to disable the
display and that could happen far later than the time that the hpd low
interrupt fires and is processed. Can't hpd go high during that time and
then blip before userspace notices and disables the display?

Put another way, putting the dongle into D3 state may make the race
window smaller, but it's not fixing the root cause of the problem which
is that the kthread is running later and userspace is involved in the
state of the dongle while irqs are firing. The three different contexts
have to coordinate work, so it feels like a better approach would be to
shut off the irq_hpd interrupt once hpd goes low for an unplug in
hardirq context so that we don't have to consider the cable state or
userspace changing the state after we notify it.