Re: AMDGPU: regression on 5.17.1

[Michele Ballabio]

On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:14:42 -0400
Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 1:33 PM Michele Ballabio
> <ballabio.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:34:37 -0400
> > Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  
> > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 12:28 PM Michele Ballabio
> > > <ballabio.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 10:23:16 -0400
> > > > Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 3:39 PM Michele Ballabio
> > > > > <ballabio.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 13:03:41 -0400
> > > > > > Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >  
> > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 10:19 AM Michele Ballabio
> > > > > > > <ballabio.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:  
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > >         I've hit a regression on 5.17.1 (haven't tested
> > > > > > > > 5.17.0, but 5.16-stable didn't have this problem).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The machine is a Ryzen 5 1600 with AMD graphics (RX
> > > > > > > > 560).
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The regression I hit seems to trigger when the machine
> > > > > > > > is left idle at boot (I don't boot straight to X, I
> > > > > > > > boot to a tty, login and then start X). The machine
> > > > > > > > after a while blanks the screen. Usually, the screen
> > > > > > > > unblanks as the keyboard is hit or the mouse moves, but
> > > > > > > > with kernel 5.17.1 the screen does not wake up. The
> > > > > > > > machine seems to run mostly fine: I can login from ssh,
> > > > > > > > but I cannot reboot or halt it: a sysrq sequence is
> > > > > > > > needed for that. Note that if the screen goes blank
> > > > > > > > under X, it wakes up fine.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Below a dmesg and two traces from syslog (they're quite
> > > > > > > > similar).  
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can you bisect?  Does setting amdgpu.runpm=0 help?  
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I can try to bisect, should I narrow the search to
> > > > > > drivers/gpu/drm/ ?  
> > > > >
> > > > > I would just do a full bisect if possible in case the change
> > > > > happens to be outside of drm.
> > > > >  
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Setting amdgpu.runpm=0 works, the display now unblanks
> > > > > > without problems.  
> > > > >  
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >     I bisected this, and the first bad commit is
> > > > [087451f372bf76d971184caa258807b7c35aac8f] drm/amdgpu: use
> > > > generic fb helpers instead of setting up AMD own's.
> > > >
> > > > Let me know if you need some more testing.  
> > >
> > > Thanks.  Do the attached patches fix the issue?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Alex  
> >
> > Sorry, no. I applied them both on top of 5.17.1.  
> 
> Thanks.  Please try the attached patch.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alex

I applied the v2 patch on top of 5.17.1 and it works as expected.

Tested-by: Michele Ballabio <ballabio.m@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
    Michele Ballabio