Re: [PATCH] drm/hyperv: Don't rely on screen_info.lfb_base for Gen1 VMs

[Saurabh Singh Sengar]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 09:03:53AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am 11.09.22 um 18:21 schrieb Saurabh Singh Sengar:
> >On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 08:11:24PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>Am 09.09.22 um 16:43 schrieb Saurabh Sengar:
> >>>hyperv_setup_vram tries to remove conflicting framebuffer based on
> >>>'screen_info'. As observed in past due to some bug or wrong setting
> >>>in grub, the 'screen_info' fields may not be set for Gen1, and in such
> >>>cases drm_aperture_remove_conflicting_framebuffers will not do anything
> >>>useful.
> >>>For Gen1 VMs, it should always be possible to get framebuffer
> >>>conflict removed using PCI device instead.
> >>>
> >>>Fixes: a0ab5abced55 ("drm/hyperv : Removing the restruction of VRAM allocation with PCI bar size")
> >>>Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>---
> >>>  drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_drv.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
> >>>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>>diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_drv.c
> >>>index 6d11e7938c83..b0cc974efa45 100644
> >>>--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_drv.c
> >>>+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/hyperv/hyperv_drm_drv.c
> >>>@@ -73,12 +73,28 @@ static int hyperv_setup_vram(struct hyperv_drm_device *hv,
> >>>  			     struct hv_device *hdev)
> >>>  {
> >>>  	struct drm_device *dev = &hv->dev;
> >>>+	struct pci_dev *pdev;
> >>>  	int ret;
> >>>-	drm_aperture_remove_conflicting_framebuffers(screen_info.lfb_base,
> >>>-						     screen_info.lfb_size,
> >>>-						     false,
> >>>-						     &hyperv_driver);
> >>>+	if (efi_enabled(EFI_BOOT)) {
> >>>+		drm_aperture_remove_conflicting_framebuffers(screen_info.lfb_base,
> >>>+							     screen_info.lfb_size,
> >>
> >>Using screen_info here seems wrong in any case. You want to remove
> >>the framebuffer devices that conflict with your driver, which might
> >>be unrelated to screen_info. AFAICT the correct solution would
> >>always retrieve the PCI device for removal (i.e., always do the else
> >>branch).
> >
> >In a Gen2 VM, the Hyper-V frame buffer device is presented only as a VMbus device.
> >It's not presented as a PCI device like it is in a Gen1 VM. This would have worked
> >if we had the frame buffer device available as PCI device in Gen2 but unfortunately
> >thats not the case here.
> 
> Thanks for explaining. There is an instance of struct hv_device
> passed to the probe function. I suspect you cannot get the
> framebuffer range from this instance (e.g., via the device's
> platform_data)?
> 
> If you absolutely can't get the actual memory region from the
> device, it's better to remove all framebuffers via
> drm_aperture_remove_framebuffers() than to use screen_info.
> 
> Best regards
> Thomas

Thanks for your suggestion, and I thought of using drm_aperture_remove_framebuffers
here, but this driver will be used in many different systems with many other graphics
devices (GPU etc). Removing all the framebuffer is a bit blunt approach which may disturb
the devices we are not intended to and which are even outside of the HyperV MMIO region.
I feel this API use will be risky, and I would like to stick to the earlier method which
is proven to be working for many years and we are sure it won't disturb anyone outside
MMIO region.

Regards,
Saurabh
> 
> >
> >Regards,
> >Saurabh
> >
> >>
> >>Best regard
> >>Thomas
> >>
> >>>+							     false,
> >>>+							     &hyperv_driver);
> >>>+	} else {
> >>>+		pdev = pci_get_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_MICROSOFT, PCI_DEVICE_ID_HYPERV_VIDEO, NULL);
> >>>+		if (!pdev) {
> >>>+			drm_err(dev, "Unable to find PCI Hyper-V video\n");
> >>>+			return -ENODEV;
> >>>+		}
> >>>+
> >>>+		ret = drm_aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_framebuffers(pdev, &hyperv_driver);
> >>>+		pci_dev_put(pdev);
> >>>+		if (ret) {
> >>>+			drm_err(dev, "Not able to remove boot fb\n");
> >>>+			return ret;
> >>>+		}
> >>>+	}
> >>>  	hv->fb_size = (unsigned long)hv->mmio_megabytes * 1024 * 1024;
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Thomas Zimmermann
> >>Graphics Driver Developer
> >>SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
> >>Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
> >>(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
> >>Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev
> >
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> Thomas Zimmermann
> Graphics Driver Developer
> SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
> Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
> (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
> Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev