Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/adreno: adreno_gpu: Use suspend() instead of idle() on load error

[Rob Clark]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 8:48 AM Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 29.03.2023 16:37, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 04:04:44PM +0200, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> >> If we fail to initialize the GPU for whatever reason (say we don't
> >> embed the GPU firmware files in the initrd), the error path involves
> >> pm_runtime_put_sync() which then calls idle() instead of suspend().
> >>
> >> This is suboptimal, as it means that we're not going through the
> >> clean shutdown sequence. With at least A619_holi, this makes the GPU
> >> not wake up until it goes through at least one more start-fail-stop
> >> cycle. Fix that by using pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend to force a clean
> >> shutdown.
> >
> > This does not sound right. If pm_runtime_put_sync() fails to suspend the
> > device when the usage count drops to zero, then you have a bug somewhere
> > else.
> I was surprised to see that it was not called as well, but I wasn't able
> to track it down before..
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> > Also since commit 2c087a336676 ("drm/msm/adreno: Load the firmware
> > before bringing up the hardware") the firmware is loaded before even
> > hitting these paths so the above description does not sound right in
> > that respect either (or is missing some details).
> ..but I did some more digging and I found that the precise "firmware"
> that fails is the ZAP blob, which is not checked like SQE in the
> commit you mentioned!
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> Now I don't think that we can easily check for it as-is since
> zap_shader_load_mdt() does the entire find-load-authenticate
> dance which is required with secure assets, but it's obviously
> possible to rip out the find-load part of that and go on from
> there.
>
> Do you think that would be a better solution?

Hmm, to hit this it sounds like you'd need all the fw _except_ the zap
in the initrd?

BR,
-R

> Konrad
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> >
> >> Test cases:
> >> 1. firmware baked into kernel
> >> 2. error loading fw in initrd -> load from rootfs at DE start
> >>
> >> Both succeed on A619_holi (SM6375) and A630 (SDM845).
> >>
> >> Fixes: 0d997f95b70f ("drm/msm/adreno: fix runtime PM imbalance at gpu load")
> >> Signed-off-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c | 2 +-
> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c
> >> index f61896629be6..59f3302e8167 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_device.c
> >> @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ struct msm_gpu *adreno_load_gpu(struct drm_device *dev)
> >>      return gpu;
> >>
> >>  err_put_rpm:
> >> -    pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev);
> >> +    pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend(&pdev->dev);
> >>  err_disable_rpm:
> >>      pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
> >
> > Johan