Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/2] media: rockchip: rga: Add rk3568 support

From: Michael Tretter
Date: Mon May 22 2023 - 06:30:48 EST


On Sun, 21 May 2023 21:32:51 +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote:
> On Sunday, 21 May 2023 12:44:58 CEST Heiko Stuebner wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:14:21 +0100, Michael Tretter wrote:
> > > The RGA2 on the Rockchip rk3568 is the same core as the RGA2 on the
> > > Rockchip rk3288.
> > >
> > > This series adds the necessary device tree binding and node in the device
> > > tree to enable the RGA2 on the Rockchip rk3568.
> > >
> > > I tested the driver with the GStreamer v4l2convert element on a Rock3
> > > Model A board.
> > >
> > > [...]
> >
> > Applied, thanks!
> >
> > [1/2] media: dt-bindings: media: rockchip-rga: add rockchip,rk3568-rga
> > commit: 9b12ceb5a80d1fb45d293265de100e33b5843943
> > [2/2] arm64: dts: rockchip: Add RGA2 support to rk356x
> > commit: 0c3391f8bb06b744df521651534cd99e3d77e0a8
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/TY3P286MB26115F60D273E840D36A610598CA9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> indicated that there was a problem with device >= 4GB (RAM?):
> > Since we have the over-4GB problem now, should we mark this problem as a
> > TODO or something?
>
> I thought that was the reason that these patches weren't picked up before?

That's what I thought, too.

>
> I have no insight into this problem, so I can't comment on the technical
> aspects, but I had made a note for myself 'locally' about it.

Using the RGA2 with the driver in its current form on devices with more than 4
GB system memory may lead to memory corruption as buffer addresses are
silently truncated to 32 bits.

I'm not sure if that's actually a blocker for merging these patches.

Michael