Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] platform/x86: asus-wmi: add safety checks to gpu switching

From: Hans de Goede
Date: Wed Jul 12 2023 - 10:48:30 EST


Hi,

On 6/30/23 07:35, Luke D. Jones wrote:
> Add safety checking to dgpu_disable, egpu_enable, gpu_mux_mode.
>
> These checks prevent users from doing such things as:
> - disabling the dGPU while is muxed to drive the internal screen
> - enabling the eGPU which also disables the dGPU, while muxed to
> the internal screen
> - switching the MUX to dGPU while the dGPU is disabled
>
> Signed-off-by: Luke D. Jones <luke@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> index 821addb284d7..602426a7fb41 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
> @@ -645,6 +645,18 @@ static ssize_t dgpu_disable_store(struct device *dev,
> if (disable > 1)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + if (asus->gpu_mux_mode_available) {
> + result = asus_wmi_get_devstate_simple(asus, ASUS_WMI_DEVID_GPU_MUX);
> + if (result < 0)
> + /* An error here may signal greater failure of GPU handling */
> + return result;
> + if (!result && disable) {
> + err = -ENODEV;
> + pr_warn("Can not disable dGPU when the MUX is in dGPU mode: %d\n", err);
> + return err;
> + }
> + }
> +
> err = asus_wmi_set_devstate(ASUS_WMI_DEVID_DGPU, disable, &result);
> if (err) {
> pr_warn("Failed to set dgpu disable: %d\n", err);
> @@ -693,7 +705,7 @@ static ssize_t egpu_enable_store(struct device *dev,
> if (enable > 1)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - err = asus_wmi_get_devstate_simple(asus, ASUS_WMI_DEVID_EGPU_CONNECTED);
> + result = asus_wmi_get_devstate_simple(asus, ASUS_WMI_DEVID_EGPU_CONNECTED);
> if (err < 0)
> return err;
> if (err < 1) {

This seems like a stray and undesired change. I'll drop this err -> result change
when merging this.

Otherwise looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

Hans





> @@ -702,6 +714,18 @@ static ssize_t egpu_enable_store(struct device *dev,
> return err;
> }
>
> + if (asus->gpu_mux_mode_available) {
> + result = asus_wmi_get_devstate_simple(asus, ASUS_WMI_DEVID_GPU_MUX);
> + if (result < 0)
> + /* An error here may signal greater failure of GPU handling */
> + return result;
> + if (!result && enable) {
> + err = -ENODEV;
> + pr_warn("Can not enable eGPU when the MUX is in dGPU mode: %d\n", err);
> + return err;
> + }
> + }
> +
> err = asus_wmi_set_devstate(ASUS_WMI_DEVID_EGPU, enable, &result);
> if (err) {
> pr_warn("Failed to set egpu disable: %d\n", err);
> @@ -764,6 +788,30 @@ static ssize_t gpu_mux_mode_store(struct device *dev,
> if (optimus > 1)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + if (asus->dgpu_disable_available) {
> + result = asus_wmi_get_devstate_simple(asus, ASUS_WMI_DEVID_DGPU);
> + if (result < 0)
> + /* An error here may signal greater failure of GPU handling */
> + return result;
> + if (result && !optimus) {
> + err = -ENODEV;
> + pr_warn("Can not switch MUX to dGPU mode when dGPU is disabled: %d\n", err);
> + return err;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + if (asus->egpu_enable_available) {
> + result = asus_wmi_get_devstate_simple(asus, ASUS_WMI_DEVID_EGPU);
> + if (result < 0)
> + /* An error here may signal greater failure of GPU handling */
> + return result;
> + if (result && !optimus) {
> + err = -ENODEV;
> + pr_warn("Can not switch MUX to dGPU mode when eGPU is enabled: %d\n", err);
> + return err;
> + }
> + }
> +
> err = asus_wmi_set_devstate(ASUS_WMI_DEVID_GPU_MUX, optimus, &result);
> if (err) {
> dev_err(dev, "Failed to set GPU MUX mode: %d\n", err);