Re: [PATCH v2] drm/amdgpu: register a dirty framebuffer callback for fbcon

[Christian König]

Am 15.08.23 um 19:26 schrieb Hamza Mahfooz:
> fbcon requires that we implement &drm_framebuffer_funcs.dirty.
> Otherwise, the framebuffer might take a while to flush (which would
> manifest as noticeable lag). However, we can't enable this callback for
> non-fbcon cases since it might cause too many atomic commits to be made
> at once. So, implement amdgpu_dirtyfb() and only enable it for fbcon
> framebuffers on devices that support atomic KMS.
>
> Cc: Aurabindo Pillai <aurabindo.pillai@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 6.1+
> Link: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/2519
> Signed-off-by: Hamza Mahfooz <hamza.mahfooz@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: update variable names
> ---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_display.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_display.c
> index d20dd3f852fc..d3b59f99cb7c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_display.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_display.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
>   #include <linux/pci.h>
>   #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
>   #include <drm/drm_crtc_helper.h>
> +#include <drm/drm_damage_helper.h>
> +#include <drm/drm_drv.h>
>   #include <drm/drm_edid.h>
>   #include <drm/drm_fb_helper.h>
>   #include <drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.h>
> @@ -532,11 +534,29 @@ bool amdgpu_display_ddc_probe(struct amdgpu_connector *amdgpu_connector,
>   	return true;
>   }
>   
> +static int amdgpu_dirtyfb(struct drm_framebuffer *fb, struct drm_file *file,
> +			  unsigned int flags, unsigned int color,
> +			  struct drm_clip_rect *clips, unsigned int num_clips)
> +{
> +
> +	if (strcmp(fb->comm, "[fbcon]"))
> +		return -ENOSYS;

Once more to the v2 of this patch: Tests like those are a pretty big 
NO-GO for upstreaming.

Regards,
Christian.

> +
> +	return drm_atomic_helper_dirtyfb(fb, file, flags, color, clips,
> +					 num_clips);
> +}
> +
>   static const struct drm_framebuffer_funcs amdgpu_fb_funcs = {
>   	.destroy = drm_gem_fb_destroy,
>   	.create_handle = drm_gem_fb_create_handle,
>   };
>   
> +static const struct drm_framebuffer_funcs amdgpu_fb_funcs_atomic = {
> +	.destroy = drm_gem_fb_destroy,
> +	.create_handle = drm_gem_fb_create_handle,
> +	.dirty = amdgpu_dirtyfb
> +};
> +
>   uint32_t amdgpu_display_supported_domains(struct amdgpu_device *adev,
>   					  uint64_t bo_flags)
>   {
> @@ -1139,7 +1159,11 @@ static int amdgpu_display_gem_fb_verify_and_init(struct drm_device *dev,
>   	if (ret)
>   		goto err;
>   
> -	ret = drm_framebuffer_init(dev, &rfb->base, &amdgpu_fb_funcs);
> +	if (drm_drv_uses_atomic_modeset(dev))
> +		ret = drm_framebuffer_init(dev, &rfb->base,
> +					   &amdgpu_fb_funcs_atomic);
> +	else
> +		ret = drm_framebuffer_init(dev, &rfb->base, &amdgpu_fb_funcs);
>   
>   	if (ret)
>   		goto err;