Re: [PATCH] drm/dp: Don't attempt AUX transfers when eDP panels are not powered

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 10:25 PM Hsin-Yi Wang <hsinyi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > If an eDP panel is not powered on then any attempts to talk to it over
> > the DP AUX channel will timeout. Unfortunately these attempts may be
> > quite slow. Userspace can initiate these attempts either via a
> > /dev/drm_dp_auxN device or via the created i2c device.
> >
> > Making the DP AUX drivers timeout faster is a difficult proposition.
> > In theory we could just poll the panel's HPD line in the AUX transfer
> > function and immediately return an error there. However, this is
> > easier said than done. For one thing, there's no hard requirement to
> > hook the HPD line up for eDP panels and it's OK to just delay a fixed
> > amount. For another thing, the HPD line may not be fast to probe. On
> > parade-ps8640 we need to wait for the bridge chip's firmware to boot
> > before we can get the HPD line and this is a slow process.
> >
> > The fact that the transfers are taking so long to timeout is causing
> > real problems. The open source fwupd daemon sometimes scans DP busses
> > looking for devices whose firmware need updating. If it happens to
> > scan while a panel is turned off this scan can take a long time. The
> > fwupd daemon could try to be smarter and only scan when eDP panels are
> > turned on, but we can also improve the behavior in the kernel.
> >
> > Let's let eDP panels drivers specify that a panel is turned off and
> > then modify the common AUX transfer code not to attempt a transfer in
> > this case.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Reviewed-by: Hsin-Yi Wang <hsinyi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the review!

Given that this touches core DRM code and that I never got
confirmation that Jani's concerns were addressed with my previous
response, I'm still going to wait a little while before applying. I'm
on vacation for most of next week, but if there are no further replies
between now and then I'll plan to apply this to "drm-misc-next" the
week of Feb 26th. If someone else wants to apply this before I do then
I certainly won't object. Jani: if you feel this needs more discussion
or otherwise object to this patch landing then please yell. Likewise
if anyone else in the community wants to throw in their opinion, feel
free.

-Doug