Re: [RFC v3 19/33] rust: drm/kms: Add DriverCrtc::atomic_check()

[Lyude Paul]

On Fri, 2025-03-14 at 13:21 +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> >              prepare: None,
> > @@ -113,6 +117,21 @@ pub trait DriverCrtc: Send + Sync + Sized {
> >      ///
> >      /// Drivers may use this to instantiate their [`DriverCrtc`] object.
> >      fn new(device: &Device<Self::Driver>, args: &Self::Args) -> impl PinInit<Self, Error>;
> > +
> > +    /// The optional [`drm_crtc_helper_funcs.atomic_check`] hook for this crtc.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// Drivers may use this to customize the atomic check phase of their [`Crtc`] objects. The
> > +    /// result of this function determines whether the atomic check passed or failed.
> > +    ///
> > +    /// [`drm_crtc_helper_funcs.atomic_check`]: srctree/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> > +    fn atomic_check(
> > +        _crtc: &Crtc<Self>,
> > +        _old_state: &CrtcState<Self::State>,
> > +        _new_state: CrtcStateMutator<'_, CrtcState<Self::State>>,
> > +        _state: &AtomicStateComposer<Self::Driver>,
> > +    ) -> Result {
> > +        build_error::build_error("This should not be reachable")
> > +    }
> 
> We've spent an awful lot of time trying to get rid of
> old_state/new_state in the atomic hooks, so I'd prefer to not
> reintroduce them again in Rust, even more so if you have accessors to go
> from AtomicStateComposer to CrtcStateMutator, which I think you do.

This is exactly the kind of reason why I wanted to get more DRM maintainers
looking at these patches :).

So - the main reason for having old_state/new_state was because in the talks
that I had with Sima, they established that we want to try to avoid
fallibility in callbacks like atomic_check in spots where it doesn't
particularly make sense. Consider for instance: If we're in the atomic_check
callback for a CRTC then we already know that both it's old state and new
state are present in the atomic state, and which DriverCrtc implementation
they use - so, it's a bit silly for code to have to treat that as fallible. I
had decided on going with passing new_state/old_state to fix this problem, but
mainly because I didn't realize that not having these arguments in callbacks
on the C side of things was intentional.

This being said I think there's a better solution we can do which Sima had
suggested - introducing a type of token for callbacks like this that can
infallibly give access to the old/new state if needed. The basic idea being
that such a token would be proof that:

 * We know that both the old and new atomic state for the CRTC are present in
   the current atomic state
 * We know their DriverCrtc and DriverCrtcState implementation

At some point I thought I came to the conclusion this couldn't work for some
reason. But, I just wrote up some code to try it and it seems like this
actually works perfectly with rvkms:

    /// A token provided during [`atomic_check`] callbacks for accessing the crtc, atomic state, and new
    /// and old states of the crtc.
    ///
    /// # Invariants
    ///
    /// This token is proof that the old and new atomic state of `crtc` are present in `state` and do
    /// not have any mutators taken out.
    ///
    /// [`atomic_check`]: DriverCrtc::atomic_check
    pub struct CrtcAtomicCheck<'a, 'b, T: DriverCrtc> {
        state: &'a AtomicStateComposer<T::Driver>,
        crtc: &'b Crtc<T>,
    }
    ​
    impl<'a, 'b, T: DriverCrtc> CrtcAtomicCheck<'a, 'b, T> {
        /// Create a new [`CrtcAtomicCheck`] token.
        ///
        /// This token is provided during an [`atomic_check`] callback to provide optional access to the
        /// [`AtomicStateComposer`], the [`Crtc`] whose state is being checked, and both its old and new
        /// atomic state.
        ///
        /// # Safety
        ///
        /// To use this function it must be known in the current context that:
        ///
        /// - `crtc` has had its atomic states added to `state`.
        /// - No [`CrtcStateMutator`] could possibly be taken out for `crtc`s new state.
        ///
        /// [`atomic_check`]: DriverCrtc::atomic_check
        pub(crate) unsafe fn new(
            crtc: &'b Crtc<T>,
            state: &'a AtomicStateComposer<T::Driver>,
        ) -> Self {
            Self { crtc, state }
        }
    ​
        /// Get the [`Crtc`] involved in this [`CrtcAtomicCheck`].
        pub fn crtc(&self) -> &'b Crtc<T> {
            self.crtc
        }
    ​
        /// Exchange this token for a (composer, old_state, new_state) tuple.
        pub fn take_all(self) -> (
            &'a AtomicStateComposer<T::Driver>,
            &'a CrtcState<T::State>,
            CrtcStateMutator<'a, CrtcState<T::State>>
        ) {
            let (old_state, new_state) = (
                self.state.get_old_crtc_state(self.crtc),
                self.state.get_new_crtc_state(self.crtc),
            );
    ​
            // SAFETY:
            // - Both the old and new crtc state are present in `state` via our type invariants.
            // - The new state is guaranteed to have no mutators taken out via our type invariants.
            let (old_state, new_state) = unsafe {
                (old_state.unwrap_unchecked(), new_state.unwrap_unchecked())
            };
    ​
            (self.state, old_state, new_state)
        }
    ​
        /// Exchange this token for the [`AtomicStateComposer`].
        pub fn take_state(self) -> &'a AtomicStateComposer<T::Driver> {
            self.state
        }
    ​
        /// Exchange this token for the old [`CrtcState`].
        pub fn take_old_state(self) -> &'a CrtcState<T::State> {
            let old = self.state.get_old_crtc_state(self.crtc);
    ​
            // SAFETY: The old state is guaranteed to be present in `state` via our type invariants.
            unsafe { old.unwrap_unchecked() }
        }
    ​
        pub fn take_new_state(self) -> CrtcStateMutator<'a, CrtcState<T::State>> {
            let new = self.state.get_new_crtc_state(self.crtc);
    ​
            // SAFETY:
            // - The new state is guaranteed to be present in our `state` via our type invariants.
            // - The new state is guaranteed not to have any mutators taken out for it via our type
            //   invariants.
            unsafe { new.unwrap_unchecked() }
        }
    }

So - would replacing (crtc, state, old_state, new_state) with this token be an acceptable replacement?

> 
> Maxime

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