[PATCH] fbdev: goldfishfb: fail pan display on base-update timeout

From: Pengpeng Hou

Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 23:01:47 EST


goldfish_fb_pan_display() waits for the device to acknowledge the new
framebuffer base, but it only logs a timeout and still reports success.
The probe path also ignores the initial pan-display result before
registering the framebuffer.

Return -ETIMEDOUT when the base-update acknowledgment does not arrive,
and propagate that error from the initial probe-time base update before
the framebuffer is published.

Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/goldfishfb.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/goldfishfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/goldfishfb.c
index c9871281bc1d..e5d79886ea66 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/goldfishfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/goldfishfb.c
@@ -138,10 +138,12 @@ static int goldfish_fb_pan_display(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
writel(fb->fb.fix.smem_start + fb->fb.var.xres * 2 * var->yoffset,
fb->reg_base + FB_SET_BASE);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fb->lock, irq_flags);
- wait_event_timeout(fb->wait,
- fb->base_update_count != base_update_count, HZ / 15);
- if (fb->base_update_count == base_update_count)
+ if (!wait_event_timeout(fb->wait,
+ fb->base_update_count != base_update_count,
+ HZ / 15)) {
pr_err("%s: timeout waiting for base update\n", __func__);
+ return -ETIMEDOUT;
+ }
return 0;
}

@@ -251,7 +253,9 @@ static int goldfish_fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
goto err_request_irq_failed;

writel(FB_INT_BASE_UPDATE_DONE, fb->reg_base + FB_INT_ENABLE);
- goldfish_fb_pan_display(&fb->fb.var, &fb->fb); /* updates base */
+ ret = goldfish_fb_pan_display(&fb->fb.var, &fb->fb); /* updates base */
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_pan_display_failed;

ret = register_framebuffer(&fb->fb);
if (ret)
@@ -259,6 +263,7 @@ static int goldfish_fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;

err_register_framebuffer_failed:
+err_pan_display_failed:
free_irq(fb->irq, fb);
err_request_irq_failed:
err_fb_set_var_failed:

base-commit: 502d801f0ab03e4f32f9a33d203154ce84887921
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2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)