Re: [PATCH 1/8] display: fix blend_mode for non-overlay planes

From: Joshua Peisach

Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 14:47:55 EST


On Fri Aug 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM EDT, Bert Karwatzki wrote:
Previously drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property() was only called for
planes of type DRM_PLANE_TYPE_OVERLAY. Since commit commit 860e748bddcc
("drm: ensure blend mode supported if pixel format with alpha exposed")
this results in warnings from validate_blend_mode_for_alpha_formats().
We fix this here by calling drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property() for
all plane types if the plane is supporting a format with
per_pixel_alpha.

Signed-off-by: Bert Karwatzki <spasswolf@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c | 5 ++++-
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_plane.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c
index 62eac6e65334..a6a54351ea56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_crtc.c
@@ -755,13 +755,16 @@ int amdgpu_dm_crtc_init(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
struct drm_plane *cursor_plane;
bool has_degamma;
int res = -ENOMEM;
+ struct dc_plane_cap dummy_cap = {
+ .per_pixel_alpha = 1,
+ };
cursor_plane = kzalloc_obj(*cursor_plane);
if (!cursor_plane)
goto fail;
cursor_plane->type = DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR;
- res = amdgpu_dm_plane_init(dm, cursor_plane, 0, NULL);
+ res = amdgpu_dm_plane_init(dm, cursor_plane, 0, &dummy_cap);
acrtc = kzalloc_obj(struct amdgpu_crtc);
if (!acrtc)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_plane.c
index 824ef3ce5de0..4c0c6a8a0dac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_plane.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_plane.c
@@ -2208,8 +2208,7 @@ int amdgpu_dm_plane_init(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
if (res)
return res;
- if (plane->type == DRM_PLANE_TYPE_OVERLAY &&
- plane_cap && plane_cap->per_pixel_alpha) {
+ if (plane_cap && plane_cap->per_pixel_alpha) {
unsigned int blend_caps = BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE) |
BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI) |
BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_COVERAGE);

Not sure where the full patch set is, but this does make the warning
go away.

Tested-by: Joshua Peisach <jpeisach@xxxxxxxxxx>