[PATCH v8 12/16] drm/panfrost: Skip cache flush/invalidate when enabling perfcnt

From: Adrián Larumbe

Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 16:22:15 EST


The GPU cache flush/invalidate operation is unnecessary. First off, the
GPU doesn't read off the perfcnt sample buffer, only writes into it, so
an invalidate doesn't make a difference. Then flushing GPU caches after
each sample has been written is enough for the CPU to see updated values.

Signed-off-by: Adrián Larumbe <adrian.larumbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c | 15 ++-------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c
index f71534e741b6..ffc77121070e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panfrost/panfrost_perfcnt.c
@@ -124,21 +124,10 @@ static int panfrost_perfcnt_enable_locked(struct panfrost_device *pfdev,
panfrost_gem_internal_set_label(&bo->base, "Perfcnt sample buffer");

/*
- * Invalidate the cache and clear the counters to start from a fresh
- * state.
+ * Clear the counters to start from a fresh state.
*/
- reinit_completion(&pfdev->perfcnt->dump_comp);
- gpu_write(pfdev, GPU_INT_CLEAR,
- GPU_IRQ_CLEAN_CACHES_COMPLETED |
- GPU_IRQ_PERFCNT_SAMPLE_COMPLETED);
+ gpu_write(pfdev, GPU_INT_CLEAR, GPU_IRQ_PERFCNT_SAMPLE_COMPLETED);
gpu_write(pfdev, GPU_CMD, GPU_CMD_PERFCNT_CLEAR);
- gpu_write(pfdev, GPU_CMD, GPU_CMD_CLEAN_INV_CACHES);
- ret = wait_for_completion_timeout(&pfdev->perfcnt->dump_comp,
- msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
- if (!ret) {
- ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
- goto err_vunmap;
- }

ret = panfrost_mmu_as_get(pfdev, perfcnt->mapping->mmu);
if (ret < 0)

--
2.55.0