Re: [PATCH v2] drm/gud: Ignore damage clips in full update mode

[Ruben Wauters]

On Thu, 2026-09-10 at 08:17 +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> 
> Am 10.09.26 um 03:49 schrieb Sophie D:
> > When running in full update mode, previously small updates (such as
> > moving the mouse across the screen) would cause many full frames to be
> > generated. This would bog down the bus and lower the effective framerate
> > significantly - I was seeing a drop from 60 FPS to 2 FPS.
> > 
> > Set ignore_damage_clips in full update mode so the damage iterator
> > yields a single full-plane rectangle instead of one per clip.
> > 
> > Fixes: 73cfd166e045 ("drm/gud: Replace simple display pipe with DRM atomic helpers")
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 6.18.x
> > Signed-off-by: Sophie D <patches@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ruben Wauters <rubenru09@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks for the fix.
> 
> > ---
> > v2: set ignore_damage_clips in atomic_check instead of merging clips in
> >      atomic_update (Thomas Zimmermann)
> > 
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_pipe.c | 3 +++
> >   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_pipe.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_pipe.c
> > index 5ef887d84..3388fdc8e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_pipe.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_pipe.c
> > @@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ int gud_plane_atomic_check(struct drm_plane *plane,
> >   	if (!new_plane_state->visible)
> >   		return 0;
> >   
> > +	if (gdrm->flags & GUD_DISPLAY_FLAG_FULL_UPDATE)
> > +		new_plane_state->ignore_damage_clips = true;
> > +
> >   	if (old_plane_state->rotation != new_plane_state->rotation)
> >   		crtc_state->mode_changed = true;
> >

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