[PATCH] drm/nouveau/kms: defer window LUT disable until the image update

From: Solom Tamawy

Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 20:42:12 EST


A modeset on one head can set flush_disable for the entire atomic
commit while another window changes from an integer framebuffer to
FP16 without a modeset. The latter sets clr.xlut and set.image, but
not clr.image.

nv50_wndw_flush_clr() clears that window's ILUT before the intermediate
disable UPDATE, leaving the old integer image enabled without its LUT.
The new FP16 image is only programmed later in nv50_wndw_flush_set().
On hardware that uses the ILUT to convert integer input to the internal
FP16 pipeline, the intermediate state is invalid.

This ordering defect was found while investigating a Plasma login hang
on GB205 after atomic modesetting became enabled by default. The failure
logs contained window UPDATE exceptions followed by a core notifier
timeout:

gsp: Xid:56 CMDre 00000001 00000200 00000001 00000005 0000002d
gsp: Xid:56 CMDre 00000005 00000200 00000001 00000005 0000002d
drm: core notifier timeout

Defer the LUT clear until the image update when the old image remains
enabled across a separate disable UPDATE. The LUT clear and new image
then take effect together. Keep early clears for windows whose images
are disabled and preserve the path without a separate disable UPDATE.
Pass flush_disable explicitly to the set phase, since the new plane
state's atomic-state backpointer is cleared during state swap.

Fixes: ebf8ca6b3d6d ("drm/nouveau/kms/nv50-: disable input lut harder")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Solom Tamawy <solom@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Based on linux-next f0406245cb9855e6318335a8a223551354291a46
(next-20261002). This is the functional fix only; atomic modesetting
remains enabled and the advertised formats are unchanged.

Testing:
- A focused C harness extracts the actual pristine and patched flush
helpers and models two heads at each UPDATE boundary. The pristine
helpers fail the mixed-head integer-to-FP16 case; the patched helpers
pass all 14 cases. The model is not a full GPU simulator.
- Nouveau built against the matching kernel configuration and headers
with successful modpost and BTF generation and no build warnings.
- I successfully logged into Plasma Wayland on RTX 5070
(GB205), with three NVIDIA DP displays, amdgpu active on the integrated
GPU, and a CalDigit TS5 Plus dock connected before login. No atomic=0
override or USB/PCIe/Thunderbolt PM workarounds were present. The
expected patched module was loaded, and the I confirmed a
successful DRM_CLIENT_CAP_ATOMIC=1 capability probe. No Xid or core
notifier timeout appeared in this boot.

drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.h | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
index e91130f93db6..b7022a9b6e6f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/disp.c
@@ -2351,7 +2351,7 @@ nv50_disp_atomic_commit_tail(struct
drm_atomic_commit *state)
(!asyw->clr.mask || atom->flush_disable))
continue;

- nv50_wndw_flush_set(wndw, interlock, asyw);
+ nv50_wndw_flush_set(wndw, interlock,
atom->flush_disable, asyw);
}

/* Flush update. */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.c
b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.c
index 74eb1dfcc043..ac59219e162a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.c
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ nv50_wndw_flush_clr(struct nv50_wndw *wndw, u32
*interlock, bool flush,
union nv50_wndw_atom_mask clr = {
.mask = asyw->clr.mask & ~(flush ? 0 : asyw->set.mask),
};
+
+ /* A different head can require a separate disable update while this
+ * window only changes format. Keep its LUT enabled for the old
image
+ * until the new image is programmed: integer formats require an
ILUT.
+ */
+ if (flush && !clr.image && asyw->set.image)
+ clr.xlut = false;
+
if (clr.sema ) wndw->func-> sema_clr(wndw);
if (clr.ntfy ) wndw->func-> ntfy_clr(wndw);
if (clr.xlut ) wndw->func-> xlut_clr(wndw);
@@ -147,7 +155,7 @@ nv50_wndw_flush_clr(struct nv50_wndw *wndw, u32
*interlock, bool flush,
}

void
-nv50_wndw_flush_set(struct nv50_wndw *wndw, u32 *interlock,
+nv50_wndw_flush_set(struct nv50_wndw *wndw, u32 *interlock, bool flush,
struct nv50_wndw_atom *asyw)
{
if (interlock[NV50_DISP_INTERLOCK_CORE]) {
@@ -157,6 +165,9 @@ nv50_wndw_flush_set(struct nv50_wndw *wndw, u32
*interlock,

if (asyw->set.sema ) wndw->func->sema_set (wndw, asyw);
if (asyw->set.ntfy ) wndw->func->ntfy_set (wndw, asyw);
+ /* Apply a deferred LUT disable together with the new image. */
+ if (flush && asyw->clr.xlut && !asyw->clr.image && asyw->set.image)
+ wndw->func->xlut_clr(wndw);
if (asyw->set.image) wndw->func->image_set(wndw, asyw);

if (asyw->set.xlut ) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.h
b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.h
index 7bd8bcc199db..b0b1b10cf782 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv50/wndw.h
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ int nv50_wndw_new_(const struct nv50_wndw_func *,
struct drm_device *,
const u32 *format, u32 heads,
enum nv50_disp_interlock_type, u32 interlock_data,
struct nv50_wndw **);
-void nv50_wndw_flush_set(struct nv50_wndw *, u32 *interlock,
- struct nv50_wndw_atom *);
+void nv50_wndw_flush_set(struct nv50_wndw *wndw, u32 *interlock, bool
flush,
+ struct nv50_wndw_atom *asyw);
void nv50_wndw_flush_clr(struct nv50_wndw *, u32 *interlock, bool flush,
struct nv50_wndw_atom *);
void nv50_wndw_ntfy_enable(struct nv50_wndw *, struct nv50_wndw_atom *);

base-commit: f0406245cb9855e6318335a8a223551354291a46