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Message-ID: <ZfCFsmNv62-KMkA6@hovoldconsulting.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:41:22 +0100
From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
To: Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>
Cc: freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
	Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>,
	Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>,
	Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
	Kuogee Hsieh <quic_khsieh@...cinc.com>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, swboyd@...omium.org,
	quic_jesszhan@...cinc.com, quic_parellan@...cinc.com,
	quic_bjorande@...cinc.com, Rob Clark <robdclark@...omium.org>,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/dp: move link_ready out of HPD event thread

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 11:09:11AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 01:45:32PM -0800, Abhinav Kumar wrote:

> > @@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ static int dp_display_notify_disconnect(struct device *dev)
> >  {
> >  	struct dp_display_private *dp = dev_get_dp_display_private(dev);
> >  
> > +	dp->dp_display.link_ready = false;
> 
> As I also pointed out in the other thread, setting link_ready to false
> here means that any spurious connect event (during physical disconnect)
> will always be processed, something which can currently lead to a leaked
> runtime pm reference.
> 
> Wasting some power is of course preferred over crashing the machine, but
> please take it into consideration anyway.
> 
> Especially if your intention with this patch was to address the resets
> we saw with sc8280xp which are gone since the HPD notify revert (which
> fixed the hotplug detect issue that left the bridge in a
> half-initialised state).

Heh. This is getting ridiculous. I just tried running with this patch
and it again breaks hotplug detect in a VT console and in X (where I
could enable a reconnected external display by running xrandr twice
before).

So, please, do not apply this one.

Johan