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Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 21:06:12 +0530
From: Akhil P Oommen <quic_akhilpo@...cinc.com>
To: Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
CC: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>,
        Sean Paul
	<sean@...rly.run>, Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@...nel.org>,
        Abhinav Kumar
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        Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>,
        Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>,
        David Airlie
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        <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>, <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        <freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rob Clark
	<robdclark@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drm/msm/adreno: Introduce ADRENO_QUIRK_NO_SYSCACHE

On 12/5/2024 3:20 AM, Rob Clark wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 1:47 PM Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 11:04 AM Akhil P Oommen <quic_akhilpo@...cinc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 12/1/2024 10:06 PM, Rob Clark wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 12:30 PM Akhil P Oommen
>>>> <quic_akhilpo@...cinc.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/30/2024 7:01 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
>>>>>> On 25.11.2024 5:33 PM, Akhil P Oommen wrote:
>>>>>>> There are a few chipsets which don't have system cache a.k.a LLC.
>>>>>>> Currently, the assumption in the driver is that the system cache
>>>>>>> availability correlates with the presence of GMU or RPMH, which
>>>>>>> is not true. For instance, Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 has RPMH and a GPU
>>>>>>> with a full blown GMU, but doesnot have a system cache. So,
>>>>>>> introduce an Adreno Quirk flag to check support for system cache
>>>>>>> instead of using gmu_wrapper flag.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Akhil P Oommen <quic_akhilpo@...cinc.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c | 3 ++-
>>>>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c     | 7 +------
>>>>>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h   | 1 +
>>>>>>>  3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c
>>>>>>> index 0c560e84ad5a..5e389f6b8b8a 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c
>>>>>>> @@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ static const struct adreno_info a6xx_gpus[] = {
>>>>>>>              },
>>>>>>>              .gmem = (SZ_128K + SZ_4K),
>>>>>>>              .inactive_period = DRM_MSM_INACTIVE_PERIOD,
>>>>>>> +            .quirks = ADRENO_QUIRK_NO_SYSCACHE,
>>>>>>>              .init = a6xx_gpu_init,
>>>>>>>              .zapfw = "a610_zap.mdt",
>>>>>>>              .a6xx = &(const struct a6xx_info) {
>>>>>>> @@ -1331,7 +1332,7 @@ static const struct adreno_info a7xx_gpus[] = {
>>>>>>>              },
>>>>>>>              .gmem = SZ_128K,
>>>>>>>              .inactive_period = DRM_MSM_INACTIVE_PERIOD,
>>>>>>> -            .quirks = ADRENO_QUIRK_HAS_HW_APRIV,
>>>>>>> +            .quirks = ADRENO_QUIRK_HAS_HW_APRIV | ADRENO_QUIRK_NO_SYSCACHE,
>>>>>>>              .init = a6xx_gpu_init,
>>>>>>>              .zapfw = "a702_zap.mbn",
>>>>>>>              .a6xx = &(const struct a6xx_info) {
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +a619_holi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
>>>>>>> index 019610341df1..a8b928d0f320 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
>>>>>>> @@ -1863,10 +1863,6 @@ static void a7xx_llc_activate(struct a6xx_gpu *a6xx_gpu)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  static void a6xx_llc_slices_destroy(struct a6xx_gpu *a6xx_gpu)
>>>>>>>  {
>>>>>>> -    /* No LLCC on non-RPMh (and by extension, non-GMU) SoCs */
>>>>>>> -    if (adreno_has_gmu_wrapper(&a6xx_gpu->base))
>>>>>>> -            return;
>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>      llcc_slice_putd(a6xx_gpu->llc_slice);
>>>>>>>      llcc_slice_putd(a6xx_gpu->htw_llc_slice);
>>>>>>>  }
>>>>>>> @@ -1876,8 +1872,7 @@ static void a6xx_llc_slices_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
>>>>>>>  {
>>>>>>>      struct device_node *phandle;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -    /* No LLCC on non-RPMh (and by extension, non-GMU) SoCs */
>>>>>>> -    if (adreno_has_gmu_wrapper(&a6xx_gpu->base))
>>>>>>> +    if (a6xx_gpu->base.info->quirks & ADRENO_QUIRK_NO_SYSCACHE)
>>>>>>>              return;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think A612 is the "quirky" one here.. it has some sort of a GMU,
>>>>>> but we're choosing not to implement it. maybe a check for
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if (adreno_has_gmu_wrapper && !adreno_is_a612)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> would be clearer here, with a comment that RGMU support is not
>>>>>> implemented
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But going further, I'm a bit concerned about dt-bindings.. If we
>>>>>> implement RGMU on the driver side in the future, that will require
>>>>>> DT changes which will make the currently proposed description invalid.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think a better angle would be to add a adreno_has_rgmu() func with
>>>>>> a qcom,adreno-rgmu compatible and plumb it correctly from the get-go.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This way, we can avoid this syscache quirk as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am aware of at least Adreno 710 which doesn't have syscache, but has
>>>>> proper GMU. And I don't see any reason why there couldn't be another one
>>>>> in future to save silicon area. So, a quirk flag doesn't seem so bad in
>>>>> this case.
>>>>>
>>>>> The correct way to avoid this quirk flag is by making LLCC driver return
>>>>> a proper error to detect the absence of syscache. Currently, it just
>>>>> returns EPROBE_DEFER which put driver in an infinite probe loop.
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, this seems solvable?  llcc has a node in the dt, so it seems like
>>>> it should be able to tell the difference between not existing and not
>>>> being probed yet.  Something maybe like, initialize drv_data to NULL
>>>> instead of -EPROBE_DEFER, and then in the various entry points, if
>>>> (!drv_data) return not_probed_helper(); which would check if a
>>>> compatible node exists in dt?
>>>
>>> Sounds like that would work. Can we explore that separately?
>>>
>>> I am a bit worried about adding another subsystem's patch to this
>>> series. That might delay this series by weeks.
>>
>> I don't think there is a dependency between the two, so it shouldn't
>> delay anything.  We can just merge the first patch in this series as
>> it is and drop the second.  And the llcc change is a legit bug fix,
>> IMO, -EPROBE_DEFER is the incorrect return value when the device is
>> not present.
> 
> Actually, that wasn't _quite_ correct, but the idea still stands.
> Re-send second patch, but without the ADRENO_QUIRK_NO_SYSCACHE parts,
> and drop the first.
> 
> In parallel send the llcc fix.  There is no compile time dependency,
> so they can go thru different trees.
> 

Ack, will send separate patches.

-Akhil.

> BR,
> -R
> 
>>
>> BR,
>> -R
>>
>>> -Akhil
>>>
>>>>
>>>> BR,
>>>> -R
>>>>
>>>>> Agree about the dt binding suggestion. I will define a new compatible
>>>>> string for rgmu.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Akhil.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Konrad
>>>>>
>>>

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