linux-kernel - [PATCH] drm/i915/fbdev: Discard large BIOS framebuffers

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Message-Id: <20250121104210.3159-1-evepolonium@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:12:10 +0530
From: Atharva Tiwari <evepolonium@...il.com>
To: 
Cc: evepolonium@...il.com,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
	Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@...ulin.net>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
	intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	intel-xe@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915/fbdev: Discard large BIOS framebuffers

On certain 4K panels, the BIOS framebuffer
exceeds the panel's required dimensions,
leading to display corruption.
This patch introduces a validation check to address the issue.

Signed-off-by: Atharva Tiwari <evepolonium@...il.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbdev.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbdev.c
index 00852ff5b247..e8cf06772c31 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_fbdev.c
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ static int intelfb_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
 	ifbdev->fb = NULL;
 
 	if (fb &&
-	    (sizes->fb_width > fb->base.width ||
-	     sizes->fb_height > fb->base.height)) {
+	    (sizes->fb_width != fb->base.width ||
+	     sizes->fb_height != fb->base.height)) {
 		drm_dbg_kms(&dev_priv->drm,
-			    "BIOS fb too small (%dx%d), we require (%dx%d),"
+			    "BIOS fb dimensions mismatch (%dx%d), we require (%dx%d),"
 			    " releasing it\n",
 			    fb->base.width, fb->base.height,
 			    sizes->fb_width, sizes->fb_height);
-- 
2.39.5