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Message-ID: <35189f31.c6a.1956e25d8c9.Coremail.andyshrk@163.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 09:08:48 +0800 (CST)
From: "Andy Yan" <andyshrk@....com>
To: "Simona Vetter" <simona.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc: "Maxime Ripard" <mripard@...nel.org>,
"Dmitry Baryshkov" <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>,
"Maarten Lankhorst" <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
"Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
"David Airlie" <airlied@...il.com>,
"Simona Vetter" <simona@...ll.ch>,
"Andrzej Hajda" <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>,
"Neil Armstrong" <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
"Robert Foss" <rfoss@...nel.org>,
"Laurent Pinchart" <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
"Jonas Karlman" <jonas@...boo.se>,
"Jernej Skrabec" <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
"Douglas Anderson" <dianders@...omium.org>,
"Herve Codina" <herve.codina@...tlin.com>,
dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re:Re: [PATCH v5 04/16] drm/atomic: Introduce helper to lookup
connector by encoder
Hi All,
At 2025-03-06 23:41:24, "Simona Vetter" <simona.vetter@...ll.ch> wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 08:10:16AM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 06, 2025 at 09:16:24AM +0800, Andy Yan wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Maxime and Dmitry:
>> >
>> > At 2025-03-06 04:13:53, "Dmitry Baryshkov" <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org> wrote:
>> > >On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 02:19:36PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
>> > >> Hi Andy,
>> > >>
>> > >> On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 07:55:19PM +0800, Andy Yan wrote:
>> > >> > At 2025-03-04 19:10:47, "Maxime Ripard" <mripard@...nel.org> wrote:
>> > >> > >With the bridges switching over to drm_bridge_connector, the direct
>> > >> > >association between a bridge driver and its connector was lost.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >This is mitigated for atomic bridge drivers by the fact you can access
>> > >> > >the encoder, and then call drm_atomic_get_old_connector_for_encoder() or
>> > >> > >drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder() with drm_atomic_state.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >This was also made easier by providing drm_atomic_state directly to all
>> > >> > >atomic hooks bridges can implement.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >However, bridge drivers don't have a way to access drm_atomic_state
>> > >> > >outside of the modeset path, like from the hotplug interrupt path or any
>> > >> > >interrupt handler.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >Let's introduce a function to retrieve the connector currently assigned
>> > >> > >to an encoder, without using drm_atomic_state, to make these drivers'
>> > >> > >life easier.
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
>> > >> > >Co-developed-by: Simona Vetter <simona.vetter@...ll.ch>
>> > >> > >Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>
>> > >> > >---
>> > >> > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > >> > > include/drm/drm_atomic.h | 3 +++
>> > >> > > 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
>> > >> > >index 9ea2611770f43ce7ccba410406d5f2c528aab022..b926b132590e78f8d41d48eb4da4bccf170ee236 100644
>> > >> > >--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
>> > >> > >+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
>> > >> > >@@ -985,10 +985,55 @@ drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder(const struct drm_atomic_state *state,
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > return NULL;
>> > >> > > }
>> > >> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_atomic_get_new_connector_for_encoder);
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >+/**
>> > >> > >+ * drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder - Get connector currently assigned to an encoder
>> > >> > >+ * @encoder: The encoder to find the connector of
>> > >> > >+ * @ctx: Modeset locking context
>> > >> > >+ *
>> > >> > >+ * This function finds and returns the connector currently assigned to
>> > >> > >+ * an @encoder.
>> > >> > >+ *
>> > >> > >+ * Returns:
>> > >> > >+ * The connector connected to @encoder, or an error pointer otherwise.
>> > >> > >+ * When the error is EDEADLK, a deadlock has been detected and the
>> > >> > >+ * sequence must be restarted.
>> > >> > >+ */
>> > >> > >+struct drm_connector *
>> > >> > >+drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder(const struct drm_encoder *encoder,
>> > >> > >+ struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx)
>> > >> > >+{
>> > >> > >+ struct drm_connector_list_iter conn_iter;
>> > >> > >+ struct drm_connector *out_connector = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>> > >> > >+ struct drm_connector *connector;
>> > >> > >+ struct drm_device *dev = encoder->dev;
>> > >> > >+ int ret;
>> > >> > >+
>> > >> > >+ ret = drm_modeset_lock(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex, ctx);
>> > >> > >+ if (ret)
>> > >> > >+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
>> > >> >
>> > >> > It seems that this will cause a deadlock when called from a hotplug
>> > >> > handling path, I have a WIP DP diver[0], which suggested by Dmitry to
>> > >> > use this API from a &drm_bridge_funcs.detect callback to get the
>> > >> > connector, as detect is called by drm_helper_probe_detect, which will
>> > >> > hold connection_mutex first, so the deaklock happens:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > drm_helper_probe_detect(struct drm_connector *connector,
>> > >> > struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx *ctx,
>> > >> > bool force)
>> > >> > {
>> > >> > const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs *funcs = connector->helper_private;
>> > >> > struct drm_device *dev = connector->dev;
>> > >> > int ret;
>> > >> >
>> > >> > if (!ctx)
>> > >> > return drm_helper_probe_detect_ctx(connector, force);
>> > >> >
>> > >> > ret = drm_modeset_lock(&dev->mode_config.connection_mutex, ctx);
>> > >> > if (ret)
>> > >> > return ret;
>> > >> >
>> > >> > if (funcs->detect_ctx)
>> > >> > ret = funcs->detect_ctx(connector, ctx, force);
>> > >> > else if (connector->funcs->detect)
>> > >> > ret = connector->funcs->detect(connector, force);
>> > >> > else
>> > >> > ret = connector_status_connected;
>> > >> >
>> > >> > if (ret != connector->status)
>> > >> > connector->epoch_counter += 1;
>> > >> >
>> > >> > So I wonder can we let drm_bridge_funcs.detect pass a connector for
>> > >> > this case ?
>> > >>
>> > >> Do you actually see a deadlock occurring? AFAIK, drm_modeset_lock is
>> > >> fine with reentrancy from the same context, so it should work just fine.
>> > >
>> > >Andy, that probably means that you should use .detect_ctx() and pass the
>> > >context to drm_atomic_get_connector_for_encoder().
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, the drm_bridge_funcs does not have a .detect_ctx() version .
>> > The call chain is:
>> > drm_helper_probe_detect
>> > --> drm_bridge_connector_detect(struct drm_connector *connector, bool force)
>> > --> drm_bridge_funcs.detect(bridge)
>> > The ctx got dropped when drm_helper_probe_detect call drm_bridge_connector_detect
>> > The connector got dropped when connector call it's bridege.detect
>> >
>> > So I think the simplest solution is to have drm_bridge_funcs.detect
>> > directly pass the connector
>>
>> I don't disagree on principle, but I think a better first step would be
>> to provide a detect_ctx hook to bridges.
>
>Yup. There's other reasons you really want to get at the locking context
>in detect callbacks, doing this special case by passing something for
>everyone doesn't sound like the right approach to me.
Ok, I will add a detect_ctx hook for bridge. Thanks for your advice.
Just confirm that can I send this add detect_ctx hook patch alone first?
I think this patch will be easy to merge, so it can help my WIP DP driver stay light on dependencies。
>-Sima
>--
>Simona Vetter
>Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
>http://blog.ffwll.ch
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