Message-ID: <617ccc19e9e981a631251c7bf970629e4c825533.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:15:41 -0500
From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
To: René Rebe <rene@...ctco.de>, 
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>, Danilo Krummrich
	 <dakr@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] drm/nouveau: fix circular dep oops from vendored
 i2c encoder

Hey! Thank you for resending this. I was going to review it, but I'm having a
bit of trouble being sure I understand how the problem you're hitting here is
actually happening. More comments down below:

On Tue, 2025-12-02 at 16:49 +0100, René Rebe wrote:
> Since a73583107af9 ("drm/nouveau: vendor in drm_encoder_slave API")
> nouveau appears to be broken for all dispnv04 GPUs (before NV50).
> Depending on the kernel version, either having no display output and
> hanging in kernel for a long time, or even oopsing in the cleanup
> path like:
> 
> Hardware name: PowerMac11,2 PPC970MP 0x440101 PowerMac
> ...
> nouveau 0000:0a:00.0: drm: 0x14C5: Parsing digital output script table
> BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on read at 0x00041520
> Faulting instruction address: 0xc0003d0001be0844
> Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
> BE PAGE_SIZE=4K MMU=Hash  SMP NR_CPUS=8 NUMA PowerMac
> Modules linked in: windfarm_cpufreq_clamp windfarm_smu_sensors windfarm_smu_controls windfarm_pm112 snd_aoa_codec_onyx snd_aoa_fabric_layout snd_aoa windfarm_pid jo
>  apple_mfi_fastcharge rndis_host cdc_ether usbnet mii snd_aoa_i2sbus snd_aoa_soundbus snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore rack_meter windfarm_smu_sat windfarm_max6690_s
> m75_sensor windfarm_core gpu_sched drm_gpuvm drm_exec drm_client_lib drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_display_helper drm_kms_helper drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks syscopyar
> _sys_fops i2c_algo_bit backlight uio_pdrv_genirq uio uninorth_agp agpgart zram dm_mod dax ipv6 nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace sunrpc offb cfbfillrect cfbimgblt
> ont input_leds sr_mod cdrom sd_mod uas ata_generic hid_apple hid_generic usbhid hid usb_storage pata_macio sata_svw libata firewire_ohci scsi_mod firewire_core ohci
> ehci_pci ehci_hcd tg3 ohci_hcd libphy usbcore usb_common nls_base
>  led_class
> CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 245 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.14.0-09584-g7d06015d936c #7 PREEMPTLAZY
> Hardware name: PowerMac11,2 PPC970MP 0x440101 PowerMac
> NIP:  c0003d0001be0844 LR: c0003d0001be0830 CTR: 0000000000000000
> REGS: c0000000053f70e0 TRAP: 0300   Not tainted  (6.14.0-09584-g7d06015d936c)
> MSR:  9000000000009032 <SF,HV,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI>  CR: 24222220  XER: 00000000
> DAR: 0000000000041520 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0 \x0aGPR00: c0003d0001be0830 c0000000053f7380 c0003d0000911900 c000000007bc6800 \x0aGPR04: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 c000000007bc6e70 0000000000000001 \x0aGPR08: 01f3040000000000 0000000000041520 0000000000000000 c0003d0000813958 \x0aGPR12: c000000000071a48 c000000000e28000 0000000000000020 0000000000000000 \x0aGPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000f52630 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 \x0aGPR20: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 c0003d0000928528 \x0aGPR24: c0003d0000928598 0000000000000000 c000000007025480 c000000007025480 \x0aGPR28: c0000000010b4000 0000000000000000 c000000007bc1800 c000000007bc6800
> NIP [c0003d0001be0844] nv_crtc_destroy+0x44/0xd4 [nouveau]
> LR [c0003d0001be0830] nv_crtc_destroy+0x30/0xd4 [nouveau]
> Call Trace:
> [c0000000053f7380] [c0003d0001be0830] nv_crtc_destroy+0x30/0xd4 [nouveau] (unreliable)
> [c0000000053f73c0] [c0003d00007f7bf4] drm_mode_config_cleanup+0x27c/0x30c [drm]
> [c0000000053f7490] [c0003d0001bdea50] nouveau_display_create+0x1cc/0x550 [nouveau]
> [c0000000053f7500] [c0003d0001bcc29c] nouveau_drm_device_init+0x1c8/0x844 [nouveau]
> [c0000000053f75e0] [c0003d0001bcc9ec] nouveau_drm_probe+0xd4/0x1e0 [nouveau]
> [c0000000053f7670] [c000000000557d24] local_pci_probe+0x50/0xa8
> [c0000000053f76f0] [c000000000557fa8] pci_device_probe+0x22c/0x240
> [c0000000053f7760] [c0000000005fff3c] really_probe+0x188/0x31c
> [c0000000053f77e0] [c000000000600204] __driver_probe_device+0x134/0x13c
> [c0000000053f7860] [c0000000006002c0] driver_probe_device+0x3c/0xb4
> [c0000000053f78a0] [c000000000600534] __driver_attach+0x118/0x128
> [c0000000053f78e0] [c0000000005fe038] bus_for_each_dev+0xa8/0xf4
> [c0000000053f7950] [c0000000005ff460] driver_attach+0x2c/0x40
> [c0000000053f7970] [c0000000005fea68] bus_add_driver+0x130/0x278
> [c0000000053f7a00] [c00000000060117c] driver_register+0x9c/0x1a0
> [c0000000053f7a80] [c00000000055623c] __pci_register_driver+0x5c/0x70
> [c0000000053f7aa0] [c0003d0001c058a0] nouveau_drm_init+0x254/0x278 [nouveau]
> [c0000000053f7b10] [c00000000000e9bc] do_one_initcall+0x84/0x268
> [c0000000053f7bf0] [c0000000001a0ba0] do_init_module+0x70/0x2d8
> [c0000000053f7c70] [c0000000001a42bc] init_module_from_file+0xb4/0x108
> [c0000000053f7d50] [c0000000001a4504] sys_finit_module+0x1ac/0x478
> [c0000000053f7e10] [c000000000023230] system_call_exception+0x1a4/0x20c
> [c0000000053f7e50] [c00000000000c554] system_call_common+0xf4/0x258
>  --- interrupt: c00 at 0xfd5f988
> NIP:  000000000fd5f988 LR: 000000000ff9b148 CTR: 0000000000000000
> REGS: c0000000053f7e80 TRAP: 0c00   Not tainted  (6.14.0-09584-g7d06015d936c)
> MSR:  100000000000d032 <HV,EE,PR,ME,IR,DR,RI>  CR: 28222244  XER: 00000000
> IRQMASK: 0 \x0aGPR00: 0000000000000161 00000000ffcdc2d0 00000000405db160 0000000000000020 \x0aGPR04: 000000000ffa2c9c 0000000000000000 000000000000001f 0000000000000045 \x0aGPR08: 0000000011a13770 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 \x0aGPR12: 0000000000000000 0000000010249d8c 0000000000000020 0000000000000000 \x0aGPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000f52630 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 \x0aGPR20: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000011a11a70 \x0aGPR24: 0000000011a13580 0000000011a11950 0000000011a11a70 0000000000020000 \x0aGPR28: 000000000ffa2c9c 0000000000000000 000000000ffafc40 0000000011a11a70
> NIP [000000000fd5f988] 0xfd5f988
> LR [000000000ff9b148] 0xff9b148
>  --- interrupt: c00
> Code: f821ffc1 418200ac e93f0000 e9290038 e9291468 eba90000 48026c0d e8410018 e93f06aa 3d290001 392982a4 79291f24 <7fdd482a> 2c3e0000 41820030 7fc3f378
>  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> 
> This is caused by the i2c encoder modules vendored into nouveau/ now
> depending on the equally vendored nouveau_i2c_encoder_destroy
> function. Trying to auto-load this modules hangs on nouveau
> initialization until timeout, and nouveau continues without i2c video
> encoders.

I think this ^ might be my main source of confusion, because I see you
mentioning a timeout and a hang - but this backtrace only shows me that
there's an invalid memory access so I'm assuming this isn't actually where
it's hanging.

So I guess my two questions are:
 * Does this fix work because inlining the function somehow avoids the kernel
   trying to autoload a kernel module? Also, which kernel module in particular
   are we avoiding loading here?
 * Would it be possible for you to get a backtrace of precisely where it's
   hanging? If you don't know how to do this, I've included instructions down
   below:

The process for getting a backtrace when it's hanging is pretty simple:
 * Have a second machine you can use to ssh into the first one
 * On the first machine, make sure you've enabled sysrq (you can use -w to
   save the config to disc)
   sudo sysctl kernel.sysrq=1
 * Make the first machine hang
 * Log into the first machine with the second, and have the kernel spit out
   backtraces for any blocked processes before it finishes hanging:
   echo w > /proc/sysrq-trigger
 * Collect the resulting dmesg and report back

> Fix by avoiding nouveau dependency by __always_inlining that helper
> functions into those i2c video encoder modules.
> 
> Fixes: a73583107af9 ("drm/nouveau: vendor in drm_encoder_slave API")
> Signed-off-by: René Rebe <rene@...ctco.de>
> ---
> Tested on NV43 [GeForce 6600], PPC64 PowerMac11,2 runing T2/Linux 
> ---
>  .../nouveau/dispnv04/nouveau_i2c_encoder.c    | 20 -------------------
>  .../include/dispnv04/i2c/encoder_i2c.h        | 19 +++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/nouveau_i2c_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/nouveau_i2c_encoder.c
> index e2bf99c43336..a60209097a20 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/nouveau_i2c_encoder.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/dispnv04/nouveau_i2c_encoder.c
> @@ -94,26 +94,6 @@ int nouveau_i2c_encoder_init(struct drm_device *dev,
>   return err;
>  }
>  
> -/**
> - * nouveau_i2c_encoder_destroy - Unregister the I2C device backing an encoder
> - * @drm_encoder: Encoder to be unregistered.
> - *
> - * This should be called from the @destroy method of an I2C slave
> - * encoder driver once I2C access is no longer needed.
> - */
> -void nouveau_i2c_encoder_destroy(struct drm_encoder *drm_encoder)
> -{
> - struct nouveau_i2c_encoder *encoder = to_encoder_i2c(drm_encoder);
> - struct i2c_client *client = nouveau_i2c_encoder_get_client(drm_encoder);
> - struct module *module = client->dev.driver->owner;
> -
> - i2c_unregister_device(client);
> - encoder->i2c_client = NULL;
> -
> - module_put(module);
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(nouveau_i2c_encoder_destroy);
> -
>  /*
>   * Wrapper fxns which can be plugged in to drm_encoder_helper_funcs:
>   */
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/dispnv04/i2c/encoder_i2c.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/dispnv04/i2c/encoder_i2c.h
> index 31334aa90781..869820701a56 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/dispnv04/i2c/encoder_i2c.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/dispnv04/i2c/encoder_i2c.h
> @@ -202,7 +202,24 @@ static inline struct i2c_client *nouveau_i2c_encoder_get_client(struct drm_encod
>   return to_encoder_i2c(encoder)->i2c_client;
>  }
>  
> -void nouveau_i2c_encoder_destroy(struct drm_encoder *encoder);
> +/**
> + * nouveau_i2c_encoder_destroy - Unregister the I2C device backing an encoder
> + * @drm_encoder:        Encoder to be unregistered.
> + *
> + * This should be called from the @destroy method of an I2C slave
> + * encoder driver once I2C access is no longer needed.
> + */
> +static __always_inline void nouveau_i2c_encoder_destroy(struct drm_encoder *drm_encoder)
> +{
> + struct nouveau_i2c_encoder *encoder = to_encoder_i2c(drm_encoder);
> + struct i2c_client *client = nouveau_i2c_encoder_get_client(drm_encoder);
> + struct module *module = client->dev.driver->owner;
> +
> + i2c_unregister_device(client);
> + encoder->i2c_client = NULL;
> +
> + module_put(module);
> +}
>  
>  /*
>   * Wrapper fxns which can be plugged in to drm_encoder_helper_funcs:
> -- 
> 2.46.0
> 
> -- 
> René Rebe, ExactCODE GmbH, Berlin, Germany
> https://exactco.de • https://t2linux.com • https://patreon.com/renerebe

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