Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] drm: simpledrm: honour remove_conflicting_framebuffers()

From: Daniel Vetter
Date: Tue Aug 23 2016 - 08:42:46 EST


On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:25:25PM +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> There is currently no non-fbdev mechanism in place to kick out
> simpledrm when the real hw-driver is probed. As a stop gap until
> that is in place, honour remove_conflicting_framebuffers() and
> delete the simple-framebuffer platform device when it's called.
>
> Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes from version 3:
> - drm_device.platformdev is deprecated, use to_platform_device(ddev->dev).
> - fb_helper might have been released in sdrm_fbdev_fb_destroy(),
> so open code drm_fb_helper_release_fbi()
> - Strengthen the test in sdrm_fbdev_event_notify() that we're the one.
>
> Changes from version 2:
> - Don't forget to free fb_info when kicked out.
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/Kconfig | 5 +++
> drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm.h | 2 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_drv.c | 3 ++
> drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_fbdev.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/Kconfig
> index 3257590..4275d13 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/Kconfig
> @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ config DRM_SIMPLEDRM
> If fbdev support is enabled, this driver will also provide an fbdev
> compatibility layer that supports fbcon, mmap is not supported.
>
> + WARNING
> + fbdev must be enabled for simpledrm to disable itself when a real
> + hw-driver is probed. It relies on remove_conflicting_framebuffers()
> + to be called by the hw-driver.
> +
> If unsure, say Y.
>
> To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm.h
> index d4eb52c..3cca196 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm.h
> @@ -87,5 +87,7 @@ int sdrm_fb_init(struct drm_device *ddev, struct sdrm_framebuffer *fb,
> struct sdrm_gem_object *obj);
> void sdrm_fbdev_init(struct sdrm_device *sdrm);
> void sdrm_fbdev_cleanup(struct sdrm_device *sdrm);
> +void sdrm_fbdev_kickout_init(void);
> +void sdrm_fbdev_kickout_exit(void);
>
> #endif /* SDRM_DRV_H */
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_drv.c
> index fe752c6..0750652 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_drv.c
> @@ -531,12 +531,15 @@ static int __init sdrm_init(void)
> }
> }
>
> + sdrm_fbdev_kickout_init();
> +
> return 0;
> }
> module_init(sdrm_init);
>
> static void __exit sdrm_exit(void)
> {
> + sdrm_fbdev_kickout_exit();
> platform_driver_unregister(&sdrm_simplefb_driver);
> }
> module_exit(sdrm_exit);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_fbdev.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_fbdev.c
> index c6596ad..7c6db2c 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_fbdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm/simpledrm_fbdev.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ static int sdrm_fb_mmap(struct fb_info *info, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> return -ENODEV;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Releasing has to be done outside the notifier callchain when we're
> + * kicked out, since do_unregister_framebuffer() calls put_fb_info()
> + * after the notifier has run.
> + * Open code drm_fb_helper_release_fbi() since fb_helper is freed at
> + * this point when kicked out.
> + */
> +static void sdrm_fbdev_fb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
> +{
> + if (info->cmap.len)
> + fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
> + framebuffer_release(info);
> +}
> +
> static struct fb_ops sdrm_fbdev_ops = {
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .fb_fillrect = drm_fb_helper_sys_fillrect,
> @@ -53,6 +67,7 @@ static struct fb_ops sdrm_fbdev_ops = {
> .fb_set_par = drm_fb_helper_set_par,
> .fb_setcmap = drm_fb_helper_setcmap,
> .fb_mmap = sdrm_fb_mmap,
> + .fb_destroy = sdrm_fbdev_fb_destroy,
> };
>
> static int sdrm_fbdev_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
> @@ -110,6 +125,9 @@ static int sdrm_fbdev_create(struct drm_fb_helper *helper,
> fbi->screen_base = obj->vmapping;
> fbi->fix.smem_len = sdrm->fb_size;
>
> + fbi->apertures->ranges[0].base = sdrm->fb_base;
> + fbi->apertures->ranges[0].size = sdrm->fb_size;
> +
> return 0;
>
> err_fbi_release:
> @@ -188,9 +206,13 @@ void sdrm_fbdev_cleanup(struct sdrm_device *sdrm)
> sdrm->fb_helper = NULL;
> fbdev = to_sdrm_fbdev(fb_helper);
>
> - drm_fb_helper_unregister_fbi(fb_helper);
> + /* it might have been kicked out */
> + if (registered_fb[fbdev->fb_helper.fbdev->node])
> + drm_fb_helper_unregister_fbi(fb_helper);
> +
> + /* freeing fb_info is done in fb_ops.fb_destroy() */
> +
> cancel_work_sync(&fb_helper->dirty_work);
> - drm_fb_helper_release_fbi(fb_helper);
>
> drm_framebuffer_unregister_private(fb_helper->fb);
> drm_framebuffer_cleanup(fb_helper->fb);
> @@ -199,3 +221,39 @@ void sdrm_fbdev_cleanup(struct sdrm_device *sdrm)
> drm_fb_helper_fini(fb_helper);
> kfree(fbdev);
> }
> +
> +static int sdrm_fbdev_event_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
> + unsigned long action, void *data)
> +{
> + struct sdrm_device *sdrm;
> + struct fb_event *event = data;
> + struct fb_info *info = event->info;
> + struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper = info->par;
> +
> + if (action != FB_EVENT_FB_UNREGISTERED)
> + return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> + if (!fb_helper || !fb_helper->dev || fb_helper->fbdev != info)
> + return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> + sdrm = fb_helper->dev->dev_private;
> +
> + if (sdrm && sdrm->fb_helper == fb_helper)
> + platform_device_del(to_platform_device(fb_helper->dev->dev));
> +
> + return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +}

One problem this leaves behind is that registering of the new fbdev driver
is too late - by that point we've already set up the entire driver,
including modeset. If fbdev meanwhile does a dpms off or something like
that all hell will break loose.

I think the only option is to add a new notifier chain for fbdev removal,
called from remove_conflicting_framebuffers (even for CONFIG_FB=n, so need
a fallback in core/fb_notify.c like with the other notifier I think). That
would at least keep things working if fbdev is entirely disabled. Or have
I entirely misunderstood how this works?

Oh and another one, which we learned the hard way with i915: We probably
need to get rid of vgacon too. And again we need to do that _before_ we
start touching the hardware. I think simpledrm probably needs that too.
But since simpledrm doesn't know on which pci device it sits it probably
won't know if the same device is decoding vga signals, so no one knows how
that is supposed to work :( One thing at the time probably.
-Daniel

> +
> +static struct notifier_block sdrm_fbdev_event_notifier = {
> + .notifier_call = sdrm_fbdev_event_notify,
> +};
> +
> +void sdrm_fbdev_kickout_init(void)
> +{
> + fb_register_client(&sdrm_fbdev_event_notifier);
> +}
> +
> +void sdrm_fbdev_kickout_exit(void)
> +{
> + fb_unregister_client(&sdrm_fbdev_event_notifier);
> +}
> --
> 2.8.2
>
> _______________________________________________
> dri-devel mailing list
> dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel

--
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch