Re: "flip_done timed out" messages causing huge increase in boot time

From: Daniel Kamil Kozar
Date: Mon Jan 07 2019 - 12:54:31 EST


I submitted the bug report at
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109245 . The dmesg log is
attached to the bug report.

Daniel

On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 14:34, Ville SyrjÃlÃ
<ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 05, 2019 at 12:47:12AM +0100, Daniel Kamil Kozar wrote:
> > Hello.
> > After upgrading the kernel to 4.20, I noticed that the boot time
> > increased from about 5 seconds to 25 seconds. My machine is an Asus
> > K53SV with an Intel i7-2630QM, i.e. Sandy Bridge. I have an external
> > display connected to it via HDMI. If the display is unplugged when
> > booting the machine, the boot time stays at its old value.
> > The kernel log shows two messages like this :
> >
> > [ 15.747206] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done
> > [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:39:pipe A] flip_done timed out
> > [ 26.198968] [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies
> > [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:39:pipe A] flip_done timed out
>
> Hrm. With SNB I would be tempted to blame the LP3 watermarks, but
> 4.20 already has commit 21556350ade3 ("drm/i915: Disable LP3 watermarks
> on all SNB machines").
>
> Can you file a bug at
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=DRI&component=DRM/Intel
> and attach the full dmesg from the boot with drm.debug=0xe passed to the
> kernel cmdline?
>
> --
> Ville SyrjÃlÃ
> Intel