RE: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu/dm/mst: Fix incorrect usage of drm_dp_add_payload_part2()

From: Lin, Wayne
Date: Sun Oct 16 2022 - 23:09:20 EST


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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu/dm/mst: Fix incorrect usage of
> drm_dp_add_payload_part2()
>
> On Tue, 2022-10-04 at 16:46 -0400, Rodrigo Siqueira Jordao wrote:
> >
> > On 2022-10-04 16:24, Lyude Paul wrote:
> > > Yikes, it appears somehow I totally made a mistake here. We're
> > > currently checking to see if drm_dp_add_payload_part2() returns a
> > > non-zero value to indicate success. That's totally wrong though, as
> > > this function only returns a zero value on success - not the other way
> around.
> > >
> > > So, fix that.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Issue:
> > >
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> > > Fixes: 4d07b0bc4034 ("drm/display/dp_mst: Move all payload info into
> > > the atomic state")
> > > ---
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c | 2
> +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git
> > > a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
> > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
> > > index b8077fcd4651..00598def5b39 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
> > > +++
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_helpers.c
> > > @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ bool
> dm_helpers_dp_mst_send_payload_allocation(
> > > clr_flag = MST_ALLOCATE_NEW_PAYLOAD;
> > > }
> > >
> > > - if (enable && drm_dp_add_payload_part2(mst_mgr, mst_state-
> >base.state, payload)) {
> > > + if (enable && drm_dp_add_payload_part2(mst_mgr,
> > > +mst_state->base.state, payload) == 0) {

Hi Lyude,

This line changes the original logic a bit. The 'if' case was trying to catch failure
while sending ALLOCATE_PAYLOAD. If the msg fails, set the set_flag to false.
If succeed, set the set_flag to true and clear the clr_flag.

Sorry if the code wording misleading. Thanks!

> > > amdgpu_dm_set_mst_status(&aconnector->mst_status,
> > > set_flag, false);
> > > } else {
> >
> > Hi Lyude,
> >
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't find the
> > drm_dp_add_payload_part2() function on amd-staging-drm-next. Which
> > repo are you using?
>
> If it's not on amd-staging-drm-next then it likely hasn't gotten backported to
> amd's branch yet and is in drm-misc-next
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > Siqueira
> >
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Lyude Paul (she/her)
> Software Engineer at Red Hat
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Regards,
Wayne Lin