On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM David Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2025-05-13 14:40, Alex Deucher wrote: > > On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM David (Ming Qiang) Wu <[email protected]> > wrote: > > V2: not to add extra read-back in vcn_v4_0_start and vcn_v5_0_0_start as > there are read-back calls already. New comments for better understanding. > > Similar to the previous changes made for VCN v4.0.5, the addition of > register read-back support in VCN v4.0.0 and v5.0.0 is intended to > prevent potential race conditions, even though such issues have not > been observed yet. This change ensures consistency across different > VCN variants and helps avoid similar issues on newer or closely > related GPUs. The overhead introduced by this read-back is negligible. > > Signed-off-by: David (Ming Qiang) Wu <[email protected]> > Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <[email protected]> > > Maybe split this into two patches, one for vcn 4 and one for vcn 5. > That will make it easier to backport to stable. What about other > VCNs? > > will split. > > This applies to those VCNs where regVCN_RB1_DB_CRTL is used for setting > doorbell index, which > > means VCN 4 and up - all of them are covered (similar code is already there > for those not in this patch).
Sure that prevents the doorbell from getting missed, but what about other registers setup in the VCN start() functions? What if some of those are still pending when the doorbell is rung for other VCNs? Alex > > David > > Alex > > --- > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c | 4 ++++ > drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c | 4 ++++ > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c > index 8fff470bce873..070a2a8cdf6f4 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v4_0.c > @@ -1122,6 +1122,10 @@ static int vcn_v4_0_start_dpg_mode(struct > amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst, bool indirect) > ring->doorbell_index << > VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__OFFSET__SHIFT | > VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__EN_MASK); > > + /* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done, > otherwise > + * it may introduce race conditions */ > + RREG32_SOC15(VCN, inst_idx, regVCN_RB1_DB_CTRL); > + > return 0; > } > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c > index 27dcc6f37a730..77c27a317e4c8 100644 > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/vcn_v5_0_0.c > @@ -794,6 +794,10 @@ static int vcn_v5_0_0_start_dpg_mode(struct > amdgpu_vcn_inst *vinst, > ring->doorbell_index << VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__OFFSET__SHIFT | > VCN_RB1_DB_CTRL__EN_MASK); > > + /* Keeping one read-back to ensure all register writes are done, > otherwise > + * it may introduce race conditions */ > + RREG32_SOC15(VCN, inst_idx, regVCN_RB1_DB_CTRL); > + > return 0; > } > > -- > 2.34.1 >
