On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Instead of scheduling the work to handle the initial delayed event, use 1s
> delay.
>
> This delay should not be needed, but Optimus/nouveau will fail in a
> mysterious way if the delayed event is handled as soon as possible like it
Has anyone tried to demystify the failure? It seems like fixing the
root problem would be better than this.
Perhaps we should just revert 339fd36238dd to fix stable.
Sean
> is done in drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes() in case the poll
> was enabled before.
>
> Reverting 339fd36238dd would give back the 10 sec (!) delay to handle the
> delayed event. Adding 1sec delay to the poll_work is enough to work around
> the issue in Optimus setups and gives shorter response on handling the
> initial delayed event.
>
> Fixes: 339fd36238dd ("drm: drm_probe_helper: Fix output_poll_work scheduling")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.9
> Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c | 10 +++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
> index 06a62e37fbdc..258abed43e38 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
> @@ -146,8 +146,16 @@ void drm_kms_helper_poll_enable_locked(struct drm_device *dev)
> drm_connector_list_iter_put(&conn_iter);
>
> if (dev->mode_config.delayed_event) {
> + /*
> + * Use short (1s) delay to handle the initial delayed event.
> + * This delay should not be needed, but Optimus/nouveau will
> + * fail in a mysterious way if the delayed event is handled as
> + * soon as possible like it is done in
> + * drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes() in case the poll
> + * was enabled before.
> + */
> poll = true;
> - delay = 0;
> + delay = HZ;
> }
>
> if (poll)
> --
> 2.11.0
>
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Sean Paul, Software Engineer, Google / Chromium OS
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