Re: [PATCH] drm/atomic: Add sanity checks to drm_atomic_helper_async_commit()

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On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 11:39:05AM -0700, Eric Anholt wrote:
> Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > ->atomic_async_update() requires that drivers update the plane->state
> > object before returning. Make sure at least common properties have been
> > updated.
> >
> > Cc: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is a problem I had when debugging the VC4 ->atomic_async_update()
> > implementation. The function was not updating plane->fb as it's
> > supposed thus leaving plane->state->fb in an inconsistent state after
> > each async update.
> >
> > Not sure if such WARN_ON_ONCE() are accepted in the core though, so
> > I'll maintainers decide whether this is relevant or not and whether
> > they prefer to have WARN_ON() or DRM_ERROR() messages.
> 
> I'm a huge fan of this kind of safety check.  FWIW,
> 
> Acked-by: Eric Anholt <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>

Agreed, seems like a useful safety net to me.

Acked-by: Sean Paul <seanpaul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



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