On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 9:15 PM, Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Souptick,
>
> On Monday, 30 July 2018 18:13:13 EEST Souptick Joarder wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:54 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> > On Monday, 30 July 2018 16:58:09 EEST Souptick Joarder wrote:
>> >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 1:50 AM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>> >>> On Saturday, 28 July 2018 21:50:58 EEST Souptick Joarder wrote:
>> >>>> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 11:20 PM, Vaishali Thakkar wrote:
>> >>>>> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 9:10 PM, Souptick Joarder wrote:
>> >>>>>> convert drm_atomic_helper_suspend/resume() to use
>> >>>>>> drm_mode_config_helper_suspend/resume().
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Hi Souptick,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks for your patch.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Ajit Negi <ajitn.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>>> ---
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c | 21 ++-------------------
>> >>>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
>> >>>>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c index 02aee6c..288220f
>> >>>>>> 100644
>> >>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
>> >>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c
>> >>>>>> @@ -357,32 +357,15 @@ static void rcar_du_lastclose(struct
>> >>>>>> drm_device *dev)
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> static int rcar_du_pm_suspend(struct device *dev)
>> >>>>>> {
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> struct rcar_du_device *rcdu = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> - struct drm_atomic_state *state;
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> - drm_kms_helper_poll_disable(rcdu->ddev);
>> >>>>>> - drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked(rcdu->fbdev, true);
>> >>>>>> -
>> >>>>>> - state = drm_atomic_helper_suspend(rcdu->ddev);
>> >>>>>> - if (IS_ERR(state)) {
>> >>>>>> - drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked(rcdu->fbdev,
>> >>>>>> false);
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I don't think we can use drm_mode_config_helper_(suspend/resume)
>> >>>>> API here as this file uses CMA functions.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked() is wrapper function which
>> >>>> invokes drm_fb_helper_set_suspend_unlocked().
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Where the new API drm_mode_config_helper_suspend/resume() directly
>> >>>> invokes drm_fb_helper_set_suspend_unlocked(). So it is safe to replace
>> >>>> exiting code with API drm_mode_config_helper_suspend/resume().
>> >>>
>> >>> I agree that they're functionally equivalent for now, but what if
>> >>> drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked() gets extended later ? This change
>> >>> risks introducing a breakage that could could unnoticed at that point.
>> >>
>> >> No, any extention of drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked() will not have
>> >> any impact on driver because with this patch we will be retaining the
>> >> original suspend/resume logic of the rcar-du driver and further this
>> >> driver is not going to use drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked().
>> >
>> > My point is that if the fb cma helpers gets later extended with a feature
>> > that need special handling and suspend/resume time, with the
>> > drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked() function properly updated to take
>> > that feature into account, driver using those helpers but converted to
>> > drm_atomic_helper_suspend/resume() will break.
>> >
>> >>> At the very
>> >>> least you should add a comment in drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked()
>> >>> to explain that any extension of the function should also address all
>> >>> drivers using drm_mode_config_helper_suspend() and
>> >>> drm_mode_config_helper_resume().
>> >>
>> >> The consumers of drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked() are -
>> >> drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c
>> >> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c
>> >>
>> >> and both will be converted to use API
>> >> drm_mode_config_helper_suspend/resume(). As there will be no more
>> >> consumer of drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked() , we can remove this
>> >> wrapper API forever :)
>> >
>> > OK, if you remove the function completely then anyone wanting to extend
>> > the fbdev cma helpers in the way described above will notice that
>> > something will need to be done, so it's fine. Please thus make sure that
>> > you go all the way to removing that function.
>>
>> Sure, once both the drivers are converted to use
>> drm_mode_config_helper_suspend/resume()
>> and goes into linus's tree, then we can remove it.
>
> Could we get the two driver changes and the function removal merged all
> together ?
Sure, I will send it.
>
>> But will wait for some more feedback before concluding on this.
>>
>> Dave/ Daniel, Would you like to add any feedback ?
>>
>> >>>>> And from git grep it seems that there are very few drivers using it
>> >>>>> at the moment, so not sure if introducing new API functions similar to
>> >>>>> drm_mode_config will make sense or not.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/todo.html
>> >>>>
>> >>>> It was picked up from TODO list after discussing with Daniel.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>> - drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(rcdu->ddev);
>> >>>>>> - return PTR_ERR(state);
>> >>>>>> - }
>> >>>>>> -
>> >>>>>> - rcdu->suspend_state = state;
>> >>>
>> >>> Additionally, I think you can remove the suspend_state field from the
>> >>> rcdu structure.
>> >>
>> >> Sure, I will remove it in v2.
>> >>
>> >>>>>> - return 0;
>> >>>>>> + return drm_mode_config_helper_suspend(rcdu->ddev);
>> >>>>>> }
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> static int rcar_du_pm_resume(struct device *dev)
>> >>>>>> {
>> >>>>>> struct rcar_du_device *rcdu = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> - drm_atomic_helper_resume(rcdu->ddev, rcdu->suspend_state);
>> >>>>>> - drm_fbdev_cma_set_suspend_unlocked(rcdu->fbdev, false);
>> >>>>>> - drm_kms_helper_poll_enable(rcdu->ddev);
>> >>>>>> -
>> >>>>>> - return 0;
>> >>>>>> + return drm_mode_config_helper_resume(rcdu->ddev);
>> >>>>>> }
>> >>>>>> #endif
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Laurent Pinchart
>
>
>
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