Re: [PATCH v7] drm/i915/edp: Be less aggressive about changing link config on eDP

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On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 12:55:24PM -0700, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 06:19:12PM +0000, Manasi Navare wrote:
> > The patch looks good for eDP link training optimizations.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Manasi Navare <manasi.d.navare@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I haven't merged this patch yet because I'd like an Ack from Jani.
> 
> Also I'd like to hear from Mika if he believes it is safe or not.

Mika looked at it a few months ago and thought it would be ok.  It
can't hurt to have him look at it again, though.

> On his revert commit he wrote:
> "It has been found out that in some HW combination the DisplayPort
>  fast link training feature caused screen flickering. Let's revert
>  this feature for now until we can ensure that the feature works for
>  all platforms."
> 
> I don't want to merge this patch to fix a feature that is disabled
> by default with the risk of bringing flickerings back.
> 
> But even if we decide to go ahead and merge I believe we need to
> resend the test and collect a full round of CI that now runs
> all IGT tests.

I assume you mean resend the patch here.  I'll do that.

Jim

> Thanks,
> Rodrigo.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Manasi
> > 
> > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 09:34:46AM -0700, Jim Bride wrote:
> > > This set of changes has some history to them.  There were several attempts
> > > to add what was called "fast link training" to i915, which actually wasn't
> > > fast link training as per the DP spec.  These changes were:
> > > 
> > > commit 5fa836a9d859 ("drm/i915: DP link training optimization")
> > > commit 4e96c97742f4 ("drm/i915: eDP link training optimization")
> > > 
> > > which were eventually hand-reverted by:
> > > 
> > > commit 34511dce4b35 ("drm/i915: Revert DisplayPort fast link training
> > >                      feature")
> > > 
> > > in kernel 4.7-rc4.  The eDP pieces of the above revert, however, had some
> > > very bad side-effects on PSR functionality on Skylake. The issue at
> > > hand is that when PSR exits i915 briefly emits TP1 followed by TP2/3
> > > (depending on the original link configuration) in order to quickly get
> > > the source and sink back in synchronization across the link before handing
> > > control back to the i915.  There's an assumption that none of the link
> > > configuration information has changed (and thus it's still valid) since the
> > > last full link training operation.  The revert above was identified via a
> > > bisect as the cause of some of Skylake's PSR woes.  This patch, largely
> > > based on commit 4e96c97742f4 ("drm/i915: eDP link training optimization")
> > > puts the eDP portions of this patch back in place.  None of the flickering
> > > issues that spurred the revert have been seen, and I suspect the real
> > > culprits here were addressed by some of the recent link training changes
> > > that Manasi has implemented, and PSR on Skylake is definitely more happy
> > > with these changes in-place.
> > > 
> > > v2 and v3: Rebase
> > > v4: * Clean up accesses to train_set_valid a bit for easier
> > >       reading. (Chris)
> > >     * Rebase
> > > v5: * Checkpatch cleanup
> > >     * Rebase
> > > v6: * is_edp() => intel_dp_is_edp()
> > >     * rebase
> > > v7: * Remove extraneous is_edp() prototype (Rodrigo)
> > > 
> > > Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Paulo Zanoni <paulo.r.zanoni@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Manasi D Navare <manasi.d.navare@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Mika Kahola <mika.kahola@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Fixes: 34511dce4 ("drm/i915: Revert DisplayPort fast link training feature")
> > > Signed-off-by: Jim Bride <jim.bride@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c               |  2 ++
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h              |  1 +
> > >  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > > index e385658..38bc7e0 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp.c
> > > @@ -4750,6 +4750,7 @@ intel_dp_long_pulse(struct intel_connector *intel_connector)
> > >  		intel_dp->max_link_rate = intel_dp_max_common_rate(intel_dp);
> > >  
> > >  		intel_dp->reset_link_params = false;
> > > +		intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > >  	intel_dp_print_rates(intel_dp);
> > > @@ -6019,6 +6020,7 @@ intel_dp_init_connector(struct intel_digital_port *intel_dig_port,
> > >  	intel_dp_set_source_rates(intel_dp);
> > >  
> > >  	intel_dp->reset_link_params = true;
> > > +	intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > >  	intel_dp->pps_pipe = INVALID_PIPE;
> > >  	intel_dp->active_pipe = INVALID_PIPE;
> > >  
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > > index 05907fa..79fe369 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_dp_link_training.c
> > > @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ static bool
> > >  intel_dp_reset_link_train(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
> > >  			uint8_t dp_train_pat)
> > >  {
> > > -	memset(intel_dp->train_set, 0, sizeof(intel_dp->train_set));
> > > +	if (!intel_dp->train_set_valid)
> > > +		memset(intel_dp->train_set, 0, sizeof(intel_dp->train_set));
> > >  	intel_dp_set_signal_levels(intel_dp);
> > >  	return intel_dp_set_link_train(intel_dp, dp_train_pat);
> > >  }
> > > @@ -162,9 +163,18 @@ intel_dp_link_training_clock_recovery(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> > >  				       DP_TRAINING_PATTERN_1 |
> > >  				       DP_LINK_SCRAMBLING_DISABLE)) {
> > >  		DRM_ERROR("failed to enable link training\n");
> > > +		intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > >  		return false;
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * The initial set of link parameters are set by this point, so go
> > > +	 * ahead and set intel_dp->train_set_valid to false in case any of
> > > +	 * the succeeding steps fail.  It will be set back to true if we were
> > > +	 * able to achieve clock recovery in the specified configuration.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > > +
> > >  	voltage_tries = 1;
> > >  	max_vswing_tries = 0;
> > >  	for (;;) {
> > > @@ -179,6 +189,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_clock_recovery(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> > >  
> > >  		if (drm_dp_clock_recovery_ok(link_status, intel_dp->lane_count)) {
> > >  			DRM_DEBUG_KMS("clock recovery OK\n");
> > > +			intel_dp->train_set_valid = intel_dp_is_edp(intel_dp);
> > >  			return true;
> > >  		}
> > >  
> > > @@ -256,6 +267,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_channel_equalization(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> > >  				     training_pattern |
> > >  				     DP_LINK_SCRAMBLING_DISABLE)) {
> > >  		DRM_ERROR("failed to start channel equalization\n");
> > > +		intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > >  		return false;
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > @@ -296,6 +308,7 @@ intel_dp_link_training_channel_equalization(struct intel_dp *intel_dp)
> > >  	/* Try 5 times, else fail and try at lower BW */
> > >  	if (tries == 5) {
> > >  		intel_dp_dump_link_status(link_status);
> > > +		intel_dp->train_set_valid = false;
> > >  		DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Channel equalization failed 5 times\n");
> > >  	}
> > >  
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > > index 2940d39..f4354ec 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_drv.h
> > > @@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ struct intel_dp {
> > >  	struct drm_dp_aux aux;
> > >  	enum intel_display_power_domain aux_power_domain;
> > >  	uint8_t train_set[4];
> > > +	bool train_set_valid;
> > >  	int panel_power_up_delay;
> > >  	int panel_power_down_delay;
> > >  	int panel_power_cycle_delay;
> > > -- 
> > > 2.7.4
> > > 
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