Re: [PATCH v3 06/33] drm: Minimally initialise drm_dp_aux

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On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 01:26:24PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 09:57:24PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 05:59:11PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 03:36:49PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > > > When trying to split up the initialisation phase and the registration
> > > > phase, one immediate problem encountered is trying to use our own i2c
> > > > devices before registration with userspace (to read EDID during device
> > > > discovery). drm_dp_aux in particular only offers an interface for setting
> > > > up the device *after* we have exposed the connector via sysfs. In order
> > > > to break the chicken-and-egg problem, export drm_dp_aux_init() to
> > > > minimally prepare the i2c device for internal use before
> > > > drm_connector_register().
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Rafael Antognolli <rafael.antognolli@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > > >  include/drm/drm_dp_helper.h     |  1 +
> > > >  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
> > > > index 4b088afa21b2..9b4ec65e1de6 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
> > > > @@ -791,15 +791,16 @@ static void unlock_bus(struct i2c_adapter *i2c, unsigned int flags)
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > >  /**
> > > > - * drm_dp_aux_register() - initialise and register aux channel
> > > > + * drm_dp_aux_init() - minimally initialise an aux channel
> > > >   * @aux: DisplayPort AUX channel
> > > >   *
> > > > - * Returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
> > > > + * If you need to use the drm_dp_aux's i2c adapter prior to registering it
> > > > + * with the outside world, call drm_dp_aux_init() first. You must still
> > > > + * call drm_dp_aux_register() once the connector has been registered to
> > > > + * allow userspace access to the auxiliary DP channel.
> > > >   */
> > > > -int drm_dp_aux_register(struct drm_dp_aux *aux)
> > > > +void drm_dp_aux_init(struct drm_dp_aux *aux)
> > > >  {
> > > > -	int ret;
> > > > -
> > > >  	mutex_init(&aux->hw_mutex);
> > > >  
> > > >  	aux->ddc.algo = &drm_dp_i2c_algo;
> > > > @@ -809,6 +810,21 @@ int drm_dp_aux_register(struct drm_dp_aux *aux)
> > > >  	aux->ddc.lock_bus = lock_bus;
> > > >  	aux->ddc.trylock_bus = trylock_bus;
> > > >  	aux->ddc.unlock_bus = unlock_bus;
> > > > +}
> > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dp_aux_init);
> > > 
> > > This doesn't feel very safe to me. To me it looks like the i2c core
> > > wasn't designed to have the adapter be used before i2c_add_adapter()
> > > is called. I guess it might work in this case since you provide your
> > > own lock vfuncs.
> > > 
> > > I think someone should fix the i2c core to split i2c_add_adapter()
> > > & co. into init and register phases. Cc:ing i2c folks...
> > 
> > As you've seen, I sent the patches to split i2c_add_adapter() to allow for
> > us to call i2c_init_adapter() here instead. It still requires the same
> > basic review that this init (the same as above) is sufficient for using
> > i2c_transfer().
> > 
> > I would like to get the regression fix completed without much futher
> > ado - in particular, not depending upon landing an external patch.
> 
> What regression is this?

It all started from the unclaimed mmio access across suspend, which
stems from never having touched a context before suspend. That in turn
meant touching the delayed rps initialisation which ended up with Daniel
saying that the entire init chain needs to be unravelled. Snowball.
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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