Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] fbcon: Defer console takeover for splash screens to first switch

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On 2/6/2024 08:21, Daniel Vetter wrote:
On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 06:10:51PM +0800, Daniel van Vugt wrote:
Until now, deferred console takeover only meant defer until there is
output. But that risks stepping on the toes of userspace splash screens,
as console messages may appear before the splash screen. So check the
command line for the expectation of userspace splash and if present then
extend the deferral until after the first switch.

V2: Added Kconfig option instead of hard coding "splash".

Closes: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1970069
Cc: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel van Vugt <daniel.van.vugt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/video/console/Kconfig    | 13 +++++++++++
  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
  2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
index bc31db6ef7..a6e371bfb4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
@@ -138,6 +138,19 @@ config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER
  	  by the firmware in place, rather then replacing the contents with a
  	  black screen as soon as fbcon loads.
+config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER_CONDITION
+	string "Framebuffer Console Deferred Takeover Condition"
+	depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER
+	default "splash"
+	help
+	  If enabled this defers further the framebuffer console taking over
+	  until the first console switch has occurred. And even then only if
+	  text has been output, and only if the specified parameter is found
+	  on the command line. This ensures fbcon does not interrupt userspace
+	  splash screens such as Plymouth which may be yet to start rendering
+	  at the time of the first console output. "splash" is the simplest
+	  distro-agnostic condition for this that Plymouth checks for.

Hm this seems a bit strange since a lot of complexity that no one needs,
also my impression is that it's rather distro specific how you want this
to work. So why not just a Kconfig option that lets you choose how much
you want to delay fbcon setup, with the following options:

- no delay at all
- dely until first output from the console (which then works for distros
   which set a log-level to suppress unwanted stuff)
- delay until first vt-switch. In that case I don't think we also need to
   delay for first output, since vt switch usually means you'll get first
   output right away (if it's a vt terminal) or you switch to a different
   graphical console (which will keep fbcon fully suppressed on the drm
   side).


IIUC there is an "automatic" VT switch that happens with Ubuntu GRUB + Ubuntu kernels.

Why?

Couldn't this also be suppressed by just not doing that?

I think you could even reuse the existing
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER for this, and then just
compile-time select which kind of notifier to register (well plus the
check for "splash" on the cmdline for the vt switch one I guess).

Thoughts?

Cheers, Sima


+
  config STI_CONSOLE
  	bool "STI text console"
  	depends on PARISC && HAS_IOMEM
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 63af6ab034..98155d2256 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
  #include <linux/crc32.h> /* For counting font checksums */
  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
  #include <asm/irq.h>
+#include <asm/cmdline.h>
#include "fbcon.h"
  #include "fb_internal.h"
@@ -3358,6 +3359,26 @@ static int fbcon_output_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
return NOTIFY_OK;
  }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER_CONDITION
+static int initial_console;
+static struct notifier_block fbcon_switch_nb;
+
+static int fbcon_switch_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
+				 unsigned long action, void *data)
+{
+	struct vc_data *vc = data;
+
+	WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED();
+
+	if (vc->vc_num != initial_console) {
+		dummycon_unregister_switch_notifier(&fbcon_switch_nb);
+		dummycon_register_output_notifier(&fbcon_output_nb);
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+#endif
  #endif
static void fbcon_start(void)
@@ -3370,7 +3391,16 @@ static void fbcon_start(void)
if (deferred_takeover) {
  		fbcon_output_nb.notifier_call = fbcon_output_notifier;
-		dummycon_register_output_notifier(&fbcon_output_nb);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER_CONDITION
+		if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line,
+		      CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER_CONDITION)) {
+			initial_console = fg_console;
+			fbcon_switch_nb.notifier_call = fbcon_switch_notifier;
+			dummycon_register_switch_notifier(&fbcon_switch_nb);
+		} else
+#endif
+			dummycon_register_output_notifier(&fbcon_output_nb);
+
  		return;
  	}
  #endif
@@ -3417,8 +3447,12 @@ void __exit fb_console_exit(void)
  {
  #ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER
  	console_lock();
-	if (deferred_takeover)
+	if (deferred_takeover) {
  		dummycon_unregister_output_notifier(&fbcon_output_nb);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER_CONDITION
+		dummycon_unregister_switch_notifier(&fbcon_switch_nb);
+#endif
+	}
  	console_unlock();
cancel_work_sync(&fbcon_deferred_takeover_work);
--
2.43.0







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