From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751346AbdBZVIc (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:08:32 -0500 Received: from mail-wr0-f193.google.com ([209.85.128.193]:35123 "EHLO mail-wr0-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751292AbdBZVIa (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:08:30 -0500 Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 22:06:51 +0100 From: Daniel Vetter To: Maxime Ripard Cc: Stefan Lengfeld , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Daniel Vetter Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] drm/fb-helper: Add multi buffer support for cma fbdev Message-ID: <20170226210651.z7dqqyzmgioellad@phenom.ffwll.local> Mail-Followup-To: Maxime Ripard , Stefan Lengfeld , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Daniel Vetter References: <075ffb50cc16ab055b5d47b30163401bb356ab51.1487175046.git-series.maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> <20170220170710.GA17643@sill.h.stcim.de> <20170223004901.2e257pf5gy6v7736@lukather> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170223004901.2e257pf5gy6v7736@lukather> X-Operating-System: Linux phenom 4.8.0-1-amd64 User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 04:49:01PM -0800, Maxime Ripard wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 06:07:10PM +0100, Stefan Lengfeld wrote: > > Hi Maxime, > > > > sorry, I have missed the discussion about the double buffering/virtual > > surface size patch series two weeks ago. My comments about the patch are > > inline: > > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 05:19:08PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote: > > > From: Xinliang Liu > > > > Mabye you should take the authorship here. Taking the credit and the > > blame, because the patch was heavily modified by you and me. But I don't > > really know what the offical police about that is. > > I don't usually know when to do that as well. But yeah, you're > probably right. Sob line is the important bit, retaining original authorship is just goodwill, and if in doubt showing more curtesy rarely hurts :-) Patch applied to drm-misc, with Dave's ack after a quick irc discussion. -Daniel > > > > > > > This patch add a config to support to create multi buffer for cma fbdev. > > > Such as double buffer and triple buffer. > > > > > > Cma fbdev is convient to add a legency fbdev. And still many Android > > > devices use fbdev now and at least double buffer is needed for these > > > Android devices, so that a buffer flip can be operated. It will need > > > some time for Android device vendors to abondon legency fbdev. So multi > > > buffer for fbdev is needed. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Xinliang Liu > > > [s.christ@phytec.de: Picking patch from > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/14/188] > > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Christ > > > Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard > > > > Reviewed-by: Stefan Lengfeld > > > > My surname has changed from "Christ" to "Lengfeld" recently. So my > > review tag contains the new name. > > Ack > > > > > > --- > > > drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++ > > > drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 10 ++++++++++ > > > 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig > > > index ebfe8404c25f..700c8b8e57a9 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig > > > @@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ config DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION > > > > > > If in doubt, say "Y". > > > > > > +config DRM_FBDEV_OVERALLOC > > > + int "Overallocation of the fbdev buffer" > > > + depends on DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION > > > + default 100 > > > + help > > > + Defines the fbdev buffer overallocation in percent. Default > > > + is 100. Typical values for double buffering will be 200, > > > + triple buffering 300. > > > + > > > config DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE > > > bool "Allow to specify an EDID data set instead of probing for it" > > > depends on DRM_KMS_HELPER > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c > > > index e934b541feea..c6de87abaca8 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c > > > @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ module_param_named(fbdev_emulation, drm_fbdev_emulation, bool, 0600); > > > MODULE_PARM_DESC(fbdev_emulation, > > > "Enable legacy fbdev emulation [default=true]"); > > > > > > +static int drm_fbdev_overalloc = CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_OVERALLOC; > > > +module_param(drm_fbdev_overalloc, int, 0444); > > > > Maybe the variable should be of type "uint" instead of "int". This would > > rule out the negative numbers error case. > > Yep, I'll change it. > > > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(drm_fbdev_overalloc, > > > + "Overallocation of the fbdev buffer (%) [default=" > > > + __MODULE_STRING(CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_OVERALLOC) "]"); > > > + > > > static LIST_HEAD(kernel_fb_helper_list); > > > static DEFINE_MUTEX(kernel_fb_helper_lock); > > > > > > @@ -1573,6 +1579,10 @@ static int drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper, > > > sizes.fb_height = sizes.surface_height = 768; > > > } > > > > > > + /* Handle our overallocation */ > > > + sizes.surface_height *= drm_fbdev_overalloc; > > > + sizes.surface_height /= 100; > > > + > > > > The code can trigger an arithmetic overflow, but I think we can ignore > > this error case here. > > > > But there should be a check for drm_fbdev_overalloc not be smaller than > > 100. If it is smaller, the variable drm_fbdev_overalloc should have the > > default value "100". Otherwise the virtual surface height can be smaller > > than the physical height. This could trigger a lot of errors in existing > > code paths. > > That's a really good point, I'll change that. > > Thanks! > Maxime > > -- > Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons > Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering > http://free-electrons.com > _______________________________________________ > dri-devel mailing list > dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel -- Daniel Vetter Software Engineer, Intel Corporation http://blog.ffwll.ch