Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Mark screen buffers in system memory with FB_VIRTFB

[Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 4:18 PM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Am 27.01.22 um 16:03 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
> > On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 12:58:30PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Am 27.01.22 um 12:42 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
> >>> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 11:26:21AM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> >>>> Mark screen buffers in system memory with FB_VIRTFB. Otherwise, the
> >>>> buffers are mmap'ed as I/O memory (i.e., VM_IO). For shadow buffers,
> >>>> also set the FB_READS_FAST hint.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe clarify that this only holds for the defio case, and since we have
> >>> our own shadow copy for that anyway it shouldn't matter. I'm also not sure
> >>> how much the memcpy gains us compared to just redrawing ...
> >>>
> >>> What's the motivation here, or just something you spotted?
> >>
> >> Correctness mostly. fbdev's fbdefio tests for (the absence of) this flag and
> >> sets VM_IO accordingly.
> >>
> >> It's actually for userspace. Maybe userspace tests these flags as well and
> >> can optimize memcpy pattern for different types of caching. But I wouldn't
> >> expect it TBH.
> >
> > Hm I thought so too, but the #define is in the internal header, not the
> > uapi header. And I don't see any ioctl code in fbmem.c that would shove
> > fb_info->flags to userspace. That's why I wondered why you care about
> > this? Or did I miss something somewhere?
>
> You didn't.  I just grepped it myself and the only user of VIRTFB is the
> mmap code in fb_deferio.c, which (not) sets VM_IO. READS_FAST is unused.
> I'd then set the former, but not the latter. Ok?

Well READS_FAST might become used again, if/when the accel code is
back. So I'd more keep that part, and leave the VIRTFB one alone,
since you never set that for the defio case. I'm also not sure how
that even works, since defio relies on struct page being present
underneath, and you defo don't have struct page for VM_IO cases. So it
all looks rather fishy. Or I'm still massively misunderstanding it
all?
-Daniel

>
> Best regards
> Thomas
>
> > -Daniel
> >
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> Thomas
> >>
> >>> -Daniel
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 9 ++++++---
> >>>>    1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> >>>> index ed43b987d306..f15127a32f7a 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> >>>> @@ -2346,6 +2346,7 @@ static int drm_fb_helper_generic_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
> >>>>            fbi->fbops = &drm_fbdev_fb_ops;
> >>>>            fbi->screen_size = sizes->surface_height * fb->pitches[0];
> >>>>            fbi->fix.smem_len = fbi->screen_size;
> >>>> +  fbi->flags = FBINFO_DEFAULT;
> >>>>            drm_fb_helper_fill_info(fbi, fb_helper, sizes);
> >>>> @@ -2353,19 +2354,21 @@ static int drm_fb_helper_generic_probe(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper,
> >>>>                    fbi->screen_buffer = vzalloc(fbi->screen_size);
> >>>>                    if (!fbi->screen_buffer)
> >>>>                            return -ENOMEM;
> >>>> +          fbi->flags |= FBINFO_VIRTFB | FBINFO_READS_FAST;
> >>>>                    fbi->fbdefio = &drm_fbdev_defio;
> >>>> -
> >>>>                    fb_deferred_io_init(fbi);
> >>>>            } else {
> >>>>                    /* buffer is mapped for HW framebuffer */
> >>>>                    ret = drm_client_buffer_vmap(fb_helper->buffer, &map);
> >>>>                    if (ret)
> >>>>                            return ret;
> >>>> -          if (map.is_iomem)
> >>>> +          if (map.is_iomem) {
> >>>>                            fbi->screen_base = map.vaddr_iomem;
> >>>> -          else
> >>>> +          } else {
> >>>>                            fbi->screen_buffer = map.vaddr;
> >>>> +                  fbi->flags |= FBINFO_VIRTFB;
> >>>> +          }
> >>>>                    /*
> >>>>                     * Shamelessly leak the physical address to user-space. As
> >>>> --
> >>>> 2.34.1
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Thomas Zimmermann
> >> Graphics Driver Developer
> >> SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
> >> Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
> >> (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
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> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Thomas Zimmermann
> Graphics Driver Developer
> SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
> Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
> (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
> Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev



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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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