Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/msm/dp: service only one irq_hpd if there are multiple irq_hpd pending

[aravindh@codeaurora.org]

On 2021-04-21 10:26, khsieh@codeaurora.org wrote:
> On 2021-04-20 15:01, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> Quoting Kuogee Hsieh (2021-04-16 13:27:57)
>>> Some dongle may generate more than one irq_hpd events in a short 
>>> period of
>>> time. This patch will treat those irq_hpd events as single one and 
>>> service
>>> only one irq_hpd event.
>> 
>> Why is it bad to get multiple irq_hpd events in a short period of 
>> time?
>> Please tell us here in the commit text.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Kuogee Hsieh <khsieh@codeaurora.org>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c | 9 +++++++++
>>>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c 
>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
>>> index 5a39da6..0a7d383 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dp/dp_display.c
>>> @@ -707,6 +707,9 @@ static int dp_irq_hpd_handle(struct 
>>> dp_display_private *dp, u32 data)
>>>                 return 0;
>>>         }
>>> 
>>> +       /* only handle first irq_hpd in case of multiple irs_hpd 
>>> pending */
>>> +       dp_del_event(dp, EV_IRQ_HPD_INT);
>>> +
>>>         ret = dp_display_usbpd_attention_cb(&dp->pdev->dev);
>>>         if (ret == -ECONNRESET) { /* cable unplugged */
>>>                 dp->core_initialized = false;
>>> @@ -1300,6 +1303,9 @@ static int dp_pm_suspend(struct device *dev)
>>>         /* host_init will be called at pm_resume */
>>>         dp->core_initialized = false;
>>> 
>>> +       /* system suspended, delete pending irq_hdps */
>>> +       dp_del_event(dp, EV_IRQ_HPD_INT);
>> 
>> What happens if I suspend my device and when this function is running 
>> I
>> toggle my monitor to use the HDMI input that is connected instead of 
>> some
>> other input, maybe the second HDMI input? Wouldn't that generate an 
>> HPD
>> interrupt to grab the attention of this device?
> no,
> At this time display is off. this mean dp controller is off and
> mainlink has teared down.
> it will start with plug in interrupt to bring dp controller up and
> start link training.
> irq_hpd can be generated only panel is at run time of operation mode
> and need attention from host.
> If host is shutting down, then no need to service pending irq_hpd.
> 
>> 
>>> +
>>>         mutex_unlock(&dp->event_mutex);
>>> 
>>>         return 0;
>>> @@ -1496,6 +1502,9 @@ int msm_dp_display_disable(struct msm_dp *dp, 
>>> struct drm_encoder *encoder)
>>>         /* stop sentinel checking */
>>>         dp_del_event(dp_display, EV_DISCONNECT_PENDING_TIMEOUT);
>>> 
>>> +       /* link is down, delete pending irq_hdps */
>>> +       dp_del_event(dp_display, EV_IRQ_HPD_INT);
>>> +
>> 
>> I'm becoming convinced that the whole kthread design and event queue 
>> is
>> broken. These sorts of patches are working around the larger problem
>> that the kthread is running independently of the driver and irqs can
>> come in at any time but the event queue is not checked from the irq
>> handler to debounce the irq event. Is the event queue necessary at 
>> all?
>> I wonder if it would be simpler to just use an irq thread and process
>> the hpd signal from there. Then we're guaranteed to not get an irq 
>> again
>> until the irq thread is done processing the event. This would 
>> naturally
>> debounce the irq hpd event that way.
> event q just like bottom half of irq handler. it turns irq into event
> and handle them sequentially.
> irq_hpd is asynchronous event from panel to bring up attention of hsot
> during run time of operation.
> Here, the dongle is unplugged and main link had teared down so that no
> need to service pending irq_hpd if any.
> 

As Kuogee mentioned, IRQ_HPD is a message received from the panel and is 
not like your typical HW generated IRQ. There is no guarantee that we 
will not receive an IRQ_HPD until we are finished with processing of an 
earlier HPD message or an IRQ_HPD message. For example - when you run 
the protocol compliance, when we get a HPD from the sink, we are 
expected to start reading DPCD, EDID and proceed with link training. As 
soon as link training is finished (which is marked by a specific DPCD 
register write), the sink is going to issue an IRQ_HPD. At this point, 
we may not done with processing the HPD high as after link training we 
would typically notify the user mode of the newly connected display, 
etc.
> 
>> 
>>>         dp_display_disable(dp_display, 0);
>>> 
>>>         rc = dp_display_unprepare(dp);