From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751543AbcKFRum convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2016 12:50:42 -0500 Received: from mondschein.lichtvoll.de ([194.150.191.11]:42735 "EHLO mail.lichtvoll.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750995AbcKFRul (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2016 12:50:41 -0500 From: Martin Steigerwald To: Mihai =?utf-8?B?RG9uyJt1?= Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Intel Gfx Mailing List Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] Linux 4.9-rc4: gfx glitches on Intel Sandybridge (was: Re: Linux 4.9-rc4) Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2016 18:50:35 +0100 Message-ID: <3497559.aJ1tu6dbOK@merkaba> User-Agent: KMail/5.2.3 (Linux/4.8.0-1-amd64; KDE/5.27.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <20161106172515.59066c2a@mdontu-l> References: <2656903.keIazZlQoI@merkaba> <20161106172515.59066c2a@mdontu-l> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Am Sonntag, 6. November 2016, 17:25:15 CET schrieb Mihai Donțu: > On Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:48:36 +0100 Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Am Samstag, 5. November 2016, 16:46:33 CET schrieb Linus Torvalds: > > > So it's once again a Saturday afternoon rather than Sunday, this time > > > because I felt this rc was already big enough. > > > > With kernel 4.9-rc4 I saw gfx corruptions like > > > > https://martin-steigerwald.de/tmp/display-issues-with-kernel-4.9-rc4.png > > > > in Konversation, Konsole, Akregator and other KDE/Qt related apps up to > > the > > point of not being able to use these applications in a meaningful way. > > > > I first thought this might be due to upgrading Qt from 5.6.1 to 5.7.1, yet > > after rebooting into 4.8 Linux kernel as packaged in Debian I saw no gfx > > glitches like that anymore. > > > > Anything known about this? > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=177701 > > The proposed patch appears to be: > https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/116808/ > > Have not tested it yet. This patch does not fix the issue for me. Still the same graphical glitches. Thanks, Martin > > Machine is ThinkPad T520 with Sandybridge graphics. > > > > Kernel compiled with Debian distro GCC 6 but using no-pie makefile patch. > > > > Next week and weekend will be pretty busy and this is a production > > machine, so bisection or any other time-consuming work on this is out of > > question for me. I can provide additional details in case they are easy > > and quick enough to obtain. > > > > > > System information (now back on 4.8 kernel): > > > > # phoronix-test-suite system-info > > > > Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.1 > > System Information > > > > Hardware: > > Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO > > 42433WG, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, > > Disk: 300GB INTEL SSDSA2CW30 + 480GB Crucial_CT480M50, Graphics: Intel 2nd > > Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Conexant CX20590, Monitor: P24T-7 LED, > > Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 > > > > Software: > > OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 4.8.0-1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE > > Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: > > modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 > > 20161103, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 > > > > > > # apt-show-versions | egrep > > "(^libgl1-mesa-dri|^libdrm-intel1|xserver-xorg- > > core)" | grep amd64 > > libdrm-intel1:amd64/sid 2.4.71-1 uptodate > > libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64/sid 12.0.3-3 uptodate > > xserver-xorg-core:amd64/sid 2:1.18.4-2 uptodate > > > > > > Excerpt of glxinfo: > > > > Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer): > > Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center (0x8086) > > Device: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile (0x126) > > Version: 12.0.3 > > Accelerated: yes > > Video memory: 1536MB > > Unified memory: yes > > Preferred profile: core (0x1) > > Max core profile version: 3.3 > > Max compat profile version: 3.0 > > Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1 > > Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.0 > > > > X.org runs with modesetting driver (default was changed in Debian Sid a > > while back). -- Martin