[PATCH 2/4] video: dw_mipi_dsi: refuse transfers while the host is powered down

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at barebox.org
Sun Nov 8 02:10:52 PST 2026


The host is only set up between VPL_PREPARE and VPL_DISABLE. A
transfer outside that window, e.g. from a panel driver or a debug
command while the display is off, ends up with the controller held in
reset: writes are reported as successful without anything being sent
and reads time out. On SoCs whose glue doesn't keep pclk enabled, the
register accesses would hit a clock-gated block.

Track whether the host is powered and fail transfers early with
-ENETDOWN otherwise.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at barebox.org>
---
 drivers/video/dw_mipi_dsi.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/dw_mipi_dsi.c b/drivers/video/dw_mipi_dsi.c
index b6a53844edec..c936463261a5 100644
--- a/drivers/video/dw_mipi_dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/video/dw_mipi_dsi.c
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ struct dw_mipi_dsi {
 	u32 format;
 	unsigned long mode_flags;
 	struct fb_videomode *mode;
+	bool powered;
 
 	int vpg_mode;
 
@@ -447,6 +448,11 @@ static ssize_t dw_mipi_dsi_host_transfer(struct mipi_dsi_host *host,
 	struct mipi_dsi_packet packet;
 	int ret, nb_bytes;
 
+	if (!dsi->powered) {
+		dev_dbg(dsi->dev, "transfer while host is powered down\n");
+		return -ENETDOWN;
+	}
+
 	ret = mipi_dsi_create_packet(&packet, msg);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dsi->dev, "failed to create packet: %d\n", ret);
@@ -827,6 +833,7 @@ static void dw_mipi_dsi_bridge_post_atomic_disable(struct dw_mipi_dsi *dsi)
 	 * Note: panel-bridge disable & panel disable has been called
 	 * before by the drm framework.
 	 */
+	dsi->powered = false;
 	dw_mipi_dsi_set_mode(dsi, 0);
 
 	if (phy_ops->power_off)
@@ -885,6 +892,8 @@ static void dw_mipi_dsi_mode_set(struct dw_mipi_dsi *dsi,
 
 	if (phy_ops->power_on)
 		phy_ops->power_on(dsi->plat_data->priv_data);
+
+	dsi->powered = true;
 }
 
 static int vpg_param_set(struct param_d *param, void *data)
-- 
2.47.3




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