[PATCH v7 20/23] drm: bridge: dw_hdmi: Rework HDP and RXSENSE interrupt handling

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] Race condition when clearing the HPD interrupt sticky bit can permanently break hotplug detection
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commit cb7edad18b267f9862ac845a3672fd15ae20a0f1
Author: Jonas Karlman <jonas at kwiboo.se>
Subject: drm: bridge: dw_hdmi: Rework HDP and RXSENSE interrupt handling

This commit removes RXSENSE handling to simplify the HPD interrupt handling,
instead relying on a delayed work mechanism to detect connection status or
EDID changes. It also updates the HPD interrupt polarity initialization to
match current HPD status.

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
> index 270db58a0e7c3..2e09bff5faf79 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/synopsys/dw-hdmi.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -3060,78 +3011,29 @@ static irqreturn_t dw_hdmi_hardirq(int irq, void *dev_id)

[ ... ]

>  static irqreturn_t dw_hdmi_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
>  {
>  	struct dw_hdmi *hdmi = dev_id;
> -	u8 intr_stat, phy_int_pol, phy_pol_mask, phy_stat;
> -	enum drm_connector_status status = connector_status_unknown;
> -
> -	intr_stat = hdmi_readb(hdmi, HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0);
> -	phy_int_pol = hdmi_readb(hdmi, HDMI_PHY_POL0);
> -	phy_stat = hdmi_readb(hdmi, HDMI_PHY_STAT0);

[ ... ]

> +	u8 intr_stat;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * RX sense tells us whether the TDMS transmitters are detecting
> -	 * load - in other words, there's something listening on the
> -	 * other end of the link.  Use this to decide whether we should
> -	 * power on the phy as HPD may be toggled by the sink to merely
> -	 * ask the source to re-read the EDID.
> +	 * Interrupt generation is accomplished in the following way:
> +	 *   interrupt = (mask == 0) && (polarity == status)
> +	 * All interrupts are forwarded to the Interrupt Handler sticky bit
> +	 * register ih_phy_stat0 and muted using the register ih_mute_phy_stat0.
>  	 */
> -	if (intr_stat &
> -	    (HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0_RX_SENSE | HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0_HPD)) {
> -		dw_hdmi_setup_rx_sense(hdmi,
> -				       phy_stat & HDMI_PHY_HPD,
> -				       phy_stat & HDMI_PHY_RX_SENSE);
> -
> -		if ((intr_stat & HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0_HPD) &&
> -		    (phy_stat & HDMI_PHY_HPD))
> -			status = connector_status_connected;
> +	intr_stat = hdmi_readb(hdmi, HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0);
> +	if (intr_stat & HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0_HPD) {
> +		enum drm_connector_status status;
>  
> -		if (!(phy_stat & (HDMI_PHY_HPD | HDMI_PHY_RX_SENSE)))
> -			status = connector_status_disconnected;
> -	}
> +		/* Set HPD interrupt polarity based on current HPD status. */
> +		status = dw_hdmi_phy_read_hpd(hdmi, hdmi->phy.data);
> +		hdmi_modb(hdmi, status == connector_status_connected ?
> +			  0 : HDMI_PHY_HPD, HDMI_PHY_HPD, HDMI_PHY_POL0);
>  
> -	if (status != connector_status_unknown) {
>  		dev_dbg(hdmi->dev, "EVENT=%s\n",
>  			status == connector_status_connected ?
>  			"plugin" : "plugout");
> @@ -3141,8 +3043,7 @@ static irqreturn_t dw_hdmi_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
>  	}
>  
>  	hdmi_writeb(hdmi, intr_stat, HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0);

This problem wasn't introduced by this patch, but could this interrupt
clearing sequence contain a race condition that breaks hotplug detection?

If the HPD line bounces after the polarity is updated but before the interrupt
is cleared, the new state will match the newly configured polarity. This
generates a new interrupt edge and sets the sticky bit.

The subsequent write to HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0 using the originally read intr_stat
will immediately clear this new sticky bit.

As a result, the hardware is left with a cleared interrupt while the line
matches the polarity. The next physical edge will not trigger an interrupt
because it transitions away from the matched polarity, leaving HPD permanently
desynchronized.

Should HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0 be cleared before reading the live status and
updating the polarity to prevent losing interrupts?

> -	hdmi_writeb(hdmi, ~(HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0_HPD | HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0_RX_SENSE),
> -		    HDMI_IH_MUTE_PHY_STAT0);
> +	hdmi_writeb(hdmi, ~HDMI_IH_PHY_STAT0_HPD, HDMI_IH_MUTE_PHY_STAT0);
>  
>  	return IRQ_HANDLED;
>  }

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