[PATCH 07/12] drm/panic: Retry in dispatch function if panic output fails

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Tue Aug 18 05:28:05 PDT 2026


On failed output of QR codes and kmsg buffers, fall back to a user
message. QR-code output already did this internally, but now formally
support it in drm_panic_dispatch(). Streamlines the existing logic.

Also pass module parameter drm_panic_type as a parameter to
drm_panic_dispatch(). This simpifies the implementation. It will later
allow for moving the function into a helper library.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
index 12c39217cbcb..0960750bfce2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c
@@ -746,9 +746,9 @@ static int drm_panic_get_qr_code(u8 **qr_image, unsigned int qr_version)
 /*
  * Draw the panic message at the center of the screen, with a QR Code
  */
-static int _draw_panic_screen_qr_code(struct drm_scanout_buffer *sb,
-				      u32 fg_color, u32 bg_color,
-				      unsigned int qr_version)
+static int draw_panic_screen_qr_code(struct drm_scanout_buffer *sb,
+				     u32 fg_color, u32 bg_color,
+				     unsigned int qr_version)
 {
 	const struct font_desc *font = get_default_font(sb->width, sb->height, NULL, NULL);
 	struct drm_rect r_screen, r_logo, r_msg, r_qr, r_qr_canvas;
@@ -816,15 +816,6 @@ static int _draw_panic_screen_qr_code(struct drm_scanout_buffer *sb,
 	drm_panic_blit(sb, &r_qr, qr_image, qr_pitch, scale, fg_color);
 	return 0;
 }
-
-static int draw_panic_screen_qr_code(struct drm_scanout_buffer *sb,
-				     u32 fg_color, u32 bg_color,
-				     unsigned int qr_version)
-{
-	if (_draw_panic_screen_qr_code(sb, fg_color, bg_color, qr_version))
-		draw_panic_screen_user(sb, fg_color, bg_color);
-	return 0;
-}
 #else
 static void drm_panic_qr_init(void) {};
 static void drm_panic_qr_exit(void) {};
@@ -899,13 +890,22 @@ static int draw_panic_dispatch(struct drm_scanout_buffer *sb, enum drm_panic_typ
 {
 	int ret;
 
+retry:
 	switch (panic_type) {
 	case DRM_PANIC_TYPE_KMSG:
 		ret = draw_panic_screen_kmsg(sb, fg_color, bg_color);
+		if (ret) {
+			panic_type = DRM_PANIC_TYPE_USER;
+			goto retry;
+		}
 		break;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_PANIC_SCREEN_QR_CODE)
 	case DRM_PANIC_TYPE_QR:
 		ret = draw_panic_screen_qr_code(sb, fg_color, bg_color, qr_version);
+		if (ret) {
+			panic_type = DRM_PANIC_TYPE_USER;
+			goto retry;
+		}
 		break;
 #endif
 	case DRM_PANIC_TYPE_USER:
-- 
2.55.0




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