[PATCH 1/4 v3] drm: Add support of ARC PGU display controller

[Alexey Brodkin]

Hi Daniel,

On Tue, 2016-03-15 at 16:59 +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 03:24:46PM +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> > On Tue, 2016-03-15 at 09:10 +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 11:15:59AM +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2016-03-14 at 08:00 +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 06:42:36PM +0300, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > +static struct drm_driver arcpgu_drm_driver = {
> > > > > > +	.driver_features = DRIVER_MODESET | DRIVER_GEM | DRIVER_PRIME |
> > > > > > +			   DRIVER_ATOMIC,
> > > > > > +	.preclose = arcpgu_preclose,
> > > > > > +	.lastclose = arcpgu_lastclose,
> > > > > > +	.name = "drm-arcpgu",
> > > > > > +	.desc = "ARC PGU Controller",
> > > > > > +	.date = "20160219",
> > > > > > +	.major = 1,
> > > > > > +	.minor = 0,
> > > > > > +	.patchlevel = 0,
> > > > > > +	.fops = &arcpgu_drm_ops,
> > > > > > +	.load = arcpgu_load,
> > > > > > +	.unload = arcpgu_unload,
> > > > > Load and unload hooks are deprecated (it's a classic midlayer mistake).
> > > > > Please use drm_dev_alloc/register pairs directly instead, and put your
> > > > > device setup code in-between. Similar for unloading. There's a bunch of
> > > > > example drivers converted already.
> > > > Ok I took "atmel-hlcdc" as example.
> > > > And that's interesting.
> > > > 
> > > > If I put my arcpgu_load() in between drm_dev_alloc() and
> > > > drm_dev_register() then I'm getting this on the driver probe:
> > > > ---------------------------------->8-------------------------------
> > > > [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
> > > > arcpgu e0017000.pgu: arc_pgu ID: 0xabbabaab
> > > > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > > > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at lib/kobject.c:244 kobject_add_internal+0x17c/0x498()
> > > > kobject_add_internal failed for card0-HDMI-A-1 (error: -2 parent: card0)
> > > > Modules linked in:
> > > > CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 4.5.0-rc3-01062-ga447822-dirty #17
> > > > 
> > > > Stack Trace:
> > > >   arc_unwind_core.constprop.1+0xa4/0x110
> > > >   warn_slowpath_fmt+0x6e/0xfc
> > > >   kobject_add_internal+0x17c/0x498
> > > >   kobject_add+0x98/0xe4
> > > >   device_add+0xc6/0x734
> > > >   device_create_with_groups+0x12a/0x144
> > > >   drm_sysfs_connector_add+0x54/0xe8
> > > >   arcpgu_drm_hdmi_init+0xd4/0x17c
> > > >   arcpgu_probe+0x138/0x24c
> > > >   platform_drv_probe+0x2e/0x6c
> > > >   really_probe+0x212/0x35c
> > > >   __driver_attach+0x90/0x94
> > > >   bus_for_each_dev+0x46/0x80
> > > >   bus_add_driver+0x14e/0x1b4
> > > >   driver_register+0x64/0x108
> > > >   do_one_initcall+0x86/0x194
> > > >   kernel_init_freeable+0xf0/0x188
> > > > ---[ end trace c67166ad43ddcce2 ]---
> > > > [drm:drm_sysfs_connector_add] adding "HDMI-A-1" to sysfs
> > > > [drm:drm_sysfs_connector_add] *ERROR* failed to register connector device: -2
> > > > arcpgu e0017000.pgu: failed to regiter DRM connector and helper funcs
> > > > arcpgu: probe of e0017000.pgu failed with error -2
> > > > ---------------------------------->8-------------------------------
> > > > 
> > > > But if I move arcpgu_load() after drm_dev_register() then everything
> > > > starts properly and I may see HDMI screen works perfectly fine.
> > > > 
> > > > Any thoughts?
> > > Oops, yeah missed that detail. If you look at atmel it has a loop to
> > > register all the drm connectors _after_ calling drm_dev_register().
> > > Totally forgot about that. Can you pls
> > > - Extract a new drm_connector_register_all() function
> > >   (atmel_hlcdc_dc_connector_plug_all seems to be the best template),
> > >   including kerneldoc.
> > > - Adjust kerneldoc of drm_dev_register() to mention
> > >   drm_connector_register_all() and that ordering constraint.
> > > - Roll that helper out to all the drivers that currently hand-roll it (one
> > >   patch per driver).
> > > 
> > > I know a bit of work but imo not too much, and by doing some small
> > > refactoring every time someone stumbles over a drm pitfall we keep the
> > > subsystem clean&easy to understand. You're up for this? Would be a prep
> > > series, I'll happily review it to get it merged fast. Just a few weeks ago
> > > I merged 20+ patches to make ->mode_fixup hooks optional and remove dummy
> > > ones all over the subsystem, in other words: You'll have my full attention
> > > ;-)
> > Sure, I'm ready to pay that price :)
> > Stay tuned and patches will follow.
> Awesome, looking forward to your patches.

Sorry it took longer for me to finally put my hands on that work but anyways.

I'm looking now at how drivers use existing drm_connector_unplug_all() and
their implementation of what would be drm_connector_plug_all() and see
in some implementations people wraps both helpers with
mutex_{lock|unlock}(&dev->mode_config.mutex). But not everybody does this.

So essentially my questions are:
 [1] If it's necessary to get hold of that mutex before execution of either helper?
 [2] If this is really necessary then IMHO it makes sense to move mutex_lock/unlock
     in helpers itself, right?

-Alexey