From: Roshan Kumar <roshaen09@gmail.com>
To: linusw@kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: leandro.ribeiro@collabora.com, maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com,
mripard@kernel.org, tzimmermann@suse.de, airlied@gmail.com,
simona@ffwll.ch, pimyn@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] drm/pl111: drop alpha formats the hardware cannot scan out
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:55:26 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260910192526.137057-1-roshaen09@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825105427.686619-1-roshaen09@gmail.com>
The PL110/PL111 controller scans out a single framebuffer and never
blends its alpha channel with anything. In every pixel-format table
each alpha-carrying entry (ARGB/ABGR in 8888, 1555 and 4444) maps to
exactly the same register configuration as its XRGB/XBGR counterpart,
so the alpha byte was never used by the hardware.
Commit 860e748bddcc ("drm: ensure blend mode supported if pixel format
with alpha exposed") added validation that warns when a plane exposes
alpha formats without a pixel blend mode property, and PL111 does exactly
that. With panic_on_warn enabled the warning prevents the syzkaller
vexpress-a15 manager from booting.
Drivers should not report formats they do not support, so remove the
alpha formats from all variant tables: the generic PL110, PL111 and
Nomadik tables in pl111_drv.c and the board-specific Integrator, IM-PD1,
Versatile and RealView/Versatile-Express tables in pl111_versatile.c,
plus the now dead case labels in the display setup and the Versatile
syscon connector switch, instead of advertising a blend mode property.
Behavior is unchanged for userspace that picks an XRGB/XBGR/RGB format;
alpha-picking clients fall back to the identical X variant.
Link: https://github.com/google/syzkaller/issues/7805
Fixes: 860e748bddcc ("drm: ensure blend mode supported if pixel format with alpha exposed")
Signed-off-by: Roshan Kumar <roshaen09@gmail.com>
Changes in v2: drop the alpha formats entirely instead of advertising a
DRM_MODE_BLEND_PIXEL_NONE property, per review feedback from Thomas
Zimmermann. Leandro's Reviewed-by from v1 is not carried as the
approach changed.
Changes in v3: v2 missed the board-specific variant tables in
pl111_versatile.c (Integrator, IM-PD1, Versatile, RealView and
Versatile Express), which still exposed alpha formats and would fall
through to the WARN_ONCE default in pl111_display_enable() on those
boards. Pointed out by the sashiko AI reviewer.
---
drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_display.c | 6 ------
drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c | 16 ----------------
drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.c | 18 ------------------
3 files changed, 40 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_display.c
index 5d10bc5fdf1f..e1b513d36c27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_display.c
@@ -267,14 +267,12 @@ static void pl111_display_enable(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,
if (priv->variant->st_bitmux_control)
cntl |= CNTL_ST_LCDBPP24_PACKED;
break;
- case DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888:
case DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888:
if (priv->variant->st_bitmux_control)
cntl |= CNTL_LCDBPP24 | CNTL_BGR;
else
cntl |= CNTL_LCDBPP24;
break;
- case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888:
case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888:
if (priv->variant->st_bitmux_control)
cntl |= CNTL_LCDBPP24;
@@ -297,13 +295,11 @@ static void pl111_display_enable(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,
else
cntl |= CNTL_LCDBPP16_565 | CNTL_BGR;
break;
- case DRM_FORMAT_ABGR1555:
case DRM_FORMAT_XBGR1555:
cntl |= CNTL_LCDBPP16;
if (priv->variant->st_bitmux_control)
cntl |= CNTL_ST_1XBPP_5551 | CNTL_BGR;
break;
- case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB1555:
case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555:
cntl |= CNTL_LCDBPP16;
if (priv->variant->st_bitmux_control)
@@ -311,13 +307,11 @@ static void pl111_display_enable(struct drm_simple_display_pipe *pipe,
else
cntl |= CNTL_BGR;
break;
- case DRM_FORMAT_ABGR4444:
case DRM_FORMAT_XBGR4444:
cntl |= CNTL_LCDBPP16_444;
if (priv->variant->st_bitmux_control)
cntl |= CNTL_ST_1XBPP_444 | CNTL_BGR;
break;
- case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB4444:
case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB4444:
cntl |= CNTL_LCDBPP16_444;
if (priv->variant->st_bitmux_control)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c
index ac7b1d12a0f5..2175ac953795 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c
@@ -341,13 +341,9 @@ static void pl111_amba_shutdown(struct amba_device *amba_dev)
* This early variant lacks the 565 and 444 pixel formats.
*/
static const u32 pl110_pixel_formats[] = {
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR1555,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555,
};
@@ -361,19 +357,13 @@ static const struct pl111_variant_data pl110_variant = {
/* RealView, Versatile Express etc use this modern variant */
static const u32 pl111_pixel_formats[] = {
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_BGR565,
DRM_FORMAT_RGB565,
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR1555,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555,
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR4444,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR4444,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB4444,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB4444,
};
@@ -387,19 +377,13 @@ static const struct pl111_variant_data pl111_variant = {
static const u32 pl110_nomadik_pixel_formats[] = {
DRM_FORMAT_RGB888,
DRM_FORMAT_BGR888,
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_BGR565,
DRM_FORMAT_RGB565,
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR1555,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555,
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR4444,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR4444,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB4444,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB4444,
};
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.c
index 0d8331a3909f..9a60f10231b1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_versatile.c
@@ -209,9 +209,7 @@ static void pl111_versatile_enable(struct drm_device *drm, u32 format)
drm_info(drm, "enable Versatile CLCD connectors\n");
switch (format) {
- case DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888:
case DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888:
- case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888:
case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888:
val |= SYS_CLCD_MODE_888;
break;
@@ -221,9 +219,7 @@ static void pl111_versatile_enable(struct drm_device *drm, u32 format)
case DRM_FORMAT_RGB565:
val |= SYS_CLCD_MODE_565_B_LSB;
break;
- case DRM_FORMAT_ABGR1555:
case DRM_FORMAT_XBGR1555:
- case DRM_FORMAT_ARGB1555:
case DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555:
val |= SYS_CLCD_MODE_5551;
break;
@@ -266,44 +262,30 @@ static void pl111_realview_clcd_enable(struct drm_device *drm, u32 format)
/* PL110 pixel formats for Integrator, vanilla PL110 */
static const u32 pl110_integrator_pixel_formats[] = {
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR1555,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555,
};
/* Extended PL110 pixel formats for Integrator and Versatile */
static const u32 pl110_versatile_pixel_formats[] = {
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_BGR565, /* Uses external PLD */
DRM_FORMAT_RGB565, /* Uses external PLD */
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR1555,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555,
};
static const u32 pl111_realview_pixel_formats[] = {
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR8888,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB8888,
DRM_FORMAT_BGR565,
DRM_FORMAT_RGB565,
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR1555,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB1555,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB1555,
- DRM_FORMAT_ABGR4444,
DRM_FORMAT_XBGR4444,
- DRM_FORMAT_ARGB4444,
DRM_FORMAT_XRGB4444,
};
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-10 19:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-25 10:54 [PATCH] drm/pl111: Advertise no pixel blending Roshan Kumar
2026-09-08 21:31 ` Leandro Ribeiro
2026-09-09 4:17 ` Roshan Kumar
2026-09-09 8:16 ` Thomas Zimmermann
[not found] ` <d3a928e0-0faa-4cd4-9d2e-cb9be4cf84c0@suse.de>
2026-09-10 5:44 ` Roshan Kumar
2026-09-10 5:45 ` [PATCH v2] drm/pl111: drop alpha formats the hardware cannot scan out Roshan Kumar
2026-09-10 6:15 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-10 19:25 ` [PATCH] drm/pl111: Advertise no pixel blending Roshan Kumar
2026-09-11 6:33 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-11 12:58 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-09-10 19:25 ` Roshan Kumar [this message]
2026-09-11 6:41 ` [PATCH v3] drm/pl111: drop alpha formats the hardware cannot scan out Thomas Zimmermann
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