Re: [PATCH] drm/fbdev-dma: fix getting smem_start

[Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>]

Hi

Am 13.06.24 um 12:14 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann:
> Hi
>
> Am 12.06.24 um 17:00 schrieb Daniel Vetter:
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 10:37:14AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>>> Hi Javier
>>>
>>> Am 12.06.24 um 09:49 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
>>>> Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> writes:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Thomas,
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 10.06.24 um 10:47 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann:
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 04.06.24 um 10:03 schrieb Peng Fan (OSS):
>>>>>>> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If 'info->screen_buffer' locates in vmalloc address space, 
>>>>>>> virt_to_page
>>>>>>> will not be able to get correct results. With CONFIG_DEBUG_VM and
>>>>>>> CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL enabled on ARM64, there is dump below:
>>>>>> Which graphics driver triggers this bug?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [    3.536043] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>>>>>> [    3.540716] virt_to_phys used for non-linear address:
>>>>>>> 000000007fc4f540 (0xffff800086001000)
>>>>>>> [    3.552628] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 61 at 
>>>>>>> arch/arm64/mm/physaddr.c:12
>>>>>>> __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98
>>>>>>> [    3.565455] Modules linked in:
>>>>>>> [    3.568525] CPU: 4 PID: 61 Comm: kworker/u12:5 Not tainted
>>>>>>> 6.6.23-06226-g4986cc3e1b75-dirty #250
>>>>>>> [    3.577310] Hardware name: NXP i.MX95 19X19 board (DT)
>>>>>>> [    3.582452] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
>>>>>>> [    3.588291] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT 
>>>>>>> -SSBS
>>>>>>> BTYPE=--)
>>>>>>> [    3.595233] pc : __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98
>>>>>>> [    3.599246] lr : __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98
>>>>>>> [    3.603276] sp : ffff800083603990
>>>>>>> [    3.677939] Call trace:
>>>>>>> [    3.680393]  __virt_to_phys+0x68/0x98
>>>>>>> [    3.684067] drm_fbdev_dma_helper_fb_probe+0x138/0x238
>>>>>>> [    3.689214] 
>>>>>>> __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0x2b0/0x4c0
>>>>>>> [    3.695385]  drm_fb_helper_initial_config+0x4c/0x68
>>>>>>> [    3.700264]  drm_fbdev_dma_client_hotplug+0x8c/0xe0
>>>>>>> [    3.705161]  drm_client_register+0x60/0xb0
>>>>>>> [    3.709269]  drm_fbdev_dma_setup+0x94/0x148
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So add a check 'is_vmalloc_addr'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fixes: b79fe9abd58b ("drm/fbdev-dma: Implement fbdev emulation for
>>>>>>> GEM DMA helpers")
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
>>>>>> Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
>>>>> I'm taking back my r-b. The memory is expected to by be physically
>>>>> contiguous and vmalloc() won't guarantee that.
>>>>>
>>>> Agreed.
>>> These smem_ fields are clearly designed for PCI BARs of traditional 
>>> graphics
>>> cards. So can we even assume contiguous memory for DMA? That was my
>>> assumption, but with IOMMUs it might not be the case. Fbdev-dma only 
>>> sets
>>> smem_start to support a single old userspace driver. Maybe we should 
>>> further
>>> restrict usage of this field by making it opt-in for each driver. Best
>>> regards Thomas
>> We could make it all conditional on CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_LEAK_PHYS_SMEM, and
>> remove the FBINFO_HIDE_SMEM_START flag. The reason I've done the flag is
>> that with the old fb_mmap code we had to always fill out smem_start to
>> make mmap work. But now that the various drm fbdev helpers have all 
>> their
>> own mmap implementation, we could make this a lot cleaner.
>
> Enabling CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_LEAK_PHYS_SMEM would still crash the NXP 
> driver. I think I'll add a flag to drm_fbdev_dma_setup() to set 
> smem_start from within lima, which is the only driver that requires 
> it.I'd like to remove CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_LEAK_PHYS_SMEM and all that, 
> but I fear that it would break someone's setup. Best regards Thomas

I've been looking at

https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20240318-dark-mongoose-of-camouflage-7ac6ed@houat/

and I'm now confused to find that lima doesn't even set up fbdev support.


Best regards
Thomas

>>
>> If I haven't missed anything, that is.
>> -Sima
>

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