On 29-10-2025 13:45, Kandpal, Suraj wrote:
Subject: [PATCH v6 4/5] drm/atomic: Return user readable error in
atomic_ioctl

Add user readable error codes for failure cases in drm_atomic_ioctl() so that
user can decode the error code and take corrective measurements.

Signed-off-by: Arun R Murthy <[email protected]>
---
  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c | 71
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
  1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
index
3ef478e717bec917d1b8803c72bbcc8d6409d745..3d4e9709e8e289cf302413
e171b1336812d65c1c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c
@@ -1036,6 +1036,11 @@ int drm_atomic_set_property(struct
drm_atomic_state *state,
                        ret = drm_atomic_connector_get_property(connector,
connector_state,
                                                                prop,
&old_val);
                        ret = drm_atomic_check_prop_changes(ret, old_val,
prop_value, prop);
+                       if (ret) {
+                               drm_mode_atomic_add_error_msg(&state-
error_code,
+
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ASYNC_PROP_CHANGED,
+                                                             "property change
not allowed in async flip");
+                       }
                        break;
                }

@@ -1058,6 +1063,11 @@ int drm_atomic_set_property(struct
drm_atomic_state *state,
                        ret = drm_atomic_crtc_get_property(crtc, crtc_state,
                                                           prop, &old_val);
                        ret = drm_atomic_check_prop_changes(ret, old_val,
prop_value, prop);
+                       if (ret) {
+                               drm_mode_atomic_add_error_msg(&state-
error_code,
+
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ASYNC_PROP_CHANGED,
+                                                             "property change
not allowed in async flip");
+                       }
                        break;
                }

@@ -1096,9 +1106,10 @@ int drm_atomic_set_property(struct
drm_atomic_state *state,
                                        ret = plane_funcs-
atomic_async_check(plane, state, true);
                                if (ret) {
-                                       drm_dbg_atomic(prop->dev,
-                                                      "[PLANE:%d:%s] does not
support async flips\n",
-                                                      obj->id, plane->name);
+
        drm_mode_atomic_add_error_msg(&state->error_code,
+
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ASYNC_NOT_SUPP_PLANE,
+
"[PLANE:%d:%s] does not support async flip",
+                                                                     obj->id,
plane->name);
                                        break;
                                }
                        }
@@ -1393,6 +1404,7 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device
*dev,
        struct drm_atomic_state *state;
        struct drm_modeset_acquire_ctx ctx;
        struct drm_out_fence_state *fence_state;
+       struct drm_mode_atomic_err_code __user *error_code_ptr;
        int ret = 0;
        unsigned int i, j, num_fences = 0;
        bool async_flip = false;
@@ -1401,6 +1413,14 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device
*dev,
        if (!drm_core_check_feature(dev, DRIVER_ATOMIC))
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;

+       if (!arg->reserved)
+               drm_dbg_atomic(dev,
+                              "memory not allocated for drm_atomic error
reporting\n");
+       else
+               /* update the error code if any error to allow user handling it
*/
First letter in uppercase.

Done!

+               error_code_ptr = (struct drm_mode_atomic_err_code __user
*)
+                                (unsigned long)arg->reserved;
+
        state = drm_atomic_state_alloc(dev);
        if (!state)
                return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1409,31 +1429,35 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device
*dev,
        state->acquire_ctx = &ctx;
        state->allow_modeset = !!(arg->flags &
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_ALLOW_MODESET);

+       memset(&state->error_code, 0, sizeof(struct
+drm_mode_atomic_err_code));
Isn't is better to have it as
sizeof(*error_code_ptr)

Done!

+
        /* disallow for userspace that has not enabled atomic cap (even
         * though this may be a bit overkill, since legacy userspace
         * wouldn't know how to call this ioctl)
         */
        if (!file_priv->atomic) {
-               drm_dbg_atomic(dev,
-                              "commit failed: atomic cap not enabled\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
+               drm_mode_atomic_add_error_msg(&state->error_code,
+
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_INVALID_API_USAGE,
+                                             "DRM_ATOMIC capability not
enabled");
I'd rather have it say drm atomic capability not enabled
Done!
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
        }

        if (arg->flags & ~DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_FLAGS) {
-               drm_dbg_atomic(dev, "commit failed: invalid flag\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
-
-       if (arg->reserved) {
-               drm_dbg_atomic(dev, "commit failed: reserved field set\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
+               drm_mode_atomic_add_error_msg(&state->error_code,
+
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_INVALID_API_USAGE,
+                                             "invalid flag");
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
        }

        if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC) {
                if (!dev->mode_config.async_page_flip) {
-                       drm_dbg_atomic(dev,
-                                      "commit failed:
DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC not supported\n");
-                       return -EINVAL;
+                       drm_mode_atomic_add_error_msg(&state-
error_code,
+
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_INVALID_API_USAGE,
+
"DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_ASYNC not supported with ATOMIC ioctl");
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+                       goto out;
                }

                async_flip = true;
@@ -1442,9 +1466,11 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device
*dev,
        /* can't test and expect an event at the same time. */
        if ((arg->flags & DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY) &&
                        (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_PAGE_FLIP_EVENT)) {
-               drm_dbg_atomic(dev,
-                              "commit failed: page-flip event requested with
test-only commit\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
+               drm_mode_atomic_add_error_msg(&state->error_code,
+
DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_INVALID_API_USAGE,
+                                             "page-flip event requested with
test-only commit");
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
        }

  retry:
@@ -1543,6 +1569,13 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device
*dev,
        }

  out:
+       /* update the error code if any error to allow user handling it */
First letter in uppercase here

Done!

Thanks and Regards,
Arun R Murthy
-------------------


Regards,
Suraj Kandpal

+       if (ret < 0 && arg->reserved) {
+               if (copy_to_user(error_code_ptr, &state->error_code,
+                                sizeof(state->error_code)))
+                       return -EFAULT;
+       }
+
        if (num_fences)
                complete_signaling(dev, state, fence_state, num_fences, !ret);


--
2.25.1

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