On Thu, 2025-10-16 at 23:00 +0300, Imre Deak wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 09:23:26PM +0300, Jouni Hogander wrote:
> > On Thu, 2025-10-16 at 20:18 +0300, Imre Deak wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 07:56:32PM +0300, Jouni Hogander wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2025-10-15 at 19:19 +0300, Imre Deak wrote:
> > > > > Export the helper function to determine if FEC is required on
> > > > > a
> > > > > non- UHBR (8b10b) SST or MST link. A follow up change will
> > > > > take
> > > > > this into use for MST as well.
> > > > > 
> > > > > While at it determine the output type from the CRTC state,
> > > > > which
> > > > > allows dropping the intel_dp argument. Also make the function
> > > > > return the required FEC state, instead of setting this in the
> > > > > CRTC state, which allows only querying this requirement,
> > > > > without
> > > > > changing the state.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Also rename the function to intel_dp_needs_8b10b_fec(), to
> > > > > clarify that the function determines if FEC is required on an
> > > > > 8b10b link (on 128b132b links FEC is always enabled by the HW
> > > > > implicitly, so the function will return false for that case).
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Imre Deak <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Jouni Högander <[email protected]>

> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c     | 21
> > > > > +++++++++++++--
> > > > > ----
> > > > > --
> > > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.h     |  2 ++
> > > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp_mst.c |  2 +-
> > > > >  3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> > > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> > > > > index b523c4e661412..3ffb015004c54 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dp.c
> > > > > @@ -2365,24 +2365,29 @@ static int
> > > > > intel_edp_dsc_compute_pipe_bpp(struct intel_dp *intel_dp,
> > > > >       return 0;
> > > > >  }
> > > > >  
> > > > > -static void intel_dp_fec_compute_config(struct intel_dp
> > > > > *intel_dp,
> > > > > -                                     struct
> > > > > intel_crtc_state *crtc_state)
> > > > > +/*
> > > > > + * Return whether FEC must be enabled for 8b10b SST or MST
> > > > > links. On 128b132b
> > > > > + * links FEC is always enabled implicitly by the HW, so this
> > > > > function returns
> > > > > + * false for that case.
> > > > > + */
> > > > > +bool intel_dp_needs_8b10b_fec(const struct intel_crtc_state
> > > > > *crtc_state,
> > > > > +                           bool dsc_enabled_on_crtc)
> > > > >  {
> > > > >       if (intel_dp_is_uhbr(crtc_state))
> > > > > -             return;
> > > > > +             return false;
> > > > >  
> > > > >       if (crtc_state->fec_enable)
> > > > > -             return;
> > > > > +             return true;
> > > > 
> > > > Not really changed in this patch: Do you know in what kind of
> > > > case
> > > > "crtc_state->fec_enable == true" before
> > > > intel_dp_needs_8b10b_fec is
> > > > called?
> > > 
> > > Yes, that's another corner which should've been documented at
> > > least:
> > > that's the case when there are two or more CRTCs on a 8b10b MST
> > > link, only one/some of them enabling DSC (but not all). For
> > > instance, CRTC#1 enables DSC, but CRTC#0 does not enable DSC.
> > > First
> > > CRTC#0's state is computed (due to the regular order of CRTC#0/1
> > > etc. state computation) and since DSC is not enabled on it, it
> > > will
> > > compute intel_crtc_state::fec_enable=false. Then CRTC#1 will
> > > compute
> > > fec_enable=true, due to it enabling DSC.
> > > 
> > > After all CRTCs computed their state, through
> > > intel_atomic_check_config_and_link() ->
> > > intel_atomic_check_config(),
> > > the following path will detect that the FEC enabled state is
> > > different for the CRTCs on the same MST link (whereas the FEC
> > > enabled state should be the same for all the CRTCs on the link,
> > > since FEC is the property of the link encoding). After detecting
> > > this, the state of all the CRTCs on the link will be recomputed
> > > with
> > > FEC forced on now for all (forced, even if DSC is not enabled for
> > > a
> > > CRTC):
> > > 
> > > intel_atomic_check_config_and_link() ->
> > > intel_link_bw_atomic_check() -> 
> > > check_all_link_config() -> intel_dp_mst_atomic_check_link() ->
> > > intel_dp_mst_check_fec_change().
> > > 
> > > The above will set the intel_link_bw_limits::force_fec_pipes mask
> > > for
> > > both CRTC#0 and CRTC#1, then both CRTCs' state gets recomputed,
> > > during which intel_crtc_state::fec_enable will be set upfront in
> > > intel_modeset_pipe_config(). The above
> > > intel_dp_dsc_compute_config() ->
> > > intel_dp_needs_8b10b_fec() will be called after all the above
> > > (during
> > > the second round of state computation) and so with
> > > intel_crtc_state::fec_enable already set. This set state must be
> > > preserved for CRTC#0 as well, even though it doesn't enable DSC.
> > 
> > Thank you for the clarification. Patch 6 converts
> > intel_dp_mst_check_fec_change -> intel_dp_mst_check_dsc_change.
> > I.e.
> > force_fec_pipes mask is not set and it doesn't exist. Instead there
> > is
> > force_dsc_pipes mask. Maybe this could be dropped in patch 6 as
> > intel_modeset_pipe_config is setting compression_enabled_on_link
> > instead and this is also checked in intel_dp_needs_8b10b_fec?
> 
> Yes, I missed this, thanks for noticing it. Yes, it can be removed
> after
> patch 6. There is a subtle interaction between
> (a) intel_dp_dsc_compute_config() -> intel_dp_needs_8b10b_fec() and
> (b) intel_dp_mtp_tu_compute_config() -> intel_dp_needs_8b10b_fec(),
> whereby (b) can see intel_crtc_state::fec_enable being set, because
> (a)
> has set it. Then (b) has to reset it for UHBR, as patch 2 and 3
> explains. Removing the if (fec_enable) return true; case above
> reduces
> that subtlety actually, which is good.
> 
> However, the check above shouldn't cause an issue (after patch 2) and
> intel_crtc_state::fec_enable will still be computed twice in the end.
> That's still a bit subtle and so I'd remove the check in a separate
> patch, as a follow-up, to keep things isolated. Would you be ok with
> that?

Yes, it shouldn't cause any issue. This is ok to me. Provided rb above.

BR,

Jouni Högander
> 
> > BR,
> > 
> > Jouni Högander

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