[Bug 1515558] Re: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform
** Changed in: mir/0.18 Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515558 Title: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1515558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1515558] Re: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform
Hmm, that may not be a problem any more: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mir-team/mir/development-branch/revision/3218 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515558 Title: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1515558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1515558] Re: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform
Having a (hopefully) temporary workaround that handles some common scenarios isn't a fix. Here (copied from the email discussion) are some notes about resolving this: as discussed following today's standup the problems we face involves a number of issues beyond the probing logic. There are three contexts that matter: The Host Server; The Nested Server; and, The Client. At present these all resort to some form of "probing" to decide what platform module to load. This is wrong, but we've only recently started seeing the problems it causes. Only the Host Server should be making a decision on the platform, the Nested Server and the Client should respect that decision. Currently, the client code sees no difference between KMS and X11 - it just chooses between "android" and "mesa", which is a decision that is usually right. However, if we ever get additional platforms that "look alike" it will encounter the same problems we've seen recently without needing a nested server. Consequently, it would be better for the server to tell it which driver to load. The Nested Server is where we've seen problems arise. As it need not be running as the same user, with the same rights, with the same environment nor configuration options as the Host Server it cannot reliably deduce which platform the host has chosen. Consequently, it would be better for the Host Server to tell it which driver to load. Also worth considering is that the Nested Server only needs a server platform module to instantiate a "GuestPlatform" the principle function of which is buffer allocation. With "New Buffer Semantics" this will be possible through the client API - which may obsolete the need for platform specific "GuestPlatform" implementations. If we can eliminate loading a platform module to create a "GuestPlatform" then we achieve a significant simplification. Coming out of this there are several pieces of work: 1. improve the decision logic in the Host Server and platform probing to deal with tie-breaking. (E.g. KMS should be preferred to X11.) 2. Enable the server to inform the client/nested server of the correct platform module to load. (This doesn't need to be surfaced in the client API, it is internal.) 3. Once the NBS client API is finalized. Revisit the need for a platform specific GuestPlatform - ideally one can be written in terms of the client API. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515558 Title: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1515558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1515558] Re: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform
As discussed above, the nested server doesn't have enough information to select the correct drivers and more work is needed on supplying this from the host before this can be closed. ** Changed in: mir Status: Fix Committed => Triaged ** Changed in: mir/0.18 Status: Fix Released => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515558 Title: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1515558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1515558] Re: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform
** Changed in: mir Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: mir Assignee: Mir development team (mir-team) => Alan Griffiths (alan-griffiths) ** Summary changed: - [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform + [regression] Nested servers can select wrong platform ** Description changed: + Nested servers do not have the information required to deduce which + platform has been selected by the host server. (The host may be a + different user with different permissions, with different environment + variables and different command-line options.) + + Original scenario: + $ sudo bin/mir_demo_server --window-manager system-compositor --display-config sidebyside --vt 1 --arw-file - $ bin/mir_demo_server --host /tmp/mir_socket --display-config clone + $ bin/mir_demo_server --host /tmp/mir_socket --display-config clone ... [1447325929.742637] mirserver: Selected driver: dummy (version 0.18.0) Seems to be -c 3098 as specifying a dummy --vt parameter is a workaround -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515558 Title: [regression] Nested servers can select wrong platform To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1515558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1515558] Re: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform
** Changed in: mir Status: Fix Released => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515558 Title: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1515558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1515558] Re: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform
** Changed in: mir Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released ** Changed in: mir/0.18 Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515558 Title: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1515558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1515558] Re: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform
Fix committed into lp:mir at revision 3198, scheduled for release in mir, milestone 0.19.0 ** Changed in: mir Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1515558 Title: [regression] Nested servers on mesa-kms select wrong (dummy) guest platform To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1515558/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
