On Mon, 17 Nov 2025, Imre Deak <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 07:09:38AM +0200, Suraj Kandpal wrote:
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Jani Nikula <[email protected]>
>> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2025 9:55 PM
>> > To: Deak, Imre <[email protected]>; Kandpal, Suraj
>> > <[email protected]>
>> > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; intel-
>> > [email protected]; Nautiyal, Ankit K <[email protected]>;
>> > Murthy, Arun R <[email protected]>
>> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/display/dp_mst: Add protection against 0 vcpi
>> > 
>> > On Thu, 13 Nov 2025, Imre Deak <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 10:09:19AM +0530, Suraj Kandpal wrote:
>> > >> When releasing a timeslot there is a slight chance we may end up with
>> > >> the wrong payload mask due to overflow if the delayed_destroy_work
>> > >> ends up coming into play after a DP 2.1 monitor gets disconnected
>> > >> which causes vcpi to become 0 then we try to make the payload =
>> > >> ~BIT(vcpi - 1) which is a negative shift.
>> > >>
>> > >> Signed-off-by: Suraj Kandpal <[email protected]>
>> > >> ---
>> > >>  drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c | 4 +++-
>> > >>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> > >>
>> > >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
>> > >> b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
>> > >> index 64e5c176d5cc..3cf1eafcfcb5 100644
>> > >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
>> > >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_dp_mst_topology.c
>> > >> @@ -4531,6 +4531,7 @@ int drm_dp_atomic_release_time_slots(struct
>> > drm_atomic_state *state,
>> > >>         struct drm_dp_mst_atomic_payload *payload;
>> > >>         struct drm_connector_state *old_conn_state, *new_conn_state;
>> > >>         bool update_payload = true;
>> > >> +       int bit;
>> > >>
>> > >>         old_conn_state = drm_atomic_get_old_connector_state(state, port-
>> > >connector);
>> > >>         if (!old_conn_state->crtc)
>> > >> @@ -4572,7 +4573,8 @@ int drm_dp_atomic_release_time_slots(struct
>> > drm_atomic_state *state,
>> > >>         if (!payload->delete) {
>> > >>                 payload->pbn = 0;
>> > >>                 payload->delete = true;
>> > >> -               topology_state->payload_mask &= ~BIT(payload->vcpi - 1);
>> > >> +               bit = payload->vcpi ? payload->vcpi - 1 : 0;
>> > >> +               topology_state->payload_mask &= ~BIT(bit);
>> > >
>> > > This looks wrong, clearing the bit for an unrelated payload.
>> > 
>> > Agreed.
>> > 
>> > The logs have, among other things,
>> > 
>> > <7> [515.138211] xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm:intel_dp_sink_set_dsc_decompression
>> > [xe]] Failed to enable sink decompression state
>> > 
>> > <7> [515.193484] xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm:drm_dp_add_payload_part1
>> > [drm_display_helper]] VCPI 0 for port ffff888126ce9000 not in topology, not
>> > creating a payload to remote
>> > 
>> > <7> [515.194671] xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm:drm_dp_add_payload_part2
>> > [drm_display_helper]] Part 1 of payload creation for DP-5 failed, skipping 
>> > part 2
>> > 
>> > <7> [515.347331] xe 0000:03:00.0: [drm:drm_dp_remove_payload_part1
>> > [drm_display_helper]] Payload for VCPI 0 not in topology, not sending 
>> > remove
>> > 
>> > So it's no wonder the port's not in topology and everything fails. We 
>> > obviously
>> > need to skip payload_mask updates when the VCPI is 0, but that's just a
>> > symptom of other stuff going wrong first. Perhaps we could do with some
>> > earlier error handling too?
>> 
>> Yes I agree the question is how high will the error handling needs to be 
>> added.
>> A lot of weird things going on here.
>>
>> 1st one is how is it finding a payload which we do not create while we
>> call destroy function
>>
>> 2nd how is VCPI with id 0 possible from what I see VCPI are 1 at least
>> that's what I gather from drm_dp_mst_atomic_check_payload_alloc_limits.So 
>> what
>> are we missing when we create a payload?
>>
>> Imre, Jani any idea still new to how payload creation work so am I
>> missing something.
>
> A VCPI ID will be assigned to a payload during an atomic commit only if
> the corresponding MST connector is still connected. If the MST connector
> gets disconnected by the time of the atomic commit - as in the above
> case - no VCPI ID will assigned and the allocation table in the branch
> device cannot be updated either for the payload, as indicated by the
> above payload creation/removal failed messages.
>
> I think the fix should be not to clear the VCPI ID if it's 0. Valid VCPI
> IDs start from 1.

Agreed. As I said above, "We obviously need to skip payload_mask updates
when the VCPI is 0".

But there are *also* a bunch of other things going wrong before that,
but we plunge on. Should we do something about that?

BR,
Jani.




>
>> Regards
>> Suraj Kandpal 
>> 
>> > BR,
>> > Jani.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > >
>> > >>         }
>> > >>
>> > >>         return 0;
>> > >> --
>> > >> 2.34.1
>> > >>
>> > 
>> > --
>> > Jani Nikula, Intel

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel

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