[PATCH xserver 1/3] xfree86: Immediately handle failure to set HW cursor, v5

Michael Thayer michael.thayer at oracle.com
Mon Dec 5 09:25:05 UTC 2016


Hello Hans,

Polite ping on this one.

Regards and thanks
Michael

01.10.2016 12:01, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 30-09-16 17:55, Michael Thayer wrote:
>> Based on v4 by Alexandre Courbot <acourbot at nvidia.com>
>>
>> There is currently no reliable way to report failure to set a HW
>> cursor. Still such failures can happen if e.g. the MODE_CURSOR DRM
>> ioctl fails (which currently happens at least with modesetting on Tegra
>> for format incompatibility reasons).
>>
>> As failures are currently handled by setting the HW cursor size to
>> (0,0), the fallback to SW cursor will not happen until the next time the
>> cursor changes and xf86CursorSetCursor() is called again. In the
>> meantime, the cursor will be invisible to the user.
>>
>> This patch addresses that by adding _xf86CrtcFuncs::set_cursor_check and
>> _xf86CursorInfoRec::ShowCursorCheck hook variants that return booleans.
>> This allows to propagate errors up to xf86CursorSetCursor(), which can
>> then fall back to using the SW cursor immediately.
>>
>> v5: Updated the patch to apply to current git HEAD, split up into two
>> patches (server and modesetting driver) and adjusted the code slightly
>> to match surrounding code.  I also removed the new exported function
>> ShowCursorCheck(), as instead just changing ShowCursor() to return Bool
>> should not affect its current callers.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Thayer <michael.thayer at oracle.com>
>
> Series looks good to me and is:
>
> Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
>
> As discussed this will need to wait till we start the 1.20
> cycle before it can be merged (it contains a video driver ABI change)
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
>
>
>> ---
>>  hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h    |  4 +++-
>>  hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c | 40
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>  hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>  hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c |  8 ++++----
>>  4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h
>> index 14ba9d7..215eb2a 100644
>> --- a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h
>> +++ b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Crtc.h
>> @@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ typedef struct _xf86CrtcFuncs {
>>       */
>>      void
>>       (*show_cursor) (xf86CrtcPtr crtc);
>> +    Bool
>> +     (*show_cursor_check) (xf86CrtcPtr crtc);
>>
>>      /**
>>       * Hide cursor
>> @@ -993,7 +995,7 @@ static _X_INLINE _X_DEPRECATED void
>> xf86_reload_cursors(ScreenPtr screen) {}
>>  /**
>>   * Called from EnterVT to turn the cursors back on
>>   */
>> -extern _X_EXPORT void
>> +extern _X_EXPORT Bool
>>   xf86_show_cursors(ScrnInfoPtr scrn);
>>
>>  /**
>> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
>> b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
>> index 1bc2b27..9543eed 100644
>> --- a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
>> +++ b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
>> @@ -210,9 +210,15 @@ set_bit(CARD8 *image, xf86CursorInfoPtr
>> cursor_info, int x, int y, Bool mask)
>>
>>  /*
>>   * Wrappers to deal with API compatibility with drivers that don't
>> expose
>> - * load_cursor_*_check
>> + * *_cursor_*_check
>>   */
>>  static inline Bool
>> +xf86_driver_has_show_cursor(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>> +{
>> +    return crtc->funcs->show_cursor_check || crtc->funcs->show_cursor;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline Bool
>>  xf86_driver_has_load_cursor_image(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>>  {
>>      return crtc->funcs->load_cursor_image_check ||
>> crtc->funcs->load_cursor_image;
>> @@ -225,6 +231,15 @@ xf86_driver_has_load_cursor_argb(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>>  }
>>
>>  static inline Bool
>> +xf86_driver_show_cursor(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>> +{
>> +    if (crtc->funcs->show_cursor_check)
>> +        return crtc->funcs->show_cursor_check(crtc);
>> +    crtc->funcs->show_cursor(crtc);
>> +    return TRUE;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline Bool
>>  xf86_driver_load_cursor_image(xf86CrtcPtr crtc, CARD8 *cursor_image)
>>  {
>>      if (crtc->funcs->load_cursor_image_check)
>> @@ -333,16 +348,19 @@ xf86_hide_cursors(ScrnInfoPtr scrn)
>>      }
>>  }
>>
>> -static void
>> +static Bool
>>  xf86_crtc_show_cursor(xf86CrtcPtr crtc)
>>  {
>> -    if (!crtc->cursor_shown && crtc->cursor_in_range) {
>> -        crtc->funcs->show_cursor(crtc);
>> -        crtc->cursor_shown = TRUE;
>> -    }
>> +    if (!crtc->cursor_in_range)
>> +        return TRUE;
>> +
>> +    if (!crtc->cursor_shown)
>> +        crtc->cursor_shown = xf86_driver_show_cursor(crtc);
>> +
>> +    return crtc->cursor_shown;
>>  }
>>
>> -void
>> +Bool
>>  xf86_show_cursors(ScrnInfoPtr scrn)
>>  {
>>      xf86CrtcConfigPtr xf86_config = XF86_CRTC_CONFIG_PTR(scrn);
>> @@ -352,9 +370,11 @@ xf86_show_cursors(ScrnInfoPtr scrn)
>>      for (c = 0; c < xf86_config->num_crtc; c++) {
>>          xf86CrtcPtr crtc = xf86_config->crtc[c];
>>
>> -        if (crtc->enabled)
>> -            xf86_crtc_show_cursor(crtc);
>> +        if (crtc->enabled && !xf86_crtc_show_cursor(crtc))
>> +            return FALSE;
>>      }
>> +
>> +    return TRUE;
>>  }
>>
>>  static void
>> @@ -653,7 +673,7 @@ xf86_cursors_init(ScreenPtr screen, int max_width,
>> int max_height, int flags)
>>      cursor_info->SetCursorPosition = xf86_set_cursor_position;
>>      cursor_info->LoadCursorImageCheck = xf86_load_cursor_image;
>>      cursor_info->HideCursor = xf86_hide_cursors;
>> -    cursor_info->ShowCursor = xf86_show_cursors;
>> +    cursor_info->ShowCursorCheck = xf86_show_cursors;
>>      cursor_info->UseHWCursor = xf86_use_hw_cursor;
>>      if (flags & HARDWARE_CURSOR_ARGB) {
>>          cursor_info->UseHWCursorARGB = xf86_use_hw_cursor_argb;
>> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h
>> b/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h
>> index 320ec0c..11a03b6 100644
>> --- a/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h
>> +++ b/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86Cursor.h
>> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ typedef struct _xf86CursorInfoRec {
>>      Bool (*LoadCursorImageCheck) (ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, unsigned char
>> *bits);
>>      void (*HideCursor) (ScrnInfoPtr pScrn);
>>      void (*ShowCursor) (ScrnInfoPtr pScrn);
>> +    Bool (*ShowCursorCheck) (ScrnInfoPtr pScrn);
>>      unsigned char *(*RealizeCursor) (struct _xf86CursorInfoRec *,
>> CursorPtr);
>>      Bool (*UseHWCursor) (ScreenPtr, CursorPtr);
>>
>> @@ -41,6 +42,21 @@ xf86DriverLoadCursorImage(xf86CursorInfoPtr
>> infoPtr, unsigned char *bits)
>>  }
>>
>>  static inline Bool
>> +xf86DriverHasShowCursor(xf86CursorInfoPtr infoPtr)
>> +{
>> +    return infoPtr->ShowCursorCheck || infoPtr->ShowCursor;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline Bool
>> +xf86DriverShowCursor(xf86CursorInfoPtr infoPtr)
>> +{
>> +    if(infoPtr->ShowCursorCheck)
>> +        return infoPtr->ShowCursorCheck(infoPtr->pScrn);
>> +    infoPtr->ShowCursor(infoPtr->pScrn);
>> +    return TRUE;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline Bool
>>  xf86DriverHasLoadCursorARGB(xf86CursorInfoPtr infoPtr)
>>  {
>>      return infoPtr->LoadCursorARGBCheck || infoPtr->LoadCursorARGB;
>> diff --git a/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c
>> b/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c
>> index e8966ed..bd287fc 100644
>> --- a/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c
>> +++ b/hw/xfree86/ramdac/xf86HWCurs.c
>> @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ xf86InitHardwareCursor(ScreenPtr pScreen,
>> xf86CursorInfoPtr infoPtr)
>>      if (!infoPtr->SetCursorPosition ||
>>          !xf86DriverHasLoadCursorImage(infoPtr) ||
>>          !infoPtr->HideCursor ||
>> -        !infoPtr->ShowCursor || !infoPtr->SetCursorColors)
>> +        !xf86DriverHasShowCursor(infoPtr) ||
>> +        !infoPtr->SetCursorColors)
>>          return FALSE;
>>
>>      if (infoPtr->RealizeCursor) {
>> @@ -204,8 +205,7 @@ xf86ScreenSetCursor(ScreenPtr pScreen, CursorPtr
>> pCurs, int x, int y)
>>
>>      (*infoPtr->SetCursorPosition) (infoPtr->pScrn, x, y);
>>
>> -    (*infoPtr->ShowCursor) (infoPtr->pScrn);
>> -    return TRUE;
>> +    return xf86DriverShowCursor(infoPtr);
>>  }
>>
>>  Bool
>> @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ xf86SetTransparentCursor(ScreenPtr pScreen)
>>          xf86DriverLoadCursorImage (infoPtr,
>>                                     ScreenPriv->transparentData);
>>
>> -    (*infoPtr->ShowCursor) (infoPtr->pScrn);
>> +    xf86DriverShowCursor(infoPtr);
>>  }
>>
>>  static void
>>

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