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Commit 8e794421 authored by Wayne Lin's avatar Wayne Lin Committed by Alex Deucher
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drm/amd/display: Fork thread to offload work of hpd_rx_irq



[Why]
Currently, we will try to get dm.dc_lock in handle_hpd_rx_irq() when
link lost happened, which is risky and could cause deadlock.
e.g. If we are under procedure to enable MST streams and then monitor
happens to toggle short hpd to notify link lost, then
handle_hpd_rx_irq() will get blocked due to stream enabling flow has
dc_lock. However, under MST, enabling streams involves communication
with remote sinks which need to use handle_hpd_rx_irq() to handle
sideband messages. Thus, we have deadlock here.

[How]
Target is to have handle_hpd_rx_irq() finished as soon as possilble.
Hence we can react to interrupt quickly. Besides, we should avoid to
grabe dm.dc_lock within handle_hpd_rx_irq() to avoid deadlock situation.

Firstly, revert patches which introduced to use dm.dc_lock in
handle_hpd_rx_irq():

* commit ("drm/amd/display: NULL pointer error during ")

* commit ("drm/amd/display: Only one display lights up while using MST")

* commit ("drm/amd/display: take dc_lock in short pulse handler only")

Instead, create work to handle irq events which needs dm.dc_lock.
Besides:

* Create struct hpd_rx_irq_offload_work_queue for each link to handle
  its short hpd events

* Avoid to handle link lost/ automated test if the link is disconnected

* Defer dc_lock needed works in dc_link_handle_hpd_rx_irq(). This
  function should just handle simple stuff for us (e.g. DPCD R/W).
  However, deferred works should still be handled by the order that
  dc_link_handle_hpd_rx_irq() used to be.

* Change function name dm_handle_hpd_rx_irq() to
  dm_handle_mst_sideband_msg() to be more specific

Reviewed-by: default avatarNicholas Kazlauskas <Nicholas.Kazlauskas@amd.com>
Acked-by: default avatarMikita Lipski <mikita.lipski@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarWayne Lin <Wayne.Lin@amd.com>
Tested-by: default avatarDaniel Wheeler <daniel.wheeler@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
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