video: hyperv: hyperv_fb: refresh the VM screen by force on VM panic
authorDexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Fri, 1 Aug 2014 11:27:54 +0000 (04:27 -0700)
committerTomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
Mon, 4 Aug 2014 06:35:27 +0000 (09:35 +0300)
Currently the VSC has no chance to notify the VSP of the dirty rectangle on VM
panic because the notification work is done in a workqueue, and in panic() the
kernel typically ends up in an infinite loop, and a typical kernel config has
CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y and CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set, so a context switch
can't happen in panic() and the workqueue won't have a chance to run. As a
result, the VM Connection window can't refresh until it's closed and we
re-connect to the VM.

We can register a handler on panic_notifier_list: the handler can notify
the VSC and switch the framebuffer driver to a "synchronous mode", meaning
the VSC flushes any future framebuffer change to the VSP immediately.

v2: removed the MS-TFS line in the commit message
v3: remove some 'unlikely' markings
v4: avoid global variables as Tomi Valkeinen suggested

Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c

index e23392ec5af359ed1f4c8eb0c228325ff6d4c396..569e7562fa3d72dc1734044e2bbb5a68bc0bbcde 100644 (file)
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ struct hvfb_par {
        u32 pseudo_palette[16];
        u8 init_buf[MAX_VMBUS_PKT_SIZE];
        u8 recv_buf[MAX_VMBUS_PKT_SIZE];
+
+       /* If true, the VSC notifies the VSP on every framebuffer change */
+       bool synchronous_fb;
+
+       struct notifier_block hvfb_panic_nb;
 };
 
 static uint screen_width = HVFB_WIDTH;
@@ -532,6 +537,19 @@ static void hvfb_update_work(struct work_struct *w)
                schedule_delayed_work(&par->dwork, HVFB_UPDATE_DELAY);
 }
 
+static int hvfb_on_panic(struct notifier_block *nb,
+                        unsigned long e, void *p)
+{
+       struct hvfb_par *par;
+       struct fb_info *info;
+
+       par = container_of(nb, struct hvfb_par, hvfb_panic_nb);
+       par->synchronous_fb = true;
+       info = par->info;
+       synthvid_update(info);
+
+       return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
 
 /* Framebuffer operation handlers */
 
@@ -582,14 +600,44 @@ static int hvfb_blank(int blank, struct fb_info *info)
        return 1;       /* get fb_blank to set the colormap to all black */
 }
 
+static void hvfb_cfb_fillrect(struct fb_info *p,
+                             const struct fb_fillrect *rect)
+{
+       struct hvfb_par *par = p->par;
+
+       cfb_fillrect(p, rect);
+       if (par->synchronous_fb)
+               synthvid_update(p);
+}
+
+static void hvfb_cfb_copyarea(struct fb_info *p,
+                             const struct fb_copyarea *area)
+{
+       struct hvfb_par *par = p->par;
+
+       cfb_copyarea(p, area);
+       if (par->synchronous_fb)
+               synthvid_update(p);
+}
+
+static void hvfb_cfb_imageblit(struct fb_info *p,
+                              const struct fb_image *image)
+{
+       struct hvfb_par *par = p->par;
+
+       cfb_imageblit(p, image);
+       if (par->synchronous_fb)
+               synthvid_update(p);
+}
+
 static struct fb_ops hvfb_ops = {
        .owner = THIS_MODULE,
        .fb_check_var = hvfb_check_var,
        .fb_set_par = hvfb_set_par,
        .fb_setcolreg = hvfb_setcolreg,
-       .fb_fillrect = cfb_fillrect,
-       .fb_copyarea = cfb_copyarea,
-       .fb_imageblit = cfb_imageblit,
+       .fb_fillrect = hvfb_cfb_fillrect,
+       .fb_copyarea = hvfb_cfb_copyarea,
+       .fb_imageblit = hvfb_cfb_imageblit,
        .fb_blank = hvfb_blank,
 };
 
@@ -801,6 +849,11 @@ static int hvfb_probe(struct hv_device *hdev,
 
        par->fb_ready = true;
 
+       par->synchronous_fb = false;
+       par->hvfb_panic_nb.notifier_call = hvfb_on_panic;
+       atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
+                                      &par->hvfb_panic_nb);
+
        return 0;
 
 error:
@@ -820,6 +873,9 @@ static int hvfb_remove(struct hv_device *hdev)
        struct fb_info *info = hv_get_drvdata(hdev);
        struct hvfb_par *par = info->par;
 
+       atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
+                                        &par->hvfb_panic_nb);
+
        par->update = false;
        par->fb_ready = false;