[PATCH 0/1] Fiji GPU audio register timeout when in BACO state

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Mon Apr 27 20:43:54 CEST 2020


On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 2:39 PM Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:28:12 +0200,
> Alex Deucher wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 2:07 PM Nicholas Johnson
> > <nicholas.johnson-opensource at outlook.com.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 05:15:55PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:22:21 +0200,
> > > > Deucher, Alexander wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > [AMD Public Use]
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Nicholas Johnson <nicholas.johnson-opensource at outlook.com.au>
> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 12:02 PM
> > > > > > To: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
> > > > > > Cc: Deucher, Alexander <Alexander.Deucher at amd.com>; Koenig, Christian
> > > > > > <Christian.Koenig at amd.com>; Zhou, David(ChunMing)
> > > > > > <David1.Zhou at amd.com>; Nicholas Johnson <nicholas.johnson-
> > > > > > opensource at outlook.com.au>
> > > > > > Subject: [PATCH 0/1] Fiji GPU audio register timeout when in BACO state
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Since Linux v5.7-rc1 / commit 4fdda2e66de0 ("drm/amdgpu/runpm: enable
> > > > > > runpm on baco capable VI+ asics"), my AMD R9 Nano has been using runpm /
> > > > > > BACO. You can tell visually when it sleeps, because the fan on the graphics
> > > > > > card is switched off to save power. It did not spin down the fan in v5.6.x.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is great (I love it), except that when it is sleeping, the PCIe audio function
> > > > > > of the GPU has issues if anything tries to access it. You get dmesg errors such
> > > > > > as these:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > snd_hda_intel 0000:08:00.1: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x170500
> > > > > > snd_hda_intel 0000:08:00.1: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling
> > > > > > mode: last cmd=0x001f0500 snd_hda_intel 0000:08:00.1: No response from
> > > > > > codec, disabling MSI: last cmd=0x001f0500 snd_hda_intel 0000:08:00.1: No
> > > > > > response from codec, resetting bus: last cmd=0x001f0500
> > > > > > snd_hda_codec_hdmi hdaudioC1D0: Unable to sync register 0x2f0d00. -11
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The above is with the Fiji XT GPU at 0000:08:00.0 in a Thunderbolt enclosure
> > > > > > (not that Thunderbolt should affect it, but I feel I should mention it just in
> > > > > > case). I dropped a lot of duplicate dmesg lines, as some of them repeated a
> > > > > > lot of times before the driver gave up.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I offer this patch to disable runpm for Fiji while a fix is found, if you decide
> > > > > > that is the best approach. Regardless, I will gladly test any patches you come
> > > > > > up with instead and confirm that the above issue has been fixed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I cannot tell if any other GPUs are affected. The only other cards to which I
> > > > > > have access are a couple of AMD R9 280X (Tahiti XT), which use radeon driver
> > > > > > instead of amdgpu driver.
> > > > >
> > > > > Adding a few more people.  Do you know what is accessing the audio?  The audio should have a dependency on the GPU device.  The GPU won't enter runtime pm until the audio has entered runtime pm and vice versa on resume. Please attach a copy of your dmesg output and lspci output.
> > >
> > > pci 0000:08:00.1: D0 power state depends on 0000:08:00.0
> > > The above must be the dependency of which you speak from dmesg.
> > >
> > > Accessing the audio? I did not have a single method for triggering it.
> > > Sometimes it happened on shutdown. Sometimes when restarting gdm.
> > > Sometimes when playing with audio settings in Cinnamon Desktop. But most
> > > often when changing displays. It might have something to do with the
> > > audio device associated with a monitor being created when the monitor is
> > > found. If an audio device is created, then pulseaudio might touch it.
> > > Sorry, this is a very verbose "not quite sure".
> > >
> > > To trigger the bug, this time I did the following:
> > >
> > > 1. Boot laptop without Fiji and log in
> > >
> > > 2. Attach Fiji via Thunderbolt (no displays attached to Fiji) and
> > > approve Thunderbolt device
> > >
> > > 3. Log in again because the session gets killed when GPU is hot-added
> > >
> > > 4. Wait for Fiji to fall asleep (fan stops)
> > >
> > > 5. Open "dmesg -w" on laptop display
> > >
> > > 6. Attach display to DisplayPort on Fiji (it should still stay asleep)
> > >
> > > 7. Do WindowsKey+P to activate external display. The error appears in
> > > dmesg window that instant.
> > >
> > > Could it be a race condition when waking the card up?
> > >
> > > I cannot get the graphics card fan to spin down if the Thunderbolt
> > > enclosure is attached at boot time. It only does it if hot-added.
> > >
> > > If you think it will help, I can take out the Fiji and put it in a test
> > > rig and try to replicate the issue without Thunderbolt, but it looks
> > > like it will not spin the fan down if Fiji is attached at boot time.
> > >
> > > Question, why would the fan not spin down if Fiji is attached at boot
> > > time, and how would one make the said fan turn off? Aside from being
> > > useful for pinning down the audio register issue, I would like to make
> > > sure the power savings are realised whenever the GPU is not being used.
> >
> > Presumably something is using the device.  Maybe a framebuffer console
> > or X?  Or maybe the something like tlp has disabled runtime pm on your
> > device?  You can see the current status by reading the files in
> > /sys/class/drm/cardX/device/power/ .  Replace cardX with card0, card1,
> > etc. depending on which device is the radeon card.
> >
> > FWIW, I have a fiji board in a desktop system and it worked fine when
> > this code was enabled.
>
> Is the new DC code used for Fiji boards?  IIRC, the audio component
> binding from amdgpu is enabled only for DC, and without the audio
> component binding the runtime PM won't be linked up, hence you can't
> power up GPU from the audio side access automatically.
>

Yes, DC is enabled by default for all cards with runtime pm enabled.

Alex

>
> Takashi
>
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Also, please retest with the fresh 5.7-rc3.  There was a known
> > > > regression regarding HD-audio PM in 5.7-rc1/rc2, and it's been fixed
> > > > there (commit 8d6762af302d).
> > > Linux v5.7-rc3 still has the same problem, unfortunately.
> > >
> > > The dmesg is attached.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your replies. Kind regards,
> > > Nicholas
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Takashi
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