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Subject: Claude review: drm/msm/a8xx: use pipe protect slot 15 for last-span-unbound feature
Date: Tue, 05 May 2026 08:55:17 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <review-patch5-20260502-adreno-810-v5-5-bc9fd2bb788d@pm.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260502-adreno-810-v5-5-bc9fd2bb788d@pm.me>
Patch Review
**Status: Correct fix, but deserves a note about the underlying issue**
The existing code uses `protect->count_max` as the pipe protect slot index:
```c
a8xx_write_pipe(gpu, PIPE_BR, REG_A8XX_CP_PROTECT_PIPE(protect->count_max), final_cfg);
```
For the existing A8xx GPUs (x285 and a840), `count_max` happens to be 15 (via `DECLARE_ADRENO_PROTECT(..., 15)`). But for A810, `count_max` is 64 because A810 has 64 global protect slots. Since pipe protect only has 16 slots (0-15), using `count_max=64` as a pipe slot index would be out of bounds.
The fix hardcodes slot 15, matching the downstream driver. This is correct behavior — the last-span-unbound feature should always target the last pipe slot.
```c
+ a8xx_write_pipe(gpu, PIPE_BR, REG_A8XX_CP_PROTECT_PIPE(15), final_cfg);
+ a8xx_write_pipe(gpu, PIPE_BV, REG_A8XX_CP_PROTECT_PIPE(15), final_cfg);
```
**Suggestion**: This patch should ideally come *before* patch 6 (which introduces `DECLARE_ADRENO_PROTECT(a810_protect, 64)`) to avoid any window where the code is broken — though since these patches are applied as a series, bisectability is maintained because the A810 chip ID won't match on any hardware until patch 6 adds the catalog entry.
**Design note**: The fact that `count_max` was accidentally overloaded with two meanings (global slot capacity AND pipe slot index) is a latent bug. It might be worth a follow-up to add a `#define A8XX_PIPE_PROTECT_LAST_SLOT 15` or similar, and perhaps add a comment in `DECLARE_ADRENO_PROTECT` noting that `count_max` for A8xx is the global protect count, not the pipe slot. But that's cleanup, not a blocker.
Has `Reviewed-by` from Konrad Dybcio and Akhil P Oommen.
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-02 8:07 [PATCH RFC v5 0/7] Add support for Adreno 810 GPU Alexander Koskovich
2026-05-02 8:07 ` [PATCH RFC v5 1/7] dt-bindings: display/msm/gmu: Document Adreno 810 GMU Alexander Koskovich
2026-05-04 22:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-02 8:07 ` [PATCH RFC v5 2/7] dt-bindings: display/msm/gpu: Document A810 GPU Alexander Koskovich
2026-05-04 22:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-02 8:08 ` [PATCH RFC v5 3/7] drm/msm/adreno: rename llc_mmio to cx_misc_mmio Alexander Koskovich
2026-05-04 22:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-02 8:08 ` [PATCH RFC v5 4/7] drm/msm/adreno: set cx_misc_mmio regardless of if platform has LLCC Alexander Koskovich
2026-05-04 22:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-02 8:08 ` [PATCH RFC v5 5/7] drm/msm/a8xx: use pipe protect slot 15 for last-span-unbound feature Alexander Koskovich
2026-05-04 22:55 ` Claude Code Review Bot [this message]
2026-05-02 8:08 ` [PATCH RFC v5 6/7] drm/msm/adreno: add Adreno 810 GPU support Alexander Koskovich
2026-05-04 22:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-02 8:08 ` [PATCH RFC v5 7/7] arm64: dts: qcom: milos: Add Adreno 810 GPU and GMU nodes Alexander Koskovich
2026-05-04 22:55 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
2026-05-04 22:55 ` Claude review: Add support for Adreno 810 GPU Claude Code Review Bot
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2026-04-08 1:45 [PATCH RFC v3 0/7] " Alexander Koskovich
2026-04-08 1:46 ` [PATCH RFC v3 5/7] drm/msm/a8xx: use pipe protect slot 15 for last-span-unbound feature Alexander Koskovich
2026-04-12 3:17 ` Claude review: " Claude Code Review Bot
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