On Fri, 2025-03-14 at 13:21 +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> > prepare: None,
> > @@ -113,6 +117,21 @@ pub trait DriverCrtc: Send + Sync + Sized {
> > ///
> > /// Drivers may use this to instantiate their [`DriverCrtc`] object.
> > fn new(device: &Device<Self::Driver>, args: &Self::Args) -> impl
> > PinInit<Self, Error>;
> > +
> > + /// The optional [`drm_crtc_helper_funcs.atomic_check`] hook for this
> > crtc.
> > + ///
> > + /// Drivers may use this to customize the atomic check phase of their
> > [`Crtc`] objects. The
> > + /// result of this function determines whether the atomic check passed
> > or failed.
> > + ///
> > + /// [`drm_crtc_helper_funcs.atomic_check`]:
> > srctree/include/drm/drm_modeset_helper_vtables.h
> > + fn atomic_check(
> > + _crtc: &Crtc<Self>,
> > + _old_state: &CrtcState<Self::State>,
> > + _new_state: CrtcStateMutator<'_, CrtcState<Self::State>>,
> > + _state: &AtomicStateComposer<Self::Driver>,
> > + ) -> Result {
> > + build_error::build_error("This should not be reachable")
> > + }
>
> We've spent an awful lot of time trying to get rid of
> old_state/new_state in the atomic hooks, so I'd prefer to not
> reintroduce them again in Rust, even more so if you have accessors to go
> from AtomicStateComposer to CrtcStateMutator, which I think you do.
This is exactly the kind of reason why I wanted to get more DRM maintainers
looking at these patches :).
So - the main reason for having old_state/new_state was because in the talks
that I had with Sima, they established that we want to try to avoid
fallibility in callbacks like atomic_check in spots where it doesn't
particularly make sense. Consider for instance: If we're in the atomic_check
callback for a CRTC then we already know that both it's old state and new
state are present in the atomic state, and which DriverCrtc implementation
they use - so, it's a bit silly for code to have to treat that as fallible. I
had decided on going with passing new_state/old_state to fix this problem, but
mainly because I didn't realize that not having these arguments in callbacks
on the C side of things was intentional.
This being said I think there's a better solution we can do which Sima had
suggested - introducing a type of token for callbacks like this that can
infallibly give access to the old/new state if needed. The basic idea being
that such a token would be proof that:
* We know that both the old and new atomic state for the CRTC are present in
the current atomic state
* We know their DriverCrtc and DriverCrtcState implementation
At some point I thought I came to the conclusion this couldn't work for some
reason. But, I just wrote up some code to try it and it seems like this
actually works perfectly with rvkms:
/// A token provided during [`atomic_check`] callbacks for accessing the
crtc, atomic state, and new
/// and old states of the crtc.
///
/// # Invariants
///
/// This token is proof that the old and new atomic state of `crtc` are
present in `state` and do
/// not have any mutators taken out.
///
/// [`atomic_check`]: DriverCrtc::atomic_check
pub struct CrtcAtomicCheck<'a, 'b, T: DriverCrtc> {
state: &'a AtomicStateComposer<T::Driver>,
crtc: &'b Crtc<T>,
}
impl<'a, 'b, T: DriverCrtc> CrtcAtomicCheck<'a, 'b, T> {
/// Create a new [`CrtcAtomicCheck`] token.
///
/// This token is provided during an [`atomic_check`] callback to
provide optional access to the
/// [`AtomicStateComposer`], the [`Crtc`] whose state is being checked,
and both its old and new
/// atomic state.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// To use this function it must be known in the current context that:
///
/// - `crtc` has had its atomic states added to `state`.
/// - No [`CrtcStateMutator`] could possibly be taken out for `crtc`s
new state.
///
/// [`atomic_check`]: DriverCrtc::atomic_check
pub(crate) unsafe fn new(
crtc: &'b Crtc<T>,
state: &'a AtomicStateComposer<T::Driver>,
) -> Self {
Self { crtc, state }
}
/// Get the [`Crtc`] involved in this [`CrtcAtomicCheck`].
pub fn crtc(&self) -> &'b Crtc<T> {
self.crtc
}
/// Exchange this token for a (composer, old_state, new_state) tuple.
pub fn take_all(self) -> (
&'a AtomicStateComposer<T::Driver>,
&'a CrtcState<T::State>,
CrtcStateMutator<'a, CrtcState<T::State>>
) {
let (old_state, new_state) = (
self.state.get_old_crtc_state(self.crtc),
self.state.get_new_crtc_state(self.crtc),
);
// SAFETY:
// - Both the old and new crtc state are present in `state` via our
type invariants.
// - The new state is guaranteed to have no mutators taken out via
our type invariants.
let (old_state, new_state) = unsafe {
(old_state.unwrap_unchecked(), new_state.unwrap_unchecked())
};
(self.state, old_state, new_state)
}
/// Exchange this token for the [`AtomicStateComposer`].
pub fn take_state(self) -> &'a AtomicStateComposer<T::Driver> {
self.state
}
/// Exchange this token for the old [`CrtcState`].
pub fn take_old_state(self) -> &'a CrtcState<T::State> {
let old = self.state.get_old_crtc_state(self.crtc);
// SAFETY: The old state is guaranteed to be present in `state` via
our type invariants.
unsafe { old.unwrap_unchecked() }
}
pub fn take_new_state(self) -> CrtcStateMutator<'a,
CrtcState<T::State>> {
let new = self.state.get_new_crtc_state(self.crtc);
// SAFETY:
// - The new state is guaranteed to be present in our `state` via
our type invariants.
// - The new state is guaranteed not to have any mutators taken out
for it via our type
// invariants.
unsafe { new.unwrap_unchecked() }
}
}
So - would replacing (crtc, state, old_state, new_state) with this token be an
acceptable replacement?
>
> Maxime
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