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From: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrj...@linux.intel.com> 
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2025 8:30 AM
To: Cavitt, Jonathan <jonathan.cav...@intel.com>
Cc: Nikula, Jani <jani.nik...@intel.com>; intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org; 
Gupta, saurabhg <saurabhg.gu...@intel.com>; Zuo, Alex <alex....@intel.com>; 
Manna, Animesh <animesh.ma...@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/display: Simplify modular operations with vtotal
> 
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 02:29:17PM +0000, Cavitt, Jonathan wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nikula, Jani <jani.nik...@intel.com> 
> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2025 1:56 AM
> > To: Cavitt, Jonathan <jonathan.cav...@intel.com>; 
> > intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org
> > Cc: Gupta, saurabhg <saurabhg.gu...@intel.com>; Zuo, Alex 
> > <alex....@intel.com>; Cavitt, Jonathan <jonathan.cav...@intel.com>; 
> > ville.syrj...@linux.intel.com; Manna, Animesh <animesh.ma...@intel.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915/display: Simplify modular operations with 
> > vtotal
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 11 Sep 2025, Jonathan Cavitt <jonathan.cav...@intel.com> wrote:
> > > > There are a couple of modulus operations in the i915 display code with
> > > > vtotal as the divisor that add vtotal to the dividend.  In modular
> > > > arithmetic, adding the divisor to the dividend is equivalent to adding
> > > > zero to the dividend, so this addition can be dropped.
> > > 
> > > The result might become negative with this?
> > > 
> > > BR,
> > > Jani.
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cavitt <jonathan.cav...@intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrj...@linux.intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Animesh Manna <animesh.ma...@intel.com>
> > > > Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nik...@intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dsb.c    | 4 ++--
> > > >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vblank.c | 2 +-
> > > >  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dsb.c 
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dsb.c
> > > > index dee44d45b668..67315116839b 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dsb.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_dsb.c
> > > > @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int dsb_scanline_to_hw(struct 
> > > > intel_atomic_state *state,
> > > >                 intel_pre_commit_crtc_state(state, crtc);
> > > >         int vtotal = dsb_vtotal(state, crtc);
> > > >  
> > > > -       return (scanline + vtotal - 
> > > > intel_crtc_scanline_offset(crtc_state)) % vtotal;
> > > > +       return (scanline - intel_crtc_scanline_offset(crtc_state)) % 
> > > > vtotal;
> > 
> > intel_crtc_scanline_offset returns -1, 1, or 2.  So the result here could 
> > only be negative if
> > the value of scanline is less than 2.
> > 
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > >  /*
> > > > @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static void assert_dsl_ok(struct intel_atomic_state 
> > > > *state,
> > > >          * Waiting for the entire frame doesn't make sense,
> > > >          * (IN==don't wait, OUT=wait forever).
> > > >          */
> > > > -       drm_WARN(crtc->base.dev, (end - start + vtotal) % vtotal == 
> > > > vtotal - 1,
> > > > +       drm_WARN(crtc->base.dev, (end - start) % vtotal == vtotal - 1,
> > 
> > This can only be negative if start is less than end, which doesn't seem 
> > possible.
> > 
> > > >                  "[CRTC:%d:%s] DSB %d bad scanline window wait: %d-%d 
> > > > (vt=%d)\n",
> > > >                  crtc->base.base.id, crtc->base.name, dsb->id,
> > > >                  start, end, vtotal);
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vblank.c 
> > > > b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vblank.c
> > > > index c15234c1d96e..bcfca2fcef3c 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vblank.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_vblank.c
> > > > @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int __intel_get_crtc_scanline(struct 
> > > > intel_crtc *crtc)
> > > >          * See update_scanline_offset() for the details on the
> > > >          * scanline_offset adjustment.
> > > >          */
> > > > -       return (position + vtotal + crtc->scanline_offset) % vtotal;
> > > > +       return (position + crtc->scanline_offset) % vtotal;
> > 
> > crtc->scanline_offset = intel_crtc_scanline_offset(crtc_state).
> > And position = intel_de_read_fw(display, PIPEDSL(display, pipe)) & 
> > PIPEDSL_LINE_MASK.
> > Finally, #define   PIPEDSL_LINE_MASK        REG_GENMASK(19, 0)
> > So, unless position = 0 on display versions 1 or 2 (where 
> > intel_crtc_scanline_offset returns -1), this cannot be negative.
> 
> Scanlines can be anything from 0 to vtotal-1.
> So nak on this patch.
> 
> > 
> > ...
> > Wait, if crtc->scanline_offset = intel_crtc_scanline_offset(crtc_state), 
> > then why are we recalculating
> > it in dsb_scanline_to_hw?  That should also probably be fixed, but not in 
> > this patch.
> 
> Not sure what you think needs fixing. dsb_scanline_to_hw() is the
> inverse of most other uses of scanline_offset.

Well, yes, we subtract it instead of adding it.

But like, in dsb_scanline_to_hw:

"""
return (scanline + vtotal - intel_crtc_scanline_offset(crtc_state)) % vtotal;
"""

Can this not be simplified to:

"""
return (scanline + vtotal - crtc->scanline_offset) % vtotal;
"""

?
-Jonathan Cavitt

> 
> > -Jonathan Cavitt
> > 
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > >  /*
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Jani Nikula, Intel
> > > 
> 
> -- 
> Ville Syrjälä
> Intel
> 

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