From 8f6ea27b2fefdff58b3a038b5f1b4ed34aed3fd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Ser Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 15:10:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] drm: two planes with the same zpos have undefined ordering Currently the property docs don't specify whether it's okay for two planes to have the same zpos value and what user-space should expect in this case. The unspoken, legacy rule used in the past was to make user-space figure out the zpos from object IDs. However some drivers break this rule, that's why the ordering is documented as unspecified in case the zpos property is missing. User-space should rely on the zpos property only. There are some cases in which user-space might read identical zpos values for different planes. For instance, in case the property is mutable, user-space might set two planes' zpos to the same value. This is necessary to support user-space using the legacy DRM API where atomic commits are not possible: user-space needs to update the planes' zpos one by one. Because of this, user-space should handle multiple planes with the same zpos. While at it, remove the assumption that zpos is only for overlay planes. Additionally, update the drm_plane_state.zpos docs to clarify that zpos disambiguation via plane object IDs is a recommendation for drivers, not something user-space can rely on. In other words, when user-space sets the same zpos on two planes, drivers should rely on the plane object ID. v2: clarify drm_plane_state.zpos docs (Daniel) v3: zpos is for all planes (Marius, Daniel) v4: completely reword the drm_plane_state.zpos docs to make it clear the recommendation to use plane IDs is for drivers in case user-space uses duplicate zpos values (Pekka) v5: reword commit message (Pekka, James) v6: remove mention of Arm GPUs having planes which can't overlap, because this isn't uAPI yet (Daniel) Signed-off-by: Simon Ser Reviewed-by: Pekka Paalanen Cc: Marius Vlad Cc: Daniel Vetter Cc: James Qian Wang Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/T5nHrvXH0GKOp6ONaFHk-j2cwEb4_4C_sBz9rNw8mmPACuut-DQqC74HMAFKZH3_Q15E8a3YnmKCxap-djKA71VVZv_T-tFxaB0he13O7yA=@emersion.fr --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c | 8 ++++---- include/drm/drm_plane.h | 9 +++++---- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c index d02709d..121481f 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.c @@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ * planes. Without this property the primary plane is always below the cursor * plane, and ordering between all other planes is undefined. The positive * Z axis points towards the user, i.e. planes with lower Z position values - * are underneath planes with higher Z position values. Note that the Z - * position value can also be immutable, to inform userspace about the - * hard-coded stacking of overlay planes, see - * drm_plane_create_zpos_immutable_property(). + * are underneath planes with higher Z position values. Two planes with the + * same Z position value have undefined ordering. Note that the Z position + * value can also be immutable, to inform userspace about the hard-coded + * stacking of planes, see drm_plane_create_zpos_immutable_property(). * * pixel blend mode: * Pixel blend mode is set up with drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property(). diff --git a/include/drm/drm_plane.h b/include/drm/drm_plane.h index cd5903a..3287736 100644 --- a/include/drm/drm_plane.h +++ b/include/drm/drm_plane.h @@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ struct drm_plane_state { * @zpos: * Priority of the given plane on crtc (optional). * - * Note that multiple active planes on the same crtc can have an - * identical zpos value. The rule to solving the conflict is to compare - * the plane object IDs; the plane with a higher ID must be stacked on - * top of a plane with a lower ID. + * User-space may set mutable zpos properties so that multiple active + * planes on the same CRTC have identical zpos values. This is a + * user-space bug, but drivers can solve the conflict by comparing the + * plane object IDs; the plane with a higher ID is stacked on top of a + * plane with a lower ID. * * See drm_plane_create_zpos_property() and * drm_plane_create_zpos_immutable_property() for more details. -- 2.7.4