Bug 27647 - [GM45 page flipping] Hard lock-ups with page flipping
Summary: [GM45 page flipping] Hard lock-ups with page flipping
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/intel (show other bugs)
Version: 7.5 (2009.10)
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: high critical
Assignee: Jesse Barnes
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Keywords: NEEDINFO
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-04-14 13:12 UTC by Fryderyk Dziarmagowski
Modified: 2010-06-07 10:30 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
Fix exchange validity check (3.46 KB, patch)
2010-06-01 10:26 UTC, Jesse Barnes
no flags Details | Splinter Review

Description Fryderyk Dziarmagowski 2010-04-14 13:12:58 UTC
Since upgrade to Mesa 7.8.1, xf86-video-intel 2.11.0 and xorg 1.8.0, linux 2.6.33.2 I'm experiencing hard lock-ups on my machine. The PC is quite dead, I can't login over ssh or do some sysrq magic. To reproduce it I don't have to cause any activity, running compiz + gnome, leaving it alone for few minutes seems to be sufficient to trigger it.
There is nothing to see in system logs (xorg, kernel, etc.), even running with nmi_watchdog enabled does not help.
To workaround the problem, I have to remove i965_dri.so, without 3d acceleration, everything runs like before upgrading to above (experimental?) configuration. 

Similar bug report can be found in gentoo bugzilla:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310829

# grep Chipset /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    26.227] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:2e22:8086:5002 Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller rev 3, Mem @ 0xd0000000/4194304, 0xc0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f1c0/8
[    26.227] (--) PCI: (0:0:2:1) 8086:2e23:8086:5002 Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller rev 3, Mem @ 0xd0400000/1048576
[    26.342] (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
[    26.377] (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) G45/G43
[    26.377] (--) intel(0): Chipset: "G45/G43"
Comment 1 Fryderyk Dziarmagowski 2010-04-20 10:14:05 UTC
Downgrading intel driver to version 2.10.x solves the problem.
Comment 2 Fryderyk Dziarmagowski 2010-04-23 03:44:50 UTC
Looks like I am not alone:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2010-April/006652.html
Comment 3 Michael Kreitzer 2010-05-06 11:46:45 UTC
I also experience this exact issue as well.
Comment 4 Fryderyk Dziarmagowski 2010-05-06 13:43:10 UTC
Disabling page flipping solves the issue for me. 

See http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-May/135429.html for details.

Dear Intel developers. Are you still there?
Comment 5 Carl Worth 2010-05-06 16:01:54 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> Disabling page flipping solves the issue for me. 

That's very useful information, thanks! I've retitled the bug and assigned to Jesse.

> Dear Intel developers. Are you still there?

Yes. :-}

Sorry for the delayed reply.

-Carl
Comment 6 Jesse Barnes 2010-05-28 14:29:04 UTC
Trying to reproduce this now.
Comment 7 Jesse Barnes 2010-05-28 14:50:28 UTC
I've verified both the vbltest and modetest programs from libdrm work as expected on my GM45, can you test those and make sure they work correctly for you too?
  $ git clone git://git.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/drm libdrm
  $ cd libdrm
  $ ./autogen --prefix=/opt/gfx-test
  $ make
  $ cd tests/vbltest
  $ vbltest # pass "-s" if you're testing a second head or laptop screen
  $ cd ../modetest
  $ modetest # this will dump the modes and connectors
  $ modetest -s 7:1440x900 -v # try page flipping on connector 7 at 1440x900

You'll need to adjust the modetest command above for your platform.

Assuming those work, the problem is likely in the X or GL stack somewhere.  I'll test that next as well.
Comment 8 Jesse Barnes 2010-05-28 14:51:08 UTC
Oh, and both vbltest and modetest -v will report frequencies.  Those frequencies should match your refresh rate.  If they don't, we have an interrupt related problem somewhere.
Comment 9 Jesse Barnes 2010-06-01 10:26:59 UTC
Created attachment 35994 [details] [review]
Fix exchange validity check

Seems to flip ok with this patch and current X & xf86-video-intel master.
Comment 10 Jesse Barnes 2010-06-01 10:28:22 UTC
Spoke too soon; with compiz I'm seeing corruption now, but no hang.
Comment 11 Jesse Barnes 2010-06-01 11:49:48 UTC
After updating Mesa, flipping appears to work with the patch from comment #9.  Can you confirm?
Comment 12 Michael Kreitzer 2010-06-04 07:23:54 UTC
This issue is not exclusive to the gm45. The link in comment two refers to a 965. I'm also using a 965 and have seemingly random hard lockups. Should I open a separate bug for the 965?
Comment 13 Jesse Barnes 2010-06-07 10:30:24 UTC
Yes, please open a new bug if you're seeing hangs with the latest bits.  See http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html for a list of the info we're looking for when filing a bug.


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