[v4,3/3] fbcon: Add option to enable legacy hardware acceleration

Commit Message

Helge Deller Feb. 2, 2022, 1:55 p.m. UTC

Add a config option CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION to
enable bitblt and fillrect hardware acceleration in the framebuffer
console. If disabled, such acceleration will not be used, even if it is
supported by the graphics hardware driver.

If you plan to use DRM as your main graphics output system, you should
disable this option since it will prevent compiling in code which isn't
used later on when DRM takes over.

For all other configurations, e.g. if none of your graphic cards support
DRM (yet), DRM isn't available for your architecture, or you can't be
sure that the graphic card in the target system will support DRM, you
most likely want to enable this option.

In the non-accelerated case (e.g. when DRM is used), the inlined
fb_scrollmode() function is hardcoded to return SCROLL_REDRAW and as such the
compiler is able to optimize much unneccesary code away.

In this v3 patch version I additionally changed the GETVYRES() and GETVXRES()
macros to take a pointer to the fbcon_display struct. This fixes the build when
console rotation is enabled and helps the compiler again to optimize out code.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail] # v5.10+
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <[e-mail]>
---
 drivers/video/console/Kconfig           | 20 +++++++++++++
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c        | 39 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h        | 15 +++++++++-
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c    | 10 +++----
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c     | 10 +++----
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.h |  4 +--
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c     | 20 ++++++-------
 7 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

--
2.34.1

Comments

Geert Uytterhoeven Feb. 4, 2022, 8:37 a.m. UTC | #1

Hi Helge,

Thanks for your patch!

On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 8:05 PM Helge Deller <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Add a config option CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION to
> enable bitblt and fillrect hardware acceleration in the framebuffer
> console. If disabled, such acceleration will not be used, even if it is
> supported by the graphics hardware driver.

Note that this also applies to vertical panning and wrapping.


Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
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In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds

Helge Deller Feb. 4, 2022, 10:17 a.m. UTC | #2

Hello Geert,

On 2/4/22 09:37, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 8:05 PM Helge Deller <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Add a config option CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION to
>> enable bitblt and fillrect hardware acceleration in the framebuffer
>> console. If disabled, such acceleration will not be used, even if it is
>> supported by the graphics hardware driver.
>
> Note that this also applies to vertical panning and wrapping.

That's correct.
Would you mind to send a patch which adds this info?

Helge

Geert Uytterhoeven Feb. 4, 2022, 10:24 a.m. UTC | #3

Hi Helge,

On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 11:17 AM Helge Deller <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On 2/4/22 09:37, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 8:05 PM Helge Deller <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >> Add a config option CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION to
> >> enable bitblt and fillrect hardware acceleration in the framebuffer
> >> console. If disabled, such acceleration will not be used, even if it is
> >> supported by the graphics hardware driver.
> >
> > Note that this also applies to vertical panning and wrapping.
>
> That's correct.
> Would you mind to send a patch which adds this info?

To add it where? "bitblt and fillrect" are only mentioned in the patch
description.

The Kconfig help entry just talks about "hardware acceleration",
which can mean any trick supported by the hardware.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [e-mail]

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds

Helge Deller Feb. 4, 2022, 5:31 p.m. UTC | #4

Hi Geert,

On 2/4/22 11:24, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 11:17 AM Helge Deller <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> On 2/4/22 09:37, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 8:05 PM Helge Deller <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>>> Add a config option CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION to
>>>> enable bitblt and fillrect hardware acceleration in the framebuffer
>>>> console. If disabled, such acceleration will not be used, even if it is
>>>> supported by the graphics hardware driver.
>>>
>>> Note that this also applies to vertical panning and wrapping.
>>
>> That's correct.
>> Would you mind to send a patch which adds this info?
>
> To add it where? "bitblt and fillrect" are only mentioned in the patch
> description.
>
> The Kconfig help entry just talks about "hardware acceleration",
> which can mean any trick supported by the hardware.

Yes, I thought about extending the Kconfig help entry text to
mention vertical panning and wrapping as well.
If you have an idea how that should be phrased, I think it
makes sense to add it.

Helge

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
index 840d9813b0bc..fcc46380e7c9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
@@ -78,6 +78,26 @@  config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
 	help
 	  Low-level framebuffer-based console driver.

+config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION
+	bool "Enable legacy fbcon hardware acceleration code"
+	depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
+	default y if PARISC
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option enables the fbcon (framebuffer text-based) hardware
+	  acceleration for graphics drivers which were written for the fbdev
+	  graphics interface.
+
+	  On modern machines, on mainstream machines (like x86-64) or when
+	  using a modern Linux distribution those fbdev drivers usually aren't used.
+	  So enabling this option wouldn't have any effect, which is why you want
+	  to disable this option on such newer machines.
+
+	  If you compile this kernel for older machines which still require the
+	  fbdev drivers, you may want to say Y.
+
+	  If unsure, select n.
+
 config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY
        bool "Map the console to the primary display device"
        depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index b813985f1403..f7b7d35953e8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -1136,11 +1136,13 @@  static void fbcon_init(struct vc_data *vc, int init)

 	ops->graphics = 0;

+#ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION
 	if ((cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_COPYAREA) &&
 	    !(cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_DISABLED))
 		p->scrollmode = SCROLL_MOVE;
 	else /* default to something safe */
 		p->scrollmode = SCROLL_REDRAW;
+#endif

 	/*
 	 *  ++guenther: console.c:vc_allocate() relies on initializing
@@ -1705,7 +1707,7 @@  static bool fbcon_scroll(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int t, unsigned int b,
 			count = vc->vc_rows;
 		if (logo_shown >= 0)
 			goto redraw_up;
-		switch (p->scrollmode) {
+		switch (fb_scrollmode(p)) {
 		case SCROLL_MOVE:
 			fbcon_redraw_blit(vc, info, p, t, b - t - count,
 				     count);
@@ -1795,7 +1797,7 @@  static bool fbcon_scroll(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int t, unsigned int b,
 			count = vc->vc_rows;
 		if (logo_shown >= 0)
 			goto redraw_down;
-		switch (p->scrollmode) {
+		switch (fb_scrollmode(p)) {
 		case SCROLL_MOVE:
 			fbcon_redraw_blit(vc, info, p, b - 1, b - t - count,
 				     -count);
@@ -1946,12 +1948,12 @@  static void fbcon_bmove_rec(struct vc_data *vc, struct fbcon_display *p, int sy,
 		   height, width);
 }

-static void updatescrollmode(struct fbcon_display *p,
+static void updatescrollmode_accel(struct fbcon_display *p,
 					struct fb_info *info,
 					struct vc_data *vc)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
-	int fh = vc->vc_font.height;
 	int cap = info->flags;
 	u16 t = 0;
 	int ypan = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->fix.ypanstep,
@@ -1972,12 +1974,6 @@  static void updatescrollmode(struct fbcon_display *p,
 	int fast_imageblit = (cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_IMAGEBLIT) &&
 		!(cap & FBINFO_HWACCEL_DISABLED);

-	p->vrows = vyres/fh;
-	if (yres > (fh * (vc->vc_rows + 1)))
-		p->vrows -= (yres - (fh * vc->vc_rows)) / fh;
-	if ((yres % fh) && (vyres % fh < yres % fh))
-		p->vrows--;
-
 	if (good_wrap || good_pan) {
 		if (reading_fast || fast_copyarea)
 			p->scrollmode = good_wrap ?
@@ -1991,6 +1987,27 @@  static void updatescrollmode(struct fbcon_display *p,
 		else
 			p->scrollmode = SCROLL_REDRAW;
 	}
+#endif
+}
+
+static void updatescrollmode(struct fbcon_display *p,
+					struct fb_info *info,
+					struct vc_data *vc)
+{
+	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
+	int fh = vc->vc_font.height;
+	int yres = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->var.yres, info->var.xres);
+	int vyres = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->var.yres_virtual,
+				   info->var.xres_virtual);
+
+	p->vrows = vyres/fh;
+	if (yres > (fh * (vc->vc_rows + 1)))
+		p->vrows -= (yres - (fh * vc->vc_rows)) / fh;
+	if ((yres % fh) && (vyres % fh < yres % fh))
+		p->vrows--;
+
+	/* update scrollmode in case hardware acceleration is used */
+	updatescrollmode_accel(p, info, vc);
 }

 #define PITCH(w) (((w) + 7) >> 3)
@@ -2148,7 +2165,7 @@  static int fbcon_switch(struct vc_data *vc)

 	updatescrollmode(p, info, vc);

-	switch (p->scrollmode) {
+	switch (fb_scrollmode(p)) {
 	case SCROLL_WRAP_MOVE:
 		scrollback_phys_max = p->vrows - vc->vc_rows;
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h
index 9315b360c898..0f16cbc99e6a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@  struct fbcon_display {
     /* Filled in by the low-level console driver */
     const u_char *fontdata;
     int userfont;                   /* != 0 if fontdata kmalloc()ed */
-    u_short scrollmode;             /* Scroll Method */
+#ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION
+    u_short scrollmode;             /* Scroll Method, use fb_scrollmode() */
+#endif
     u_short inverse;                /* != 0 text black on white as default */
     short yscroll;                  /* Hardware scrolling */
     int vrows;                      /* number of virtual rows */
@@ -208,6 +210,17 @@  static inline int attr_col_ec(int shift, struct vc_data *vc,
 #define SCROLL_REDRAW	   0x004
 #define SCROLL_PAN_REDRAW  0x005

+static inline u_short fb_scrollmode(struct fbcon_display *fb)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION
+	return fb->scrollmode;
+#else
+	/* hardcoded to SCROLL_REDRAW if acceleration was disabled. */
+	return SCROLL_REDRAW;
+#endif
+}
+
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING
 extern void fbcon_set_tileops(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c
index 9cd2c4b05c32..2789ace79634 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ccw.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@  static void ccw_bmove(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy,
 {
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	struct fb_copyarea area;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);

 	area.sx = sy * vc->vc_font.height;
 	area.sy = vyres - ((sx + width) * vc->vc_font.width);
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@  static void ccw_clear(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy,
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	struct fb_fillrect region;
 	int bgshift = (vc->vc_hi_font_mask) ? 13 : 12;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);

 	region.color = attr_bgcol_ec(bgshift,vc,info);
 	region.dx = sy * vc->vc_font.height;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@  static void ccw_putcs(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 	u32 cnt, pitch, size;
 	u32 attribute = get_attribute(info, scr_readw(s));
 	u8 *dst, *buf = NULL;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);

 	if (!ops->fontbuffer)
 		return;
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@  static void ccw_cursor(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int mode,
 	int attribute, use_sw = vc->vc_cursor_type & CUR_SW;
 	int err = 1, dx, dy;
 	char *src;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);

 	if (!ops->fontbuffer)
 		return;
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@  static int ccw_update_start(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	u32 yoffset;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);
 	int err;

 	yoffset = (vyres - info->var.yres) - ops->var.xoffset;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c
index 88d89fad3f05..86a254c1b2b7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_cw.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@  static void cw_bmove(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy,
 {
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	struct fb_copyarea area;
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);

 	area.sx = vxres - ((sy + height) * vc->vc_font.height);
 	area.sy = sx * vc->vc_font.width;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@  static void cw_clear(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy,
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	struct fb_fillrect region;
 	int bgshift = (vc->vc_hi_font_mask) ? 13 : 12;
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);

 	region.color = attr_bgcol_ec(bgshift,vc,info);
 	region.dx = vxres - ((sy + height) * vc->vc_font.height);
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@  static void cw_putcs(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 	u32 cnt, pitch, size;
 	u32 attribute = get_attribute(info, scr_readw(s));
 	u8 *dst, *buf = NULL;
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);

 	if (!ops->fontbuffer)
 		return;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@  static void cw_cursor(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int mode,
 	int attribute, use_sw = vc->vc_cursor_type & CUR_SW;
 	int err = 1, dx, dy;
 	char *src;
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);

 	if (!ops->fontbuffer)
 		return;
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@  static void cw_cursor(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int mode,
 static int cw_update_start(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);
 	u32 xoffset;
 	int err;

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.h b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.h
index e233444cda66..01cbe303b8a2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.h
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_rotate.h
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ 
 #define _FBCON_ROTATE_H

 #define GETVYRES(s,i) ({                           \
-        (s == SCROLL_REDRAW || s == SCROLL_MOVE) ? \
+        (fb_scrollmode(s) == SCROLL_REDRAW || fb_scrollmode(s) == SCROLL_MOVE) ? \
         (i)->var.yres : (i)->var.yres_virtual; })

 #define GETVXRES(s,i) ({                           \
-        (s == SCROLL_REDRAW || s == SCROLL_MOVE || !(i)->fix.xpanstep) ? \
+        (fb_scrollmode(s) == SCROLL_REDRAW || fb_scrollmode(s) == SCROLL_MOVE || !(i)->fix.xpanstep) ? \
         (i)->var.xres : (i)->var.xres_virtual; })


diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c
index 8d5e66b1bdfb..23bc045769d0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon_ud.c
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@  static void ud_bmove(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy,
 {
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	struct fb_copyarea area;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);

 	area.sy = vyres - ((sy + height) * vc->vc_font.height);
 	area.sx = vxres - ((sx + width) * vc->vc_font.width);
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@  static void ud_clear(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int sy,
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	struct fb_fillrect region;
 	int bgshift = (vc->vc_hi_font_mask) ? 13 : 12;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);

 	region.color = attr_bgcol_ec(bgshift,vc,info);
 	region.dy = vyres - ((sy + height) * vc->vc_font.height);
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@  static void ud_putcs(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info,
 	u32 mod = vc->vc_font.width % 8, cnt, pitch, size;
 	u32 attribute = get_attribute(info, scr_readw(s));
 	u8 *dst, *buf = NULL;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);

 	if (!ops->fontbuffer)
 		return;
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@  static void ud_cursor(struct vc_data *vc, struct fb_info *info, int mode,
 	int attribute, use_sw = vc->vc_cursor_type & CUR_SW;
 	int err = 1, dx, dy;
 	char *src;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);

 	if (!ops->fontbuffer)
 		return;
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@  static int ud_update_start(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	int xoffset, yoffset;
-	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
-	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p->scrollmode, info);
+	u32 vyres = GETVYRES(ops->p, info);
+	u32 vxres = GETVXRES(ops->p, info);
 	int err;

 	xoffset = vxres - info->var.xres - ops->var.xoffset;