Intel HD 3000 (i915) issues (freezes).

firewalker · 2016-01-04 15:51:54

Hello.

I face some problems with my Intel HD 3000 (i915) GPU.

Mainly

[drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A (start=1059075 end=1059076)
[Jan 4 17:25] [drm] stuck on render ring
[  +0.000605] [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 6:0:0x87e8effd, in kwin [20369], reason: Ring hung, action: reset
[  +0.001867] drm/i915: Resetting chip after gpu hang
[Jan 4 17:35] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A (start=1159454 end=1159455)
[Jan 4 17:39] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A (start=1174633 end=1174634)

This will result in a 5~10 second screen freeze (I can hear sound playing). The mouse pointer is moving in most cases. This will occur with 3D programs (e.g. KiCAD 3D viewer).

And a more severe problem that lead to an extensive screen freeze for about 5 minutes. The following problem manifest it self when for example I watch a movie with vlc and fast forward it.

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[14435.117621] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 3953 at drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:3921 intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips+0x1f3/0x200 [i915]()
[14435.117622] Removing stuck page flip
[14435.117623] Modules linked in: sha256_generic hmac drbg ansi_cprng ctr ccm ax25 fuse btusb uvcvideo btrtl btbcm videobuf2_vmalloc btintel bluetooth videobuf2_memops videobuf2_core v4l2_common videodev uas media joydev mousedev arc4 iwldvm iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support dell_wmi intel_rapl sparse_keymap iosf_mbi x86_pkg_temp_thermal snd_hda_codec_hdmi mac80211 intel_powerclamp snd_hda_codec_conexant snd_hda_codec_generic dell_laptop coretemp snd_hda_intel kvm_intel iwlwifi dcdbas kvm snd_hda_codec psmouse crc32_pclmul cfg80211 pcspkr snd_hda_core snd_hwdep snd_pcm input_leds snd_timer snd led_class thermal atl1c soundcore serio_raw i2c_i801 rfkill evdev mac_hid mei_me mei lpc_ich shpchp ac wmi battery dell_smo8800 sch_fq_codel cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_powersave processor dell_smm_hwmon sg ip_tables
[14435.117656]  x_tables ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 dm_mod usb_storage sr_mod cdrom sd_mod atkbd libps2 crc32c_intel ahci libahci libata xhci_pci xhci_hcd scsi_mod ehci_pci ehci_hcd usbcore usb_common i8042 serio i915 video button intel_gtt i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm agpgart
[14435.117670] CPU: 1 PID: 3953 Comm: Xorg Tainted: G     U  W       4.2.5-1-ARCH #1
[14435.117672] Hardware name: Dell Inc.          Dell System Inspiron N411Z/0H8G5G, BIOS A06 09/10/2012
[14435.117673]  c1631967 f34d4ccd 00000000 f0403c8c c14c8e8d f0403ccc f0403cbc c1058457
[14435.117677]  f8312740 f0403cec 00000f71 f831db28 00000f51 f82b9ba3 f82b9ba3 f456c500
[14435.117680]  f710cbc8 f7110000 f0403cd8 c10584ce 00000009 f0403ccc f8312740 f0403cec
[14435.117684] Call Trace:
[14435.117686]  [<c14c8e8d>] dump_stack+0x48/0x69
[14435.117689]  [<c1058457>] warn_slowpath_common+0x87/0xc0
[14435.117697]  [<f82b9ba3>] ? intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips+0x1f3/0x200 [i915]
[14435.117706]  [<f82b9ba3>] ? intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips+0x1f3/0x200 [i915]
[14435.117708]  [<c10584ce>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x3e/0x60
[14435.117716]  [<f82b9ba3>] intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips+0x1f3/0x200 [i915]
[14435.117719]  [<c1093e80>] ? wake_atomic_t_function+0x70/0x70
[14435.117728]  [<f82bb417>] intel_begin_crtc_commit+0x1b7/0x1c0 [i915]
[14435.117731]  [<f80808c4>] drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes_on_crtc+0x44/0x1f0 [drm_kms_helper]
[14435.117742]  [<f82d4c9f>] intel_atomic_commit+0x5f/0xf0 [i915]
[14435.117746]  [<f80d3c52>] drm_atomic_commit+0x32/0x60 [drm]
[14435.117749]  [<f8080c3c>] drm_atomic_helper_disable_plane+0xcc/0x110 [drm_kms_helper]
[14435.117756]  [<f80c41be>] __setplane_internal+0x20e/0x2e0 [drm]
[14435.117761]  [<f80d2ba4>] ? drm_modeset_lock_all_crtcs+0x84/0x90 [drm]
[14435.117765]  [<f80d2dd9>] ? __drm_modeset_lock_all+0x109/0x130 [drm]
[14435.117770]  [<f80c7a75>] drm_mode_setplane+0x135/0x1d0 [drm]
[14435.117775]  [<f80c7940>] ? drm_plane_check_pixel_format+0x40/0x40 [drm]
[14435.117780]  [<f80b8fb3>] drm_ioctl+0x143/0x560 [drm]
[14435.117782]  [<c14cd8ad>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_bh+0xd/0x10
[14435.117786]  [<f80c7940>] ? drm_plane_check_pixel_format+0x40/0x40 [drm]
[14435.117789]  [<c117d9f3>] ? kmem_cache_free+0x1c3/0x1e0
[14435.117791]  [<c11a8ba4>] ? dentry_free+0x44/0x90
[14435.117793]  [<c11ac068>] ? evict+0xe8/0x160
[14435.117795]  [<c11a8ba4>] ? dentry_free+0x44/0x90
[14435.117799]  [<f80b8e70>] ? drm_copy_field+0x60/0x60 [drm]
[14435.117802]  [<c11a4b92>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e2/0x500
[14435.117804]  [<c1062337>] ? recalc_sigpending+0x17/0x50
[14435.117806]  [<c1062f6c>] ? __set_task_blocked+0x3c/0xa0
[14435.117808]  [<c11adffb>] ? __fget+0x6b/0xc0
[14435.117811]  [<c11a4e30>] SyS_ioctl+0x80/0x90
[14435.117813]  [<c14cded7>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x12
[14435.117814] ---[ end trace 9e1b1f8d85bd8633 ]---

Settings

i915.semaphores=1 i915.i915_enable_rc6=7 i915.i915_enable_fbc=1

Section "Device"
        Identifier "HD 3000"
        Driver     "Intel"
        Option     "Backlight"   "intel_backlight"
        Option     "AccelMethod" "sna"
        Option     "DRI"         "3"
        Option     "TearFree"    "true" 
EndSection

I have tested both SNA and UXA. There is no change it the presence of the fault.

I have also tested

Option "SwapbuffersWait" "false"

I can;t exactly pin point when the problem it started. The last couple of months?

Any suggestions? Should I fill another upstream kernel bug report?

graysky · 2016-01-04 19:02:56

I assume you added the kernel boot lines in an attempt to fix? Does it error out without them and without the /etc/X11/*conf?

Roberth · 2016-01-04 20:02:35

Semaphores is known to causes freezes. Wouldn't be suprised if DRI3 was the culprit also. For me VDPAU caused freezing personally.

Last edited by Roberth (2016-01-04 20:03:10)

firewalker · 2016-01-04 20:27:41

Semaphores an DRI 3 was an attempt to address the issue.

hoi89 · 2016-01-10 14:58:14

Hi Firewalker. Have you found a solution for this already? I seem to have the same problem but have no clue whatsoever about what to do next...

firewalker · 2016-01-10 18:26:59

No, no solution. I filled a bug report to the Linux kernel.

hoi89 · 2016-01-13 22:39:53

So this is what i did (this might not be a solution but at least the freezing is now gone for me):

I switched to both the zen and lts kernels for some testing but experienced the freezing too. So after digging for a while in forums I decided to disable the automatic core dumps based on /etc/systemd/coredump.conf.d/custom.conf, which are considered to impact performance and security according to the arch wiki.

I removed redshift and disabled bluetooth, which were displaying some errors in my logs.

I did a system update to see if some updates could make a difference. After that I worked with heavy loads for some hours on my arch system including running a virtual machine on Virtualbox and installing software at the same time. No issues right now. If something changes I will report it here, but this seems to be happening with 4.* Kernel users.

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#1 2016-01-04 15:51:54

Intel HD 3000 (i915) issues (freezes).

#2 2016-01-04 19:02:56

Re: Intel HD 3000 (i915) issues (freezes).

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