drm/amd/display: Improve LFC behaviour

[Why]
There can be some unsynchronized frames when entering/exiting
LFC.  This may cause tearing or stuttering at such transitions.

[How]
Add a enter/exit margin to algorithm to smoothly transition into
and out of LFC without desynchronizing frames.

Signed-off-by: Aric Cyr <aric.cyr@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Reza Amini <Reza.Amini@amd.com>
Acked-by: Leo Li <sunpeng.li@amd.com>
Acked-by: Sivapiriyan Kumarasamy <Sivapiriyan.Kumarasamy@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/modules/freesync/freesync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/modules/freesync/freesync.c
index ec70c9b12e1a..9ce56a8f027d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/modules/freesync/freesync.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/modules/freesync/freesync.c
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 #define STATIC_SCREEN_RAMP_DELTA_REFRESH_RATE_PER_FRAME ((1000 / 60) * 65)
 /* Number of elements in the render times cache array */
 #define RENDER_TIMES_MAX_COUNT 10
-/* Threshold to exit BTR (to avoid frequent enter-exits at the lower limit) */
-#define BTR_EXIT_MARGIN 2000
+/* Threshold to exit/exit BTR (to avoid frequent enter-exits at the lower limit) */
+#define BTR_MAX_MARGIN 2500
 /* Threshold to change BTR multiplier (to avoid frequent changes) */
 #define BTR_DRIFT_MARGIN 2000
 /*Threshold to exit fixed refresh rate*/
@@ -250,24 +250,22 @@ static void apply_below_the_range(struct core_freesync *core_freesync,
 	unsigned int delta_from_mid_point_in_us_1 = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 	unsigned int delta_from_mid_point_in_us_2 = 0xFFFFFFFF;
 	unsigned int frames_to_insert = 0;
-	unsigned int min_frame_duration_in_ns = 0;
-	unsigned int max_render_time_in_us = in_out_vrr->max_duration_in_us;
 	unsigned int delta_from_mid_point_delta_in_us;
-
-	min_frame_duration_in_ns = ((unsigned int) (div64_u64(
-		(1000000000ULL * 1000000),
-		in_out_vrr->max_refresh_in_uhz)));
+	unsigned int max_render_time_in_us =
+			in_out_vrr->max_duration_in_us - in_out_vrr->btr.margin_in_us;
 
 	/* Program BTR */
-	if (last_render_time_in_us + BTR_EXIT_MARGIN < max_render_time_in_us) {
+	if ((last_render_time_in_us + in_out_vrr->btr.margin_in_us / 2) < max_render_time_in_us) {
 		/* Exit Below the Range */
 		if (in_out_vrr->btr.btr_active) {
 			in_out_vrr->btr.frame_counter = 0;
 			in_out_vrr->btr.btr_active = false;
 		}
-	} else if (last_render_time_in_us > max_render_time_in_us) {
+	} else if (last_render_time_in_us > (max_render_time_in_us + in_out_vrr->btr.margin_in_us / 2)) {
 		/* Enter Below the Range */
-		in_out_vrr->btr.btr_active = true;
+		if (!in_out_vrr->btr.btr_active) {
+			in_out_vrr->btr.btr_active = true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* BTR set to "not active" so disengage */
@@ -323,7 +321,9 @@ static void apply_below_the_range(struct core_freesync *core_freesync,
 		/* Choose number of frames to insert based on how close it
 		 * can get to the mid point of the variable range.
 		 */
-		if (delta_from_mid_point_in_us_1 < delta_from_mid_point_in_us_2) {
+		if ((frame_time_in_us / mid_point_frames_ceil) > in_out_vrr->min_duration_in_us &&
+				(delta_from_mid_point_in_us_1 < delta_from_mid_point_in_us_2 ||
+						mid_point_frames_floor < 2)) {
 			frames_to_insert = mid_point_frames_ceil;
 			delta_from_mid_point_delta_in_us = delta_from_mid_point_in_us_2 -
 					delta_from_mid_point_in_us_1;
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void apply_below_the_range(struct core_freesync *core_freesync,
 		if (in_out_vrr->btr.frames_to_insert != 0 &&
 				delta_from_mid_point_delta_in_us < BTR_DRIFT_MARGIN) {
 			if (((last_render_time_in_us / in_out_vrr->btr.frames_to_insert) <
-					in_out_vrr->max_duration_in_us) &&
+					max_render_time_in_us) &&
 				((last_render_time_in_us / in_out_vrr->btr.frames_to_insert) >
 					in_out_vrr->min_duration_in_us))
 				frames_to_insert = in_out_vrr->btr.frames_to_insert;
@@ -788,6 +788,11 @@ void mod_freesync_build_vrr_params(struct mod_freesync *mod_freesync,
 		refresh_range = in_out_vrr->max_refresh_in_uhz -
 				in_out_vrr->min_refresh_in_uhz;
 
+		in_out_vrr->btr.margin_in_us = in_out_vrr->max_duration_in_us -
+				2 * in_out_vrr->min_duration_in_us;
+		if (in_out_vrr->btr.margin_in_us > BTR_MAX_MARGIN)
+			in_out_vrr->btr.margin_in_us = BTR_MAX_MARGIN;
+
 		in_out_vrr->supported = true;
 	}
 
@@ -803,6 +808,7 @@ void mod_freesync_build_vrr_params(struct mod_freesync *mod_freesync,
 	in_out_vrr->btr.inserted_duration_in_us = 0;
 	in_out_vrr->btr.frames_to_insert = 0;
 	in_out_vrr->btr.frame_counter = 0;
+
 	in_out_vrr->btr.mid_point_in_us =
 				(in_out_vrr->min_duration_in_us +
 				 in_out_vrr->max_duration_in_us) / 2;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/modules/inc/mod_freesync.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/modules/inc/mod_freesync.h
index dc187844d10b..dbe7835aabcf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/modules/inc/mod_freesync.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/modules/inc/mod_freesync.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ struct mod_vrr_params_btr {
 	uint32_t inserted_duration_in_us;
 	uint32_t frames_to_insert;
 	uint32_t frame_counter;
+	uint32_t margin_in_us;
 };
 
 struct mod_vrr_params_fixed_refresh {