broadcom graphics API hangs after kernel 4.9.11 update

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broadcom graphics API hangs after kernel 4.9.11 update

Postby aroberts » Wed Feb 22, 2017 5:26 am

libbcm_host api graphics_get_display_size hangs on original raspberry pi (armv6l), but not on Raspberry pi 3 (armv7l)
after recent firmware/kernel update to 4.9.11.

Sample program. rpi.c:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <bcm_host.h>

int main(void)
{
uint32_t screen_width, screen_height;
bcm_host_init();
printf("Calling graphics_get_display_size\n");
int32_t success = graphics_get_display_size(DISPMANX_ID_MAIN_LCD, &screen_width, &screen_height);
if (success < 0)
{
printf("graphics_get_display_size failed - %d\n", success);
}
else
{
printf("graphics_get_display_size ok width=%d, height=%d\n", screen_width, screen_height);
}
return 0;
}

built using:
gcc -O0 -g -o rpi rpi.c -I/opt/vc/include -L/opt/vc/lib -lbcm_host

On armvl6 it hangs here:
gdb rpi
run
...
Calling graphics_get_display_size
^C
Thread 1 "rpi" received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
0x76ddbf70 in do_futex_wait.constprop () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0
(gdb) where
#0 0x76ddbf70 in do_futex_wait.constprop () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0
#1 0x76ddc0b4 in __new_sem_wait_slow.constprop.0 ()
from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0
#2 0x76fa2868 in dispmanx_get_handle () from /opt/vc/lib/libbcm_host.so
#3 0x76fa3510 in vc_dispmanx_display_open () from /opt/vc/lib/libbcm_host.so
#4 0x76f977fc in graphics_get_display_size () from /opt/vc/lib/libbcm_host.so
#5 0x000106f4 in main () at rpi.c:10

on armv7l (RPI 3) works as expected.
./rpi
Calling graphics_get_display_size
graphics_get_display_size ok width=720, height=480

This was working ok on previous 4.4.x kernels on both models.

Regards

Andrew Roberts
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Re: broadcom graphics API hangs after kernel 4.9.11 update

Postby aroberts » Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:13 am

This now appears to be fixed in the latest kernel update: 4.9.12-1
So it now works as expected on both original armv6 PI and armv7 Pi3

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Re: broadcom graphics API hangs after kernel 4.9.11 update

Postby aroberts » Mon Feb 27, 2017 5:40 am

Looks like this is not totally fixed. armv6 raspberry pi looks ok. But the RPI3 (armv7)
occaisionally hangs with the test program. So there seems to be a partial fix.
Once the program stops working once it stays that way until the next reboot.

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Andrew
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Re: broadcom graphics API hangs after kernel 4.9.11 update

Postby aroberts » Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:00 am

4.9.13-1 upgrade appear to fix this properly on both armv6 and armv7.
Both the cut down test program and my original app no longer hang after multiple runs.
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