Re: [PATCH] drm/virtio: Add pixel blend mode property to cursor plane

From: Dmitry Osipenko

Date: Sun Sep 20 2026 - 14:22:07 EST


On 8/28/26 12:01, oushixiong1025@xxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Shixiong Ou <oushixiong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The cursor plane exposes a format with an alpha channel
> (DRM_FORMAT_ARGB8888) without a pixel blend mode property. Since
> commit 860e748bddcc ("drm: ensure blend mode supported if pixel
> format with alpha exposed") this triggers a warning during
> drm_mode_config_validate():
>
> [ 0.649020] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 0.649040] [PLANE:36:plane-1] pixel format with alpha exposed but blend mode not setup
> [ 0.649081] WARNING: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mode_config.c:872 at drm_mode_config_validate
> ......
> [ 0.649761] Call trace:
> [ 0.649764] drm_mode_config_validate+0x398/0x558 [drm] (P)
> [ 0.649912] drm_dev_register+0x1cc/0x2a0 [drm]
> [ 0.650058] virtio_gpu_probe+0xd4/0x1c0 [virtio_gpu]
> [ 0.650088] virtio_dev_probe+0x1c8/0x310
> ......
> [ 0.650261] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
>
>
> Create the property with the only supported blend mode,
> DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI, which is also the property's default and
> matches what userspace had to assume before the property existed.
>
> Reported-by: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Shixiong Ou <oushixiong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c
> index 1d1b27ece62a..11771c943ea6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_plane.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
> */
>
> #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
> +#include <drm/drm_blend.h>
> #include <drm/drm_damage_helper.h>
> #include <drm/drm_fourcc.h>
> #include <drm/drm_gem_atomic_helper.h>
> @@ -588,6 +589,7 @@ struct drm_plane *virtio_gpu_plane_init(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
> struct drm_plane *plane;
> const uint32_t *formats;
> int nformats;
> + int ret;
>
> if (type == DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR) {
> formats = virtio_gpu_cursor_formats;
> @@ -610,5 +612,17 @@ struct drm_plane *virtio_gpu_plane_init(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
> if (type == DRM_PLANE_TYPE_PRIMARY)
> drm_plane_enable_fb_damage_clips(plane);
>
> + if (type == DRM_PLANE_TYPE_CURSOR) {
> + /*
> + * The cursor plane exposes a format with an alpha channel,
> + * which requires a blend mode property. The host blends
> + * premultiplied alpha, matching the property's default.
> + */
> + ret = drm_plane_create_blend_mode_property(plane,
> + BIT(DRM_MODE_BLEND_PREMULTI));
> + if (ret)
> + return ERR_PTR(ret);
> + }
> +
> return plane;
> }

Applied to misc-fixes, thanks!

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Best regards,
Dmitry