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Can't get correct display with latest QEMU and OVMF BIOS

I tried to install a Ubuntu 16.04.1 Desktop 64bits with latest QEMU and OVMF UEFI BIOS, however I can't get correct display output with default vga configuration (-vga std). However, qemu works with a couple of different configurations:
1. "-vga cirrus" + "-bios OVMF.fd": works
2. "-vga std" + non-UEFI bios: works

The same error with QEMU 2.8.0 release. Everything works well on 2.7.0/1.

(1) What phase of the guest do you get invalid video output in? Do you see the TianoCore splash screen? Does the grub2 menu appear?

(2) I cannot reproduce the issue (with a different guest OS anyway); I just tried QEMU (at d1c82f7cc344) and OVMF (built from edk2 at 7cf59c854f35), with stdvga; this combo works fine.

(3) Can you bisect QEMU from 2.7 through 2.8, using the same OVMF binary?

(4) Side point: please *never* use "-bios OVMF.fd"; use two pflash chips instead. Libvirt (strongly recommended) will do this for you.

Thanks.

Splash screen and UEFI shell were displayed correctly. Grub2 menu and
Ubuntu login screen also appeared, however the display didn't seem right. I
got very blurry output.

[image: Inline image 1]

With QEMU 2.7.0 and the same OVMF.fd, everything works well.

Please let me know if anything is not clear.

Thanks,
Kai

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 4:50 AM, Laszlo Ersek (Red Hat) <email address hidden>
wrote:

> (1) What phase of the guest do you get invalid video output in? Do you
> see the TianoCore splash screen? Does the grub2 menu appear?
>
> (2) I cannot reproduce the issue (with a different guest OS anyway); I
> just tried QEMU (at d1c82f7cc344) and OVMF (built from edk2 at
> 7cf59c854f35), with stdvga; this combo works fine.
>
> (3) Can you bisect QEMU from 2.7 through 2.8, using the same OVMF
> binary?
>
> (4) Side point: please *never* use "-bios OVMF.fd"; use two pflash chips
> instead. Libvirt (strongly recommended) will do this for you.
>
> Thanks.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658634
>
> Title:
>   Can't get correct display with latest QEMU and OVMF BIOS
>
> Status in QEMU:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   I tried to install a Ubuntu 16.04.1 Desktop 64bits with latest QEMU and
> OVMF UEFI BIOS, however I can't get correct display output with default vga
> configuration (-vga std). However, qemu works with a couple of different
> configurations:
>   1. "-vga cirrus" + "-bios OVMF.fd": works
>   2. "-vga std" + non-UEFI bios: works
>
>   The same error with QEMU 2.8.0 release. Everything works well on
>   2.7.0/1.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1658634/+subscriptions
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I downloaded "ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso" (MD5: 17643c29e3c4609818f26becf76d29a3), and I can reproduce the issue -- the grub2 display is corrupt. (I didn't even look further than that.) I also confirm that it works fine with the same firmware, but using QEMU 2.7.

Here's the result of the bisection:

cd958edb1fae85d0c7d1e1acbff82d22724e8d64 is the first bad commit
commit cd958edb1fae85d0c7d1e1acbff82d22724e8d64
Author: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>
Date:   Fri Aug 26 13:47:11 2016 +0400

    console: skip same-size resize
    
    virtio-gpu does a set-scanout at each frame (it might be a driver
    regression). qemu_console_resize() recreate a surface even if the size
    didn't change, and this shows up in profiling reports because the
    surface is cleared. With this patch, I get a +15-20% glmark2
    improvement.
    
    Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>
    Message-id: <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden>

If I revert this commit on top of current master -- it reverts cleanly -- then the grub2 screen displays fine again.

For reference, this is my script:

ISO=ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
CODE=OVMF_CODE.fd
TMPL=OVMF_VARS.fd

cp $TMPL vars.fd

qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -m 1024 \
  -M pc,accel=kvm \
  -device VGA \
  -drive if=pflash,readonly,format=raw,file=$CODE \
  -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=vars.fd \
  -drive id=cdrom,if=none,readonly,format=raw,file=$ISO \
  -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0 \
  -device scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,drive=cdrom,bootindex=0 \
  -debugcon file:debug.log \
  -global isa-debugcon.iobase=0x402 \
  -chardev stdio,signal=off,mux=on,id=char0 \
  -mon chardev=char0,mode=readline,default \
  -serial chardev:char0


Added Marc-André and Gerd to the CC list.

Only skip surface reallocation in case the old surface was created using
qemu_alloc_display (via qemu_create_displaysurface) too, otherwise we
might end up with a DisplaySurface with the wrong backing storage.

Cc: <email address hidden>
Cc: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>
Fixes: cd958edb1fae85d0c7d1e1acbff82d22724e8d64
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden>
---
 ui/console.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index b9575f2..67c65b7 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ void qemu_console_resize(QemuConsole *s, int width, int height)
 
     assert(s->console_type == GRAPHIC_CONSOLE);
 
-    if (s->surface &&
+    if (s->surface && (surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) &&
         pixman_image_get_width(s->surface->image) == width &&
         pixman_image_get_height(s->surface->image) == height) {
         return;
-- 
1.8.3.1



Hi

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 2:31 PM Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Only skip surface reallocation in case the old surface was created using
> qemu_alloc_display (via qemu_create_displaysurface) too, otherwise we
> might end up with a DisplaySurface with the wrong backing storage.
>
> Cc: <email address hidden>
> Cc: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>
> Fixes: cd958edb1fae85d0c7d1e1acbff82d22724e8d64
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden>
> ---
>  ui/console.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
> index b9575f2..67c65b7 100644
> --- a/ui/console.c
> +++ b/ui/console.c
> @@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ void qemu_console_resize(QemuConsole *s, int width,
> int height)
>
>      assert(s->console_type == GRAPHIC_CONSOLE);
>
> -    if (s->surface &&
> +    if (s->surface && (surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) &&
>          pixman_image_get_width(s->surface->image) == width &&
>          pixman_image_get_height(s->surface->image) == height) {
>          return;
>

You are missing the 's->' !

with that,
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>


--
> 1.8.3.1
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
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>
> Title:
>   Can't get correct display with latest QEMU and OVMF BIOS
>
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-- 
Marc-André Lureau


> > -    if (s->surface &&
> > +    if (s->surface && (surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) &&
> >          pixman_image_get_width(s->surface->image) == width &&
> >          pixman_image_get_height(s->surface->image) == height) {
> >          return;
> >
> 
> You are missing the 's->' !

Good catch.  /me wonders why gcc didn't throw a warning on that one.

Fixed.

thanks,
  Gerd



Only skip surface reallocation in case the old surface was created using
qemu_alloc_display (via qemu_create_displaysurface) too, otherwise we
might end up with a DisplaySurface with the wrong backing storage.

Cc: <email address hidden>
Fixes: cd958edb1fae85d0c7d1e1acbff82d22724e8d64
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>
---
 ui/console.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index b9575f2..d573351 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ void qemu_console_resize(QemuConsole *s, int width, int height)
 
     assert(s->console_type == GRAPHIC_CONSOLE);
 
-    if (s->surface &&
+    if (s->surface && (s->surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) &&
         pixman_image_get_width(s->surface->image) == width &&
         pixman_image_get_height(s->surface->image) == height) {
         return;
-- 
1.8.3.1



On 01/24/17 11:37, elmarco wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 2:31 PM Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden>
> wrote:
> 
>> Only skip surface reallocation in case the old surface was created using
>> qemu_alloc_display (via qemu_create_displaysurface) too, otherwise we
>> might end up with a DisplaySurface with the wrong backing storage.
>>
>> Cc: <email address hidden>
>> Cc: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>
>> Fixes: cd958edb1fae85d0c7d1e1acbff82d22724e8d64
>> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden>
>> ---
>>  ui/console.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
>> index b9575f2..67c65b7 100644
>> --- a/ui/console.c
>> +++ b/ui/console.c
>> @@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ void qemu_console_resize(QemuConsole *s, int width,
>> int height)
>>
>>      assert(s->console_type == GRAPHIC_CONSOLE);
>>
>> -    if (s->surface &&
>> +    if (s->surface && (surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) &&
>>          pixman_image_get_width(s->surface->image) == width &&
>>          pixman_image_get_height(s->surface->image) == height) {
>>          return;
>>
> 
> You are missing the 's->' !
> 
> with that,
> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>

With that change:

Tested-by: Laszlo Ersek <email address hidden>

Also,

Cc: <email address hidden>

Thanks
Laszlo


> --
>> 1.8.3.1
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658634
>>
>> Title:
>>   Can't get correct display with latest QEMU and OVMF BIOS
>>
>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1658634/+subscriptions
>>



On 01/24/17 12:10, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Only skip surface reallocation in case the old surface was created using
> qemu_alloc_display (via qemu_create_displaysurface) too, otherwise we
> might end up with a DisplaySurface with the wrong backing storage.
> 
> Cc: <email address hidden>
> Fixes: cd958edb1fae85d0c7d1e1acbff82d22724e8d64
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden>
> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>
> ---
>  ui/console.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
> index b9575f2..d573351 100644
> --- a/ui/console.c
> +++ b/ui/console.c
> @@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ void qemu_console_resize(QemuConsole *s, int width, int height)
>  
>      assert(s->console_type == GRAPHIC_CONSOLE);
>  
> -    if (s->surface &&
> +    if (s->surface && (s->surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) &&
>          pixman_image_get_width(s->surface->image) == width &&
>          pixman_image_get_height(s->surface->image) == height) {
>          return;
> 

Tested-by: Laszlo Ersek <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>

Thanks
Laszlo


It works well on my side with the patch. Thanks!

Only skip surface reallocation in case the old surface was created using
qemu_alloc_display (via qemu_create_displaysurface) too, otherwise we
might end up with a DisplaySurface with the wrong backing storage.

Cc: <email address hidden>
Fixes: cd958edb1fae85d0c7d1e1acbff82d22724e8d64
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <email address hidden>
Tested-by: Laszlo Ersek <email address hidden>
Message-id: <email address hidden>
---
 ui/console.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index fe03a66..e353c85 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ void qemu_console_resize(QemuConsole *s, int width, int height)
 
     assert(s->console_type == GRAPHIC_CONSOLE);
 
-    if (s->surface &&
+    if (s->surface && (s->surface->flags & QEMU_ALLOCATED_FLAG) &&
         pixman_image_get_width(s->surface->image) == width &&
         pixman_image_get_height(s->surface->image) == height) {
         return;
-- 
1.8.3.1



Fixed in commit 3ef0c573d37b ("console: fix console resize", 2017-01-31), released in v2.9.0.