1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
index 11a3394f5fe1..3fc767bcbaa0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c
@@ -990,6 +990,22 @@ void intel_wait_for_vblank(struct drm_device *dev, int pipe)
         struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
         int pipestat_reg = (pipe == 0 ? PIPEASTAT : PIPEBSTAT);
 
+        /* Clear existing vblank status. Note this will clear any other
+         * sticky status fields as well.
+         *
+         * This races with i915_driver_irq_handler() with the result
+         * that either function could miss a vblank event.  Here it is not
+         * fatal, as we will either wait upon the next vblank interrupt or
+         * timeout.  Generally speaking intel_wait_for_vblank() is only
+         * called during modeset at which time the GPU should be idle and
+         * should *not* be performing page flips and thus not waiting on
+         * vblanks...
+         * Currently, the result of us stealing a vblank from the irq
+         * handler is that a single frame will be skipped during swapbuffers.
+         */
+        I915_WRITE(pipestat_reg,
+                   I915_READ(pipestat_reg) | PIPE_VBLANK_INTERRUPT_STATUS);
+
         /* Wait for vblank interrupt bit to set */
         if (wait_for((I915_READ(pipestat_reg) &
                       PIPE_VBLANK_INTERRUPT_STATUS),