[drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A

[mjh]

Dell 3552 Inspiron laptop, bought with Ubuntu 14.04LTS upgraded, to 15.10.

Every few minutes the following appears in the syslog:
[ 6355.488381] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A (start=1171 end=1172)

Does not seem to be related to any specific user activity, though I note the Chrome 47 displays many graphical artifacts in images.
Additionally, the below stack trace often appears:

[ 1365.284232] perf interrupt took too long (2502 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
[ 1599.998487] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1599.998536] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2333 at /build/linux-26_gwp/linux-4.2.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:11102 intel_check_page_flip+0xfc/0x110 [i915]()
[ 1599.998539] Kicking stuck page flip: queued at 94224, now 94229
[ 1599.998541] Modules linked in: ctr ccm ip6table_filter ip6_tables iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables pci_stub vboxpci(OE) vboxnetadp(OE) rfcomm vboxnetflt(OE) vboxdrv(OE) msr bnep binfmt_misc rtsx_usb_ms memstick snd_hda_codec_hdmi dell_led snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic btusb uvcvideo dell_wmi btrtl snd_hda_intel sparse_keymap btbcm videobuf2_vmalloc btintel videobuf2_memops snd_hda_codec videobuf2_core bluetooth v4l2_common snd_hda_core snd_hwdep arc4 videodev media snd_pcm dell_laptop dcdbas nls_iso8859_1 rtl8723be snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event intel_rapl snd_rawmidi dell_smm_hwmon btcoexist rtl8723_common intel_powerclamp rtl_pci coretemp rtlwifi kvm_intel mac80211 kvm punit_atom_debug cfg80211 snd_seq input_leds joydev serio_raw snd_seq_device snd_timer lpc_ich snd mei_txe mei
[ 1599.998609] shpchp soundcore iosf_mbi i2c_designware_platform mac_hid i2c_designware_core dell_rbtn synaptics_i2c parport_pc ppdev lp parport autofs4 jitterentropy_rng drbg ansi_cprng algif_skcipher af_alg dm_crypt rtsx_usb_sdmmc rtsx_usb crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul aesni_intel aes_x86_64 lrw gf128mul glue_helper ablk_helper i915 cryptd psmouse i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper drm ahci libahci wmi sdhci_acpi video sdhci pinctrl_cherryview
[ 1599.998649] CPU: 0 PID: 2333 Comm: Chrome_IOThread Tainted: G OE 4.2.0-19-generic #23-Ubuntu
[ 1599.998651] Hardware name: Dell Inc. Inspiron 15-3552/0CP33T, BIOS 3.0.3 08/26/2015
[ 1599.998654] 0000000000000000 0000000024a8568b ffff88017fc03ce8 ffffffff817e93f9
[ 1599.998659] 0000000000000000 ffff88017fc03d40 ffff88017fc03d28 ffffffff8107b3d6
[ 1599.998663] ffff88017fc03d58 ffff880035904800 ffff88007777e000 ffff8800359049a8
[ 1599.998668] Call Trace:
[ 1599.998670] <IRQ> [<ffffffff817e93f9>] dump_stack+0x45/0x57
[ 1599.998684] [<ffffffff8107b3d6>] warn_slowpath_common+0x86/0xc0
[ 1599.998687] [<ffffffff8107b465>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x55/0x70
[ 1599.998714] [<ffffffffc01ac92c>] intel_check_page_flip+0xfc/0x110 [i915]
[ 1599.998736] [<ffffffffc01713a6>] valleyview_pipestat_irq_handler+0x1f6/0x200 [i915]
[ 1599.998759] [<ffffffffc01758b3>] cherryview_irq_handler+0x63/0x110 [i915]
[ 1599.998765] [<ffffffff810d4204>] handle_irq_event_percpu+0x74/0x180
[ 1599.998768] [<ffffffff810d4359>] handle_irq_event+0x49/0x70
[ 1599.998772] [<ffffffff810d76d1>] handle_edge_irq+0x81/0x150
[ 1599.998777] [<ffffffff810172b5>] handle_irq+0x25/0x40
[ 1599.998781] [<ffffffff817f2def>] do_IRQ+0x4f/0xe0
[ 1599.998785] [<ffffffff817f0d6b>] common_interrupt+0x6b/0x6b
[ 1599.998786] <EOI>
[ 1599.998789] ---[ end trace c4f14dcdc80fdcfe ]---

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Dec 11 21:17:25 2015
DistUpgraded: 2015-10-29 20:07:04,539 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: wily
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.0.10, 4.2.0-19-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Device [8086:22b1] (rev 21) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:06ac]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-12 (213 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 15-3552
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.2.0-19-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--15--vg-root ro quiet splash i8042.nopnp
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-29 (43 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/26/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3.0.3
dmi.board.name: 0CP33T
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr3.0.3:bd08/26/2015:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron15-3552:pvr3.0.3:rvnDellInc.:rn0CP33T:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 15-3552
dmi.product.version: 3.0.3
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151015-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
xserver.bootTime: Fri Dec 11 19:30:09 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 5578
 vendor CMN
xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1

[mjh (moonbug1970)]

Hi,

Since making the bug report, I've updated the BIOS, without any apparent
improvement.

Matt

On 9 January 2016 at 06:36, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> mjh, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
>
> As per http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-
> support/product/inspiron-15-3552-laptop/drivers an update to your
> computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (4.0.1). If you update
> to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it
> change anything?
>
> For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
> .
>
> Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
> posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't
> have to create a new bug report.
>
> Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible:
> 1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not
> perform an apport-collect):
> sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
> 2) Please make a comment specifically advising on if there was an
> improvement or not.
> 3) Please mark this report Status New. If it's not reproducible, please
> mark this as Invalid.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> ** Tags added: bios-outdated-4.0.1
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1525390
>
> Title:
> [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on
> pipe A
>
> Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Dell 3552 Inspiron laptop, bought with Ubuntu 14.04LTS upgraded, to
> 15.10.
>
> Every few minutes the following appears in the syslog:
> [ 6355.488381] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update
> failure on pipe A (start=1171 end=1172)
>
> Does not seem to be related to any specific user activity, though I note
> the Chrome 47 displays many graphical artifacts in images.
> Additionally, the below stack trace often appears:
>
> [ 1365.284232] perf interrupt took too long (2502 > 2500), lowering
> kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000
> [ 1599.998487] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 1599.998536] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2333 at
> /build/linux-26_gwp/linux-4.2.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:11102
> intel_check_page_flip+0xfc/0x110 [i915]()
> [ 1599.998539] Kicking stuck page flip: queued at 94224, now 94229
> [ 1599.998541] Modules linked in: ctr ccm ip6table_filter ip6_tables
> iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables pci_stub vboxpci(OE) vboxnetadp(OE)
> rfcomm vboxnetflt(OE) vboxdrv(OE) msr bnep binfmt_misc rtsx_usb_ms memstick
> snd_hda_codec_hdmi dell_led snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic
> btusb uvcvideo dell_wmi btrtl snd_hda_intel sparse_keymap btbcm
> videobuf2_vmalloc btintel videobuf2_memops snd_hda_codec videobuf2_core
> bluetooth v4l2_common snd_hda_core snd_hwdep arc4 videodev media snd_pcm
> dell_...

[Shivam Kakkar (shivam543)]

I am also facing the same problem on Lenovo Z50 70, although not as frequent as OP.
I have attached my log (grep 'Atomic' in the log).
The command `sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date` gives this output.
9BCN91WW
07/21/2015
which is latest, and can be checked from here:
http://support.lenovo.com/in/hi/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-z-series-laptops/lenovo-z50-70/downloads/ds100528.
I don't know if it is related but google-chrome crashed while playing video in full screen when I pressed [Esc] to return to normal display. I had to kill compiz and google-chrome to get it back.(Using tty1)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Shivam Kakkar, it will help immensely if you filed a new report with the Ubuntu repository kernel (not mainline/upstream) via a terminal:
ubuntu-bug linux

Please feel free to subscribe me to it.

For more on why this is helpful, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[mjh (moonbug1970)]

Revved BIOS again to 4.0.3
Same symptoms observed.

$ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
4.0.3
11/17/2015

[penalvch (penalvch)]

mjh, in order to allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue, at your earliest convenience, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D ? Please keep in mind the following:
1) The one to test is at the very top line at the top of the page (not the daily folder).
2) The release names are irrelevant.
3) The folder time stamps aren't indicative of when the kernel actually was released upstream.
4) Install instructions are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds .

If testing on your main install would be inconvenient, one may:
1) Install Ubuntu to a different partition and then test this there.
2) Backup, or clone the primary install.

If the latest kernel did not allow you to test to the issue (ex. you couldn't boot into the OS) please make a comment in your report about this, and continue to test the next most recent kernel version until you can test to the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this issue is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon, next to the word Tags, located at the bottom of the report description:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-X.Y-rcZ

Where X, and Y are the first two numbers of the kernel version, and Z is the release candidate number if it exists.

If the mainline kernel does not fix the issue, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-X.Y-rcZ

Please note, an error to install the kernel does not fit the criteria of kernel-bug-exists-upstream.

Once testing of the latest upstream kernel is complete, please mark this report's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results.

Thank you for your understanding.

[mjh (moonbug1970)]

Sorry, I'm not going to test any kernel that I can't just apt-get install.
I currently have 4.2.0-25-generic.

[mjh (moonbug1970)]

I saw there were .debs there and, against my better judgement, installed the latest (4.5.0-040500rc1)
It fails to boot, giving me a black screen after "loading ramdisk.."

[mjh (moonbug1970)]

The problem is still present in 4.2.0-27-generic

[stinger (dev-t)]

The problem is still present in Ubuntu 4.4.0-14.30-generic 4.4.5

[penalvch (penalvch)]

stinger, it will help immensely if you filed a new report with Ubuntu by ensuring you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information running the following from a terminal:
ubuntu-bug xorg

Also, please feel free to subscribe me to it.

For more on why this is helpful, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Dan Cristian (dan-cristian)]

Go the same error several times on Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-22-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 5 16:53:32 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux, running on ASROCK N3700 ITX motherboard.

[ 4521.775619] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A (start=45955 end=45956) time 237 us, min 1017, max 1023, scanline start 1009, end 1025

[93518.851662] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe C (start=5383016 end=5383017) time 209 us, min 1017, max 1023, scanline start 1012, end 1026

[Dan Cristian (dan-cristian)]

and a nastier one:
[13882.769753] [drm:drm_edid_block_valid [drm]] *ERROR* EDID checksum is invalid, remainder is 155
[13882.769759] Raw EDID:
[13882.769763] 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 04 72 3a 01 5f 15 00 35
[13882.769765] 32 17 01 03 80 33 1d 78 2a e5 95 a6 56 52 9d 27
[13882.769767] 10 50 54 b3 0c 00 71 4f 81 00 81 80 95 00 d1 c0
[13882.769768] 81 c0 b3 00 01 01 02 3a 80 18 71 38 2d 40 58 2c
[13882.769770] 45 00 fe 1f 11 00 00 1e 00 00 00 fd 00 38 4b 1e
[13882.769772] 53 11 00 0a 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[13882.769774] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[13882.769776] 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[13882.782139] EDID block is all zeroes
[13882.794289] EDID block is all zeroes
[13882.806799] EDID block is all zeroes
[13882.806810] i915 0000:00:02.0: HDMI-A-1: EDID block 0 invalid.

[mjh (moonbug1970)]

I can't test further than 4.2.0 because of bug 1580311 which is stopping any video output at all on later kernels.

[mjh (moonbug1970)]

Confirmed present on 16.04 with kernel 4.4.0-22-generic, on the same hardware as my original report
Still occurs at about the same time as a Wifi dropout (which requires a reload of the wifi kernel modules to clear). Not clear which is causative of the other.

[mjh (moonbug1970)]

Confirmed present on 16.04 with kernel 4.4.0-24 and latest BIOS (4.0.7)

[andrew.gedz (andrew.gedz)]

ubuntu 16.04 clean install
[10809.135681] perf interrupt took too long (2508 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50000

uname -a
Linux x1-carbon 4.4.0-28-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 24 10:09:13 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[DiXares (dixares)]

Kubuntu 16.04.1

uname -a
Linux client 4.7.0-040700-generic #201608021801 SMP Tue Aug 2 22:03:09 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

with log:
...
[ 533.841473] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A (start=32529 end=32530) time 174 us, min 894, max 899, scanline start 892, end 901
[ 932.822936] powercap intel-rapl:0: package locked by BIOS, monitoring only
[ 2037.276102] show_signal_msg: 24 callbacks suppressed
[ 2037.276107] editor[6150]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f3605fb4560 sp 00007fff1faf3c08 error 4 in libQt5Widgets.so.5.6.0[7f3605e40000+63c000]
[ 5661.469935] perf: interrupt took too long (2516 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 79250
[ 8957.132653] perf: interrupt took too long (3180 > 3145), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 62750
[36112.608679] perf: interrupt took too long (3980 > 3975), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 50250
[38834.768130] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A (start=1805361 end=1805362) time 161 us, min 894, max 899, scanline start 891, end 900

[penalvch (penalvch)]

DiXares (dixares), it will help immensely if you filed a new report with the Ubuntu repository kernel (not mainline/upstream) via a terminal:
ubuntu-bug linux

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For more on why this is helpful, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Gannet (ken20001)]

The save messages on my old desktops:

$ dmesg | grep -i error
[ 2.508824] [drm:intel_pipe_update_end [i915]] *ERROR* Atomic update failure on pipe A (start=9 end=3362197174) time 9 us, min 1017, max 1023, scanline start 1027, end 1023

$ lspci | grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

$ uname -a
Linux q35 4.8.0-994-generic #201609300009 SMP Fri Sep 30 04:11:41 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

xserver-xorg-video-intel: 2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.1

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Gannet, it will help immensely if you filed a new report with the Ubuntu repository kernel (not mainline/upstream) via a terminal:
ubuntu-bug linux

Please feel free to subscribe me to it.

For more on why this is helpful, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[mjh (moonbug1970)]

Haven't seen this for a while with 16.10 / 4.8.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

mjh, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1525390/comments/24 regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.

[PabloAB (pabloab777)]

What about a backport for the ones who have 16.04 *LTS* / kernel 4.4?

[htrex (hantarex)]

I'm using the hwe-edge and seeing this error on 4.10.0-20-generic #22~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 20 17:43:29 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[penalvch (penalvch)]

htrex, it will help immensely if you filed a new report with Ubuntu, using the default repository kernel (not mainline/upstream/3rd party) via a terminal:
ubuntu-bug linux

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[PabloAB (pabloab777)]

Having this issue recently when start using 4.12.0-041200rc3-generic from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ on Ubuntu 16.04 with Asus UX303UB. Using last drivers with intel-graphics-update-tool_2.0.2_amd64.deb Should I create a new bug?