Bug 903319

Summary: performance slowdown with drv-intel-2.20.18-1.fc17
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-intelAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: ajax, lepennec, mjb, xgl-maint
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output of lspci -vvv
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gtkperf with drv-intel 2.20.16-1.fc17
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gtkperf with drv-intel 2.20.18-1.fc17
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Xorg log with drv-intel 2.20.16-1.fc17
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Xorg log with drv-intel 2.20.18-1.fc17
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gtkperf with drv-intel 2.20.19-1.fc17
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Xorg log with drv-intel 2.20.19-1.fc17
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gtkperf with drv-intel 2.21.2-1.fc17 and libdrm-2.4.42-1.fc17 none

Description Ken Dreyer 2013-01-23 18:08:12 UTC
Created attachment 686117 [details]
output of lspci -vvv

Description of problem:

X is perceptively slower with the xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.20.18-1.fc17 package in updates-testing. Scrolling is jerkier, Javascript animations stutter, and when I maximize or minimize windows in xfwm, I can see the windows "painting" before the actual contents appear. When I downgraded to xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.20.16-1.fc17 the problem went away. I then upgraded back to xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.20.18-1.fc17 and the problem appeared again. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.20.18-1.fc17

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update xorg-x11-drv-intel
2. Restart X
  
Actual results:
Performance is slower and jerky

Expected results:
X works as normal

Additional info:

My laptop is a Dell Inspiron E1405, Intel 945GM Chipset.

Comment 1 Ken Dreyer 2013-01-23 18:09:03 UTC
Created attachment 686118 [details]
gtkperf with drv-intel 2.20.16-1.fc17

Comment 2 Ken Dreyer 2013-01-23 18:09:49 UTC
Created attachment 686119 [details]
gtkperf with drv-intel 2.20.18-1.fc17

The biggest slowdown from gtkperf was the GtkDrawingArea - Text time: with the old Intel driver it was 0.35 seconds, and with the new Intel driver, it is 7.34 seconds.

Comment 3 Ken Dreyer 2013-01-23 18:11:31 UTC
Created attachment 686120 [details]
Xorg log with drv-intel 2.20.16-1.fc17

Comment 4 Ken Dreyer 2013-01-23 18:11:55 UTC
Created attachment 686121 [details]
Xorg log with drv-intel 2.20.18-1.fc17

Comment 5 Adam Jackson 2013-01-29 19:21:00 UTC
How's 2.20.19?

Do you happen to have a DisplayLink USB gadget plugged in?

Comment 6 Ken Dreyer 2013-01-31 18:33:36 UTC
Created attachment 691153 [details]
gtkperf with drv-intel 2.20.19-1.fc17

I rebuilt the 2.20.19-1.fc18 package in mock for F17. Unfortunately there was no change in gtkperf performance, and windows are still visibly delayed.

I don't have a DisplayLink USB device - it's just a standard Dell laptop, and I'm using the laptop screen.

Comment 7 Ken Dreyer 2013-01-31 18:34:16 UTC
Created attachment 691154 [details]
Xorg log with drv-intel 2.20.19-1.fc17

Comment 8 Erwan LE PENNEC 2013-02-01 20:21:28 UTC
I suffer from the same issue with a similar laptop (Dell Latitude 2120) and a similar video card (Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)) with driver i915. I observe a very high cpu usage from the Xorg process which disappears if I downgrade to the previous version.

Feel free to ask me more details....

Comment 9 Erwan LE PENNEC 2013-02-02 12:53:33 UTC
Let me mention that i do not provide any specific i915 option to the kernel and the issue arises whether I am using kernel 3.6 or 3.7.

Comment 10 Erwan LE PENNEC 2013-02-07 11:14:52 UTC
This bug should be fixed by upgrading libdrm to version 2.4.41 or later.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2013-02-12 17:28:02 UTC
libdrm-2.4.42-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-2298/libdrm-2.4.42-1.fc17

Comment 12 Ken Dreyer 2013-02-22 16:38:50 UTC
Created attachment 701259 [details]
gtkperf with drv-intel 2.21.2-1.fc17 and libdrm-2.4.42-1.fc17

I've updated to the following versions:

xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.21.2-1.fc17
libdrm-2.4.42-1.fc17

and performance is as I expect. Thank you!

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2013-03-02 20:13:25 UTC
libdrm-2.4.42-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.