kernel: [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:37:crtc-0] flip_done timed out

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Issue

  • The following error messages are logged in messages file while the server is running.

RHEL 7:

Sep 11 05:23:24 hostname kernel: [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:37:crtc-0] flip_done timed out
Sep 11 05:23:34 hostname kernel: [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [PLANE:33:plane-0] flip_done timed out

RHEL 8:

Nov  1 20:30:28 hostname kernel: [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [CRTC:38:crtc-0] flip_done timed out
Nov  1 20:30:38 hostname kernel: [drm:drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_dependencies [drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* [PLANE:34:plane-0] flip_done timed out

RHEL 9:

Jan 31 10:53:20 hostname kernel: vmwgfx 0000:00:0f.0: [drm] *ERROR* flip_done timed out
Jan 31 10:53:20 hostname kernel: vmwgfx 0000:00:0f.0: [drm] *ERROR* [CRTC:40:crtc-0] commit wait timed out
Jan 31 10:53:30 hostname kernel: vmwgfx 0000:00:0f.0: [drm] *ERROR* flip_done timed out
Jan 31 10:53:30 hostname kernel: vmwgfx 0000:00:0f.0: [drm] *ERROR* [PLANE:34:plane-0] commit wait timed out
  • What do I do to resolve these errors?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • RHEL guest running on VMware hypervisor
  • Framebuffer driver

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