linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] - increase acpi owner

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:03:29 -0800 (PST)
From:	Aaron Young <ayoung@...gle.engr.sgi.com>
To:	robert.moore@...el.com (Moore, Robert)
Cc:	jpk@....com (John Keller), linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	ayoung@....com, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	alexey.y.starikovskiy@...ux.intel.com (Alexey Starikovskiy),
	len.brown@...el.com (Brown Len)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] -  increase acpi owner_id max

> 
> The OwnerId field within a namespace node is 8 bits, and this is the
> main constraint on the maximum OwnerId. You can't simply bump up the
> number of owner ids without changing this field.

  Isn't this accomplished with the mod to aclocal.h below - i.e.
  by making a acpi_owner_id a u16 instead of a u8?: 

 -typedef u8 acpi_owner_id;
 -#define ACPI_OWNER_ID_MAX               0xFF
 +typedef u16 acpi_owner_id;
 +#define ACPI_OWNER_ID_MAX               0x3FF

> 
> If we need more than 255 owner Ids, the width of this field will have to
> be increased, or we will need to use a pointer for the field in order to
> maintain a linked list of all nodes owned by a particular owner.
> 
> Bob
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-acpi-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi-
> > owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of John Keller
> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:40 PM
> > To: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: ayoung@....com; linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> > kernel@...r.kernel.org; John Keller
> > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] - increase acpi owner_id max
> > 
> > To support systems with large IO configurations,
> > this patch increases the number of available ACPI
> > owner ids to 1023.
> > 
> > On SN platforms, we represent every populated root
> > bus slot with an ACPI SSDT table containing info
> > for every device and PPB attached to the slot.
> > Each SSDT requires a unique ACPI owner id.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: John Keller <jpk@....com>
> > ---
> > 
> >  drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c |    6 +++---
> >  include/acpi/acconfig.h         |    4 ++--
> >  include/acpi/aclocal.h          |    4 ++--
> >  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > 
> > Index: linux/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux.orig/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c	2007-01-25
> > 11:27:25.509259412 -0600
> > +++ linux/drivers/acpi/utilities/utmisc.c	2007-01-26
> 13:16:09.551081284 -
> > 0600
> > @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_allocate_owner_id(ac
> >  				/*
> >  				 * Construct encoded ID from the index
> and bit
> > position
> >  				 *
> > -				 * Note: Last [j].k (bit 255) is never
> used and is
> > marked
> > +				 * Note: Last [j].k (bit 1023) is never
> used and
> > is marked
> >  				 * permanently allocated (prevents +1
> overflow)
> >  				 */
> >  				*owner_id =
> > @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_allocate_owner_id(ac
> >  	 */
> >  	status = AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT;
> >  	ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
> > -		    "Could not allocate new OwnerId (255 max),
> > AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT"));
> > +		    "Could not allocate new OwnerId (1023 max),
> > AE_OWNER_ID_LIMIT"));
> > 
> >        exit:
> >  	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_CACHES);
> > @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ut_allocate_owner_id(ac
> >   *              control method or unloading a table. Either way, we
> would
> >   *              ignore any error anyway.
> >   *
> > - * DESCRIPTION: Release a table or method owner ID.  Valid IDs are 1
> -
> > 255
> > + * DESCRIPTION: Release a table or method owner ID.  Valid IDs are 1
> -
> > 1023
> >   *
> > 
> >
> ************************************************************************
> **
> > ****/
> > 
> > Index: linux/include/acpi/acconfig.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux.orig/include/acpi/acconfig.h	2007-01-25
> 11:27:25.577267818 -
> > 0600
> > +++ linux/include/acpi/acconfig.h	2007-01-26 13:17:14.111002597
> -0600
> > @@ -111,9 +111,9 @@
> > 
> >  #define ACPI_SYSMEM_REGION_WINDOW_SIZE  4096
> > 
> > -/* owner_id tracking. 8 entries allows for 255 owner_ids */
> > +/* owner_id tracking. 32 entries allow for 1023 owner_ids */
> > 
> > -#define ACPI_NUM_OWNERID_MASKS          8
> > +#define ACPI_NUM_OWNERID_MASKS		32
> > 
> > 
> >
> /***********************************************************************
> **
> > *****
> >   *
> > Index: linux/include/acpi/aclocal.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux.orig/include/acpi/aclocal.h	2007-01-25 11:27:25.585268807 -
> > 0600
> > +++ linux/include/acpi/aclocal.h	2007-01-26 13:20:06.148115848
> -0600
> > @@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ static char *acpi_gbl_mutex_names[ACPI_N
> > 
> >  /* Owner IDs are used to track namespace nodes for selective deletion
> */
> > 
> > -typedef u8 acpi_owner_id;
> > -#define ACPI_OWNER_ID_MAX               0xFF
> > +typedef u16 acpi_owner_id;
> > +#define ACPI_OWNER_ID_MAX               0x3FF
> > 
> >  /* This Thread ID means that the mutex is not in use (unlocked) */
> > 
> > -
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