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Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 14:30:58 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: "Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@...el.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
"Wysocki, Rafael J" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>, Lv Zheng <zetalog@...il.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/11] ACPICA: Events: Fix acpi_ev_initialize_region()
return value
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Zheng, Lv <lv.zheng@...el.com> wrote:
> Hi, Rafael
>
>> From: linux-acpi-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi-owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Rafael J.
>> Wysocki
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/11] ACPICA: Events: Fix acpi_ev_initialize_region() return value
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com> wrote:
>> > ACPICA commit 543342ab7a676f4eb0c9f100d349388a84dff0e8
>> >
>> > This patch changes acpi_ev_initialize_region(), stop returning AE_NOT_EXIST
>> > from it so that, not only in acpi_ds_load2_end_op(), but all places invoking
>> > this function won't emit exceptions. The exception can be seen in
>> > acpi_ds_initialize_objects() when certain table loading mode is chosen.
>> >
>> > This patch also removes useless acpi_ns_locked from acpi_ev_initialize_region()
>> > as this function will always be invoked with interpreter lock held now, and
>> > the lock granularity has been tuned to lock around _REG execution, thus it
>> > is now handled by acpi_ex_exit_interpreter(). Lv Zheng.
>> >
>> > Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/543342ab
>> > Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>
>> > ---
>> > drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h | 4 +--
>> > drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c | 2 +-
>> > drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c | 13 +--------
>> > drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++------------------------
>> > 4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h
>> > index 92fa47c..8a0049d 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h
>> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acevents.h
>> > @@ -243,9 +243,7 @@ union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ev_find_region_handler(acpi_adr_space_type
>> > u32 function,
>> > void *handler_context, void **region_context);
>> >
>> > -acpi_status
>> > -acpi_ev_initialize_region(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
>> > - u8 acpi_ns_locked);
>> > +acpi_status acpi_ev_initialize_region(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj);
>> >
>> > /*
>> > * evsci - SCI (System Control Interrupt) handling/dispatch
>> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c
>> > index 4cc9d98..77fd7c8 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsopcode.c
>> > @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ds_initialize_region(acpi_handle obj_handle)
>> >
>> > /* Namespace is NOT locked */
>> >
>> > - status = acpi_ev_initialize_region(obj_desc, FALSE);
>> > + status = acpi_ev_initialize_region(obj_desc);
>> > return (status);
>> > }
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c
>> > index e362182..651f35a 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dswload2.c
>> > @@ -609,18 +609,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ds_load2_end_op(struct acpi_walk_state *walk_state)
>> >
>> > status =
>> > acpi_ev_initialize_region
>> > - (acpi_ns_get_attached_object(node), FALSE);
>> > -
>> > - if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
>> > - /*
>> > - * If AE_NOT_EXIST is returned, it is not fatal
>> > - * because many regions get created before a handler
>> > - * is installed for said region.
>> > - */
>> > - if (AE_NOT_EXIST == status) {
>> > - status = AE_OK;
>> > - }
>> > - }
>> > + (acpi_ns_get_attached_object(node));
>>
>> This hunk doesn't apply for me.
>>
>> We have acpi_ex_exit_interpreter() / acpi_ex_enter_interpreter()
>> around the acpi_ev_initialize_region() in linux-next.
>
> This commit only changes returning value.
> Lock changes are not included.
>
> We never invokes acpi_ev_initialize_region with acpi_ns_locked=true.
> So all if (acpi_ns_locked) code pieces are useless and deleted in this commit.
>
>>
>> > break;
>> >
>> > case AML_NAME_OP:
>> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c
>> > index 75ddd16..a909225 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evrgnini.c
>> > @@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ static u8 acpi_ev_is_pci_root_bridge(struct acpi_namespace_node *node)
>> > * FUNCTION: acpi_ev_initialize_region
>> > *
>> > * PARAMETERS: region_obj - Region we are initializing
>> > - * acpi_ns_locked - Is namespace locked?
>> > *
>> > * RETURN: Status
>> > *
>> > @@ -497,19 +496,28 @@ static u8 acpi_ev_is_pci_root_bridge(struct acpi_namespace_node *node)
>> > * MUTEX: Interpreter should be unlocked, because we may run the _REG
>> > * method for this region.
>> > *
>> > + * NOTE: Possible incompliance:
>> > + * There is a behavior conflict in automatic _REG execution:
>> > + * 1. When the interpreter is evaluating a method, we can only
>> > + * automatically run _REG for the following case:
>> > + * operation_region (OPR1, 0x80, 0x1000010, 0x4)
>> > + * 2. When the interpreter is loading a table, we can also
>> > + * automatically run _REG for the following case:
>> > + * operation_region (OPR1, 0x80, 0x1000010, 0x4)
>> > + * Though this may not be compliant to the de-facto standard, the
>> > + * logic is kept in order not to trigger regressions. And keeping
>> > + * this logic should be taken care by the caller of this function.
>> > + *
>> > ******************************************************************************/
>> >
>> > -acpi_status
>> > -acpi_ev_initialize_region(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
>> > - u8 acpi_ns_locked)
>> > +acpi_status acpi_ev_initialize_region(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj)
>> > {
>> > union acpi_operand_object *handler_obj;
>> > union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc;
>> > acpi_adr_space_type space_id;
>> > struct acpi_namespace_node *node;
>> > - acpi_status status;
>> >
>> > - ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_U32(ev_initialize_region, acpi_ns_locked);
>> > + ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ev_initialize_region);
>> >
>> > if (!region_obj) {
>> > return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_BAD_PARAMETER);
>> > @@ -580,39 +588,17 @@ static u8 acpi_ev_is_pci_root_bridge(struct acpi_namespace_node *node)
>> > handler_obj, region_obj,
>> > obj_desc));
>> >
>> > - status =
>> > - acpi_ev_attach_region(handler_obj,
>> > - region_obj,
>> > - acpi_ns_locked);
>> > + (void)acpi_ev_attach_region(handler_obj,
>> > + region_obj, FALSE);
>> >
>> > /*
>> > * Tell all users that this region is usable by
>> > * running the _REG method
>> > */
>> > - if (acpi_ns_locked) {
>> > - status =
>> > - acpi_ut_release_mutex
>> > - (ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE);
>> > - if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
>> > - return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
>> > - }
>> > - }
>> > -
>> > acpi_ex_exit_interpreter();
>> > - status =
>> > - acpi_ev_execute_reg_method(region_obj,
>> > - ACPI_REG_CONNECT);
>> > + (void)acpi_ev_execute_reg_method(region_obj,
>> > + ACPI_REG_CONNECT);
>> > acpi_ex_enter_interpreter();
>>
>> And this also doesn't apply, because we don't invoke
>> acpi_ex_exit_interpreter() / acpi_ex_enter_interpreter() around the
>> acpi_ev_execute_reg_method() call in linux-next.
>>
>
> acpi_ex_exit_interpreter() / acpi_ex_enter_interpreter() are not-modified-lines.
> Please check again.
As I said in the previous message, this was a result of my mistake.
Fixed now and everything applies as it should.
Thanks,
Rafael
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