linux-kernel - RE: one more ACPI Error (utglobal-0125): Unknown exception code:0xFFFFFFEA [Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm3]

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Message-ID: <B28E9812BAF6E2498B7EC5C427F293A4DB67EC@orsmsx415.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:02:19 -0700
From:	"Moore, Robert" <robert.moore@...el.com>
To:	<kmannth@...ibm.com>, "Len Brown" <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Li, Shaohua" <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	"Mattia Dongili" <malattia@...ux.it>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>,
	"lkml" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux acpi" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki" <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: RE: one more ACPI Error (utglobal-0125): Unknown exception code:0xFFFFFFEA [Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm3]

Return AE_OK to continue the walk. AE_CTRL_DEPTH will cause the walk to
continue, but go no further down the current branch of the namespace.

Anything other than these two exceptions will completely abort the walk.

Bob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: keith mannthey [mailto:kmannth@...ibm.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:49 AM
> To: Len Brown
> Cc: Moore, Robert; Li, Shaohua; Mattia Dongili; Andrew Morton; lkml;
linux
> acpi; KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
> Subject: Re: one more ACPI Error (utglobal-0125): Unknown exception
> code:0xFFFFFFEA [Re: 2.6.18-rc4-mm3]
> 
> On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 02:48 -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> > On Tuesday 29 August 2006 16:04, Moore, Robert wrote:
> > > As far as the unknown exception,
> > >
> > > >[    9.392729]  [<c0246fb6>] acpi_ut_status_exit+0x31/0x5e
> > > >[    9.393453]  [<c0243352>] acpi_walk_resources+0x10e/0x11b
> > > >[    9.394174]  [<c025697e>] acpi_motherboard_add+0x22/0x31
> > >
> > > I would guess that the callback routine for walk_resources is
> returning
> > > a non-zero status value which is causing an immediate abort of the
> walk
> > > with that value -- and the value is bogus.
> 
>   Before I put this check in acpi_motherboard_add always attached
itself
> to any resource type. I simply changed it so if the type is not
> ACPI_RESOURCE_TYPE_IO or ACPI_RESOURCE_TYPE_FIXED_IO it doesn't attach
> and can continue to find the correct device to attach to.
> 
>   Perhaps the motherboard device needs to attach to more device types?
> 
>   It was suggest by acpi folks to return -EINVAL.  Should something
else
> be returned?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
>   Keith
> 
> > Yep, see -EINVAL below.
> >
> > -Len
> >
> >
http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.18-
> rc4/2.6.18-rc4-mm3/broken-out/hot-add-mem-x86_64-acpi-motherboard-
> fix.patch
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Keith Mannthey <kmannth@...ibm.com>
> >
> > This patch set allow SPARSEMEM and RESERVE based hot-add to work.  I
> have
> > test both options and they work as expected.  I am adding memory to
the
> > 2nd node of a numa system (x86_64).
> >
> > Major changes from last set is the config change and RESERVE
enablment.
> >
> >
> > This patch:
> >
> >
> > Make ACPI motherboard driver not attach to devices/handles it
dosen't
> expect.
> > Fix a bug where the motherboard driver attached to hot-add memory
event
> and
> > caused the add memory call to fail.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Keith Mannthey<kmannth@...ibm.com>
> > Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
> > Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@....de>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
> > ---
> >
> >
> > diff -puN drivers/acpi/motherboard.c~hot-add-mem-x86_64-acpi-
> motherboard-fix drivers/acpi/motherboard.c
> > ---
a/drivers/acpi/motherboard.c~hot-add-mem-x86_64-acpi-motherboard-fix
> > +++ a/drivers/acpi/motherboard.c
> > @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static acpi_status acpi_reserve_io_range
> >  		}
> >  	} else {
> >  		/* Memory mapped IO? */
> > +		 return -EINVAL;
> >  	}
> >
> >  	if (requested_res)
> > @@ -96,11 +97,16 @@ static acpi_status acpi_reserve_io_range
> >
> >  static int acpi_motherboard_add(struct acpi_device *device)
> >  {
> > +	acpi_status status;
> >  	if (!device)
> >  		return -EINVAL;
> > -	acpi_walk_resources(device->handle, METHOD_NAME__CRS,
> > +
> > +	status = acpi_walk_resources(device->handle, METHOD_NAME__CRS,
> >  			    acpi_reserve_io_ranges, NULL);
> >
> > +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> > +		return -ENODEV;
> > +
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > _
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