linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: EC: limit multibyte access to EC to 8 byte

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Date:	Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:24:31 +0400
From:	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>
To:	Alexander Rauth <alexander.rauth@...motion-ie.de>
CC:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: EC: limit multibyte access to EC to 8 byte

Hi Alexander,

Thanks, but we already have patch to do just that.
See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15749

Regards,
Alex.

16.04.2010 20:07, Alexander Rauth пишет:
> commit dadf28a10c3eb29421837a2e413ab869ebd9e168 enabled multibyte
> access to EC, but ignored that the consuming function expects the
> bitfields to be in chunks of maximal 64 bit. So limit multibyte
> access to 8 byte to prevent error in the ACPI layer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Rauth<alexander.rauth@...motion-ie.de>
> ---
>   drivers/acpi/acpica/exprep.c |   17 +++++++++++------
>   1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exprep.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exprep.c
> index a610ebe..58659af 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exprep.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exprep.c
> @@ -471,13 +471,18 @@ acpi_status acpi_ex_prep_field_value(struct acpi_create_field_info *info)
>   		/* allow full data read from EC address space */
>   		if (obj_desc->field.region_obj->region.space_id ==
>   			ACPI_ADR_SPACE_EC) {
> -			if (obj_desc->common_field.bit_length>  8)
> -				obj_desc->common_field.access_bit_width =
> -				ACPI_ROUND_UP(obj_desc->common_field.
> -							bit_length, 8);
> +			if (obj_desc->common_field.bit_length>  8) {
> +				if (obj_desc->common_field.bit_length<= 64) {
> +					obj_desc->common_field.access_bit_width =
> +						ACPI_ROUND_UP(obj_desc->common_field.
> +						bit_length, 8);
> +				} else {
> +					obj_desc->common_field.access_bit_width = 64;
> +				}	
>   				obj_desc->common_field.access_byte_width =
> -				ACPI_DIV_8(obj_desc->common_field.
> -							access_bit_width);
> +					ACPI_DIV_8(obj_desc->common_field.
> +					access_bit_width);
> +			}
>   		}
>
>   		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_BFIELD,

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