3.6.11.5 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Lan Tianyu [ Upstream commit 28fe5c825f8e15744d04c7c1b8df197950923ecd ] The EC driver works abnormally with IBF flag always set. IBF means "The host has written a byte of data to the command or data port, but the embedded controller has not yet read it". If IBF is set in the EC status and not cleared, this will cause all subsequent EC requests to fail with a timeout error. Change the EC driver so that it doesn't refuse to restart a transaction if IBF is set in the status. Also increase the number of transaction restarts to 5, as it turns out that 2 is not sufficient in some cases. This bug happens on several different machines (Asus V1S, Dell Latitude E6530, Samsung R719, Acer Aspire 5930G, Sony Vaio SR19VN and others). [rjw: Changelog] References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14733 References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15560 References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15946 References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42945 References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48221 Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu Cc: All Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- drivers/acpi/ec.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c index a51df96..f9914e5 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int ec_check_sci_sync(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 state) static int ec_poll(struct acpi_ec *ec) { unsigned long flags; - int repeat = 2; /* number of command restarts */ + int repeat = 5; /* number of command restarts */ while (repeat--) { unsigned long delay = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(ec_delay); @@ -235,8 +235,6 @@ static int ec_poll(struct acpi_ec *ec) } advance_transaction(ec, acpi_ec_read_status(ec)); } while (time_before(jiffies, delay)); - if (acpi_ec_read_status(ec) & ACPI_EC_FLAG_IBF) - break; pr_debug(PREFIX "controller reset, restart transaction\n"); spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->curr_lock, flags); start_transaction(ec); -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/