linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI/Sleep: pm_power_off need more sanity check to be installed

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Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:50:05 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	"Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Len.Brown@...el.com, "alan@...ux.intel.com" <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI/Sleep: pm_power_off need more sanity check to be installed

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 10:46:37 AM Li, Aubrey wrote:
> Sleep control and status registers need santity check before ACPI
> install acpi_power_off to pm_power_off hook. The checking code in
> acpi_enter_sleep_state() is too late, we should not allow a not-working
> pm_power_off function hooked.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/sleep.c |    7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> index b718806..0284d22 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> @@ -809,8 +809,11 @@ int __init acpi_sleep_init(void)
>  	status = acpi_get_sleep_type_data(ACPI_STATE_S5, &type_a, &type_b);
>  	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
>  		sleep_states[ACPI_STATE_S5] = 1;

Do we still want to set this if the check below fails?  If so, then why?

> -		pm_power_off_prepare = acpi_power_off_prepare;
> -		pm_power_off = acpi_power_off;
> +		if (acpi_gbl_FADT.sleep_control.address &&
> +			acpi_gbl_FADT.sleep_status.address) {
> +			pm_power_off_prepare = acpi_power_off_prepare;
> +			pm_power_off = acpi_power_off;
> +		}
>  	}
> 
>  	supported[0] = 0;
> 

-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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