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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1601251213090.9687@kaball.uk.xensource.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:20:45 +0000
From:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To:	Shannon Zhao <zhaoshenglong@...wei.com>
CC:	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>, <mark.rutland@....com>,
	<stefano.stabellini@...rix.com>, <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	<catalin.marinas@....com>, <will.deacon@....com>,
	<julien.grall@...rix.com>, <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
	<devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	<shannon.zhao@...aro.org>, <peter.huangpeng@...wei.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"open list:ACPI" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/17] Xen: ACPI: Hide UART used by Xen

On Sat, 23 Jan 2016, Shannon Zhao wrote:
> From: Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@...aro.org>
> 
> ACPI 6.0 introduces a new table STAO to list the devices which are used
> by Xen and can't be used by Dom0. On Xen virtual platforms, the physical
> UART is used by Xen. So here it hides UART from Dom0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shannon Zhao <shannon.zhao@...aro.org>
> ---
> CC: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net> (supporter:ACPI)
> CC: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org> (supporter:ACPI)
> CC: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org (open list:ACPI)
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/bus.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
> index a212cef..7f85b54 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME("bus");
>  struct acpi_device *acpi_root;
>  struct proc_dir_entry *acpi_root_dir;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_root_dir);
> +static u64 spcr_uart_addr;
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT
> @@ -105,6 +106,22 @@ acpi_status acpi_bus_get_status_handle(acpi_handle handle,
>  	return status;
>  }
>  
> +static bool acpi_check_device_is_ignored(acpi_handle handle)
> +{
> +	acpi_status status;
> +	u64 addr;
> +
> +	/* Check if it should ignore the UART device */
> +	if (spcr_uart_addr != 0) {
> +		status = acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, METHOD_NAME__ADR, NULL,
> +					       &addr);
> +		if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status) && addr == spcr_uart_addr)
> +			return true;
> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
>  int acpi_bus_get_status(struct acpi_device *device)
>  {
>  	acpi_status status;
> @@ -114,7 +131,8 @@ int acpi_bus_get_status(struct acpi_device *device)
>  	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
> -	acpi_set_device_status(device, sta);
> +	if (!acpi_check_device_is_ignored(device->handle))
> +		acpi_set_device_status(device, sta);
>  
>  	if (device->status.functional && !device->status.present) {
>  		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Device [%s] status [%08x]: "
> @@ -1069,6 +1087,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_kobj);
>  static int __init acpi_init(void)
>  {
>  	int result;
> +	acpi_status status;
> +	struct acpi_table_stao *stao_ptr;
>  
>  	if (acpi_disabled) {
>  		printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Interpreter disabled.\n");
> @@ -1081,6 +1101,20 @@ static int __init acpi_init(void)
>  		acpi_kobj = NULL;
>  	}
>  
> +	/* If there is STAO table, check whether it needs to ignore the UART
> +	 * device in SPCR table.
> +	 */
> +	status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_STAO, 0,
> +				(struct acpi_table_header **)&stao_ptr);
> +	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status) && stao_ptr->ignore_uart) {
> +		struct acpi_table_spcr *spcr_ptr;
> +
> +		status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_SPCR, 0,
> +					(struct acpi_table_header **)&spcr_ptr);
> +		if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
> +			spcr_uart_addr = spcr_ptr->serial_port.address;

else
    printk(KERN_WARNING "STAO table present, but SPCR is missing.\n");

In any case:

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>


> +	}
> +
>  	init_acpi_device_notify();
>  	result = acpi_bus_init();
>  	if (result) {