linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v4] acpi: indicate to platform when hot remove returns busy

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Date:   Fri, 07 Jul 2017 15:16:03 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     "Lee, Chun-Yi" <joeyli.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@...e.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4] acpi: indicate to platform when hot remove returns busy

On Friday, July 07, 2017 02:25:23 PM Lee, Chun-Yi wrote:
> In hotplug logic, it always indicates non-specific failure to
> platform through _OST when handing acpi hot-remove event failed. Then
> platform terminates the hot-remove process but it can not identify
> the reason.
> 
> Base on current hot-remove code, there have two situations that it
> returns busy:
>  - OSPM try to offline an individual device, but the device offline
>    function returns busy.
>  - When the ejection event is applied to an "not offlined yet" container.
>    OSPM send kobject change event to userspace and returns busy.
> 
> Both of them will returns -EBUSY to acpi device hotplug function then
> hotplug function indicates non-specific failure to platform just like
> any other error, e.g. -ENODEV or -EIO.
> 
> The benefit to platform for identifying the OS busy state is that
> platform can be applied different approach to handle the busy but
> not just terminate the hot-remove process by unknown reason. For
> example, platform can wait for a while then triggers hot-remove
> again.
> 
> This RFC patch adds one more parameter to the handler function of
> acpi generic hotplug event to give the function a chance to propose
> the return code of _OST. In this case, it sets ost return code to
> ACPI_OST_SC_DEVICE_BUSY when the acpi hot remove function returns
> -EBUSY.
> 
> v4:
> Use switch-case statements to simplify code. (Andy Shevchenko, Rafael J. Wysocki)
> 
> v3:
> Removed redundant 'else' in acpi_ost_status_code(). (Andy Shevchenko)
> 
> v2:
> Do not overwrite ost code in acpi_generic_hotplug_event(). Move
> the "error code to ost code" logic to a help function. (Andy Shevchenko)
> 
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@...e.com>

I've applied this one already I think.

Please check in linux-next.

> ---
>  drivers/acpi/scan.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> index d531629..ce88175 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> @@ -404,10 +404,6 @@ void acpi_device_hotplug(struct acpi_device *adev, u32 src)
>  		error = dock_notify(adev, src);
>  	} else if (adev->flags.hotplug_notify) {
>  		error = acpi_generic_hotplug_event(adev, src);
> -		if (error == -EPERM) {
> -			ost_code = ACPI_OST_SC_EJECT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
> -			goto err_out;
> -		}
>  	} else {
>  		int (*notify)(struct acpi_device *, u32);
>  
> @@ -423,8 +419,20 @@ void acpi_device_hotplug(struct acpi_device *adev, u32 src)
>  		else
>  			goto out;
>  	}
> -	if (!error)
> +	switch (error) {
> +	case 0:
>  		ost_code = ACPI_OST_SC_SUCCESS;
> +		break;
> +	case -EPERM:
> +		ost_code = ACPI_OST_SC_EJECT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
> +		break;
> +	case -EBUSY:
> +		ost_code = ACPI_OST_SC_DEVICE_BUSY;
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		ost_code = ACPI_OST_SC_NON_SPECIFIC_FAILURE;
> +		break;
> +	}
>  
>   err_out:
>  	acpi_evaluate_ost(adev->handle, src, ost_code, NULL);
>