linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 155/192] Revert "ACPI / EC: Add support to disallow QR_EC to be issued before completing previous QR

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Date:   Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:44:25 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Lv Zheng" <lv.zheng@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 155/192] Revert "ACPI / EC: Add support to disallow
 QR_EC to be issued before completing previous QR_EC"

3.16.49-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>

commit df9ff91801da603079018f21a9412385b62f0f8e upstream.

It is reported that the following commit breaks Samsung hardware:
 Commit: 558e4736f2e1b0e6323adf7a5e4df77ed6cfc1a4.
 Subject: ACPI / EC: Add support to disallow QR_EC to be issued before
          completing previous QR_EC

Which means the Samsung behavior conflicts with the Acer behavior.

1. Samsung may behave like:
   [ +event 1 ] SCI_EVT set
   [ +event 2 ] SCI_EVT set
                              write QR_EC
                              read event
   [ -event 1 ] SCI_EVT clear
   Without the above commit, Samsung can work:
   [ +event 1 ] SCI_EVT set
   [ +event 2 ] SCI_EVT set
                              write QR_EC
                              CAN prepare next QR_EC as SCI_EVT=1
                              read event
   [ -event 1 ] SCI_EVT clear
                              write QR_EC
                              read event
   [ -event 2 ] SCI_EVT clear
   With the above commit, Samsung cannot work:
   [ +event 1 ] SCI_EVT set
   [ +event 2 ] SCI_EVT set
                              write QR_EC
                              read event
   [ -event 1 ] SCI_EVT clear
                              CANNOT prepare next QR_EC as SCI_EVT=0
2. Acer may behave like:
   [ +event 1 ] SCI_EVT set
   [ +event 2 ]
                              write QR_EC
                              read event
   [ -event 1 ] SCI_EVT clear
   [ +event 2 ] SCI_EVT set
   Without the above commit, Acer cannot work when there is only 1 event:
   [ +event 1 ] SCI_EVT set
                              write QR_EC
                              can prepared next QR_EC as SCI_EVT=1
                              read event
   [ -event 1 ] SCI_EVT clear
                              CANNOT write QR_EC as SCI_EVT=0
   With the above commit, Acer can work:
   [ +event 1 ] SCI_EVT set
   [ +event 2 ]
                              write QR_EC
                              read event
   [ -event 1 ] SCI_EVT set
                              can prepare next QR_EC because SCI_EVT=0
                              CAN write QR_EC as SCI_EVT=1

Since Acer can also work with only the following commit applied:
 Commit: 3afcf2ece453e1a8c2c6de19cdf06da3772a1b08
 Subject: ACPI / EC: Add support to disallow QR_EC to be issued when
          SCI_EVT isn't set
commit 558e4736f2e1b0e6323adf7a5e4df77ed6cfc1a4 can be reverted.

Fixes: 558e4736f2e1 (ACPI / EC: Add support to disallow QR_EC to be issued ...)
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44161
Reported-and-tested-by: Ortwin Glück <odi@....ch>
Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/acpi/ec.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(
 	/* following two actions should be kept atomic */
 	ec->curr = t;
 	start_transaction(ec);
+	if (ec->curr->command == ACPI_EC_COMMAND_QUERY)
+		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_QUERY_PENDING, &ec->flags);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ec->lock, tmp);
 	ret = ec_poll(ec);
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ec->lock, tmp);
-	if (ec->curr->command == ACPI_EC_COMMAND_QUERY)
-		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_QUERY_PENDING, &ec->flags);
 	ec->curr = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ec->lock, tmp);
 	return ret;