linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/6] ACPI: EC: Drop AE_NOT_FOUND special case from ec_install

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Date:   Wed, 04 Mar 2020 11:46:31 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Drake <drake@...lessm.com>,
        Jian-Hong Pan <jian-hong@...lessm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] ACPI: EC: Drop AE_NOT_FOUND special case from ec_install_handlers()

From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

If the status value returned by acpi_install_address_space_handler()
in ec_install_handlers() is AE_NOT_FOUND, it is treated in a special
way, apparently because it might mean a _REG method evaluation
failure (at least that is the case according to the comment in
there), but acpi_install_address_space_handler() does not take
_REG evaluation errors into account at all, so the AE_NOT_FOUND
special handling is confusing at best.

For this reason, change ec_install_handlers() to stop the EC and
return -ENODEV on all acpi_install_address_space_handler() errors.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---

-> v2: No changes.

---
 drivers/acpi/ec.c | 15 ++-------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 3153e7684053..6f501d552e6e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -1489,19 +1489,8 @@ static int ec_install_handlers(struct acpi_ec *ec, struct acpi_device *device)
 							    &acpi_ec_space_handler,
 							    NULL, ec);
 		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
-			if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND) {
-				/*
-				 * Maybe OS fails in evaluating the _REG
-				 * object. The AE_NOT_FOUND error will be
-				 * ignored and OS * continue to initialize
-				 * EC.
-				 */
-				pr_err("Fail in evaluating the _REG object"
-					" of EC device. Broken bios is suspected.\n");
-			} else {
-				acpi_ec_stop(ec, false);
-				return -ENODEV;
-			}
+			acpi_ec_stop(ec, false);
+			return -ENODEV;
 		}
 		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_EC_HANDLER_INSTALLED, &ec->flags);
 	}
-- 
2.16.4