linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] Issue with commit 923044133367 ("ACPI: property: Unify integer value reading functions")

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0i0ZpG=2W=XowHACnP9q2ScNZJ8urpHT-69J6ZYAEJaGQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:42:48 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
Cc:     Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Stefan Binding <sbinding@...nsource.cirrus.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Issue with commit 923044133367 ("ACPI: property: Unify
 integer value reading functions")

Hi John,

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 11:55 AM John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com> wrote:
>
>
> My driver of interest fails to probe for v6.0-rc1 for ACPI FW:
> [    5.373722] hisi_sas_v2_hw HISI0162:01: could not get property sas-addr
>
> from a device_property_read_u8_array() call
>
> The following fixes it:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/YvatSoqXEtI7oqUO@paasikivi.fi.intel.com/T/#t
>
> Tested-by: John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
>
> I'm just sending a separate mail to highlight this issue as I spent an
> appreciable time bisecting and want others to avoid that. And I could
> not find the fix mail for some reason, even though I subscribe to the
> acpi list.

Appreciated, thanks a lot!

I'm out of office this week, but I'll be pushing the fix for -rc3 next week.

Thanks!