linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: PCC: fix Tx done interface in handler

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0gfMCw3N1VJmtNU6WPuzrgen-8OiZYFiZkZowo6cFzHwA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:10:16 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Huisong Li <lihuisong@...wei.com>
Cc:     ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Rafael Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        wanghuiqiang@...wei.com, huangdaode@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ACPI: PCC: fix Tx done interface in handler

On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 5:43 PM Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 05:45:00PM +0800, Huisong Li wrote:
> > A error, "Client can't run the TX ticker", is printed even if PCC command
> > executed successfully. This root cause is that PCC handler calls
> > 'mbox_client_txdone()' which depands on the client can received 'ACK'
> > packet. But PCC handler detects whether the command is complete through
> > the Tx ACK interrupt. So this patch fix it.
> >
>
> Thanks for fixing this. Someone mentioned about the error and it was in
> my TODO list.
>
> I would prefer to reword the subject and commit message as below:
> "
> ACPI: PCC: Fix Tx acknowledge in the PCC address space handler
>
> Currently, mbox_client_txdone() is called from the PCC address space
> handler and that expects the user the Tx state machine to be controlled
> by the client which is not the case and the below warning is thrown:
>
>   | PCCT: Client can't run the TX ticker
>
> Let the controller run the state machine and the end of Tx can be
> acknowledge by calling mbox_chan_txdone() instead.
> "
>
> With that:
>
> Reviewed-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>

Applied as 6.1 material along with the [1/2].

I used the above text in quotes as the subject and changelog instead
of the original pieces.

Thanks!