linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ACPI: IPMI: Add helper to wait for when SMI is selected

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0g4_5k-+_-ZPkm5LNOLsveJJqt2t60q_4a3wm+kAFCv_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 20:50:56 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
Cc: jdelvare@...e.com, linux@...ck-us.net, 
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, 
	Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acpica-devel@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ACPI: IPMI: Add helper to wait for when SMI is selected

On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 5:12 AM Kai-Heng Feng
<kai.heng.feng@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> On Dell servers, many APCI methods of acpi_power_meter module evaluate
> variables inside IPMI region, so the region handler needs to be
> installed. In addition to that, the handler needs to be fully
> functional, and that depends on SMI being selected.
>
> So add a helper to let acpi_power_meter know when the handler is
> installed and ready to be used.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>

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

and I'm expecting this to be routed along with patch [2/2] that has
been posted elsewhere.

> ---
> v4:
>  - Wording.
>  - Define and comment on timeout value.
>  - Move the completion to driver_data.
>  - Remove the tenary operator.
>
> v3:
>  - New patch.
>
>  drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/acpi/acpi_bus.h  |  5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
> index 0555f68c2dfd..5fba4dab5d08 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>  /* the IPMI timeout is 5s */
>  #define IPMI_TIMEOUT                   (5000)
>  #define ACPI_IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH       64
> +/* 2s should be suffient for SMI being selected */
> +#define ACPI_IPMI_SMI_SELECTION_TIMEOUT        (2 * HZ)
>
>  struct acpi_ipmi_device {
>         /* the device list attached to driver_data.ipmi_devices */
> @@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ struct ipmi_driver_data {
>          * to this selected global IPMI system interface.
>          */
>         struct acpi_ipmi_device *selected_smi;
> +       struct completion smi_selection_done;
>  };
>
>  struct acpi_ipmi_msg {
> @@ -463,8 +466,10 @@ static void ipmi_register_bmc(int iface, struct device *dev)
>                 if (temp->handle == handle)
>                         goto err_lock;
>         }
> -       if (!driver_data.selected_smi)
> +       if (!driver_data.selected_smi) {
>                 driver_data.selected_smi = ipmi_device;
> +               complete(&driver_data.smi_selection_done);
> +       }
>         list_add_tail(&ipmi_device->head, &driver_data.ipmi_devices);
>         mutex_unlock(&driver_data.ipmi_lock);
>
> @@ -578,6 +583,20 @@ acpi_ipmi_space_handler(u32 function, acpi_physical_address address,
>         return status;
>  }
>
> +int acpi_wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void)
> +{
> +       long ret;
> +
> +       ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&driver_data.smi_selection_done,
> +                                                       ACPI_IPMI_SMI_SELECTION_TIMEOUT);
> +
> +       if (ret <= 0)
> +               return -ETIMEDOUT;
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_wait_for_acpi_ipmi);
> +
>  static int __init acpi_ipmi_init(void)
>  {
>         int result;
> @@ -586,6 +605,8 @@ static int __init acpi_ipmi_init(void)
>         if (acpi_disabled)
>                 return 0;
>
> +       init_completion(&driver_data.smi_selection_done);
> +
>         status = acpi_install_address_space_handler(ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
>                                                     ACPI_ADR_SPACE_IPMI,
>                                                     &acpi_ipmi_space_handler,
> diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> index 1216d72c650f..afa6e4d4bf46 100644
> --- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> +++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> @@ -821,11 +821,16 @@ static inline void acpi_put_acpi_dev(struct acpi_device *adev)
>  {
>         acpi_dev_put(adev);
>  }
> +
> +int acpi_wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void);
> +
>  #else  /* CONFIG_ACPI */
>
>  static inline int register_acpi_bus_type(void *bus) { return 0; }
>  static inline int unregister_acpi_bus_type(void *bus) { return 0; }
>
> +static inline int acpi_wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void) { return 0; }
> +
>  #endif                         /* CONFIG_ACPI */
>
>  #endif /*__ACPI_BUS_H__*/
> --