linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.7 15/18] platform/x86: wmi: Remove ACPI handlers after WMI devices

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:04:10 -0500
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.7 15/18] platform/x86: wmi: Remove ACPI
 handlers after WMI devices

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 12:53:46PM +0100, Armin Wolf wrote:
>Am 16.01.24 um 01:12 schrieb Sasha Levin:
>
>>From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
>>
>>[ Upstream commit 22574e17626391ad969af9a13aaa58a1b37ad384 ]
>>
>>When removing the ACPI notify/address space handlers, the WMI devices
>>are still active and might still depend on ACPI EC access or
>>WMI events.
>>Fix this by removing the ACPI handlers after all WMI devices
>>associated with an ACPI device have been removed.
>
>Hello,
>
>i would advise against including this patch in the next stable kernels.
>
>The WMI ACPI notify handler is still using list_for_each_entry() which is
>not safe when the WMI devices are removed before the ACPI notify handler.
>
>This issue existed inside the WMI code for a long time, but this patch might
>trigger it. Since no users reported any issues regarding ACPI errors during
>WMI removal, i would drop this patch.

Ack, I'll drop it.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha