linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 04/16] ACPICA: Allow to skip Global Lock initialization

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Message-ID: <1843108.VLH7GnMWUR@rafael.j.wysocki>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 21:54:53 +0200
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "Dumbre, Saket" <saket.dumbre@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 04/16] ACPICA: Allow to skip Global Lock initialization

From: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>

Introduce acpi_gbl_use_global_lock, which allows to skip the Global Lock
initialization. This is useful for systems without Global Lock (such as
loong_arch), so as to avoid error messages during boot phase:

 ACPI Error: Could not enable global_lock event (20240827/evxfevnt-182)
 ACPI Error: No response from Global Lock hardware, disabling lock (20240827/evglock-59)

Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/463cb0fe
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c | 4 ++++
 include/acpi/acpixf.h         | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c
index fa3e0d00d1ca..df2a4ab0e0da 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ acpi_status acpi_ev_init_global_lock_handler(void)
 		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
 	}
 
+	if (!acpi_gbl_use_global_lock) {
+		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
+	}
+
 	/* Attempt installation of the global lock handler */
 
 	status = acpi_install_fixed_event_handler(ACPI_EVENT_GLOBAL,
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
index b49396aa4058..97c25ae8a36e 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_osi_data, 0);
  */
 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_reduced_hardware, FALSE);
 
+/*
+ * ACPI Global Lock is mainly used for systems with SMM, so no-SMM systems
+ * (such as loong_arch) may not have and not use Global Lock.
+ */
+ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(u8, acpi_gbl_use_global_lock, TRUE);
+
 /*
  * Maximum timeout for While() loop iterations before forced method abort.
  * This mechanism is intended to prevent infinite loops during interpreter
-- 
2.51.0