linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: acpi: Disable edge events on boot on ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614PP

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Message-ID: <aVGPysQghxHGaJ2r@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 22:15:06 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Francesco Lauritano <francesco.lauritano1@...tonmail.com>
Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mika Westerberg <westeri@...nel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...nel.org>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpiolib: acpi: Disable edge events on boot on ASUS ROG
 Strix G16 G614PP

On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 02:01:51PM +0000, Francesco Lauritano wrote:
> 
> Thanks for looking into this. Happy to dig deeper.
> 
> Here are the requested dumps (boot with initcall_debug, no workaround):

(Usually we also use `ignore_loglevel`, but I think dmesg should have it anyway.)

> dmesg: https://gist.github.com/kylan11/63ec3ec319cd6bcaa043fa0b1366965a
> 
> acpidump: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kylan11/7956bbf75714265107f0886f6ed2a381/raw/1614845eb1dc6ab7e2effb6fe56b585a746abe4f/gistfile1.txt

> Some quick notes:
> - The AMD GPIO controller probes successfully (LINE 2077)
> 
> - The hang occurs in the deferred IRQ handler (line 2960)
> 
> - There are some ACPI errors around 0.285373 to 0.289806, though they complete quickly

This looks like related to USB4 (thubderbolt) dock? Mika, does it look familiar?

> - After the 36-second hang, everything else initializes normally.
> touchpad, audio, wifi, nvidia GPU all work fine.
> 
> The ACPI tables show there's a _AEI method under \_SB_GPIO. Not sure if those
> unresolved GPP2/GPP7 references are related to what's blocking the deferred
> IRQ handler, or if it's something else entirely.
> 
> Let me know if you need anything else or want me to test something specific.
> 
> On Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 at 2:08 PM, Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 12:01:52PM +0000, francesco.lauritano1@...tonmail.com wrote:
> > 
> > > On the ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614PP (2025), the kernel can stall for ~36
> > > seconds during late init in acpi_gpio_handle_deferred_request_irqs().
> > > 
> > > Booting with gpiolib_acpi.run_edge_events_on_boot=0 avoids the stall and
> > > restores normal boot times.
> > 
> > Okay but it might just accidentally "work" and hides the real issue. Doing
> > things like this blindly might end up breaking something that relies on
> > that _AEI.
> > 
> > Can you post full dmesg and acpipdump somewhere so we can try to figure out
> > what is going on?

> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/platform-driver-x86/6iFCwGH2vssb7NRUTWGpkubGMNbgIlBHSz40z8ZsezjxngXpoiiRiJaijviNvhiDAGIr43bfUmdxLmxYoHDjyft4DgwFc3Pnu5hzPguTa0s=@protonmail.com/

Not sure what this means. Maybe better tag like Closes should be used?

> > > Tested-by: Francesco Lauritano francesco.lauritano1@...tonmail.com

This is implied that the author of the patch tested it before sending.

> > > Signed-off-by: Francesco Lauritano francesco.lauritano1@...tonmail.com

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko