On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 6:14 PM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 2:02 AM Compostella, Jeremy > <jeremy.compostella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On multiple devices I work on, we noticed that > > /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/sci_not is non-zero and keeps increasing > > over time. > > > > It turns out that there is a race condition between servicing a GPE > > interrupt and handling task driven transactions. > > > > If a GPE interrupt is received at the same time ec_poll() is running, > > the advance_transaction() clears the GPE flag and the interrupt is not > > serviced as acpi_ev_detect_gpe() relies on the GPE flag to call the > > handler. As a result, `sci_not' is increased. > > And if I'm not mistaken, it is not necessary to run the entire > interrupt handler in that case, because the currently running > advance_transaction() will take care of the pending event anyway. > > I agree that it is confusing to increase sci_not in that case, but I'm > not sure if running the entire advance_transaction() for the same > transaction twice in a row, once from ec_poll() and once from the > interrupt handler is entirely correct. However, if the interrupt handler wins the race, advance_transaction() will run for the same transaction twice in a row anyway, so this change will only make it happen more often. So no objections, but I would move the GPE clearing piece directly into acpi_ec_handle_interrupt(), because it will only be needed there and it doesn't depend on anything else in advance_transaction(). > > Signed-off-by: Jeremy Compostella <jeremy.compostella@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/acpi/ec.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c > > index 928899ab9502..42af09732238 100644 > > --- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c > > @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static void advance_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, bool interrupt) > > * 2. As long as software can ensure only clearing it when it is set, > > * hardware won't set it in parallel. > > */ > > - if (ec->gpe >= 0 && acpi_ec_gpe_status_set(ec)) > > + if (interrupt && ec->gpe >= 0 && acpi_ec_gpe_status_set(ec)) > > acpi_clear_gpe(NULL, ec->gpe); > > > > status = acpi_ec_read_status(ec); > > --
