On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM Corey Minyard <minyard@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 04, 2024 at 02:34:52PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 3:48 AM Kai-Heng Feng
> > <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > The function of acpi_power_meter module on Dell system requires IPMI
> > > handler is installed and SMI is selected.
> >
> > Does the firmware use _DEP to let the OS know about this dependency?
> >
> > > So add a helper to let acpi_power_meter know when IPMI handler and SMI
> > > are ready.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > v3:
> > > - New patch.
> > >
> > > drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
> > > include/acpi/acpi_bus.h | 5 +++++
> > > 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
> > > index 0555f68c2dfd..54862cab7171 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
> > > @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > > #define IPMI_TIMEOUT (5000)
> > > #define ACPI_IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH 64
> > >
> > > +static struct completion smi_selected;
> > > +
> > > struct acpi_ipmi_device {
> > > /* the device list attached to driver_data.ipmi_devices */
> > > struct list_head head;
> > > @@ -463,8 +465,10 @@ 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(&smi_selected);
> > > + }
> > > list_add_tail(&ipmi_device->head, &driver_data.ipmi_devices);
> > > mutex_unlock(&driver_data.ipmi_lock);
> > >
> > > @@ -578,10 +582,21 @@ 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(&smi_selected, 2 * HZ);
> > > +
> > > + return ret > 0 ? 0 : -ETIMEDOUT;
> >
> > What will happen if the IPMI driver is unloaded after this has returned 0?
>
> The IPMI driver can't be unloaded if it has a user.
Because of the use of the exported symbol, right?
> I've been following this, but I know little about ACPI. Beyond this
> solution, the only other solution I could come up with was to start the
> IPMI driver earlier. But then you are in a chicken-and-egg situation
> (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/chicken-and-egg-situation).
> Which was the reason for the SPMI table, but that's really kind of
> useless for this, even if the SPMI table existed.
Fine.
Let me reply to the patch with some more comments then.
