Re: [PATCH 7/10] PCI / Hot-plug: Query _OSC before requesting controls

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On Friday, August 06, 2010, Hidetoshi Seto wrote:
> (2010/08/06 10:11), Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
> > 
> > It generally is unsafe to call acpi_pci_osc_control_set() without
> > checking what _OSC bits the BIOS is willing to grant control of,
> > because control of some _OSC bits may be granted even if
> > acpi_pci_osc_control_set() returns AE_SUPPORT.  Therefore make
> > acpi_get_hp_hw_control_from_firmware() use
> > acpi_pci_osc_control_query() to check if the BIOS will grant
> > OSC_SHPC_NATIVE_HP_CONTROL before calling acpi_pci_osc_control_set().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pci/hotplug/acpi_pcihp.c |    6 ++++--
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Index: linux-2.6/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpi_pcihp.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpi_pcihp.c
> > +++ linux-2.6/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpi_pcihp.c
> > @@ -358,11 +358,13 @@ int acpi_get_hp_hw_control_from_firmware
> >  		acpi_get_name(handle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &string);
> >  		dbg("Trying to get hotplug control for %s\n",
> >  				(char *)string.pointer);
> > +		status = acpi_pci_osc_control_query(handle, &flags);
> > +		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)
> > +		    || !(flags & OSC_SHPC_NATIVE_HP_CONTROL))
> > +			goto no_control;
> >  		status = acpi_pci_osc_control_set(handle, flags);
> >  		if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
> >  			goto got_one;
> > -		if (status == AE_SUPPORT)
> > -			goto no_control;
> >  		kfree(string.pointer);
> >  		string = (struct acpi_buffer){ ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
> >  	}
> 
> This breaks fallback mechanism for OSHP, doesn't it?

Hmm, well.  Can you please elaborate a bit?

I guess you mean that the last two statements should be executed if
acpi_pci_osc_control_query() returns error code, is that correct?

Thanks,
Rafael
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