On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
<konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 05:25:13PM +0200, Marco Aurelio da Costa wrote:
>> From: Marco Aurelio da Costa <costa@xxxxxxxxx>
>> [v2: Fixes suggested by Konrad]
>> Signed-off-by: Marco Aurelio da Costa <costa@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Heh. You didn't compile test this version did you?
>>
>> The EliteBook 8560W has non-initialized entries in its _PSS ACPI
>> table. Instead of bailing out when the first non-initialized entry is
>> found, ignore it and use only the valid entries. Only bail out if there
>> is no valid entry at all.
>>
>> ---
>> --- linux-3.3.3/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c.orig 2012-04-24
>> 22:18:23.288041268 +0200
>> +++ linux-3.3.3/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c 2012-05-04
>> 17:22:57.400034613 +0200
>> @@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_performanc
>> struct acpi_buffer state = { 0, NULL };
>> union acpi_object *pss = NULL;
>> int i;
>> + int last_invalid = -1;
>>
>>
>> status = acpi_evaluate_object(pr->handle, "_PSS", NULL, &buffer);
>> @@ -372,14 +373,32 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_performanc
>> ((u32)(px->core_frequency * 1000) !=
>> (px->core_frequency * 1000))) {
>> printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PREFIX
>> - "Invalid BIOS _PSS frequency: 0x%llx MHz\n",
>> - px->core_frequency);
>> - result = -EFAULT;
>> - kfree(pr->performance->states);
>> - goto end;
>> + "Invalid BIOS _PSS frequency found for processor %d: 0x%llx MHz\n",
>> + pr->id, px->core_frequency);
>> + if (last_invalidi == -1)
>
> Hrmm. invalidi?
Sorry, vi...
>
>> + last_invalid = i;
>> + } else {
>> + if (last_invalid != -1) {
>> + /*
>> + * Copy this valid entry over last_invalid entry
>> + */
>> + memcpy(&(pr->performance->states[last_invalid]),
>> + px, sizeof(struct acpi_processor_px));
>> + ++last_invalid;
>> + }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> + if (last_invalid == 0) {
>> + printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PREFIX
>> + "No valid BIOS _PSS frequency found for processor %d\n", pr->id);
>> + result = -EFAULT;
>> + kfree(pr->performance->states);
>
> Just as a precaution - also do this pls:
>
> pr->performance->states = NULL?
It wasn't on the original code, but I agree with you.
Doing and compiling, this time... :)
>
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (last_invalid > 0)
>> + pr->performance->state_count = last_invalid;
>> +
>> end:
>> kfree(buffer.pointer);
>>
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>> 52072 Aachen
>> Germany
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