Hi, Konrad.
Should I change anything else?
I tested the changes in my notebook and it is working fine.
Cheers.
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Marco Aurelio da Costa <costa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Marco Aurelio da Costa <costa@xxxxxxxxx>
> [v3: Fixes suggested by Konrad]
> Signed-off-by: Marco Aurelio da Costa <costa@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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
> 18:23:02.640111246 +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 +373,33 @@ 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_invalid == -1)
> + 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);
> + pr->performance->states = NULL;
> + }
> +
> + if (last_invalid > 0)
> + pr->performance->state_count = last_invalid;
> +
> end:
> kfree(buffer.pointer);
>
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