Re: ACPI errors with 3.7-rc3

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Robert,

You say that FACS table contains the address of the global lock.
But in my case https://gist.github.com/4037687 it seems to be empty,
so this means that my laptop don't have global lock?

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Moore, Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> And per my check, most of ACPI FW don't implement this lock, say after
>> driver probe, the ec->global_lock will be 0
>
> Take a look at the FACS table, it contains the address of the global lock.
>
> I believe that the ACPI specification requires that the global lock be present.
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tang, Feng
>> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 8:36 AM
>> To: Moore, Robert
>> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki; Greg KH; Azat Khuzhin; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>> Linux Kernel Mailing List; Zheng, Lv; Len Brown
>> Subject: Re: ACPI errors with 3.7-rc3
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 10:30:43PM +0800, Moore, Robert wrote:
>> > The ACPI Global Lock is in fact intended to provide exclusion between
>> the BIOS and the OS.
>> > Bob
>>
>> Thanks for the info.
>>
>> And per my check, most of ACPI FW don't implement this lock, say after
>> driver probe, the ec->global_lock will be 0.
>>
>> - Feng
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Tang, Feng
>> > > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 1:29 AM
>> > > To: Rafael J. Wysocki
>> > > Cc: Greg KH; Azat Khuzhin; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Linux Kernel
>> > > Mailing List; Zheng, Lv; Len Brown; Moore, Robert
>> > > Subject: Re: ACPI errors with 3.7-rc3
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 05:49:40AM +0800, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> > > > On Tuesday, November 06, 2012 01:48:26 PM Greg KH wrote:
>> > > > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 04:42:24PM +0400, Azat Khuzhin wrote:
>> > > > > > I'v also have such errors on my macbook pro.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > $ dmesg | tail
>> > > > > > [17056.008564] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed
>> > > > > > [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC__.SMB0.SBRW] (Node ffff88026547ea10),
>> > > > > > AE_TIME
>> > > > > > (20120711/psparse-536)
>> > > > > > [17056.011194] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed
>> > > > > > [\_SB_.BAT0.UBST] (Node ffff88026547e678), AE_TIME
>> > > > > > (20120711/psparse-536)
>> > > > > > [17056.013793] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed
>> > > > > > [\_SB_.BAT0._BST] (Node ffff88026547e740), AE_TIME
>> > > > > > (20120711/psparse-536)
>> > > > > > [17056.016383] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Evaluating _BST
>> > > > > > (20120711/battery-464) [17056.511373] ACPI: EC: input buffer
>> > > > > > is not empty, aborting transaction [17056.512672] ACPI
>> Exception:
>> > > > > > AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for [EmbeddedControl]
>> > > > > > (20120711/evregion-501) [17056.515256] ACPI Error: Method
>> > > > > > parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC__.SMB0.SBRW] (Node
>> > > > > > ffff88026547ea10), AE_TIME
>> > > > > > (20120711/psparse-536)
>> > > > > > [17056.517886] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed
>> > > > > > [\_SB_.BAT0.UBST] (Node ffff88026547e678), AE_TIME
>> > > > > > (20120711/psparse-536)
>> > > > > > [17056.520479] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed
>> > > > > > [\_SB_.BAT0._BST] (Node ffff88026547e740), AE_TIME
>> > > > > > (20120711/psparse-536)
>> > > > > > [17056.523070] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Evaluating _BST
>> > > > > > (20120711/battery-464)
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I'm seeing this again right now.  I'm wondering if it's because
>> > > > > I'm running on battery power at the moment:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > [41694.309264] ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Returned by Handler for
>> > > > > [EmbeddedControl] (20120913/evregion-501) [41694.309282] ACPI
>> Error:
>> > > > > Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.LPCB.EC__.SMB0.SBRW]
>> > > > > (Node ffff88045cc64618), AE_TIME (20120913/psparse-536)
>> > > > > [41694.309300] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed
>> > > > > [\_SB_.BAT0.UBST] (Node ffff88045cc64988), AE_TIME
>> > > > > (20120913/psparse-536) [41694.309310] ACPI Error: Method
>> > > > > parse/execution failed [\_SB_.BAT0._BST] (Node
>> > > > > ffff88045cc648c0), AE_TIME (20120913/psparse-536) [41694.309324]
>> > > > > ACPI Exception: AE_TIME, Evaluating _BST (20120913/battery-464)
>> > > > > [41694.809093] ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting
>> > > > > transaction
>> > > > >
>> > > > > ec_storm_threshold is still set to 8 in
>> > > > > /sys/module/acpi/parameters/ so that's not the issue here.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > And also loadavg is too high ~ 10 While there is no process
>> > > > > > that load CPU up to 100% or like that.
>> > > > > > I think that this because of processes that is done in kernel
>> space.
>> > > > > > (basically that one who write such errors)
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > $ uname -a
>> > > > > > Linux macbook-pro-sq 3.6.5macbook-pro-custom-v0.1 #4 SMP Sun
>> > > > > > Nov 4
>> > > > > > 12:39:03 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Ah, ok, that means it's not something new in 3.7-rc, so maybe
>> > > > > it's just never worked properly for this hardware :)
>> > > > >
>> > > > > So it's not a regression, just an ACPI issue, any ACPI developer
>> > > > > have an idea about this?
>> > > >
>> > > > Can you please send the output of acpidump from the affected
>> machine(s)?
>> > >
>> > > I doubt this problem is sometimes inevitable for some machines,
>> > > because AFAIK most modern machines have the race problem for EC HW
>> > > controller, as both OS side and the BIOS may access the EC HW at the
>> > > same time without any race control.
>> > >
>> > > For this case, usually the battery and thermal modules (which may be
>> > > controlled through EC) are always monitored by BIOS, when OS also
>> > > frequently visit them too, the EC's own state machine may be broken
>> > > and not responsive due to the race, then cause the timeout error.
>> > > And how severe the problem will be depends on the EC HW, the quality
>> > > of BIOS code and OS/driver code.
>> > >
>> > > Myself have seen the similar "ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty,
>> > > aborting transaction" error message on one laptop when its EC is
>> > > busy visited by OS.
>> > >
>> > > btw, in EC driver I see a "ec->global_lock", don't know if it was
>> > > designed to control the race between OS and BIOS.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Feng



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