Re: [PATCH] ACPI thermal: _TMP and _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx dependency fix

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On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 20:55 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:01:30 AM Zhang Rui wrote:
> > From 391908867c2a500a9068aa9f2a8e74663fff75ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:25:10 +0800
> > Subject: [PATCH] ACPI thermal: _TMP and _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx dependency fix
> > 
> > On some platforms, _TMP and _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx have dependency.
> > And there is no way for OS to detect this dependency.
> > 
> > commit 9bcb8118965ab4631a65ee0726e6518f75cda6c5 shows us a problem
> > that _TMP must be evaluate after _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx, or esle
> > firmware will shutdown the system.
> > 
> > But the machins in https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43284
> > shows us that _PSV would return valid value only if _TMP has been
> > evaluated once.
> > 
> > With this patch, all of the control methods will be evaluated once,
> > in the order of  _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_CRT, _TMP, before they are actually used.
> 
> I'm going to apply it, but with a few cleanups.  The result is appended, please
> double check if it is still correct.
> 
yes, the refreshed patch looks okay to me.

thanks,
rui
> Thanks,
> Rafael
> 
> ---
> From: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: ACPI / thermal: _TMP and _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx dependency fix
> 
> On some platforms, _TMP and _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx have dependency.
> And there is no way for OS to detect this dependency.
> 
> commit 9bcb8118965ab4631a65ee0726e6518f75cda6c5 shows us a problem
> that _TMP must be evaluate after _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx, or else
> firmware will shutdown the system.
> 
> But the machine in https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43284
> shows us that _PSV would return valid value only if _TMP has been
> evaluated once.
> 
> With this patch, all of the control methods will be evaluated once,
> in the _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_CRT/_TMP order, before they are actually used.
> 
> [rjw: Added a local variable for the handle and modified the loop
>  slightly.]
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: katabami <katabami@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/thermal.c |   31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/acpi/thermal.c |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
> +++ linux/drivers/acpi/thermal.c
> @@ -984,6 +984,38 @@ static void acpi_thermal_notify(struct a
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * On some platforms, the AML code has dependency about
> + * the evaluating order of _TMP and _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx.
> + * 1. On HP Pavilion G4-1016tx, _TMP must be invoked after
> + *    /_CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx, or else system will be power off.
> + * 2. On HP Compaq 6715b/6715s, the return value of _PSV is 0
> + *    if _TMP has never been evaluated.
> + *
> + * As this dependency is totally transparent to OS, evaluate
> + * all of them once, in the order of _CRT/_HOT/_PSV/_ACx,
> + * _TMP, before they are actually used.
> + */
> +static void acpi_thermal_aml_dependency_fix(struct acpi_thermal *tz)
> +{
> +	acpi_handle handle = tz->device->handle;
> +	unsigned long long value;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, "_CRT", NULL, &value);
> +	acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, "_HOT", NULL, &value);
> +	acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, "_PSV", NULL, &value);
> +	for (i = 0; i < ACPI_THERMAL_MAX_ACTIVE; i++) {
> +		char name[5] = { '_', 'A', 'C', ('0' + i), '\0' };
> +		acpi_status status;
> +
> +		status = acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, name, NULL, &value);
> +		if (status == AE_NOT_FOUND)
> +			break;
> +	}
> +	acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, "_TMP", NULL, &value);
> +}
> +
>  static int acpi_thermal_get_info(struct acpi_thermal *tz)
>  {
>  	int result = 0;
> @@ -992,6 +1024,8 @@ static int acpi_thermal_get_info(struct
>  	if (!tz)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	acpi_thermal_aml_dependency_fix(tz);
> +
>  	/* Get trip points [_CRT, _PSV, etc.] (required) */
>  	result = acpi_thermal_get_trip_points(tz);
>  	if (result)
> 
> 


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