Update: laptop don't resume working not only after a long time held in suspend, but also after a short period of time for example 3 minutes. As for a long time - it about 24-36 hours. On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Azat Khuzhin <dohardgopro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I tried this patch - https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=73510 > from https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14733. > > And I don't see such messages any more. > But another problem surfaced - laptop can't resume working after a > long time held in suspend, > end there is not messages in kern.log about that laptop trying to resume. > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 11/09/2012 10:36 AM, Feng Tang wrote: >>> >>> 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. >> >> >> The DSDT is supposed to define the _GLK control method on the EC if the BIOS >> needs to perform its own access which may conflict with the OS usage. If it >> doesn't, then it should be the case that either the BIOS doesn't touch the >> EC itself or it uses a separate interface that doesn't cause conflicts with >> what the OS is doing. >> >>> >>> - 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 >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in >>> >>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>> >> > > > > -- > Azat Khuzhin -- Azat Khuzhin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
