Hi, Yu
> From: Chen, Yu C
> Subject: [PATCH] ACPI / EC: Use busy polling mode when GPE is not enabled
>
> From: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Previously we have report that during system bootup, the EC command
> was running too slow because the EC GPE has not been enabled yet
> (For example, _REG tries to access the EC operation region, while the
> EC GPE has not been enabled at that stage). Actually we can optimize this
> scenario by using busy polling mode if GPE is disabled, which is much
> faster than the default behavior.
I suddenly realized that why I didn't put this check during my previous EC work.
Though this patch can solve the issue in question, it doesn't handle runtime EC polling in a proper way.
Sorry for my damaged memory.
Let me provide a different fix.
So please drop it.
Thanks and best regards
Lv
>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/ec.c | 10 +++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> index 48e19d0..457949d 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
> @@ -342,6 +342,14 @@ static const char *acpi_ec_cmd_string(u8 cmd)
> * GPE Registers
> * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
>
> +static inline bool acpi_ec_is_gpe_enabled(struct acpi_ec *ec)
> +{
> + acpi_event_status gpe_status = 0;
> +
> + (void)acpi_get_gpe_status(NULL, ec->gpe, &gpe_status);
> + return (gpe_status & ACPI_EVENT_FLAG_ENABLE_SET) ? true : false;
> +}
> +
> static inline bool acpi_ec_is_gpe_raised(struct acpi_ec *ec)
> {
> acpi_event_status gpe_status = 0;
> @@ -734,7 +742,7 @@ static int ec_guard(struct acpi_ec *ec)
>
> /* Ensure guarding period before polling EC status */
> do {
> - if (ec_busy_polling) {
> + if (!acpi_ec_is_gpe_enabled(ec) || ec_busy_polling) {
> /* Perform busy polling */
> if (ec_transaction_completed(ec))
> return 0;
> --
> 2.7.4
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