On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 16:32 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:54:09 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > dmi_get_bios_year() may return 0 when it is incapable to parse
> > the BIOS date string. Previously this has been checked in
> > pci_acpi_crs_quirks().
> >
> > Update the code to restore old behaviour.
>
> When fixing a regression, a good practice is to tag the fix commit as
> such:
>
> Fixes: 69c42d493db4 ("x86/pci: Simplify code by using the new
> dmi_get_bios_year() helper")
Someone (perhaps Ingo) told me that Fixes doesn't make much sense if the
fixing commit is not yet in vanilla.
Since it's supposed to go via tip tree I would like to hear Ingo's
opinion before adding this line to the patch.
> > Reported-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/pci/acpi.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/acpi.c b/arch/x86/pci/acpi.c
> > index 00e60de30328..5559dcaddd5e 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/pci/acpi.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/pci/acpi.c
> > @@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id
> > pci_crs_quirks[] __initconst = {
> >
> > void __init pci_acpi_crs_quirks(void)
> > {
> > - if ((dmi_get_bios_year() < 2008) && (iomem_resource.end <=
> > 0xffffffff))
> > + int year = dmi_get_bios_year();
> > +
> > + if (year >= 0 && year < 2008 && iomem_resource.end <=
> > 0xffffffff)
> > pci_use_crs = false;
> >
> > dmi_check_system(pci_crs_quirks);
>
> This works with the non-inline version of dmi_get_bios_year()
> introduced by patch 2/2 of this series. However the inline version of
> this function would return 0 on error, which makes the condition above
> always true.
>
> The patches need to be applied in the opposite order, or the test
> above
> should be changed to "year > 0".
Err... Yes, I use to have them in opposite order, but at some point I
decided to reverse and forgot about the condition.
So, you are right, it needs to be applied in reversed order.
>
> Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
>
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Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Intel Finland Oy
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