When the firmware ROM supplies a FACS table with garbage, and the firmware code does not clear the global_lock field before booting to a loader/OS, the garbage bytes in that field (like 0xffffffff) can indicate that the lock is taken when it is not, thereby preventing obtaining said lock even though it is otherwise perfectly usable if the field were not prepopulated with garbage. Reset the lock to a known good state upon ACPI initialization. References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206553 Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c index c5f0b8ec70cc..26bdbc585d7e 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbutils.c @@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ acpi_status acpi_tb_initialize_facs(void) &facs)); acpi_gbl_FACS = facs; } + /* Clear potential garbage from the initial FACS table. */ + if (facs != NULL) + facs->global_lock &= ~0x3; /* If there is no FACS, just continue. There was already an error msg */ -- 2.26.0