Re: [PATCH V2] acpi: reboot: fix racing after writing to ACPI RESET_REG

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On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 9:36 AM Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> According to the ACPI spec, "The system must reset immediately following
> the write to the ACPI RESET_REG register.", but there are cases that the
> system does not follow this and results in racing with the subsequetial
> reboot mechanism, which brings unexpected behavior.
>
> Fix this by adding a 15ms delay after writing to the ACPI RESET_REG.
>
> Reported-by: Ghorai, Sukumar <sukumar.ghorai@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/reboot.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/reboot.c b/drivers/acpi/reboot.c
> index ca707f5b521d..0e357cb5612f 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/reboot.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/reboot.c
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
>  #include <linux/pci.h>
>  #include <linux/acpi.h>
>  #include <acpi/reboot.h>
> +#include <linux/delay.h>
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
>  static void acpi_pci_reboot(struct acpi_generic_address *rr, u8 reset_value)
> @@ -66,4 +67,13 @@ void acpi_reboot(void)
>                 acpi_reset();
>                 break;
>         }
> +
> +       /*
> +        * Some platforms do not shutdown immediately after writing to the
> +        * ACPI reset register, and this results in racing with the
> +        * subsequetial reboot mechanism.
> +        * Delay for 15ms has been proved to be long enough for the system
> +        * to reboot, for these platforms.
> +        */
> +       mdelay(15);
>  }
> --

Applied as 5.10-rc material with some edits in the comment above and subject.

Thanks!



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