On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 2:31:48 PM CET Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 1:36:00 PM CET Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:51 PM Andy Shevchenko > > <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > We allow to read the single value as a first element in the array. > > > Unfortunately the counting doesn't work in this case and we can't > > > call fwnode_property_count_*() API without getting an error. > > > > It would be good to mention what the symptom of the issue is here. > > > > > Modify acpi_data_prop_read() to always try the single value read > > > and thus allow counting the single value as an array of 1 element. > > > > > > Reported-by: Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > This is a bug fix, so it should go in before the cleanups in this series IMO. > > > > Also it looks like stable@vger material. > > > > > --- > > > drivers/acpi/property.c | 6 ++++-- > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/property.c b/drivers/acpi/property.c > > > index 236316ee0e25..d6100585fceb 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/acpi/property.c > > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/property.c > > > @@ -913,12 +913,14 @@ static int acpi_data_prop_read(const struct acpi_device_data *data, > > > const union acpi_object *items; > > > int ret; > > > > > > - if (val && nval == 1) { > > > + /* Try to read as a single value first */ > > > + if (!val || nval == 1) { > > > ret = acpi_data_prop_read_single(data, propname, proptype, val); > > > > This returns -EINVAL if val is NULL. > > > > > if (ret >= 0) > > > - return ret; > > > + return val ? ret : 1; > > > > So val cannot be NULL here. > > > > > } > > > > > > + /* It's not the single value, get an array instead */ > > > ret = acpi_data_get_property_array(data, propname, ACPI_TYPE_ANY, &obj); > > > if (ret) > > > return ret; > > > -- > > > > To me, acpi_fwnode_property_read_string_array() needs to special-case > > val == NULL and nval == 0. > > Well, scratch this. > > Something like the patch below (untested) should be sufficient to address this > if I'm not mistaken. Well, I am mistaken -> > > --- > drivers/acpi/property.c | 17 ++++++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/property.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/property.c > +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/property.c > @@ -787,14 +787,14 @@ static int acpi_data_prop_read_single(co > const union acpi_object *obj; > int ret; > > - if (!val) > - return -EINVAL; > - > if (proptype >= DEV_PROP_U8 && proptype <= DEV_PROP_U64) { > ret = acpi_data_get_property(data, propname, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, &obj); > if (ret) > return ret; > > + if (!val) > + return 1; > + > switch (proptype) { > case DEV_PROP_U8: > if (obj->integer.value > U8_MAX) > @@ -820,7 +820,8 @@ static int acpi_data_prop_read_single(co > if (ret) > return ret; > > - *(char **)val = obj->string.pointer; > + if (val) > + *(char **)val = obj->string.pointer; > > return 1; > } else { > @@ -928,10 +929,16 @@ static int acpi_data_prop_read(const str > const union acpi_object *items; > int ret; > > - if (val && nval == 1) { > + if (nval == 1) { -> because this would miss the nval == 0 case. So appended again with this fixed. --- drivers/acpi/property.c | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/property.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/property.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/property.c @@ -787,14 +787,14 @@ static int acpi_data_prop_read_single(co const union acpi_object *obj; int ret; - if (!val) - return -EINVAL; - if (proptype >= DEV_PROP_U8 && proptype <= DEV_PROP_U64) { ret = acpi_data_get_property(data, propname, ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER, &obj); if (ret) return ret; + if (!val) + return 1; + switch (proptype) { case DEV_PROP_U8: if (obj->integer.value > U8_MAX) @@ -820,7 +820,8 @@ static int acpi_data_prop_read_single(co if (ret) return ret; - *(char **)val = obj->string.pointer; + if (val) + *(char **)val = obj->string.pointer; return 1; } else { @@ -928,10 +929,16 @@ static int acpi_data_prop_read(const str const union acpi_object *items; int ret; - if (val && nval == 1) { + if (nval <= 1) { ret = acpi_data_prop_read_single(data, propname, proptype, val); if (ret >= 0) return ret; + + /* + * Reading this property as a single-value one failed, but its + * value may still be represented as one-element array, so + * continue. + */ } ret = acpi_data_get_property_array(data, propname, ACPI_TYPE_ANY, &obj);