RE: [PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi: Do not call ACPI _DSM method for UCSI read operations

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Hi Greg,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2024 3:44 PM
> To: Gopal, Saranya <saranya.gopal@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: 'Christian A. Ehrhardt' <lk@xxxxxxx>; Heikki Krogerus
> <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> Regupathy, Rajaram <rajaram.regupathy@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi: Do not call ACPI _DSM method
> for UCSI read operations
> 
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 09:41:51AM +0000, Gopal, Saranya wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Christian A. Ehrhardt <lk@xxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 3:21 AM
> > > To: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Gopal, Saranya <saranya.gopal@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> > > usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Regupathy,
> > > Rajaram <rajaram.regupathy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi: Do not call ACPI _DSM
> method
> > > for UCSI read operations
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Heikki,
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 02:21:30PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus
> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 08:32:53PM +0200, Christian A.
> Ehrhardt
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Heikki,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 12:20:47PM +0300, Heikki Krogerus
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Saranya, Christian,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Sep 06, 2024 at 11:47:42AM +0000, Gopal, Saranya
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Heikki, Christian,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > > From: Christian A. Ehrhardt <lk@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2024 3:40 AM
> > > > > > > > To: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > Cc: Gopal, Saranya <saranya.gopal@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-
> > > > > > > > usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > Regupathy,
> > > > > > > > Rajaram <rajaram.regupathy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi: Do not call ACPI
> _DSM
> > > method
> > > > > > > > for UCSI read operations
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Hi Heikki, Hi Saranya,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 11:44:33AM +0300, Heikki
> Krogerus
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 02:13:42PM +0530, Saranya
> Gopal
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > ACPI _DSM methods are needed only for UCSI write
> > > operations
> > > > > > > > and for reading
> > > > > > > > > > CCI during RESET_PPM operation. So, remove _DSM
> calls
> > > from
> > > > > > > > other places.
> > > > > > > > > > While there, remove the Zenbook quirk also since the
> > > default
> > > > > > > > behavior
> > > > > > > > > > now aligns with the Zenbook quirk. With this change,
> > > > > > > > GET_CONNECTOR_STATUS
> > > > > > > > > > returns at least 6 seconds faster than before in
> > > Arrowlake-S
> > > > > > > > platforms.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus
> > > <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Saranya Gopal
> > > <saranya.gopal@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Maybe this should be marked as a fix. I think this
> covers:
> > > > > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-
> > > usb/20240829100109.562429-2-
> > > > > > > > lk@xxxxxxx/
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Heikki,
> > > > > > > I see that Christian's other patch is marked as a fix already
> > > (https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20240906065853.637205-1-
> lk@c--
> > > e.de/T/#u).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The other part still needs a fix.
> > > > >
> > > > > Well technically not. I've established with the reporter of
> > > > > 	https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219108
> > > > > that the immediate regression (keyboard on ASUS laptop not
> > > working) is
> > > > > fixed with the ucsi.c patch (that got your Reviewed-By today)
> > > alone.
> > > > >
> > > > > UCSI on the ASUS laptop is still broken but it always was,
> AFAICT.
> > > > > Thus I'd like to push the above mentioned patch as the fix for
> > > > > the regression.
> > > > >
> > > > > The reporter was very helpful and responsive in testing and
> > > > > I intend to look into the reason why UCSI does not work after
> > > > > that with the reporter's help.
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, 5 Sept 2024 at 20:00, Christian A. Ehrhardt <lk@c--
> > > e.de> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi again,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > attached is version 4 of the patch. This will not fix the error
> > > > > > > messages we talked about (I have to think about this some
> > > more).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It should fix your keyboard issues, though.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Heikki had another request to change the patch and it
> would
> > > be
> > > > > > > cool if you could test this version to make sure that it really
> > > > > > > fixes your immediate problem.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > > Christian
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU8: Topology domain 1
> shift 7
> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU8: Topology domain 2
> shift 7
> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU8: Topology domain 3
> shift 7
> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU8: Topology domain 4
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU8: Topology domain 5
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU8: Topology domain 6
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU9: Topology domain 1
> shift 7
> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU9: Topology domain 2
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU9: Topology domain 3
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU9: Topology domain 4
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU9: Topology domain 5
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU9: Topology domain 6
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU10: Topology domain 1
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU10: Topology domain 2
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU10: Topology domain 3
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU10: Topology domain 4
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU10: Topology domain 5
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU10: Topology domain 6
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU11: Topology domain 1
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU11: Topology domain 2
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU11: Topology domain 3
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU11: Topology domain 4
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU11: Topology domain 5
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU11: Topology domain 6
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> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU12: Topology domain 1
> shift 7
> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU12: Topology domain 2
> shift 7
> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU12: Topology domain 3
> shift 7
> > > != 6
> > > > > > [    0.019168] [Firmware Bug]: CPU12: Topology domain 4
> shift 7
> > > != 6
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > So, can this patch go in as it is?
> > > > > > > Please let me know if I need to resubmit with any
> changes.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you prefer that we go with Christian's patch to fix the
> issue
> > > > > > - which is fine by me - you need to rebase this on top of his
> > > patch in
> > > > > > any case. So you will need to resend this either way.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Christian would you mind resending that second patch after
> all
> > > where
> > > > > > you take the Zenbook quirk into use on that ASUS system?
> > > > >
> > > > > See above. The immediate regression is fixed with the already
> > > > > reviewed patch alone. The remaining issue with UCSI on the
> ASUS
> > > > > laptop not working can be fixed separately.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd rather base a fix for UCSI on the ASUS laptop onto
> Saranya's
> > > > > patch because I think that patch is the correct thing to do.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately, testing by the original reporter was
> inconclusive
> > > > > wrt. this. I have one report of a test run with the (classical)
> > > > > ASUS quirk (and the other patch) where UCSI on the ASUS
> laptop
> > > > > did work. Patch version v1 was the result of this.
> > > > >
> > > > > With Saranya's patch and my patch to ucsi.c the regression
> was
> > > gone
> > > > > but UCSI did _not_ work.
> > > > >
> > > > > As this does not make sense because Saranya's patch should
> be
> > > > > equivalent to the ASUS zenbook quirk. Thus this needs more
> > > > > investigation and dropping the zenbook quirk patch looks like
> the
> > > > > correct thing to do.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Let's make that as the actual fix for the issue. Maybe it's
> more
> > > clear
> > > > > > that way.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please let me know if you disagree and I can resend the ASUS
> > > quirk
> > > > > patch.
> > > >
> > > > No, that's not necessary. So we go ahead with this patch from
> > > Saranya
> > > > as is - we don't caim it fixes anything. Then you guys continue
> > > > debugging that UCSI not working on the ASUS laptop issue. If I
> got
> > > > this correct then:
> > >
> > > Exactly. And
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240906065853.637205-1-lk@c--
> e.de/
> > > proceeds but is independent.
> > >
> > > > Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus
> <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > If there was nothing else, then my appologies for all the noise.
> > >
> > > No need to. The state of things was confusing and this type of
> > > "noise" is your job as a maintainer :-)
> > >
> > > Thanks for the review.
> >
> > Gentle ping to consider taking this patch.
> 
> It has been mere hours since the merge window closed and I could
> even
> consider applying this change.  Please relax and understand the
> ecosystem in which you are working in (also remember the weeks of
> conferences most of us have been at right now.)
> 
Sorry for my previous mail. I realize that the time I sent it wasn't correct.

> To help make this work better, please take the time to review other
> pending patches for the subsystem, which will ensure that your
> changes
> get moved to the top as others get reviewed.  I'll wait for you to do
> that before getting to this one...

Sure, let me take the time to review the other pending patches.

Thanks,
Saranya
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h





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