Re: [PATCH v8 3/4] alienware-wmi: added platform profile support

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On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 05:09:59PM +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Kurt Borja wrote:
> 
> > Implements platform profile support for Dell laptops with new WMAX thermal
> > interface, present on some Alienware X-Series, Alienware M-Series and
> > Dell's G-Series laptops. This interface is suspected to be used by
> > Alienware Command Center (AWCC), which is not available for linux
> > systems, to manage thermal profiles.
> > 
> > This implementation makes use of three WMI methods, namely
> > THERMAL_CONTROL, THERMAL_INFORMATION and GAME_SHIFT_STATUS, which take
> > u32 as input and output arguments. Each method has a set of supported
> > operations specified in their respective enums.
> > 
> > Wrappers written for these methods support multiple operations.
> > 
> > THERMAL_CONTROL switches thermal modes through operation
> > ACTIVATE_PROFILE. Available thermal codes are auto-detected at runtime
> > and matched against a list of known thermal codes:
> > 
> > Thermal Table "User Selectable Thermal Tables" (USTT):
> > 	BALANCED			0xA0
> > 	BALANCED_PERFORMANCE		0xA1
> > 	COOL				0xA2
> > 	QUIET				0xA3
> > 	PERFORMANCE			0xA4
> > 	LOW_POWER			0xA5
> > 
> > Thermal Table Basic:
> > 	QUIET				0x96
> > 	BALANCED			0x97
> > 	BALANCED_PERFORMANCE		0x98
> > 	PERFORMANCE			0x99
> > 
> > Devices are known to implement only one of these tables without mixing
> > their thermal codes.
> > 
> > The fact that the least significant digit of every thermal code is
> > consecutive of one another is exploited to efficiently match codes
> > through arrays.
> > 
> > Autodetection of available codes is done through operation LIST_IDS of
> > method THERMAL_INFORMATION. This operation lists fan IDs, CPU sensor ID,
> > GPU sensor ID and available thermal profile codes, *in that order*. As
> > number of fans and thermal codes is very model dependent, almost every
> > ID is scanned and matched based on conditions found on
> > is_wmax_thermal_code(). The known upper bound for the number of IDs is
> > 13, corresponding to a device that have 4 fans, 2 sensors and 7 thermal
> > codes.
> > 
> > Additionally G-Series laptops have a key called G-key, which (with AWCC
> > proprietary driver) switches the thermal mode to an special mode named
> > GMODE with code 0xAB and changes Game Shift Status to 1. Game Shift is a
> > mode the manufacturer claims, increases gaming performance.
> > 
> > GAME_SHIFT_STATUS method is used to mimic this behavior when selecting
> > PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE option.
> > 
> > All of these profiles are known to only change fan speed profiles,
> > although there are untested claims that some of them also change power
> > profiles.
> > 
> > Activating a thermal mode with method THERMAL_CONTROL may cause short
> > hangs. This is a known problem present on every platform.
> 
> This is really good!
> 
> A few small things below.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v8:
> >  - Fixed alignment in wmax_mode_to_platform_profile[]
> >  - Quirk thermal and gmode changed from u8 -> bool
> >  - Autodetected quirk entries are not initialized
> >  - is_wmax_thermal_code refactored to increase readibility
> >  - is_wmax_thermal_code now covers all possibilities
> >  - Better commit message
> > v7:
> >  - Method operations are now clearly listed as separate enums
> >  - wmax_thermal_modes are now listed without codes in order to support
> >    autodetection, as well as getting and setting thermal profiles
> >    cleanly through arrays
> >  - Added wmax_mode_to_platform_profile[]
> >  - Added struct wmax_u32_args to replace bit mask approach of
> >    constructing arguments for wmax methods
> >  - create_thermal_profile now autodetects available thermal codes
> >    through operation 0x03 of THERMAL_INFORMATION method. These are
> >    codes are stored in supported_thermal_profiles[]
> >  - thermal_profile_get now uses wmax_mode_to_platform_profile[] instead of
> >    switch-case approach
> >  - thermal_profile_set now uses supported_thermal_profiles[] instead of
> >    switch-case approach
> >  - When gmode is autodetected, thermal_profile_set also sets Game Shift
> >    status accordingly
> > v6:
> >  - Fixed alignment on some function definitions
> >  - Fixed braces on if statment
> >  - Removed quirk thermal_ustt
> >  - Now quirk thermal can take values defined in enum WMAX_THERMAL_TABLE.
> >  - Proper removal of thermal_profile
> > ---
> >  drivers/platform/x86/dell/Kconfig         |   1 +
> >  drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c | 280 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 281 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/Kconfig
> > index 68a49788a..b06d634cd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/Kconfig
> > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ config ALIENWARE_WMI
> >  	depends on LEDS_CLASS
> >  	depends on NEW_LEDS
> >  	depends on ACPI_WMI
> > +	select ACPI_PLATFORM_PROFILE
> >  	help
> >  	 This is a driver for controlling Alienware BIOS driven
> >  	 features.  It exposes an interface for controlling the AlienFX
> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c
> > index b27f3b64c..898b37be7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c
> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c
> > @@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
> >  #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> >  
> >  #include <linux/acpi.h>
> > +#include <linux/bitfield.h>
> > +#include <linux/bits.h>
> >  #include <linux/module.h>
> >  #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> > +#include <linux/platform_profile.h>
> >  #include <linux/dmi.h>
> >  #include <linux/leds.h>
> >  
> > @@ -25,6 +28,13 @@
> >  #define WMAX_METHOD_AMPLIFIER_CABLE	0x6
> >  #define WMAX_METHOD_DEEP_SLEEP_CONTROL	0x0B
> >  #define WMAX_METHOD_DEEP_SLEEP_STATUS	0x0C
> > +#define WMAX_METHOD_THERMAL_INFORMATION	0x14
> > +#define WMAX_METHOD_THERMAL_CONTROL	0x15
> > +#define WMAX_METHOD_GAME_SHIFT_STATUS	0x25
> > +
> > +#define WMAX_THERMAL_MODE_GMODE		0xAB
> > +
> > +#define WMAX_FAILURE_CODE		0xFFFFFFFF
> >  
> >  MODULE_AUTHOR("Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxxxxx>");
> >  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Alienware special feature control");
> > @@ -49,11 +59,59 @@ enum WMAX_CONTROL_STATES {
> >  	WMAX_SUSPEND = 3,
> >  };
> >  
> > +enum WMAX_THERMAL_INFORMATION_OPERATIONS {
> > +	WMAX_OPERATION_LIST_IDS			= 0x03,
> > +	WMAX_OPERATION_CURRENT_PROFILE		= 0x0B,
> > +};
> > +
> > +enum WMAX_THERMAL_CONTROL_OPERATIONS {
> > +	WMAX_OPERATION_ACTIVATE_PROFILE		= 0x01,
> > +};
> > +
> > +enum WMAX_GAME_SHIFT_STATUS_OPERATIONS {
> > +	WMAX_OPERATION_TOGGLE_GAME_SHIFT	= 0x01,
> > +	WMAX_OPERATION_GET_GAME_SHIFT_STATUS	= 0x02,
> > +};
> > +
> > +enum WMAX_THERMAL_TABLES {
> > +	WMAX_THERMAL_TABLE_BASIC		= 0x90,
> > +	WMAX_THERMAL_TABLE_USTT			= 0xA0,
> > +};
> > +
> > +enum wmax_thermal_mode {
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_USTT_BALANCED,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_USTT_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_USTT_COOL,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_USTT_QUIET,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_USTT_PERFORMANCE,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_USTT_LOW_POWER,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_BASIC_QUIET,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_BASIC_BALANCED,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_BASIC_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_BASIC_PERFORMANCE,
> > +	THERMAL_MODE_LAST,
> > +};
> > +
> > +static const enum platform_profile_option wmax_mode_to_platform_profile[THERMAL_MODE_LAST] = {
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_USTT_BALANCED]			= PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED,
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_USTT_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE]	= PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE,
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_USTT_COOL]			= PLATFORM_PROFILE_COOL,
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_USTT_QUIET]			= PLATFORM_PROFILE_QUIET,
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_USTT_PERFORMANCE]			= PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE,
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_USTT_LOW_POWER]			= PLATFORM_PROFILE_LOW_POWER,
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_BASIC_QUIET]			= PLATFORM_PROFILE_QUIET,
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_BASIC_BALANCED]			= PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED,
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_BASIC_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE]	= PLATFORM_PROFILE_BALANCED_PERFORMANCE,
> > +	[THERMAL_MODE_BASIC_PERFORMANCE]		= PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE,
> > +};
> > +
> >  struct quirk_entry {
> >  	u8 num_zones;
> >  	u8 hdmi_mux;
> >  	u8 amplifier;
> >  	u8 deepslp;
> > +	bool thermal;	/* Autodetected. Do not initialize explicitly. */
> > +	bool gmode;	/* Autodetected. Do not initialize explicitly. */
> >  };
> >  
> >  static struct quirk_entry *quirks;
> > @@ -214,10 +272,19 @@ struct wmax_led_args {
> >  	u8 state;
> >  } __packed;
> >  
> > +struct wmax_u32_args {
> > +	u8 operation;
> > +	u8 arg1;
> > +	u8 arg2;
> > +	u8 arg3;
> > +};
> > +
> >  static struct platform_device *platform_device;
> >  static struct device_attribute *zone_dev_attrs;
> >  static struct attribute **zone_attrs;
> >  static struct platform_zone *zone_data;
> > +static struct platform_profile_handler pp_handler;
> > +static enum wmax_thermal_mode supported_thermal_profiles[PLATFORM_PROFILE_LAST];
> >  
> >  static struct platform_driver platform_driver = {
> >  	.driver = {
> > @@ -761,6 +828,210 @@ static int create_deepsleep(struct platform_device *dev)
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * Thermal Profile control
> > + *  - Provides thermal profile control through the Platform Profile API
> > + */
> > +#define WMAX_THERMAL_TABLE_MASK		GENMASK(7, 4)
> > +#define WMAX_THERMAL_MODE_MASK		GENMASK(3, 0)
> > +#define WMAX_SENSOR_ID_MASK		BIT(8)
> > +
> > +static bool is_wmax_thermal_code(u32 code)
> > +{
> > +	if (code & WMAX_SENSOR_ID_MASK)
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	if ((code & WMAX_THERMAL_MODE_MASK) >= THERMAL_MODE_LAST)
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	if ((code & WMAX_THERMAL_TABLE_MASK) == WMAX_THERMAL_TABLE_BASIC &&
> > +	    (code & WMAX_THERMAL_MODE_MASK) >= THERMAL_MODE_BASIC_BALANCED)
> > +		return true;
> > +
> > +	if ((code & WMAX_THERMAL_TABLE_MASK) == WMAX_THERMAL_TABLE_USTT &&
> > +	    (code & WMAX_THERMAL_MODE_MASK) <= THERMAL_MODE_USTT_LOW_POWER)
> > +		return true;
> > +
> > +	return false;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int wmax_thermal_information(u8 operation, u8 arg, u32 *out_data)
> > +{
> > +	acpi_status status;
> > +	struct wmax_u32_args in_args = {
> > +		.operation = operation,
> > +		.arg1 = arg,
> > +		.arg2 = 0,
> > +		.arg3 = 0,
> > +	};
> > +
> > +	status = alienware_wmax_command(&in_args, sizeof(in_args),
> > +					WMAX_METHOD_THERMAL_INFORMATION,
> > +					out_data);
> > +
> > +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> > +		return -EIO;
> > +
> > +	if (*out_data == WMAX_FAILURE_CODE)
> > +		return -EBADRQC;
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int wmax_thermal_control(u8 profile)
> > +{
> > +	acpi_status status;
> > +	struct wmax_u32_args in_args = {
> > +		.operation = WMAX_OPERATION_ACTIVATE_PROFILE,
> > +		.arg1 = profile,
> > +		.arg2 = 0,
> > +		.arg3 = 0,
> > +	};
> > +	u32 out_data;
> > +
> > +	status = alienware_wmax_command(&in_args, sizeof(in_args),
> > +					WMAX_METHOD_THERMAL_CONTROL,
> > +					&out_data);
> > +
> > +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> > +		return -EIO;
> > +
> > +	if (out_data == WMAX_FAILURE_CODE)
> > +		return -EBADRQC;
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int wmax_game_shift_status(u8 operation, u32 *out_data)
> > +{
> > +	acpi_status status;
> > +	struct wmax_u32_args in_args = {
> > +		.operation = operation,
> > +		.arg1 = 0,
> > +		.arg2 = 0,
> > +		.arg3 = 0,
> > +	};
> > +
> > +	status = alienware_wmax_command(&in_args, sizeof(in_args),
> > +					WMAX_METHOD_GAME_SHIFT_STATUS,
> > +					out_data);
> > +
> > +	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> > +		return -EIO;
> > +
> > +	if (*out_data == WMAX_FAILURE_CODE)
> > +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int thermal_profile_get(struct platform_profile_handler *pprof,
> > +			       enum platform_profile_option *profile)
> > +{
> > +	u32 out_data;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	ret = wmax_thermal_information(WMAX_OPERATION_CURRENT_PROFILE,
> > +				       0, &out_data);
> > +
> > +	if (ret < 0)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> > +	if (!is_wmax_thermal_code(out_data))
> > +		return -ENODATA;
> > +
> > +	out_data &= WMAX_THERMAL_MODE_MASK;
> > +	*profile = wmax_mode_to_platform_profile[out_data];
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int thermal_profile_set(struct platform_profile_handler *pprof,
> > +			       enum platform_profile_option profile)
> > +{
> > +	if (quirks->gmode == 1) {
> 
> The variables are bool now so:
> 
> 	if (quirks->gmode) {

I will fix those now.

> 
> > +		u32 gmode_status;
> > +		int ret;
> > +
> > +		ret = wmax_game_shift_status(WMAX_OPERATION_GET_GAME_SHIFT_STATUS,
> > +					     &gmode_status);
> > +
> > +		if (ret < 0)
> > +			return ret;
> > +
> > +		if ((profile == PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE && !gmode_status) ||
> > +		    (profile != PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE && gmode_status)) {
> > +			ret = wmax_game_shift_status(WMAX_OPERATION_TOGGLE_GAME_SHIFT,
> > +						     &gmode_status);
> > +
> > +			if (ret < 0)
> > +				return ret;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return wmax_thermal_control(supported_thermal_profiles[profile]);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int create_thermal_profile(void)
> > +{
> > +	u32 out_data;
> > +	u32 gmode_status;
> > +	enum wmax_thermal_mode mode;
> > +	enum platform_profile_option profile;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	for (u8 i = 0x2; i <= 0xD; i++) {
> > +		ret = wmax_thermal_information(WMAX_OPERATION_LIST_IDS,
> > +					       i, &out_data);
> > +
> > +		if (ret == -EIO)
> > +			return 0;
> > +
> > +		if (ret == -EBADRQC)
> > +			break;
> > +
> > +		if (!is_wmax_thermal_code(out_data))
> > +			continue;
> > +
> > +		mode = out_data & WMAX_THERMAL_MODE_MASK;
> > +		profile = wmax_mode_to_platform_profile[mode];
> > +		supported_thermal_profiles[profile] = out_data;
> > +
> > +		set_bit(profile, pp_handler.choices);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	if (bitmap_empty(pp_handler.choices, PLATFORM_PROFILE_LAST))
> > +		return 0;
> > +
> > +	ret = wmax_game_shift_status(WMAX_OPERATION_GET_GAME_SHIFT_STATUS,
> > +				     &gmode_status);
> > +
> > +	if (!ret) {
> > +		supported_thermal_profiles[PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE] =
> > +			WMAX_THERMAL_MODE_GMODE;
> > +
> > +		set_bit(PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE, pp_handler.choices);
> > +		quirks->gmode = 1;
> 
> = true;
> 
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	pp_handler.profile_get = thermal_profile_get;
> > +	pp_handler.profile_set = thermal_profile_set;
> > +
> > +	ret = platform_profile_register(&pp_handler);
> > +	if (ret < 0)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> > +	quirks->thermal = 1;
> 
> = true;
> 
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void remove_thermal_profile(void)
> > +{
> > +	if (quirks->thermal > 0)
> 
> if (quirks->thermal)
> 
> After changing those bool things, please add:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you so much for your reviews!

Kurt

> 
> -- 
>  i.
> 
> > +		platform_profile_remove();
> > +}
> > +
> >  static int __init alienware_wmi_init(void)
> >  {
> >  	int ret;
> > @@ -808,6 +1079,12 @@ static int __init alienware_wmi_init(void)
> >  			goto fail_prep_deepsleep;
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	if (interface == WMAX && quirks == &quirk_unknown) {
> > +		ret = create_thermal_profile();
> > +		if (ret)
> > +			goto fail_prep_thermal_profile;
> > +	}
> > +
> >  	ret = alienware_zone_init(platform_device);
> >  	if (ret)
> >  		goto fail_prep_zones;
> > @@ -816,6 +1093,8 @@ static int __init alienware_wmi_init(void)
> >  
> >  fail_prep_zones:
> >  	alienware_zone_exit(platform_device);
> > +	remove_thermal_profile();
> > +fail_prep_thermal_profile:
> >  fail_prep_deepsleep:
> >  fail_prep_amplifier:
> >  fail_prep_hdmi:
> > @@ -835,6 +1114,7 @@ static void __exit alienware_wmi_exit(void)
> >  	if (platform_device) {
> >  		alienware_zone_exit(platform_device);
> >  		remove_hdmi(platform_device);
> > +		remove_thermal_profile();
> >  		platform_device_unregister(platform_device);
> >  		platform_driver_unregister(&platform_driver);
> >  	}
> > 





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