Hi, Greg > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxx] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPICA / Interpreter: Fix a regression triggered because > of wrong Linux ECDT support > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 10:39:56AM +0800, Lv Zheng wrote: > > 4.5-stable review patch. If anyone has any objects, please let me know. > > Huh? I don't understand this email... > > [Lv Zheng] I received an error notice from you on 4/11/2016: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ACPICA / Interpreter: Fix a regression triggered because of ACPICA: Events: Enhance acpi_ev_execute_reg_method() to" failed to apply to 4.5-stable tree And promised you to perform the back porting. After having it tested by LKP for several days, I sent it out to the stable mailing list. I'm sorry I didn't send this email to you directly and didn't send it to the original mail thread for you to reference. The original thread is: Message-ID: <14603111697259@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ACPICA / Interpreter: Fix a regression triggered because of ACPICA: Events: Enhance acpi_ev_execute_reg_method() to" failed to apply to 4.5-stable tree Hope you can help to have this shipped in 4.5-stable. Thanks and best regards -Lv > > > > > --------------- > > > > From: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > commit 5508df89756f8378024828e185724a9bd2348985 upstream. > > > > It is reported that the following commit triggers regressions: > > Linux commit: efaed9be998b5ae0afb7458e057e5f4402b43fa0 > > ACPICA commit: 31178590dde82368fdb0f6b0e466b6c0add96c57 > > Subject: ACPICA: Events: Enhance acpi_ev_execute_reg_method() to > > ensure no _REG evaluations can happen during OS early boot > > stages > > > > This is because that the ECDT support is not corrected in Linux, and Linux > > requires to execute _REG for ECDT (though this sounds so wrong), we need to > > ensure acpi_gbl_reg_methods_enabled is set before ECDT probing in order > > for _REG to be executed. Since we have to move > > "acpi_gbl_reg_methods_enabled = TRUE" to the initialization step > > happening before ECDT probing, acpi_load_tables() is the best candidate for > > now. Thus this patch fixes the regression by doing so. > > > > But if the ECDT support is fixed, Linux will not execute _REG for ECDT, and > > ECDT probing will happen before acpi_load_tables(). At that time, we still > > want to ensure acpi_gbl_reg_methods_enabled is set after executing > > acpi_ns_initialize_objects() (under the condition of > > acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code = FALSE), this patch also moves > > acpi_ns_initialize_objects() to acpi_load_tables() accordingly. > > > > Since acpi_ns_initialize_objects() doesn't seem to be skippable, this > > patch also removes ACPI_NO_OBJECT_INIT for the one invoked in > > acpi_load_tables(). Reported by Chris Bainbridge, Fixed by Lv Zheng. > > > > Fixes: efaed9be998b (ACPICA: Events: Enhance > acpi_ev_execute_reg_method() to ensure no _REG evaluations can happen > during OS early boot stages) > > Reported-and-tested-by: Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@xxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c | 2 ++ > > drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c | 14 ++++++++++++++ > > drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c | 25 +++++++++++-------------- > > 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c > > index bd75d46..ddb436f 100644 > > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsinit.c > > @@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ acpi_status acpi_ns_initialize_objects(void) > > > > ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ns_initialize_objects); > > > > + ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC, > > + "[Init] Completing Initialization of ACPI Objects\n")); > > ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_DISPATCH, > > "**** Starting initialization of namespace objects > ****\n")); > > ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW((ACPI_DB_INIT, > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c > > index 278666e..c37d479 100644 > > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfload.c > > @@ -83,6 +83,20 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_load_tables(void) > > "While loading namespace from ACPI tables")); > > } > > > > + if (!acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code) { > > + /* > > + * Initialize the objects that remain uninitialized. This > > + * runs the executable AML that may be part of the > > + * declaration of these objects: > > + * operation_regions, buffer_fields, Buffers, and Packages. > > + */ > > + status = acpi_ns_initialize_objects(); > > + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { > > + return_ACPI_STATUS(status); > > + } > > + } > > + > > + acpi_gbl_reg_methods_enabled = TRUE; > > return_ACPI_STATUS(status); > > } > > > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c > > index 721b87c..638fbd4 100644 > > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/utxfinit.c > > @@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_initialize_objects(u32 flags) > > * initialized, even if they contain executable AML (see the call to > > * acpi_ns_initialize_objects below). > > */ > > - acpi_gbl_reg_methods_enabled = TRUE; > > if (!(flags & ACPI_NO_ADDRESS_SPACE_INIT)) { > > ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC, > > "[Init] Executing _REG OpRegion > methods\n")); > > @@ -299,20 +298,18 @@ acpi_status __init acpi_initialize_objects(u32 flags) > > */ > > if (acpi_gbl_group_module_level_code) { > > acpi_ns_exec_module_code_list(); > > - } > > > > - /* > > - * Initialize the objects that remain uninitialized. This runs the > > - * executable AML that may be part of the declaration of these objects: > > - * operation_regions, buffer_fields, Buffers, and Packages. > > - */ > > - if (!(flags & ACPI_NO_OBJECT_INIT)) { > > - ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_EXEC, > > - "[Init] Completing Initialization of ACPI > Objects\n")); > > - > > - status = acpi_ns_initialize_objects(); > > - if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { > > - return_ACPI_STATUS(status); > > + /* > > + * Initialize the objects that remain uninitialized. This > > + * runs the executable AML that may be part of the > > + * declaration of these objects: > > + * operation_regions, buffer_fields, Buffers, and Packages. > > + */ > > + if (!(flags & ACPI_NO_OBJECT_INIT)) { > > + status = acpi_ns_initialize_objects(); > > + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { > > + return_ACPI_STATUS(status); > > + } > > } > > } > > > > -- > > 1.7.10 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html