RE: [PATCH 3/3] ACPI / scan: Enable GPEs before scanning the namespace

From	"Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@intel.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	RE: [PATCH 3/3] ACPI / scan: Enable GPEs before scanning the namespace
Date	2017-08-17 04:30 +0200
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Hi, Rafael

> From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@rjwysocki.net]
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ACPI / scan: Enable GPEs before scanning the namespace
> 
> On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 4:12:24 AM CEST Zheng, Lv wrote:
> > Hi, Rafael
> >
> > > From: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of
> Rafael J.
> > > Wysocki
> > > Subject: [PATCH 3/3] ACPI / scan: Enable GPEs before scanning the namespace
> > >
> > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > >
> > > On some systems the platform firmware expects GPEs to be enabled
> > > before the enumeration of devices and if that expectation is not
> > > met, the systems in question may not boot in some situations.
> > >
> > > For this reason, change the initialization ordering of the ACPI
> > > subsystem to make it enable GPEs before scanning the namespace
> > > for the first time in order to enumerate devices.
> > >
> > > Reported-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
> > > Suggested-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/acpi/scan.c |    8 ++++----
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > > +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > > @@ -2139,6 +2139,10 @@ int __init acpi_scan_init(void)
> > >  			acpi_get_spcr_uart_addr();
> > >  	}
> > >
> > > +	acpi_gpe_apply_masked_gpes();
> > > +	acpi_update_all_gpes();
> > > +	acpi_ec_ecdt_start();
> > > +
> >
> > Just for your information.
> > A recent internal bug reveals that acpi_ec_ecdt_start() should only be
> > invoked after the enumeration (acpi_ec_add()) for now.
> > The function contains logics that need to be altered by acpi_ec_add().
> >
> > So it seems we can only do less aggressive change by moving the GPE
> > related 2 lines up.
> 
> OK, done.
> 
> Please check my linux-next branch and see if that's what it should be.

I confirmed.
And refreshed my EC regression fix on top of that with v2 tagged in the subjects.

Thanks and best regards
Lv

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RE: [PATCH 3/3] ACPI / scan: Enable GPEs before scanning the  namespace "Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@intel.com> - 2017-08-15 04:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 3/3] ACPI / scan: Enable GPEs before scanning the namespace "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2017-08-15 14:40 +0200
    RE: [PATCH 3/3] ACPI / scan: Enable GPEs before scanning the  namespace "Zheng, Lv" <lv.zheng@intel.com> - 2017-08-17 04:30 +0200

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