Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPICA: Dispatch active GPEs at init time

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 11:59:00 AM CEST Zheng, Lv wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPICA: Dispatch active GPEs at init time
> > 
> > On Friday, August 11, 2017 7:40:56 AM CEST Zheng, Lv wrote:
> > > Hi, Rafael
> > >
> > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPICA: Dispatch active GPEs at init time
> > > >
> > > > On Thursday, August 10, 2017 3:48:58 AM CEST Zheng, Lv wrote:
> > > > > Hi, Rafael
> > > > >
> > > > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki [mailto:rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > > > Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ACPICA: Dispatch active GPEs at init time
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In some cases GPEs are already active when they are enabled by
> > > > > > acpi_ev_initialize_gpe_block() and whatever happens next may depend
> > > > > > on the result of handling the events signaled by them, so the
> > > > > > events should not be discarded (which is what happens currently) and
> > > > > > they should be handled as soon as reasonably possible.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > For this reason, modify acpi_ev_initialize_gpe_block() to
> > > > > > dispatch GPEs with the status flag set in-band right after
> > > > > > enabling them.
> > > > >
> > > > > In fact, what we need seems to be invoking acpi_ev_gpe_dispatch()
> > > > > right after enabling an GPE. So there are 2 conditions related:
> > > > > 1. GPE is enabled for the first time.
> > > > > 2. GPE is initialized.
> > > > >
> > > > > And we need to make sure that before acpi_update_all_gpes() is invoked,
> > > > > all GPE EN bits are actually disabled.
> > > >
> > > > But we don't do it today, do we?
> > >
> > > We don't do that.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > And still calling _dispatch() should not be incorrect even if the GPE
> > > > has been enabled already at this point.  Worst case it just will
> > > > queue up the execution of _Lxx/_Exx which may or may not do anything
> > > > useful.
> > > >
> > > > And BTW this is all done under acpi_gbl_gpe_lock so acpi_ev_gpe_detect()
> > > > will block on it if run concurrently and we've checked the status, so
> > > > we know that the GPE *should* be dispatched, so I sort of fail to see
> > > > the problem.
> > >
> > > There is another problem related:
> > > ACPICA clears GPEs before enabling it.
> > > This is proven to be wrong, and we have to fix it:
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196249
> > >
> > > without fixing this issue, in this solution, we surely need to save the
> > > GPE STS bit before incrementing GPE reference count, and poll it according
> > > to the saved STS bit. Because if we poll it after enabling, STS bit will
> > > be wrongly cleared.
> > 
> > I'm not sure if I understand you correctly, but why would we poll it?
> > 
> > In the $subject patch the status is checked and then
> > acpi_ev_add_gpe_reference() is called to add a reference to the GPE.
> > 
> > If this is the first reference (which will be the case in the majority
> > of cases), acpi_ev_enable_gpe() will be called and that will clear the
> > status.
> > 
> > Then, acpi_ev_gpe_dispatch() is called if the status was set and that
> > itself doesn't check the status.  It disables the GPE upfront (so the
> > status doesn't matter from now on until the GPE is enabled again) and
> > clears the status unconditionally if the GPE is edge-triggered.  This
> > means that for edge-triggered GPEs the clearing of the status by
> > acpi_ev_enable_gpe() doesn't matter here.
> 
> No problem, I understood.
> And was thinking thought this patch [edge GPE dispatch fix] should be
> correct and good for current Linux upstream.
> 
> What I meant is:
> PATCH [edge GPE clear fix] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9894983/
> is a fix we need for upstream as it is the only possible fix for the
> issue fixed by it.
> On top of that, when acpi_ev_enable_gpe() is called, GPE won't be cleared.
> and then things can be done in a simpler way:
> PATCH [edge GPE enable fix] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9894989/
> 
> As [edge GPE clear fix] is risky, I think [edge GPE dispatch fix] is OK
> for Linux upstream.
> 
> So we can have 2 processes:
> 1. Merge [edge GPE dispatch fix] and let [edge GPE clear fix] and
>    [edge GPE enable fix] released from ACPICA upstream so that:
>    1. We can enhance them in ACPICA upstream.
>    2. It will be regression safer for us to merge [edge GPE clear fix].
> 2. Merge [edge GPE clear fix] and [edge GPE enable fix] without
>    merging [edge GPE dispatch fix].
> 
> What I meant is:
> It's up to you to decide which process we should take. :)

OK

So I would go with what is already there in my tree.  Please work on top of
that.

Thanks,
Rafael