Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 May 2015 15:42:43 +0100 | From | Lee Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] drivers: mfd: check ACPI device companion before checking resources |
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On Fri, 01 May 2015, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> Current code in mfd-core calls into ACPI to check resources even > on a system that booted with a DT (on kernels with both DT and ACPI > support compiled in). This triggers ACPI exceptions since we may > end up calling the ACPI interpreter when it has not been initialized: > > "ACPI Exception: AE_BAD_PARAMETER, Thread 2064154624 could not acquire > Mutex [0x1] (20150410/utmutex-285)" > > This patch fixes the issues by adding a check for an ACPI companion > device before carrying out ACPI resources checks to avoid calling > the ACPI interpreter if the fwnode representing the device is an OF one. > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com> > Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> > Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> > Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@linux.intel.com> > --- > Lee, Samuel, > > I could not test it on X86 and I do not know if you prefer setting > ignore_resource_conflicts in the respective mfd cells (ie vexpress), > just let me know how do you want to fix it.
Patch looks fine to me. It doesn't change current *expected* behaviour and adds extra protection against the aforementioned issue.
Applied, thanks.
> drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c | 8 +++++--- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c > index 1aed3b7..14fd5cb 100644 > --- a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c > +++ b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c > @@ -207,9 +207,11 @@ static int mfd_add_device(struct device *parent, int id, > } > > if (!cell->ignore_resource_conflicts) { > - ret = acpi_check_resource_conflict(&res[r]); > - if (ret) > - goto fail_alias; > + if (has_acpi_companion(&pdev->dev)) { > + ret = acpi_check_resource_conflict(&res[r]); > + if (ret) > + goto fail_alias; > + } > } > } >
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