Thread (24 messages) 24 messages, 3 authors, 2014-01-14
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[PATCH v6 4/6] ACPI: in HW reduced mode, using FADT PM information is not allowed.

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <hidden>
Date: 2014-01-10 23:31:00
Also in: linux-acpi

On Friday, January 10, 2014 03:52:18 PM al.stone at linaro.org wrote:
From: Al Stone <redacted>

Per the ACPI 5.0 specification, section 5.2.9, none of the power
management fields in the FADT are to be used.  Short-circuit using
any of those fields in acpi_processor_get_power_info_fadt().
So the spec says that we're supposed to ignore the information in
certain FADT fields if the HW_REDUCED_ACPI flag is set.

However, what about systems in which that information is actually
valid even though HW_REDUCED_ACPI is set?

Does it break things if we attempt to use that information?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Al Stone <redacted>
---
 drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index eac984a..89f0a0f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -270,6 +270,14 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_power_info_fadt(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	if (!pr->pblk)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	/*
+	 * Using power management information from the FADT is not
+	 * allowed when in HW reduced mode.  See ACPI 5.0, section
+	 * 5.2.9.
+	 */
+	if (acpi_gbl_reduced_hardware)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* if info is obtained from pblk/fadt, type equals state */
 	pr->power.states[ACPI_STATE_C2].type = ACPI_STATE_C2;
 	pr->power.states[ACPI_STATE_C3].type = ACPI_STATE_C3;
-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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