[Acked] [PATCH][SRU Bionic] mailbox: PCC: erroneous error message when parsing ACPI PCCT

Andy Whitcroft apw at canonical.com
Thu Jul 19 14:24:04 UTC 2018


On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 08:39:38PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> From: Al Stone <ahs3 at redhat.com>
> 
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1528684
> 
> There have been multiple reports of the following error message:
> 
> [    0.068293] Error parsing PCC subspaces from PCCT
> 
> This error message is not correct.  In multiple cases examined, the PCCT
> (Platform Communications Channel Table) concerned is actually properly
> constructed; the problem is that acpi_pcc_probe() which reads the PCCT
> is making the assumption that the only valid PCCT is one that contains
> subtables of one of two types: ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_SUBSPACE or
> ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_TYPE2.  The number of subtables of these
> types are counted and as long as there is at least one of the desired
> types, the acpi_pcc_probe() succeeds.  When no subtables of these types
> are found, regardless of whether or not any other subtable types are
> present, the error mentioned above is reported.
> 
> In the cases reported to me personally, the PCCT contains exactly one
> subtable of type ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_GENERIC_SUBSPACE.  The function
> acpi_pcc_probe() does not count it as a valid subtable, so believes
> there to be no valid subtables, and hence outputs the error message.
> 
> An example of the PCCT being reported as erroneous yet perfectly fine
> is the following:
> 
>                     Signature : "PCCT"
>                  Table Length : 0000006E
>                      Revision : 05
>                      Checksum : A9
>                        Oem ID : "XXXXXX"
>                  Oem Table ID : "XXXXX   "
>                  Oem Revision : 00002280
>               Asl Compiler ID : "XXXX"
>         Asl Compiler Revision : 00000002
> 
>         Flags (decoded below) : 00000001
>                      Platform : 1
>                      Reserved : 0000000000000000
> 
>                 Subtable Type : 00 [Generic Communications Subspace]
>                        Length : 3E
> 
>                      Reserved : 000000000000
>                  Base Address : 00000000DCE43018
>                Address Length : 0000000000001000
> 
>             Doorbell Register : [Generic Address Structure]
>                      Space ID : 01 [SystemIO]
>                     Bit Width : 08
>                    Bit Offset : 00
>          Encoded Access Width : 01 [Byte Access:8]
>                       Address : 0000000000001842
> 
>                 Preserve Mask : 00000000000000FD
>                    Write Mask : 0000000000000002
>               Command Latency : 00001388
>           Maximum Access Rate : 00000000
>       Minimum Turnaround Time : 0000
> 
> To fix this, we count up all of the possible subtable types for the
> PCCT, and only report an error when there are none (which could mean
> either no subtables, or no valid subtables), or there are too many.
> We also change the logic so that if there is a valid subtable, we
> do try to initialize it per the PCCT subtable contents.  This is a
> change in functionality; previously, the probe would have returned
> right after the error message and would not have tried to use any
> other subtable definition.
> 
> Tested on my personal laptop which showed the error previously; the
> error message no longer appears and the laptop appears to operate
> normally.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Stone <ahs3 at redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Prashanth Prakash <pprakash at codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki at intel.com>
> (cherry picked from commit 8f8027c5f935bf02bdc8806c109ddbb0e402283c)
> Signed-off-by: dann frazier <dann.frazier at canonical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mailbox/pcc.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
> index 3ef7f036ceea..fc3c237daef2 100644
> --- a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
> @@ -373,33 +373,24 @@ static const struct mbox_chan_ops pcc_chan_ops = {
>  };
>  
>  /**
> - * parse_pcc_subspace - Parse the PCC table and verify PCC subspace
> - *		entries. There should be one entry per PCC client.
> + * parse_pcc_subspaces -- Count PCC subspaces defined
>   * @header: Pointer to the ACPI subtable header under the PCCT.
>   * @end: End of subtable entry.
>   *
> - * Return: 0 for Success, else errno.
> + * Return: If we find a PCC subspace entry of a valid type, return 0.
> + *	Otherwise, return -EINVAL.
>   *
>   * This gets called for each entry in the PCC table.
>   */
>  static int parse_pcc_subspace(struct acpi_subtable_header *header,
>  		const unsigned long end)
>  {
> -	struct acpi_pcct_hw_reduced *pcct_ss;
> -
> -	if (pcc_mbox_ctrl.num_chans <= MAX_PCC_SUBSPACES) {
> -		pcct_ss = (struct acpi_pcct_hw_reduced *) header;
> +	struct acpi_pcct_subspace *ss = (struct acpi_pcct_subspace *) header;
>  
> -		if ((pcct_ss->header.type !=
> -				ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_SUBSPACE)
> -		    && (pcct_ss->header.type !=
> -				ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_SUBSPACE_TYPE2)) {
> -			pr_err("Incorrect PCC Subspace type detected\n");
> -			return -EINVAL;
> -		}
> -	}
> +	if (ss->header.type < ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_RESERVED)
> +		return 0;
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	return -EINVAL;
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -449,8 +440,8 @@ static int __init acpi_pcc_probe(void)
>  	struct acpi_table_header *pcct_tbl;
>  	struct acpi_subtable_header *pcct_entry;
>  	struct acpi_table_pcct *acpi_pcct_tbl;
> +	struct acpi_subtable_proc proc[ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_RESERVED];
>  	int count, i, rc;
> -	int sum = 0;
>  	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
>  
>  	/* Search for PCCT */
> @@ -459,43 +450,41 @@ static int __init acpi_pcc_probe(void)
>  	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !pcct_tbl)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
> -	count = acpi_table_parse_entries(ACPI_SIG_PCCT,
> -			sizeof(struct acpi_table_pcct),
> -			ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_SUBSPACE,
> -			parse_pcc_subspace, MAX_PCC_SUBSPACES);
> -	sum += (count > 0) ? count : 0;
> -
> -	count = acpi_table_parse_entries(ACPI_SIG_PCCT,
> -			sizeof(struct acpi_table_pcct),
> -			ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_SUBSPACE_TYPE2,
> -			parse_pcc_subspace, MAX_PCC_SUBSPACES);
> -	sum += (count > 0) ? count : 0;
> +	/* Set up the subtable handlers */
> +	for (i = ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_GENERIC_SUBSPACE;
> +	     i < ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_RESERVED; i++) {
> +		proc[i].id = i;
> +		proc[i].count = 0;
> +		proc[i].handler = parse_pcc_subspace;
> +	}
>  
> -	if (sum == 0 || sum >= MAX_PCC_SUBSPACES) {
> -		pr_err("Error parsing PCC subspaces from PCCT\n");
> +	count = acpi_table_parse_entries_array(ACPI_SIG_PCCT,
> +			sizeof(struct acpi_table_pcct), proc,
> +			ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_RESERVED, MAX_PCC_SUBSPACES);
> +	if (count == 0 || count > MAX_PCC_SUBSPACES) {
> +		pr_warn("Invalid PCCT: %d PCC subspaces\n", count);
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
> -	pcc_mbox_channels = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mbox_chan) *
> -			sum, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	pcc_mbox_channels = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mbox_chan) * count, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!pcc_mbox_channels) {
>  		pr_err("Could not allocate space for PCC mbox channels\n");
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
>  
> -	pcc_doorbell_vaddr = kcalloc(sum, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	pcc_doorbell_vaddr = kcalloc(count, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!pcc_doorbell_vaddr) {
>  		rc = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto err_free_mbox;
>  	}
>  
> -	pcc_doorbell_ack_vaddr = kcalloc(sum, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	pcc_doorbell_ack_vaddr = kcalloc(count, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!pcc_doorbell_ack_vaddr) {
>  		rc = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto err_free_db_vaddr;
>  	}
>  
> -	pcc_doorbell_irq = kcalloc(sum, sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	pcc_doorbell_irq = kcalloc(count, sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!pcc_doorbell_irq) {
>  		rc = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto err_free_db_ack_vaddr;
> @@ -509,18 +498,24 @@ static int __init acpi_pcc_probe(void)
>  	if (acpi_pcct_tbl->flags & ACPI_PCCT_DOORBELL)
>  		pcc_mbox_ctrl.txdone_irq = true;
>  
> -	for (i = 0; i < sum; i++) {
> +	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
>  		struct acpi_generic_address *db_reg;
> -		struct acpi_pcct_hw_reduced *pcct_ss;
> +		struct acpi_pcct_subspace *pcct_ss;
>  		pcc_mbox_channels[i].con_priv = pcct_entry;
>  
> -		pcct_ss = (struct acpi_pcct_hw_reduced *) pcct_entry;
> +		if (pcct_entry->type == ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_SUBSPACE ||
> +		    pcct_entry->type == ACPI_PCCT_TYPE_HW_REDUCED_SUBSPACE_TYPE2) {
> +			struct acpi_pcct_hw_reduced *pcct_hrss;
> +
> +			pcct_hrss = (struct acpi_pcct_hw_reduced *) pcct_entry;
>  
> -		if (pcc_mbox_ctrl.txdone_irq) {
> -			rc = pcc_parse_subspace_irq(i, pcct_ss);
> -			if (rc < 0)
> -				goto err;
> +			if (pcc_mbox_ctrl.txdone_irq) {
> +				rc = pcc_parse_subspace_irq(i, pcct_hrss);
> +				if (rc < 0)
> +					goto err;
> +			}
>  		}
> +		pcct_ss = (struct acpi_pcct_subspace *) pcct_entry;
>  
>  		/* If doorbell is in system memory cache the virt address */
>  		db_reg = &pcct_ss->doorbell_register;
> @@ -531,7 +526,7 @@ static int __init acpi_pcc_probe(void)
>  			((unsigned long) pcct_entry + pcct_entry->length);
>  	}
>  
> -	pcc_mbox_ctrl.num_chans = sum;
> +	pcc_mbox_ctrl.num_chans = count;
>  
>  	pr_info("Detected %d PCC Subspaces\n", pcc_mbox_ctrl.num_chans);
>  
> -- 
> 2.18.0

Simple cherry-pick, tested by the OR. 

Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>

-apw




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