[PATCH 1/2] ACPI: EC: Add debug printks.

[PATCH 1/2] ACPI: EC: Add debug printks.

[Alexey Starikovskiy]

Sometimes it is usefull to see raw protocol dump.
Uncomment '#define DEBUG' at the beginning of file to make EC 
really verbose.

Signed-off-by: Márton Németh <nm127@freemail.hu>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@suse.de>
---

 drivers/acpi/ec.c |   41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 06b78e5..710f600 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 #undef PREFIX
 #define PREFIX				"ACPI: EC: "
 
+/* Uncomment next line to get verbose print outs*/
+/* #define DEBUG */
+
 /* EC status register */
 #define ACPI_EC_FLAG_OBF	0x01	/* Output buffer full */
 #define ACPI_EC_FLAG_IBF	0x02	/* Input buffer full */
@@ -131,21 +134,27 @@ static struct acpi_ec {
 
 static inline u8 acpi_ec_read_status(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 {
-	return inb(ec->command_addr);
+	u8 x = inb(ec->command_addr);
+	pr_debug(PREFIX "---> status = 0x%2x\n", x);
+	return x;
 }
 
 static inline u8 acpi_ec_read_data(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 {
+	u8 x = inb(ec->data_addr);
+	pr_debug(PREFIX "---> data = 0x%2x\n", x);
 	return inb(ec->data_addr);
 }
 
 static inline void acpi_ec_write_cmd(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command)
 {
+	pr_debug(PREFIX "<--- command = 0x%2x\n", command);
 	outb(command, ec->command_addr);
 }
 
 static inline void acpi_ec_write_data(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 data)
 {
+	pr_debug(PREFIX "<--- data = 0x%2x\n", data);
 	outb(data, ec->data_addr);
 }
 
@@ -175,12 +184,12 @@ static int acpi_ec_wait(struct acpi_ec *ec, enum ec_event event, int force_poll)
 		if (acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event)) {
 			if (event == ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF_1) {
 				/* miss OBF = 1 GPE, don't expect it anymore */
-				printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "missing OBF_1 confirmation,"
+				pr_info(PREFIX "missing OBF_1 confirmation,"
 					"switching to degraded mode.\n");
 				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE, &ec->flags);
 			} else {
 				/* missing GPEs, switch back to poll mode */
-				printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "missing IBF_1 confirmations,"
+				pr_info(PREFIX "missing IBF_1 confirmations,"
 					"switch off interrupt mode.\n");
 				clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags);
 			}
@@ -194,7 +203,7 @@ static int acpi_ec_wait(struct acpi_ec *ec, enum ec_event event, int force_poll)
 				return 0;
 		}
 	}
-	printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "acpi_ec_wait timeout,"
+	pr_err(PREFIX "acpi_ec_wait timeout,"
 			       " status = %d, expect_event = %d\n",
 			       acpi_ec_read_status(ec), event);
 	return -ETIME;
@@ -208,11 +217,11 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 	int result = 0;
 	set_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 	acpi_ec_write_cmd(ec, command);
-
+	pr_debug(PREFIX "transaction start\n");
 	for (; wdata_len > 0; --wdata_len) {
 		result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBF_0, force_poll);
 		if (result) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
+			pr_err(PREFIX
 			       "write_cmd timeout, command = %d\n", command);
 			goto end;
 		}
@@ -223,7 +232,7 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 	if (!rdata_len) {
 		result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBF_0, force_poll);
 		if (result) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
+			pr_err(PREFIX
 			       "finish-write timeout, command = %d\n", command);
 			goto end;
 		}
@@ -235,7 +244,7 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 			force_poll = 1;
 		result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF_1, force_poll);
 		if (result) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "read timeout, command = %d\n",
+			pr_err(PREFIX "read timeout, command = %d\n",
 			       command);
 			goto end;
 		}
@@ -245,6 +254,7 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 		*(rdata++) = acpi_ec_read_data(ec);
 	}
       end:
+	pr_debug(PREFIX "transaction end\n");
 	return result;
 }
 
@@ -273,7 +283,7 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 
 	status = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBF_0, 0);
 	if (status) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
+		pr_err(PREFIX
 		       "input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction\n");
 		goto end;
 	}
@@ -488,6 +498,7 @@ static u32 acpi_ec_gpe_handler(void *data)
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
 	struct acpi_ec *ec = data;
 
+	pr_debug(PREFIX "~~~> interrupt\n");
 	clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 	if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags))
 		wake_up(&ec->wait);
@@ -498,7 +509,7 @@ static u32 acpi_ec_gpe_handler(void *data)
 				acpi_ec_gpe_query, ec);
 	} else if (unlikely(!test_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags))) {
 		/* this is non-query, must be confirmation */
-		printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "non-query interrupt received,"
+		pr_info(PREFIX "non-query interrupt received,"
 			" switching to interrupt mode\n");
 		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags);
 	}
@@ -701,10 +712,10 @@ static void ec_remove_handlers(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 {
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_remove_address_space_handler(ec->handle,
 				ACPI_ADR_SPACE_EC, &acpi_ec_space_handler)))
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "failed to remove space handler\n");
+		pr_err(PREFIX "failed to remove space handler\n");
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_remove_gpe_handler(NULL, ec->gpe,
 				&acpi_ec_gpe_handler)))
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "failed to remove gpe handler\n");
+		pr_err(PREFIX "failed to remove gpe handler\n");
 	ec->handlers_installed = 0;
 }
 
@@ -747,9 +758,9 @@ static int acpi_ec_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 		first_ec = ec;
 	acpi_driver_data(device) = ec;
 	acpi_ec_add_fs(device);
-	printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "GPE = 0x%lx, I/O: command/status = 0x%lx, data = 0x%lx\n",
+	pr_info(PREFIX "GPE = 0x%lx, I/O: command/status = 0x%lx, data = 0x%lx\n",
 			  ec->gpe, ec->command_addr, ec->data_addr);
-	printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "driver started in %s mode\n",
+	pr_info(PREFIX "driver started in %s mode\n",
 		(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags))?"interrupt":"poll");
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -875,7 +886,7 @@ int __init acpi_ec_ecdt_probe(void)
 	status = acpi_get_table(ACPI_SIG_ECDT, 1,
 				(struct acpi_table_header **)&ecdt_ptr);
 	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "EC description table is found, configuring boot EC\n");
+		pr_info(PREFIX "EC description table is found, configuring boot EC\n");
 		boot_ec->command_addr = ecdt_ptr->control.address;
 		boot_ec->data_addr = ecdt_ptr->data.address;
 		boot_ec->gpe = ecdt_ptr->gpe;

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[PATCH 2/2] ACPI: EC: Workaround for optimized controllers (version 3)

[Alexey Starikovskiy]

Some controllers fail to send confirmation GPE after address or data write.
Detect this and don't expect such confirmation in future.
This is a generalization of previous workaround 
(66c5f4e7367b0085652931b2f3366de29e7ff5ec), which did only read address.

Reference: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9327

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@suse.de>
Tested-by: Romano Giannetti <romano.giannetti@gmail.com>
---

 drivers/acpi/ec.c |   46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 710f600..e077dd8 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ enum {
 	EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE = 0,		/* Don't check status until GPE arrives */
 	EC_FLAGS_QUERY_PENDING,		/* Query is pending */
 	EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE,		/* Expect GPE to be sent for status change */
-	EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE,		/* Expect GPE only for IBF = 0 event */
+	EC_FLAGS_NO_ADDRESS_GPE,	/* Expect GPE only for non-address event */
+	EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS,		/* Address is being written */
+	EC_FLAGS_NO_WDATA_GPE,		/* Don't expect WDATA GPE event */
+	EC_FLAGS_WDATA,			/* Data is being written */
 };
 
 static int acpi_ec_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type);
@@ -175,38 +178,53 @@ static inline int acpi_ec_check_status(struct acpi_ec *ec, enum ec_event event)
 
 static int acpi_ec_wait(struct acpi_ec *ec, enum ec_event event, int force_poll)
 {
+	int ret = 0;
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags) &&
+		     test_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_ADDRESS_GPE, &ec->flags)))
+		force_poll = 1;
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_WDATA, &ec->flags) &&
+		     test_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_WDATA_GPE, &ec->flags)))
+		force_poll = 1;
 	if (likely(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags)) &&
 	    likely(!force_poll)) {
 		if (wait_event_timeout(ec->wait, acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event),
 				       msecs_to_jiffies(ACPI_EC_DELAY)))
-			return 0;
+			goto end;
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 		if (acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event)) {
-			if (event == ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF_1) {
-				/* miss OBF = 1 GPE, don't expect it anymore */
-				pr_info(PREFIX "missing OBF_1 confirmation,"
-					"switching to degraded mode.\n");
-				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE, &ec->flags);
+			if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags)) {
+				/* miss address GPE, don't expect it anymore */
+				pr_info(PREFIX "missing address confirmation, "
+					"don't expect it any longer.\n");
+				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_ADDRESS_GPE, &ec->flags);
+			} else if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_WDATA, &ec->flags)) {
+				/* miss write data GPE, don't expect it */
+				pr_info(PREFIX "missing write data confirmation, "
+					"don't expect it any longer.\n");
+				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_WDATA_GPE, &ec->flags);
 			} else {
 				/* missing GPEs, switch back to poll mode */
-				pr_info(PREFIX "missing IBF_1 confirmations,"
+				pr_info(PREFIX "missing confirmations, "
 					"switch off interrupt mode.\n");
 				clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags);
 			}
-			return 0;
+			goto end;
 		}
 	} else {
 		unsigned long delay = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(ACPI_EC_DELAY);
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 		while (time_before(jiffies, delay)) {
 			if (acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event))
-				return 0;
+				goto end;
 		}
 	}
 	pr_err(PREFIX "acpi_ec_wait timeout,"
 			       " status = %d, expect_event = %d\n",
 			       acpi_ec_read_status(ec), event);
-	return -ETIME;
+	ret = -ETIME;
+      end:
+	clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
@@ -225,11 +243,15 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 			       "write_cmd timeout, command = %d\n", command);
 			goto end;
 		}
+		/* mark the address byte written to EC */
+		if (rdata_len + wdata_len > 1)
+			set_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags);
 		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 		acpi_ec_write_data(ec, *(wdata++));
 	}
 
 	if (!rdata_len) {
+		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_WDATA, &ec->flags);
 		result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBF_0, force_poll);
 		if (result) {
 			pr_err(PREFIX
@@ -240,8 +262,6 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_QUERY_PENDING, &ec->flags);
 
 	for (; rdata_len > 0; --rdata_len) {
-		if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE, &ec->flags))
-			force_poll = 1;
 		result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF_1, force_poll);
 		if (result) {
 			pr_err(PREFIX "read timeout, command = %d\n",

[PATCH 2/2] ACPI: EC: Workaround for optimized controllers (version 3)

[Alexey Starikovskiy]

Some controllers fail to send confirmation GPE after address or data write.
Detect this and don't expect such confirmation in future.
This is a generalization of previous workaround 
(66c5f4e7367b0085652931b2f3366de29e7ff5ec), which did only read address.

Reference: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9327

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@suse.de>
Tested-by: Romano Giannetti <romano.giannetti@gmail.com>
---

 drivers/acpi/ec.c |   46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 74b9407..69ad2fc 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ enum {
 	EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE = 0,		/* Don't check status until GPE arrives */
 	EC_FLAGS_QUERY_PENDING,		/* Query is pending */
 	EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE,		/* Expect GPE to be sent for status change */
-	EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE,		/* Expect GPE only for IBF = 0 event */
+	EC_FLAGS_NO_ADDRESS_GPE,	/* Expect GPE only for non-address event */
+	EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS,		/* Address is being written */
+	EC_FLAGS_NO_WDATA_GPE,		/* Don't expect WDATA GPE event */
+	EC_FLAGS_WDATA,			/* Data is being written */
 };
 
 static int acpi_ec_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type);
@@ -175,39 +178,54 @@ static inline int acpi_ec_check_status(struct acpi_ec *ec, enum ec_event event)
 
 static int acpi_ec_wait(struct acpi_ec *ec, enum ec_event event, int force_poll)
 {
+	int ret = 0;
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags) &&
+		     test_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_ADDRESS_GPE, &ec->flags)))
+		force_poll = 1;
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_WDATA, &ec->flags) &&
+		     test_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_WDATA_GPE, &ec->flags)))
+		force_poll = 1;
 	if (likely(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags)) &&
 	    likely(!force_poll)) {
 		if (wait_event_timeout(ec->wait, acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event),
 				       msecs_to_jiffies(ACPI_EC_DELAY)))
-			return 0;
+			goto end;
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 		if (acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event)) {
-			if (event == ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF_1) {
-				/* miss OBF = 1 GPE, don't expect it anymore */
-				pr_info(PREFIX "missing OBF_1 confirmation,"
-					"switching to degraded mode.\n");
-				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE, &ec->flags);
+			if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags)) {
+				/* miss address GPE, don't expect it anymore */
+				pr_info(PREFIX "missing address confirmation, "
+					"don't expect it any longer.\n");
+				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_ADDRESS_GPE, &ec->flags);
+			} else if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_WDATA, &ec->flags)) {
+				/* miss write data GPE, don't expect it */
+				pr_info(PREFIX "missing write data confirmation, "
+					"don't expect it any longer.\n");
+				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_WDATA_GPE, &ec->flags);
 			} else {
 				/* missing GPEs, switch back to poll mode */
 				if (!printk_ratelimit())
-					pr_info(PREFIX "missing IBF_1 confirmations,"
+					pr_info(PREFIX "missing confirmations, "
 						"switch off interrupt mode.\n");
 				clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags);
 			}
-			return 0;
+			goto end;
 		}
 	} else {
 		unsigned long delay = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(ACPI_EC_DELAY);
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 		while (time_before(jiffies, delay)) {
 			if (acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event))
-				return 0;
+				goto end;
 		}
 	}
 	pr_err(PREFIX "acpi_ec_wait timeout,"
 			       " status = %d, expect_event = %d\n",
 			       acpi_ec_read_status(ec), event);
-	return -ETIME;
+	ret = -ETIME;
+      end:
+	clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
@@ -226,11 +244,15 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 			       "write_cmd timeout, command = %d\n", command);
 			goto end;
 		}
+		/* mark the address byte written to EC */
+		if (rdata_len + wdata_len > 1)
+			set_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags);
 		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 		acpi_ec_write_data(ec, *(wdata++));
 	}
 
 	if (!rdata_len) {
+		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_WDATA, &ec->flags);
 		result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBF_0, force_poll);
 		if (result) {
 			pr_err(PREFIX
@@ -241,8 +263,6 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_QUERY_PENDING, &ec->flags);
 
 	for (; rdata_len > 0; --rdata_len) {
-		if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE, &ec->flags))
-			force_poll = 1;
 		result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF_1, force_poll);
 		if (result) {
 			pr_err(PREFIX "read timeout, command = %d\n", command);

[PATCH 2/2] ACPI: EC: Workaround for optimized controllers (version 3)

[Alexey Starikovskiy]

Some controllers fail to send confirmation GPE after address or data write.
Detect this and don't expect such confirmation in future.
This is a generalization of previous workaround 
(66c5f4e7367b0085652931b2f3366de29e7ff5ec), which did only read address.

Reference: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9327

Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@suse.de>
Tested-by: Romano Giannetti <romano.giannetti@gmail.com>
---

 drivers/acpi/ec.c             |   46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 drivers/acpi/processor_core.c |    5 ++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index d5a5958..7d6b841 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ enum {
 	EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE = 0,		/* Don't check status until GPE arrives */
 	EC_FLAGS_QUERY_PENDING,		/* Query is pending */
 	EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE,		/* Expect GPE to be sent for status change */
-	EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE,		/* Expect GPE only for IBF = 0 event */
+	EC_FLAGS_NO_ADDRESS_GPE,	/* Expect GPE only for non-address event */
+	EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS,		/* Address is being written */
+	EC_FLAGS_NO_WDATA_GPE,		/* Don't expect WDATA GPE event */
+	EC_FLAGS_WDATA,			/* Data is being written */
 };
 
 static int acpi_ec_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type);
@@ -175,39 +178,54 @@ static inline int acpi_ec_check_status(struct acpi_ec *ec, enum ec_event event)
 
 static int acpi_ec_wait(struct acpi_ec *ec, enum ec_event event, int force_poll)
 {
+	int ret = 0;
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags) &&
+		     test_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_ADDRESS_GPE, &ec->flags)))
+		force_poll = 1;
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_WDATA, &ec->flags) &&
+		     test_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_WDATA_GPE, &ec->flags)))
+		force_poll = 1;
 	if (likely(test_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags)) &&
 	    likely(!force_poll)) {
 		if (wait_event_timeout(ec->wait, acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event),
 				       msecs_to_jiffies(ACPI_EC_DELAY)))
-			return 0;
+			goto end;
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 		if (acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event)) {
-			if (event == ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF_1) {
-				/* miss OBF = 1 GPE, don't expect it anymore */
-				pr_info(PREFIX "missing OBF_1 confirmation,"
-					"switching to degraded mode.\n");
-				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE, &ec->flags);
+			if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags)) {
+				/* miss address GPE, don't expect it anymore */
+				pr_info(PREFIX "missing address confirmation, "
+					"don't expect it any longer.\n");
+				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_ADDRESS_GPE, &ec->flags);
+			} else if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_WDATA, &ec->flags)) {
+				/* miss write data GPE, don't expect it */
+				pr_info(PREFIX "missing write data confirmation, "
+					"don't expect it any longer.\n");
+				set_bit(EC_FLAGS_NO_WDATA_GPE, &ec->flags);
 			} else {
 				/* missing GPEs, switch back to poll mode */
 				if (printk_ratelimit())
-					pr_info(PREFIX "missing IBF_1 confirmations,"
+					pr_info(PREFIX "missing confirmations, "
 						"switch off interrupt mode.\n");
 				clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags);
 			}
-			return 0;
+			goto end;
 		}
 	} else {
 		unsigned long delay = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(ACPI_EC_DELAY);
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 		while (time_before(jiffies, delay)) {
 			if (acpi_ec_check_status(ec, event))
-				return 0;
+				goto end;
 		}
 	}
 	pr_err(PREFIX "acpi_ec_wait timeout,"
 			       " status = %d, expect_event = %d\n",
 			       acpi_ec_read_status(ec), event);
-	return -ETIME;
+	ret = -ETIME;
+      end:
+	clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
@@ -226,11 +244,15 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 			       "write_cmd timeout, command = %d\n", command);
 			goto end;
 		}
+		/* mark the address byte written to EC */
+		if (rdata_len + wdata_len > 1)
+			set_bit(EC_FLAGS_ADDRESS, &ec->flags);
 		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_WAIT_GPE, &ec->flags);
 		acpi_ec_write_data(ec, *(wdata++));
 	}
 
 	if (!rdata_len) {
+		set_bit(EC_FLAGS_WDATA, &ec->flags);
 		result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_IBF_0, force_poll);
 		if (result) {
 			pr_err(PREFIX
@@ -241,8 +263,6 @@ static int acpi_ec_transaction_unlocked(struct acpi_ec *ec, u8 command,
 		clear_bit(EC_FLAGS_QUERY_PENDING, &ec->flags);
 
 	for (; rdata_len > 0; --rdata_len) {
-		if (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_ONLY_IBF_GPE, &ec->flags))
-			force_poll = 1;
 		result = acpi_ec_wait(ec, ACPI_EC_EVENT_OBF_1, force_poll);
 		if (result) {
 			pr_err(PREFIX "read timeout, command = %d\n", command);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
index 235a51e..692b2a0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static void acpi_processor_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 {
 	struct acpi_processor *pr = data;
 	struct acpi_device *device = NULL;
-
+	int saved;
 
 	if (!pr)
 		return;
@@ -694,7 +694,10 @@ static void acpi_processor_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 
 	switch (event) {
 	case ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_PERFORMANCE:
+		saved = pr->performance_platform_limit;
 		acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr);
+		if (saved == pr->performance_platform_limit)
+			break;
 		acpi_bus_generate_proc_event(device, event,
 					pr->performance_platform_limit);
 		acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(device->pnp.device_class,