Re: acpi: broken suspend to RAM with v4.7-rc1

[Andrey Skvortsov <andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com>]

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On 05 Aug, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> Hi, Andrey
> 
> > From: Andrey Skvortsov [mailto:andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com]
> > Subject: Re: acpi: broken suspend to RAM with v4.7-rc1
> > 
> > On 24 Jun, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > From: Andrey Skvortsov [mailto:andrej.skvortzov@gmail.com]
> > > > Subject: Re: acpi: broken suspend to RAM with v4.7-rc1
> > > >
> > > > Hi Lv,
> > > >
> > > > On 13 Jun, Zheng, Lv wrote:
> > > > > > From: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-acpi-
> > > > > > owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Rafael J. Wysocki
> > > > > > Subject: Re: acpi: broken suspend to RAM with v4.7-rc1
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Saturday, June 11, 2016 01:49:22 PM Andrey Skvortsov wrote:
> > > > > > > On 10 Jun, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Friday, June 10, 2016 11:32:10 PM Andrey Skvortsov wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On my laptop (DELL Vostro 1500) in v4.7-rc1 is broken
> > suspend
> > > > to RAM.
> > > > > > > > > Laptop doesn't finish suspend to RAM process (disks are off,
> > but
> > > > > > > > > WiFi and Power LEDs are still on). The only way to get it out of
> > > > > > > > > this state, is to turn the power off.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I've bisected the issue to commit 66b1ed5aa8dd25
> > > > > > > > > [ACPICA: ACPI 2.0, Hardware: Add access_width/bit_offset
> > > > support
> > > > > > > > > for acpi_hw_write()].
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If I revert this commit in v4.7-rc1 (or v4.7-rc2), suspend to
> > RAM
> > > > > > > > > is working again.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The cause of this problem is that after this commit write to
> > > > PM1A
> > > > > > > > > Control Block (16-bit register) is done using two 8-bit writes.
> > > > > > > > > If I force this write to be 16-bit, then all is working as before.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > To get it working 'access_width' for PM1A Control Block
> > needs to
> > > > > > > > > be 2 (16-bit), but it's 1 (8-bit).
> > > > > [Lv Zheng]
> > > > > Could you send me the acpidump of the machine?
> > > > Here it is
> > > >
> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24023626/dell_vostro_1500.acpid
> > > > ump.bin
> > > [Lv Zheng]
> > > I've been trying to download it these days but all failed.
> > > Could you send an off-list email to me with this attached?
> > Strange. I've check now. The link above is working, but I see that
> > part of the link above is moved to the next line.
> > Anyway I resend you all files off-list.
> > 
> > 
> > > > > > > > > The root of the problem seems to be not the commit
> > > > > > 66b1ed5aa8dd25
> > > > > > > > > itself, but the ACPI tables in BIOS where wrong access_width
> > > > > > > > > comes from. I fixed problem in FACP  table, put it in initrd to
> > > > > > > > > override FACP table from BIOS. This fixed the issue, suspend
> > to
> > > > > > > > > RAM is working now again.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > But I'm not sure whether is this proper fix for this problem.
> > > > > > > > > Is there any place in the kernel, where such ACPI quirks are
> > placed?
> > > > > [Lv Zheng]
> > > > > My question would be:
> > > > > Does Windows behave correctly for this table?
> > > > Yes, suspend to RAM is working under Windows Vista.
> > > > IIRC it worked under Windows XP too.
> > > >
> > > > > However there is a real case showing that there are real tables need
> > us to
> > > > correctly support BitWidth/BitOffset.
> > > > > Here is the information for you to refer:
> > > > >
> > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.commits.head/313870
> > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Well, if the commit in question caused a problem to happen for
> > > > you,
> > > > > > > > it also might cause similar problems to happen elsewhere.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It looks like we'll need to revert that commit.
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > or maybe to reset access_width AnyAcc from FACP table only for
> > > > PM1A
> > > > > > > control register or even for all registers? This will fix the issue too.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That's a good idea actually.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c
> > > > > > > b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c index 6208069..a476e94 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbfadt.c
> > > > > > > @@ -714,7 +714,14 @@ static void
> > > > acpi_tb_setup_fadt_registers(void)
> > > > > > >                         }
> > > > > > >                 }
> > > > > > >         }
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +       /*
> > > > > > > +        * Reset access_width in the GAS for PM1A control register
> > to
> > > > > > > +        * undefined value. Because in some cases this field contains
> > > > > > > +        * wrong value.
> > > > > > > +        */
> > > > > > > +       acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm1a_control_block.access_width = 0;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > OK, let's see what Bob and Lv think about that.
> > > > > [Lv Zheng]
> > > > > There is a commit in 4.7-rc2:
> > > > >
> > > >
> > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=
> > > > 7f9bef9d
> > > > > Have you tried if the problem still exists in 4.7-rc2?
> > > > I've just tried v4.7-rc3. It contains commit 7f9bef9d and the problem
> > > > exists there too.
> > > [Lv Zheng]
> > > IMO, for the time being, you can use quirks.
> > > Booting your kernel with the following parameters:
> > >
> > > acpi=rsdt
> > > Or
> > > acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr
> > > Or
> > > Both
> > 
> > Rafael reverted commit, so I'm ok now.
> > 
> > Actually acpi_force_32bit_fadt_addr will not help here, because it's take
> > effect only if address64 != address32. But here these addresses are
> > the same, therefore access_width is taken from extended address.
> [Lv Zheng] 
> This sounds strange.
> My recent investigation shows that Windows may favor 32bit fadt address.
> So we need to get this quirk working.
> I filed a bug here, hope you can help me to dig this a bit further:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151501

Hi Lv,

That's putty. I uploaded requested acpidump -c off output to bugzilla.


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Best regards,
Andrey Skvortsov



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