[PATCH v3 1/2] ACPI: FPDT: expose FBPT and S3PT subtables via sysfs

Nate DeSimone
2026-03-24T23:17:04Z

Add sysfs files at /sys/firmware/acpi/fpdt/FBPT and
/sys/firmware/acpi/fpdt/S3PT that expose the raw contents of the
FPDT subtables. Note that /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/FPDT only provides
the top level table, not the subtables. Adding access to the subtables
enables a usage model similar to /sys/firmware/dmi/tables/DMI, allowing
userspace tools to interpret newer record types (e.g. String Event
Records, Microcontroller Boot Performance Data Records, etc.) defined
in recent ACPI specifications[1] without requiring kernel changes.

[1]
https://uefi.org/specs/ACPI/6.6/05_ACPI_Software_Programming_Model.html#performance-event-record-types

Signed-off-by: Nate DeSimone <nathaniel.l.desimone@intel.com>
---
drivers/acpi/acpi_fpdt.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_fpdt.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_fpdt.c
index 271092f2700a..e75dd28d31a9 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_fpdt.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_fpdt.c
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ static const struct attribute_group boot_attr_group = {
.name = "boot",
};

+static BIN_ATTR(FBPT, 0400, sysfs_bin_attr_simple_read, NULL, 0);
+static BIN_ATTR(S3PT, 0400, sysfs_bin_attr_simple_read, NULL, 0);
+
static struct kobject *fpdt_kobj;

#if defined CONFIG_X86 && defined CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
@@ -254,9 +257,34 @@ static int fpdt_process_subtable(u64 address, u32 subtable_type)
break;
}
}
+
+ if (subtable_type == SUBTABLE_FBPT) {
+ bin_attr_FBPT.private = subtable_header;
+ bin_attr_FBPT.size = length;
+ result = sysfs_create_bin_file(fpdt_kobj, &bin_attr_FBPT);
+ if (result)
+ pr_warn("Failed to create FBPT sysfs attribute.\n");
+ } else if (subtable_type == SUBTABLE_S3PT) {
+ bin_attr_S3PT.private = subtable_header;
+ bin_attr_S3PT.size = length;
+ result = sysfs_create_bin_file(fpdt_kobj, &bin_attr_S3PT);
+ if (result)
+ pr_warn("Failed to create S3PT sysfs attribute.\n");
+ }
+
return 0;

err:
+ if (bin_attr_FBPT.private) {
+ sysfs_remove_bin_file(fpdt_kobj, &bin_attr_FBPT);
+ bin_attr_FBPT.private = NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (bin_attr_S3PT.private) {
+ sysfs_remove_bin_file(fpdt_kobj, &bin_attr_S3PT);
+ bin_attr_S3PT.private = NULL;
+ }
+
if (record_boot)
sysfs_remove_group(fpdt_kobj, &boot_attr_group);

--
2.34.1