Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] ACPI: CPPC: Only probe for _CPC if CPPC v2 is acked

CUI Hao
2022-07-01T15:48:25Z

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 09:25:27PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Previously the kernel used to ignore whether the firmware masked CPPC
> or CPPCv2 and would just pretend that it worked.
>
> When support for the USB4 bit in _OSC was introduced from commit
> 9e1f561afb ("ACPI: Execute platform _OSC also with query bit clear")
> the kernel began to look at the return when the query bit was clear.
>
> This caused regressions that were misdiagnosed and attempted to be solved
> as part of commit 2ca8e6285250 ("Revert "ACPI: Pass the same capabilities
> to the _OSC regardless of the query flag""). This caused a different
> regression where non-Intel systems weren't able to negotiate _OSC
> properly.
>
> This was reverted in commit 2ca8e6285250 ("Revert "ACPI: Pass the same
> capabilities to the _OSC regardless of the query flag"") and attempted to
> be fixed by commit c42fa24b4475 ("ACPI: bus: Avoid using CPPC if not
> supported by firmware") but the regression still returned.
>
> These systems with the regression only load support for CPPC from an SSDT
> dynamically when _OSC reports CPPC v2. Avoid the problem by not letting
> CPPC satisfy the requirement in `acpi_cppc_processor_probe`.
>
> Reported-by: CUI Hao <cuihao.leo@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: maxim.novozhilov@gmail.com
> Reported-by: lethe.tree@protonmail.com
> Reported-by: garystephenwright@gmail.com
> Reported-by: galaxyking0419@gmail.com
> Fixes: c42fa24b4475 ("ACPI: bus: Avoid using CPPC if not supported by firmware")
> Fixes: 2ca8e6285250 ("Revert "ACPI Pass the same capabilities to the _OSC regardless of the query flag"")
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=213023
> Link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2075387
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>

I tested the patch on 5.19-rc4 kernel, and confirm that it fixes the ACPI errors:
ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PR00._CPC] on my ASRock B460M-ITX/ac + i7-10700K machine. New to kernel lists. If my Thunderbird doesn't mangle the text, feel free to add:

Tested-by: CUI Hao <cuihao.leo@gmail.com>