Re: [PATCH v2] hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Ensure IPMI space handler is ready on Dell systems

[Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>]

Am 04.01.24 um 03:14 schrieb Kai-Heng Feng:

> On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 5:23 AM Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Am 27.12.23 um 05:04 schrieb Kai-Heng Feng:
>>
>>> The following error can be observed at boot:
>>> [    3.717920] ACPI Error: No handler for Region [SYSI] (00000000ab9e62c5) [IPMI] (20230628/evregion-130)
>>> [    3.717928] ACPI Error: Region IPMI (ID=7) has no handler (20230628/exfldio-261)
>>>
>>> [    3.717936] No Local Variables are initialized for Method [_GHL]
>>>
>>> [    3.717938] No Arguments are initialized for method [_GHL]
>>>
>>> [    3.717940] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PMI0._GHL due to previous error (AE_NOT_EXIST) (20230628/psparse-529)
>>> [    3.717949] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PMI0._PMC due to previous error (AE_NOT_EXIST) (20230628/psparse-529)
>>> [    3.717957] ACPI: \_SB_.PMI0: _PMC evaluation failed: AE_NOT_EXIST
>>>
>>> On Dell systems several methods of acpi_power_meter access variables in
>>> IPMI region [0], so wait until IPMI space handler is installed by
>>> acpi_ipmi and also wait until SMI is selected to make the space handler
>>> fully functional.
>> Hi,
>>
>> could it be that the ACPI firmware expects us to support the ACPI SPMI table?
>> The ACPI SPMI table contains a description of the IPMI interface used by the platform,
>> and its purpose seems to be similar to the ACPI ECDT table in that it allows the OS
>> to access IPMI resources before all ACPI namespaces are enumerated.
>>
>> Adding support for this table would solve this problem without stalling the boot
>> process by waiting for the ACPI IPMI device to probe. It would also avoid any issues
>> should the ACPI IPMI device be removed later.
> Hi, the ACPI firmware on the system doesn't have SPMI table:
> $ ls /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/
> APIC  BERT  data  DMAR  DSDT  dynamic  EINJ  ERST  FACP  FACS  HEST
> HMAT  HPET  MCFG  MIGT  MSCT  NBFT  OEM4  SLIC  SLIT  SRAT  SSDT1
> SSDT2  SSDT3  SSDT4  SSDT5  SSDT6  TPM2  UEFI1  UEFI2  VFCT  WSMT
>
> Kai-Heng

Thanks for checking this, in this case you might ignore my suggestion above.

Armin Wolf

>> Armin Wolf
>>
>>> [0] https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/redhat-enterprise-linux-v8.0/rhel8_rn_pub/advanced-configuration-and-power-interface-acpi-error-messages-displayed-in-dmesg?guid=guid-0d5ae482-1977-42cf-b417-3ed5c3f5ee62
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
>>> ---
>>> v2:
>>>    - Use completion instead of request_module().
>>>
>>>    drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c         | 13 ++++++++++++-
>>>    drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c |  4 ++++
>>>    include/acpi/acpi_bus.h          |  4 ++++
>>>    3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
>>> index 0555f68c2dfd..2ea8b7e6cebf 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_ipmi.c
>>> @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>>>    #define IPMI_TIMEOUT                        (5000)
>>>    #define ACPI_IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH    64
>>>
>>> +static struct completion smi_selected;
>>> +
>>>    struct acpi_ipmi_device {
>>>        /* the device list attached to driver_data.ipmi_devices */
>>>        struct list_head head;
>>> @@ -463,8 +465,10 @@ static void ipmi_register_bmc(int iface, struct device *dev)
>>>                if (temp->handle == handle)
>>>                        goto err_lock;
>>>        }
>>> -     if (!driver_data.selected_smi)
>>> +     if (!driver_data.selected_smi) {
>>>                driver_data.selected_smi = ipmi_device;
>>> +             complete(&smi_selected);
>>> +     }
>>>        list_add_tail(&ipmi_device->head, &driver_data.ipmi_devices);
>>>        mutex_unlock(&driver_data.ipmi_lock);
>>>
>>> @@ -578,10 +582,17 @@ acpi_ipmi_space_handler(u32 function, acpi_physical_address address,
>>>        return status;
>>>    }
>>>
>>> +void wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void)
>>> +{
>>> +     wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&smi_selected, 2 * HZ);
>>> +}
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wait_for_acpi_ipmi);
>>> +
>>>    static int __init acpi_ipmi_init(void)
>>>    {
>>>        int result;
>>>        acpi_status status;
>>> +     init_completion(&smi_selected);
>>>
>>>        if (acpi_disabled)
>>>                return 0;
>>> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
>>> index 703666b95bf4..acaf1ae68dc8 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
>>> @@ -883,6 +883,10 @@ static int acpi_power_meter_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>>>        strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_POWER_METER_CLASS);
>>>        device->driver_data = resource;
>>>
>>> +     if (dmi_match(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc.") &&
>>> +         acpi_dev_get_first_match_dev("IPI0001", NULL, -1))
>>> +             wait_for_acpi_ipmi();
>>> +
>>>        res = read_capabilities(resource);
>>>        if (res)
>>>                goto exit_free;
>>> diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
>>> index 1216d72c650f..ed59fb89721e 100644
>>> --- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
>>> +++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
>>> @@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ bool acpi_device_override_status(struct acpi_device *adev, unsigned long long *s
>>>    bool acpi_quirk_skip_acpi_ac_and_battery(void);
>>>    int acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle);
>>>    void acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle);
>>> +void wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void);
>>>    #else
>>>    static inline bool acpi_device_override_status(struct acpi_device *adev,
>>>                                               unsigned long long *status)
>>> @@ -672,6 +673,9 @@ static inline int acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle)
>>>    static inline void acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle)
>>>    {
>>>    }
>>> +static inline void wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void)
>>> +{
>>> +}
>>>    #endif
>>>
>>>    #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_ANDROID_TABLETS)