Re: [RFT][PATCH] ACPI / init: Run acpi_early_init() before efi_enter_virtual_mode() (was: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] Support timezone of ACPI TAD and EFI TIME)

[Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>]

On Mon, 2014-01-13 at 19:04 -0700, Toshi Kani wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-01-12 at 10:06 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 01:30:23AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > I don't see any adverse effects of the patch below on a couple of my test
> > > boxes, but (a) they are Intel-based and (b) they are non-EFI, so it would be
> > > good to give it a go on as many machines as reasonably possible.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rafael
> > > 
> > > ---
> > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > > Subject: ACPI / init: Run acpi_early_init() before efi_enter_virtual_mode()
> > > 
> > > According to Matt Fleming, if acpi_early_init() was executed befpre
> > > efi_enter_virtual_mode(), the EFI initialization could benefit from
> > > it, so make that happen.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  init/main.c |    2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > Index: linux-pm/init/main.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- linux-pm.orig/init/main.c
> > > +++ linux-pm/init/main.c
> > > @@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
> > >  	calibrate_delay();
> > >  	pidmap_init();
> > >  	anon_vma_init();
> > > +	acpi_early_init();
> > >  #ifdef CONFIG_X86
> > >  	if (efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES))
> > >  		efi_enter_virtual_mode();
> > > @@ -641,7 +642,6 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
> > >  
> > >  	check_bugs();
> > >  
> > > -	acpi_early_init(); /* before LAPIC and SMP init */
> > >  	sfi_init_late();
> > >  
> > >  	if (efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)) {
> > >
> > 
> > Looks good both on kvm+OVMF and on my Dell EFI box.
> > 
> > Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> > 
> > Toshi has a big EFI box though - if he could run it too, that would be
> > great :-)
> 
> Yes, I will test the change.

Tested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>

Thanks,
-Toshi