Re: Bisected regression from 3.17 still present in 3.19-rc1

["Carlos R. Mafra" <crmafra@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 at 23:20:13 +0100, Andreas Noever wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Carlos R. Mafra <crmafra@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 at 22:49:37 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >> On Sunday, December 28, 2014 06:54:09 PM Carlos R. Mafra wrote:
> >> >
> >> > The laptop is a 2-year-old macbook Pro with retina display.
> >> >
> >> > I use a dockapp called wmlaptop2 (http://repo.or.cz/w/wmlaptop2.git)
> >> > which, among other things, displays battery information (% of charge
> >> > remaining etc).
> >> >
> >> > With the kernel v3.17 the battery information stopped working and it
> >> > still does not work in the latest v3.19-rc1.
> >
> > Correction: v3.18 is when it stopped working, not v3.17.
> >
> >> > Looking at what wmlaptop2 does I noticed that one entry inside
> >> > /sys/class/power_supply is not present in a bad kernel.
> >> >
> >> > In a good kernel:
> >> >
> >> > [mafra@linux-g29b:~]$ ls /sys/class/power_supply/
> >> > ADP1@  BAT0@
> >> >
> >> > but in v3.17 onwards there's no BAT0@ entry:
> >> >
> >> > [mafra@linux-g29b:~]$ ls /sys/class/power_supply/
> >> > ADP1@
> >> >
> >> > I bisected the problem to this commit:
> >>
> >> Does it help if you revert this commit from 3.19-rc1 (or -rc2)?
> >
> > Yes, I just did that now (it reverts cleanly) and reverting the
> > commit makes it work again.
> Could you try to revert 9faf6136ff4647452580b019f4b16f8c5082e589 (ACPI
> / SBS: Disable smart battery manager on Apple) and possibly also
> 3031cddea633ea5328162d3d712a582e4205dbed (ACPI / SBS: Don't assume the
> existence of an SBS charger) without reverting "ACPI: Support
> _OSI("Darwin") correctly"?
> 
> As far as I understand these two were added because the third patch
> breaks battery support on some Apple systems. Maybe the fix is only
> needed for some models (and makes your model fail)?

Of the following table:

revert 9faf613 | revert 3031cdd
     yes       |     no
     yes       |     yes
     no        |     no
     no        |     yes

I tested the first row and it does not fix the problem. Do
I need to test the other 3 possibilities too? 

 
> 
> >
> >> > commit 7bc5a2bad0b8d9d1ac9f7b8b33150e4ddf197334
> >> > Author: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
> >> > Date:   Sat Sep 20 13:19:47 2014 +0200
> >> >
> >> >     ACPI: Support _OSI("Darwin") correctly
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Is there anything else I can do to help fixing this?
> >> >
> >> > PS: the bisect log:
> >> >
> >> > git bisect start
> >> > # bad: [f114040e3ea6e07372334ade75d1ee0775c355e1] Linux 3.18-rc1
> >> > git bisect bad f114040e3ea6e07372334ade75d1ee0775c355e1
> >> > # good: [bfe01a5ba2490f299e1d2d5508cbbbadd897bbe9] Linux 3.17
> >> > git bisect good bfe01a5ba2490f299e1d2d5508cbbbadd897bbe9
> >> > # good: [35a9ad8af0bb0fa3525e6d0d20e32551d226f38e] Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next
> >> > git bisect good 35a9ad8af0bb0fa3525e6d0d20e32551d226f38e
> >> > # bad: [d6dd50e07c5bec00db2005969b1a01f8ca3d25ef] Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
> >> > git bisect bad d6dd50e07c5bec00db2005969b1a01f8ca3d25ef
> >> > # bad: [bf65dea87e87c53ba4f97c6432761498bc977efd] Merge tag 'edac/v3.18-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-edac
> >> > git bisect bad bf65dea87e87c53ba4f97c6432761498bc977efd
> >> > # bad: [b211e9d7c861bdb37b86d6384da9edfb80949ceb] Merge branch 'for-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup
> >> > git bisect bad b211e9d7c861bdb37b86d6384da9edfb80949ceb
> >> > # good: [80213c03c4151d900cf293ef0fc51f8d88495e14] Merge tag 'pci-v3.18-changes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/helgaas/pci
> >> > git bisect good 80213c03c4151d900cf293ef0fc51f8d88495e14
> >> > # good: [7f8998c7aef3ac9c5f3f2943e083dfa6302e90d0] nosave: consolidate __nosave_{begin,end} in <asm/sections.h>
> >> > git bisect good 7f8998c7aef3ac9c5f3f2943e083dfa6302e90d0
> >> > # bad: [49a09c9ab012017c4673b86dbb28c616cf8f2381] Merge branch 'pm-domains'
> >> > git bisect bad 49a09c9ab012017c4673b86dbb28c616cf8f2381
> >> > # bad: [88b42a4883a7783972c8fc607e60bd3f027e24de] Merge branch 'pm-genirq'
> >> > git bisect bad 88b42a4883a7783972c8fc607e60bd3f027e24de
> >> > # bad: [a13f453140d542f9d5a0ee15601531c72e5401d7] Merge branch 'acpi-lpss'
> >> > git bisect bad a13f453140d542f9d5a0ee15601531c72e5401d7
> >> > # bad: [939558f2a4b7851c11ce8d08387730914a1e1f5f] Merge branch 'acpi-apple'
> >> > git bisect bad 939558f2a4b7851c11ce8d08387730914a1e1f5f
> >> > # good: [5a0b8deeeb19906b24a48d0078aa6b64dc0b4dab] ACPICA: Clear all non-wakeup GPEs in acpi_hw_enable_wakeup_gpe_block()
> >> > git bisect good 5a0b8deeeb19906b24a48d0078aa6b64dc0b4dab
> >> > # bad: [7bc5a2bad0b8d9d1ac9f7b8b33150e4ddf197334] ACPI: Support _OSI("Darwin") correctly
> >> > git bisect bad 7bc5a2bad0b8d9d1ac9f7b8b33150e4ddf197334
> >> > # good: [9faf6136ff4647452580b019f4b16f8c5082e589] ACPI / SBS: Disable smart battery manager on Apple
> >> > git bisect good 9faf6136ff4647452580b019f4b16f8c5082e589
> >> > # first bad commit: [7bc5a2bad0b8d9d1ac9f7b8b33150e4ddf197334] ACPI: Support _OSI("Darwin") correctly
> >> > [mafra@linux-g29b:linux-2.6]$
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> >> Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.