From: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: "Ali Ahmet Memiş" <aliamemis@disroot.org>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@kernel.org>,
Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>,
Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>,
Rong Zhang <i@rong.moe>, Charis Stratakis <c.stratakis@proton.me>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
acpica-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI: utils: Add exclusive AML evaluation helpers
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:39:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55d42852-adb9-47cd-a7d7-d5d9a533f442@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261014133013.94097-1-aliamemis@disroot.org>
Hi,
On 14-Oct-26 15:30, Ali Ahmet Memiş wrote:
> ACPICA drops the interpreter lock while AML waits, for example around EC
> accesses, so two methods can run interleaved. Some firmware relies on
> methods not interleaving, for instance by switching an EC page selector
> without taking the AML mutex that the other users of that page hold.
>
> Add acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive() and acpi_evaluate_integer_exclusive()
> which serialize the evaluation under a global mutex, for callers that are
> known to be affected.
>
> Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ali Ahmet Memiş <aliamemis@disroot.org>
Thanks, patch looks good to me:
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com>
Regards,
Hans
> ---
> drivers/acpi/utils.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> include/acpi/acpi_bus.h | 8 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utils.c b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
> index d499b72574ab..f28680424f14 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/utils.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/utils.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> @@ -243,10 +244,34 @@ acpi_extract_package(union acpi_object *package,
>
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_extract_package);
>
> -acpi_status
> -acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_handle handle,
> - acpi_string pathname,
> - struct acpi_object_list *arguments, unsigned long long *data)
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(acpi_exclusive_eval_lock);
> +
> +/**
> + * acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive - Evaluate an object without interleaving
> + * @handle: ACPI handle of the object or its scope.
> + * @pathname: Path of the object relative to @handle.
> + * @arguments: Arguments to pass, or NULL.
> + * @buffer: Buffer for the return value, or NULL.
> + *
> + * Same as acpi_evaluate_object(), but serialized with other exclusive
> + * evaluations. Use it only for methods known to break when interleaved.
> + */
> +acpi_status acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive(acpi_handle handle,
> + acpi_string pathname,
> + struct acpi_object_list *arguments,
> + struct acpi_buffer *buffer)
> +{
> + guard(mutex)(&acpi_exclusive_eval_lock);
> +
> + return acpi_evaluate_object(handle, pathname, arguments, buffer);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive);
> +
> +static acpi_status __acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_handle handle,
> + acpi_string pathname,
> + struct acpi_object_list *arguments,
> + unsigned long long *data,
> + bool exclusive)
> {
> acpi_status status = AE_OK;
> union acpi_object element;
> @@ -257,7 +282,12 @@ acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_handle handle,
>
> buffer.length = sizeof(union acpi_object);
> buffer.pointer = &element;
> - status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, pathname, arguments, &buffer);
> + if (exclusive)
> + status = acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive(handle, pathname,
> + arguments, &buffer);
> + else
> + status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, pathname, arguments,
> + &buffer);
> if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
> acpi_util_eval_error(handle, pathname, status);
> return status;
> @@ -275,8 +305,24 @@ acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_handle handle,
> return AE_OK;
> }
>
> +acpi_status
> +acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_handle handle,
> + acpi_string pathname,
> + struct acpi_object_list *arguments, unsigned long long *data)
> +{
> + return __acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, pathname, arguments, data, false);
> +}
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_evaluate_integer);
>
> +acpi_status acpi_evaluate_integer_exclusive(acpi_handle handle,
> + acpi_string pathname,
> + struct acpi_object_list *arguments,
> + unsigned long long *data)
> +{
> + return __acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, pathname, arguments, data, true);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_evaluate_integer_exclusive);
> +
> int acpi_get_local_u64_address(acpi_handle handle, u64 *addr)
> {
> acpi_status status;
> diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> index a10a591c18b2..e7a671dba624 100644
> --- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> +++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> @@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ acpi_status
> acpi_evaluate_integer(acpi_handle handle,
> acpi_string pathname,
> struct acpi_object_list *arguments, unsigned long long *data);
> +acpi_status acpi_evaluate_object_exclusive(acpi_handle handle,
> + acpi_string pathname,
> + struct acpi_object_list *arguments,
> + struct acpi_buffer *buffer);
> +acpi_status acpi_evaluate_integer_exclusive(acpi_handle handle,
> + acpi_string pathname,
> + struct acpi_object_list *arguments,
> + unsigned long long *data);
> bool acpi_evaluate_reference(acpi_handle handle, acpi_string pathname,
> struct acpi_object_list *arguments,
> struct acpi_handle_list *list);
>
> base-commit: 24a19b953e2a3d0ea5a8c4951a0ab8f32720c907
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-14 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-14 13:26 [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: Serialize battery methods and INT3403 _TMP Ali Ahmet Memiş
2026-10-14 13:30 ` [PATCH 1/3] ACPI: utils: Add exclusive AML evaluation helpers Ali Ahmet Memiş
2026-10-14 13:39 ` Hans de Goede [this message]
2026-10-14 13:30 ` [PATCH 2/3] ACPI: battery: Evaluate battery methods exclusively Ali Ahmet Memiş
2026-10-14 13:39 ` Hans de Goede
2026-10-14 13:30 ` [PATCH 3/3] thermal: intel: int340x: Evaluate _TMP exclusively Ali Ahmet Memiş
2026-10-14 13:39 ` Hans de Goede
2026-10-14 13:45 ` [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: Serialize battery methods and INT3403 _TMP Hans de Goede
2026-10-14 15:05 ` Ali Ahmet Memiş
2026-10-14 15:30 ` Hans de Goede
2026-10-14 15:38 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
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