From: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
To: "Michał Stanek" <mst@semihalf.com>
Cc: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stanekm@google.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com>,
levinale@chromium.org, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com,
Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
bgolaszewski@baylibre.com, rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com,
Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: cherryview: Add quirk with custom translation of ACPI GPIO numbers
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:49:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200310144913.GY2540@lahna.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMiGqYiYp=aSgW-4ro5ceUEaB7g0XhepFg+HZgfPvtvQL9Z1jA@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 03:12:00PM +0100, Michał Stanek wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 11:14 AM Mika Westerberg
> <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 07:43:24PM +0100, Michał Stanek wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Mika,
> > > > >
> > > > > The previous patches from Dmitry handled IRQ numbering, here we have a
> > > > > similar issue with GPIO to pin translation - hardcoded values in FW
> > > > > which do not agree with the (non-consecutive) numbering in newer
> > > > > kernels.
> > > >
> > > > Hmm, so instead of passing GpioIo/GpioInt resources to devices the
> > > > firmware uses some hard-coded Linux GPIO numbering scheme? Would you
> > > > able to share the exact firmware description where this happens?
> > >
> > > Actually it is a GPIO offset in ACPI tables for Braswell that was
> > > hardcoded in the old firmware to match the previous (consecutive)
> > > Linux GPIO numbering.
> >
> > Can you share the ACPI tables and point me to the GPIO that is using
> > Linux number?
>
> I think this is the one:
> https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromiumos/third_party/coreboot/%2B/286534/2/src/mainboard/google/cyan/acpi/chromeos.asl
>
> On Kefka the sysfs GPIO number for wpsw_cur was gpio392 before the
> translation change occurred in Linux.
But that table does not seem to have any GPIO numbers in it.
> > > > > > What GPIO(s) we are talking about and how does it show up to the user?
> > > > >
> > > > > As an example, the issue manifests itself when you run 'crossystem
> > > > > wpsw_cur'. On my Kefka it incorrectly reports the value as 1 instead
> > > > > of 0 when the write protect screw is removed.
> > > >
> > > > Is it poking GPIOs directly through sysfs relying the Linux GPIO
> > > > numbering (which can change and is fragile anyway)?
> > >
> > > I believe so, yes.
> >
> > This is something that should be fixed in userspace. Using global Linux
> > GPIO or IRQ numbers is fragile and source of issues like this. There are
> > correct ways of using GPIOs from userspace: in case of sysfs, you can
> > find the base of the chip and then user relative numbering against it or
> > switch to use libgpiod that does the same but uses the newer char
> > device. Both cases the GPIO number are relative against the GPIO chip so
> > they work even if global Linux GPIO numbering changes.
>
> I analyzed crossystem source code and it looks like it is doing
> exactly what you're saying without any hardcoded assumptions. It gets
> the absolute offset of the GPIO pin from sysfs using its ACPI
> identifier, then it subtracts the base offset of the GPIO bank from it
> and the result is added to the bank's gpiochip%d number as it shows up
> in sysfs. The result is what is used to export and read the state of
> the pin.
>
> With the newer kernel the gpiochip%d number is different so crossystem
> ends up reading the wrong pin.
Hmm, so gpiochipX is also not considered a stable number. It is based on
ARCH_NR_GPIOS which may change. So if the userspace is relaying certain GPIO
chip is always gpichip200 for example then it is wrong.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-10 14:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-05 19:48 [PATCH] pinctrl: cherryview: Add quirk with custom translation of ACPI GPIO numbers Michal Stanek
2020-02-06 8:31 ` Mika Westerberg
2020-02-06 22:26 ` Michał Stanek
2020-02-07 7:56 ` Mika Westerberg
2020-02-08 18:43 ` Michał Stanek
2020-02-10 10:14 ` Mika Westerberg
2020-03-10 14:12 ` Michał Stanek
2020-03-10 14:49 ` Mika Westerberg [this message]
2020-03-25 22:50 ` Linus Walleij
2020-04-17 2:06 ` Brian Norris
2020-04-17 9:05 ` Mika Westerberg
2020-04-18 0:55 ` Brian Norris
2020-08-18 13:59 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-02-10 12:13 ` Linus Walleij
2020-02-06 9:25 ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-02-06 18:31 ` Dmitry Torokhov
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